#Dew on the #Tulips (5/15/2006, Claremont, NH)

Perfect droplets posed,
dew, rain, water,
cling to purple skin,
liquid flesh of the tulip…
 
Holding on, for moments more,
before the melting away,
May sunshine, evaporating,
waiting for my camera
posing, posturing…
 
Holding still for the shot
ready to complete the cycle,
from the cloud to the earth
and back again, an aerosol,
warming of morning…
 
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Edited April 2, 2024
Dew on the Tulips
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/dew-on-tulips.html
May 20, 2007 17:13
Dew on the Tulip
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/05/dew-on-tulip.html
May 15, 2006

Tulips in the rain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/05/tulips-in-rain.html
 
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Yard Salad – v2

With an old newspaper
for a bowl, a plate and
water from the hose
for their salad dressing,
I saw them thinking, mixing,
working their collective talents,
it was all about the presentation…
 
Four junior chefs, gathered,
with ages from three to ten,
yanked and threshed a yard salad,
from the wet, rain drenched,
and shower fed field of weeds,
beside our in-town home…
 
Clover, dandelion, plantain
and grasses of varying length,
with dirt included bodily,
heaped on the makeshift platter,
stirred with pine and oak,
until they were ready
for their presentation…
 
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Edited March 15, 2024
Yard Salad – v2
 
5/30/05 21:49, edited 5/31/05 12:22
Yard Salad
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/05/yard-salad.html
 
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Closer to the Fire – v4

A summer, long ago

a different sleepover,

out under the stars,

in the Berkshire woods

when summer camp

meant the YMCA, Camp Shepard

Dad and I arrived late,

what a surprise,

my age group

already at the campsite,

long past dusk

Finding a spot to roll the sleeping bag

on the ground, look for roots,

for rocks underneath

see the sparks of the campfire

yards off, spiraling upward

toward the white pines above

Creating strange orange silhouettes

in the June air, stillness

Nearer to the overflowing trash can

than the fire pit, a few of us stragglers

hunkering down for the night

A sudden rustling nearby, FREEZE…

for the family of skunks

was out for a snack;

lay still in the sleeping bags

boys, for we dread a mistake

made more real, urgent,

this far from the fire.

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edited September 26, 2019

Closer to the Fire – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/closer-to-fire-v4.html

editing original and version 3

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edited September 26, 2019

Pocahontas-ed – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/pocahontas-ed-v2.html

&

edited September 26, 2019

Focused on My Family – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/focused-on-my-family-v3.html

&

Edited January 7, 2014

Focused on My Family - v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/focused-on-my-family-v2.html

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edited April 7, 2015

Closer to the Fire – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/closer-to-fire-v3.html

(editing version 2)

Camp Shepard

https://www.facebook.com/groups/42387562562/

https://www.facebook.com/CampShepard

edited July 22, 2012

“Closer to the Fire – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/closer-to-fire-v2.html

&

part of a series of poems written the same night

&

September 23, 2006 21:07

Focused on My Family

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/focused-on-my-family.html

note 9/26/19 –

not sure the basis of the change in plans,

Erica was 10, Shyanne 6, Shanequa 4;

but I wrote the poem Pocahontas-ed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/pocahontas-ed.html

at September 23, 2006 21:12, about 5 minutes later

about the girls sleeping downstairs with gramma

and about 15 minutes later I wrote the poem

Closer to the Fire at September 23, 2006 21:22

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/closer-to-fire.html

about YMCA summer camp years before

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Focused on My Family – v3

A night out, Saturday, cut short

needing to go back home

to put them to bed,

to give her rest

a time to mend and heal

no regrets of the change

the redirection homeward

where we needed to be

resting when we needed to

no regrets at all

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edited September 26, 2019

Pocahontas-ed – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/pocahontas-ed-v2.html

&

edited September 26, 2019

Focused on My Family – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/focused-on-my-family-v3.html

&

Edited January 7, 2014

Focused on My Family - v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/focused-on-my-family-v2.html

&

edited September 26, 2019

Closer to the Fire – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/closer-to-fire-v4.html

editing original and version 3

edited April 7, 2015

Closer to the Fire – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/closer-to-fire-v3.html

(editing version 2)

Camp Shepard

https://www.facebook.com/groups/42387562562/

https://www.facebook.com/CampShepard

edited July 22, 2012

“Closer to the Fire – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/closer-to-fire-v2.html

&

part of a series of poems written the same night

&

September 23, 2006 21:07

Focused on My Family

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/focused-on-my-family.html

note 9/26/19 –

not sure the basis of the change in plans,

Erica was 10, Shyanne 6, Shanequa 4;

but I wrote the poem Pocahontas-ed

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/pocahontas-ed.html

at September 23, 2006 21:12, about 5 minutes later

about the girls sleeping downstairs with gramma

and about 15 minutes later I wrote the poem

Closer to the Fire at September 23, 2006 21:22

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/09/closer-to-fire.html

about YMCA summer camp years before

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 52,080+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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In Secret They Were Sent - v2

Magi, astrologers, wise men.

they were the outsiders, the unclean foreigners;

but Herod needed spies to find the baby

to search out the King, to find his rival

so he could pinpoint his strike, his attack,

to cut off the prophesy, to deny God.

Herod met with the foreigners

the astrologers, the wise men

the outsiders, to be his unwitting agents;

but God had other plans

Plans for homage and for safety

for glory and for the future.

In secret they were sent

by Herod to find the Christ-child

unwitting agents, warned

to go another way,

to leave Christ in secret

to continue on home.

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edited August 15, 2019

In Secret They Were Sent – v2

edited and adding third stanza

January 6, 2008

In Secret They Were Sent

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-secret-they-were-sent.html

Matthew 2:1-12

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The Island (in my mind) – v2

There is a place where only I can go

A space of solitary quietude

a singular solitude

where my thoughts can roam

Ponder and probe,

Mull and meander down paths

only I would follow

Away from the noise around me

Finding a centering, a grounding

in the island of my mind

in this place of solitude

a peace I call my own.

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edited August 5, 2019

The Island in my mind – v2

1/11/06 23:00, edited 1/12/06 12:41

The Island in my mind

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/01/island.html

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Open Mic – v2

Can you hear me in the back?

Let’s see –

A little about me

What would they want to know…

Set the mood, a light laugh line

Parse the group

Gauge the crowd

What they want to hear

How’s it going?

Thanks for the opportunity

To share, to speak

To be real, authentic

Shouldn’t listeners have to wear name tags

Expose a bit of soul too

Like those of us sharing

Under the hot lights…

Aren’t they though,

If you pay attention

to the fidget and the clap

Subtle and not so oblique silences

Hello? Hello!?

Is this thing on?

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edited November 17, 2018

Open Mic – v2

Posted August 23, 2004

Open Mic

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/open-mic.html

August 18, 2004 22:03

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edited December 15, 2015

Second-Rate Song Lyrics – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/second-rate-song-lyrics-v2.html

8/21/04 16:40 – Inspired by Adam

Second-Rate Song Lyrics

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/second-rate-song-lyrics.html

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We praise You, Lord

We remember your goodness

your mercy upon us

your answer to our prayers

the cries of our hearts

We praise You, Lord

the creator of all

We praise You, Lord

as we walk the path

the way You have written

the story of our lives

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May 17, 2017

we praise You, Lord

Psalm 66:8-20

The Upper Room Disciplines for 2017

“Following Christ in All Circumstances”

May 15, 2017 to May 21, 2017

by Judy Wooldridge

devotion for May 17, 2017

read May 17, 2017

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May 16, 2017

we have created gods

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/05/we-have-created-gods.html

Acts 17:29-31

Acts 17:22-31

The Upper Room Disciplines for 2017

“Following Christ in All Circumstances”

May 15, 2017 to May 21, 2017

by Judy Wooldridge

devotion for May 16, 2017

read May 16, 2017

&

May 15, 2017

explaining the world

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/05/explaining-world.html

Acts 17:22-28

Acts 17:22-31

The Upper Room Disciplines for 2017

“Following Christ in All Circumstances”

May 15, 2017 to May 21, 2017

by Judy Wooldridge

devotion for May 15, 2017

read May 15, 2017

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