Ferns of ice, of winter,
of Jack's grip in this season,
Water becoming crystals,
becoming art, God’s praise...
A tapestry before their melting,
framed for us to treasure,
Fleeting beauty, a gift that morning,
before we headed to church.
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Edited January 14, 2024
Ferns of ice, of winter – v2
Ferns of ice, of winter – v1
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160184305803003&set=a.10154030591988003
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/ferns-of-ice-of-winter-v1.html
frost on the garage window
1/13/19,
Patten, ME
&
Edited January 14, 2024
I can still see her – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-can-still-see-her-v3.html
Edited March 14, 2023
I can still see her – v2
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid04KAsqfaFGGwKn8tBX1kEnRHwSYxCYtVAvX14bM23szmu4jusvprMh6wmaFKoYhrHl
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-can-still-see-her-v2.html
&
Edited January 14, 2024
A sea of liquid gold – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-sea-of-liquid-gold-v2.html
February 23, 2021
A sea of liquid gold
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160184488283003&set=a.80617433002
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-sea-of-liquid-gold.html
&
January 16, 2018
Ferns of ice
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid0iAqiZYADyVAS54gwsbtkEkhFjYAd6h7UgzZpSiFCThVxq9pFCny4whHdjH2B2qeEl
edited January 15, 2018
Ferns of ice – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/ferns-of-ice-v2.html
edited January 15, 2018
crystals alive – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/crystals-alive-v2.html
(melting, like the melting of
the Wicked Witch of the West,
just without the wailing and the smoke)
January 15, 2018
crystals alive
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/crystals-alive.html
edited January 15, 2018
every filament, each fiber – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/every-filament-each-fiber-v2.html
January 15, 2018
every filament, each fiber
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/every-filament-each-fiber.html
January 15, 2018
after the foot traffic
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/after-foot-traffic.html
follow up – 1/15/18 1:15pm
edited January 15, 2018
Feathers on the ground – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/feathers-on-ground-v2.html
January 15, 2018
Feathers on the ground
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/feathers-on-ground.html
January 15, 2018
Ferns of ice
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/ferns-of-ice.html
edited January 15, 2018
Translucent Ferns – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/translucent-ferns-v4.html
(editing version 2)
edited January 15, 2018
Translucent Ferns – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/translucent-ferns-v3.html
(editing original)
after taking 80 pictures of ice crystals
at the church that morning
&
edited February 21, 2021
a field of granular crystals - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-field-of-granular-crystals-v2.htm l
&
January 7, 2024
A river of snow - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-river-of-snow-2.html
&
Edited January 7, 2024
A river of snow – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-river-of-snow-v2.html
January 7, 2024
A river of snow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-river-of-snow.html
&
edited August 29, 2019
Ice more than Frost – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/ice-more-than-frost-v6.html
edited July 18, 2015
Ice more than Frost – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/ice-more-than-frost-v5.html
(editing version 4)
edited April 10, 2015
Ice more than Frost – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/ice-more-than-frost-v4.html
(editing original again)
about a different night with black ice
&
edited October 27, 2014
Ice more than Frost – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/ice-more-than-frost-v3.html
(editing original again)
edited February 12, 2014
“Ice more than Frost – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/more-to-dream-v9.html
new poem October 23, 2013
“Ice more than Frost”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/ice-more-than-frost.html
driving from Patten to Stacyville and
view of Mt. Katahdin
October 23, 2013
edited April 8, 2015
painted with grains of sand – v7
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v7.html
(editing version 3)
Edited September 17, 2013
painted with grains of sand – v6
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v6.html
(editing version 3)
Edited December 15, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v5”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v5.html
reediting version 3
&
Edited December 11, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v4”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v4.html
based on suggestions by Jacob Montgomery,
of Bournemouth, England
&
Edited December 10, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v3.html
after emailing earlier version to Jacob Montgomery,
Bournemouth, England
&
Edited December 10, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v2.html
November 20, 2012
“painted with grains of sand”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/painted-with-grains-of-sand.html
one of several poems about drive yesterday
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Epsom
the fields were alive with frost this morning
on NH Route 107 in Epsom, NH, Southbound,
with many vistas of white over the reeds and grain stalks, as
at 43.213132,-71.285279
going to the Deerfield Community School
November 19, 2012
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of Jack's grip in this season,
Water becoming crystals,
becoming art, God’s praise...
framed for us to treasure,
Fleeting beauty, a gift that morning,
before we headed to church.
=====
Edited January 14, 2024
Ferns of ice, of winter – v2
Ferns of ice, of winter – v1
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160184305803003&set=a.10154030591988003
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/ferns-of-ice-of-winter-v1.html
frost on the garage window
1/13/19,
Patten, ME
&
Edited January 14, 2024
I can still see her – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-can-still-see-her-v3.html
Edited March 14, 2023
I can still see her – v2
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid04KAsqfaFGGwKn8tBX1kEnRHwSYxCYtVAvX14bM23szmu4jusvprMh6wmaFKoYhrHl
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-can-still-see-her-v2.html
&
Edited January 14, 2024
A sea of liquid gold – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-sea-of-liquid-gold-v2.html
February 23, 2021
A sea of liquid gold
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160184488283003&set=a.80617433002
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-sea-of-liquid-gold.html
&
January 16, 2018
Ferns of ice
https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/pfbid0iAqiZYADyVAS54gwsbtkEkhFjYAd6h7UgzZpSiFCThVxq9pFCny4whHdjH2B2qeEl
edited January 15, 2018
Ferns of ice – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/ferns-of-ice-v2.html
edited January 15, 2018
crystals alive – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/crystals-alive-v2.html
(melting, like the melting of
the Wicked Witch of the West,
just without the wailing and the smoke)
January 15, 2018
crystals alive
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/crystals-alive.html
edited January 15, 2018
every filament, each fiber – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/every-filament-each-fiber-v2.html
January 15, 2018
every filament, each fiber
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/every-filament-each-fiber.html
January 15, 2018
after the foot traffic
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/after-foot-traffic.html
follow up – 1/15/18 1:15pm
edited January 15, 2018
Feathers on the ground – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/feathers-on-ground-v2.html
January 15, 2018
Feathers on the ground
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/feathers-on-ground.html
January 15, 2018
Ferns of ice
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/ferns-of-ice.html
edited January 15, 2018
Translucent Ferns – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/translucent-ferns-v4.html
(editing version 2)
edited January 15, 2018
Translucent Ferns – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/01/translucent-ferns-v3.html
(editing original)
after taking 80 pictures of ice crystals
at the church that morning
&
edited February 21, 2021
a field of granular crystals - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-field-of-granular-crystals-v2.htm l
&
January 7, 2024
A river of snow - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-river-of-snow-2.html
&
Edited January 7, 2024
A river of snow – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-river-of-snow-v2.html
January 7, 2024
A river of snow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-river-of-snow.html
&
edited August 29, 2019
Ice more than Frost – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/ice-more-than-frost-v6.html
edited July 18, 2015
Ice more than Frost – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/ice-more-than-frost-v5.html
(editing version 4)
edited April 10, 2015
Ice more than Frost – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/ice-more-than-frost-v4.html
(editing original again)
about a different night with black ice
&
edited October 27, 2014
Ice more than Frost – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/ice-more-than-frost-v3.html
(editing original again)
edited February 12, 2014
“Ice more than Frost – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/more-to-dream-v9.html
new poem October 23, 2013
“Ice more than Frost”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/ice-more-than-frost.html
driving from Patten to Stacyville and
view of Mt. Katahdin
October 23, 2013
edited April 8, 2015
painted with grains of sand – v7
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v7.html
(editing version 3)
Edited September 17, 2013
painted with grains of sand – v6
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v6.html
(editing version 3)
Edited December 15, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v5”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v5.html
reediting version 3
&
Edited December 11, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v4”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v4.html
based on suggestions by Jacob Montgomery,
of Bournemouth, England
&
Edited December 10, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v3.html
after emailing earlier version to Jacob Montgomery,
Bournemouth, England
&
Edited December 10, 2012
“painted with grains of sand – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/painted-with-grains-of-sand-v2.html
November 20, 2012
“painted with grains of sand”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/painted-with-grains-of-sand.html
one of several poems about drive yesterday
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Epsom
the fields were alive with frost this morning
on NH Route 107 in Epsom, NH, Southbound,
with many vistas of white over the reeds and grain stalks, as
at 43.213132,-71.285279
going to the Deerfield Community School
November 19, 2012
poetry, winter, snow, ice, sunlight, road, trees, beauty, danger, explore, woods, wild, Maine,
poetry, winter, snow, ice, sunlight, beauty, Maine, frost, glass, crystals,
#poetry #winter #snow #ice #sunlight #beauty #Maine #frost #glass #crystals
