a wound open, not healing

a wound open, not healing

infected, oozing,

puss, other discharge

needing more attention

staples, stitches being pulled out

without anesthesia, unclean

unsanitary conditions

buried deep, infected

a part of the skin

the body, the flesh

trying to remove

but it is not easy

the infection awakened

putting up a fight

========================

August 29, 2019

a wound open, not healing

edited July 17, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/trying-to-remove-ink-from-milk-v2.html

June 9, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/trying-to-remove-ink-from-milk.html

imagery - not putting the toothpaste

back in the tube; but removing

a drop of ink out of a gallon of milk

or like fully removing kudzu

or the roots of dandelions from land.

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 51,700 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, Christ, Spirit, faith, belief, love, grace, religion, church, denomination, ink, milk, solution, separation, removal, relinquish, united, untied, roots, kudzu,

#God #Christ #Spirit #faith #belief #love #grace #religion #church #denomination #ink #milk #solution #separation #removal #relinquish #united #untied #roots #kudzu

trying to remove the ink from the milk – v2

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye out of the solution, mixing,

roots sunk down deep, within,

into the fabric, deep meaning

pain too great to bear

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye of out of the solution, quickly,

cutting off the ties that bind

holding us, that connect us together

pain too great to bear

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye out of the solution, a process,

striving to remove, to extract

the threads, the drops remaining

pain too great to bear

trying to remove the ink out of the milk

the dye out of the solution, completely

a slow painful process, itself a journey

removing, severing all ties

pain too great to bear

------------------------

edited July 17, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk – v2

June 9, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/trying-to-remove-ink-from-milk.html

imagery - not putting the toothpaste

back in the tube; but removing

a drop of ink out of a gallon of milk

or like fully removing kudzu

or the roots of dandelions from land.

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 50,800 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, Christ, Spirit, faith, belief, love, grace, religion, church, denomination, ink, milk, solution, separation, removal, relinquish, united, untied, roots, kudzu,

#God #Christ #Spirit #faith #belief #love #grace #religion #church #denomination #ink #milk #solution #separation #removal #relinquish #united #untied #roots #kudzu

trying to remove ink from milk

trying to remove ink from milk

a dye of out of solution, quickly,

cutting off the ties that bind

holding us, that connect us together

trying to remove ink from milk

a dye out of solution, made clear,

roots sunk down deep, within,

into the fabric, deep meaning

trying to remove ink from milk

a dye out of solution, a process,

striving to remove, to extract

the threads, the drops remaining

trying to remove ink out of milk

a dye out of solution, completely

a slow painful process, itself a journey

removing, severing all ties

-----------------------

edited June 9, 2019

trying to remove ink from milk

June 9, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137723059186675712

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/trying-to-remove-ink-from-milk.html

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137722497980391424

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137722060610949120

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137721748089126912

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137721485773197313

imagery - not putting the toothpaste

back in the tube; but removing

a drop of ink out of a gallon of milk

or like fully removing kudzu

or the roots of dandelions from land.

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 50,210 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, Christ, Spirit, faith, belief, love, grace, religion, church, denomination, ink, milk, solution, separation, removal, relinquish, united, untied, roots, kudzu,

#God #Christ #Spirit #faith #belief #love #grace #religion #church #denomination #ink #milk #solution #separation #removal #relinquish #united #untied #roots #kudzu

trying to remove the ink from the milk

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye out of the solution, mixing,

roots sunk down deep, within,

into the fabric, deep meaning

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye of out of the solution, quickly,

cutting off the ties that bind

holding us, that connect us together

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye out of the solution, a process,

striving to remove, to extract

the threads, the drops remaining

trying to remove the ink out of the milk

the dye out of the solution, completely

a slow painful process, itself a journey

removing, severing all ties

-----------------------

June 9, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137722497980391424

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137722060610949120

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137721748089126912

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137721485773197313

imagery - not putting the toothpaste

back in the tube; but removing

a drop of ink out of a gallon of milk

or like fully removing kudzu

or the roots of dandelions from land.

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 50,210 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, Christ, Spirit, faith, belief, love, grace, religion, church, denomination, ink, milk, solution, separation, removal, relinquish, united, untied, roots, kudzu,

#God #Christ #Spirit #faith #belief #love #grace #religion #church #denomination #ink #milk #solution #separation #removal #relinquish #united #untied #roots #kudzu

In What We Share - v2

All of us are mindful,

or so should we be,

charitable and gracious

to our neighbor;

there is more in what we share

than the things

the small divisions

that keep of us apart

So much of faith

the core of our beliefs

the same across religions,

denominations and creeds;

The Creator, Sustainer,

the love of the deity

all of us believing

in the same oneness of God

=============

edited October 26, 2015

In What We Share – v2

January 28, 2010

In What We Share

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-what-we-share-reposted-with-expanded.html

conversation with Deacon David Shrader,

of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,

http://www.catholicnh.org/directory/index.cfm?intType=2&id=72

Allenstown, NH

at Suncook United Methodist Church,

Suncook, NH

about the work of Karen Armstrong,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Armstrong

looking at the common ground of

the monotheistic religions of

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 39,770+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Drinking the water – v5

drinking the water

becoming one with it

sharing its essence

and its life force

drinking the water

sharing with it

your life, your story

and the journey it is on

becoming a portion

a stop on its sojourn

the water abiding

while it walks with us

Edited November 15, 2013

“Drinking the water – v5

Edited July 18, 2013

“Drinking the water – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/drinking-water-v2.html

July 18, 2013

“Drinking the water”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/drinking-water.html

in response to post by Richard Tackett

on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201134426539242&set=a.1589043402452.2085712.1126842022&type=1

a quote by Taisen Deshimaru

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru

“If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or saki. Meditation is Drinking it!””

see his quotes at http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru

July 18, 2013

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 26,470+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Drinking the water – v4

drinking the water

diving in, open

becoming one with it

sharing its essence

its life force, power

drinking the water

sharing with it, becoming

melted, molded, woven

your life, your story

the journey it is taking

becoming a portion, a droplet

a part of the vast ocean

a stop on its sojourn

the water abiding

while it walks with us

Edited August 27, 2013

“Drinking the water – v4”

Edited July 31, 2013

“Drinking the water – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/drinking-water-v3.html

Edited July 18, 2013

“Drinking the water – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/drinking-water-v2.html

July 18, 2013

“Drinking the water”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/drinking-water.html

in response to post by Richard Tackett

on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201134426539242&set=a.1589043402452.2085712.1126842022&type=1

a quote by Taisen Deshimaru

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru

“If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or saki. Meditation is Drinking it!””

see his quotes at http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru

July 18, 2013

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 24,960+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Drinking the water – v3

drinking the water

becoming one with it

sharing its essence

its life force, power

drinking the water

sharing with it, becoming

your life, your story

the journey it is taking

becoming a portion, a droplet

a stop on its sojourn

the water abiding

while it walks with us

Edited July 31, 2013

“Drinking the water – v3”

Edited July 18, 2013

“Drinking the water – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/drinking-water-v2.html

July 18, 2013

“Drinking the water”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/drinking-water.html

in response to post by Richard Tackett

on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201134426539242&set=a.1589043402452.2085712.1126842022&type=1

a quote by Taisen Deshimaru

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru

“If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or saki. Meditation is Drinking it!””

see his quotes at http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru

July 18, 2013

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 24,020+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Drinking the water – v2

drinking the water

becoming one with it

sharing its essence

its life force

drinking the water

sharing with it

your life, your story

the journey it is on

becoming a portion

a stop on its sojourn

the water abiding

while it walks with us

Edited July 18, 2013

“Drinking the water – v2”

July 18, 2013

“Drinking the water”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/drinking-water.html

in response to post by Richard Tackett

on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201134426539242&set=a.1589043402452.2085712.1126842022&type=1

a quote by Taisen Deshimaru

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru

“If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or saki. Meditation is Drinking it!””

see his quotes at http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru

July 18, 2013

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,780+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Drinking the water

drinking the water

becoming one with it

sharing its essence

its life force

drinking the water

sharing with it

the journey it is on

becoming a portion

a stop on its journey

the water abiding

while it walks with us

July 18, 2013

in response to post by Richard Tackett

on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201134426539242&set=a.1589043402452.2085712.1126842022&type=1

a quote by Taisen Deshimaru

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru

“If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or saki. Meditation is Drinking it!””

see his quotes at http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru

July 18, 2013

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,780+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

In What We Share (reposted with expanded notes)

All of us mindful,
or so should we be
charitable and gracious
more in what we share
than the things
that keep of us apart

So much of faith
the core of our beliefs
the same across religions,
denominations and creeds
The creator, sustainer,
the love of the deity
all of us believing
in the oneness of God

edited October 26, 2015

In What We Share – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/in-what-we-share-v2.html

January 28, 2010

In What We Share

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-what-we-share-reposted-with-expanded.html

conversation with Deacon David Shrader,

of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,

http://www.catholicnh.org/directory/index.cfm?intType=2&id=72

Allenstown, NH

at Suncook United Methodist Church,

Suncook, NH

about the work of Karen Armstrong,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Armstrong

looking at the common ground of

the monotheistic religions of

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 39,770+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

In What We Share

All of us mindful,
or so should we be
charitable and gracious
more in what we share
than the things
that keep of us apart

So much of faith
the core of our beliefs
the same across religions,
denominations and creeds
The creator, sustainer,
the love of the deity
all of us believing
in the oneness of God


January 28, 2010


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 19,910+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.