#Dance – v6

She is held within the trunk, her branches,
even though her form may be hidden, silent…
She reveals herself to a few lucky ones,
drawn to her aura, her captured dance,
seeing how she spins effortlessly…
Stopping to see her movement,
though the dawn yet calls me,
her dance in mid-step, a snapshot,
moving in her spirit, in her soul…

Her body is in motion, eternally
yet static, anchored to this earth
her feet in the hard-packed sand,
rooted in the coral underneath
standing in their front yard…
But she is moving ever, silently,
slower, faster, spinning, performing,
twirling in her spirit, in her soul…

She is a dancer frozen, alive,
as Eisenstaedt would have caught her
in mid-twirl, in a jump, airborne,
not “At the barre”, but in motion,
displaying her femininity, her power...
She is rising, dancing yet posing, freezing,
a perfect plié, a pirouette, a leap,
ascending, in her spirit, in her soul…
 
Her lines may be hidden,
her supple body covered
under a bulky uniform of bark,
obscured by a hedge of branches…
But her body is still moving,
dancing, performing,
twisting, turning, alive,
human, in her spirit, in her soul…

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Edited September 1, 2025

Dance – v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/dance-v6.html

October 28, 2021
dance
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dance.html
seemingly dead tree across from our unit

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poetry, God, creation, Florida, St. Augustine, palm trees, angels, branches, Maleficent, wings, cedar, dance, dancer, ballet, waltz,

#poetry #God #Florida #StAugustine #cedar #dance #dancer #ballet #waltz

#Dance – v5

Held within the trunk, her branches,
her form may be hidden, silent,
but she revealed herself to some of us,
drawn to her captured dance,
seeing how she spins effortlessly.
Stopping to see her movement
her dance in mid-step,
in her spirit, in her soul.

Her body in motion, eternally
yet static, anchored to the earth
her roots in the hard-packed sand,
in the coral underneath
standing in their front yard;
but she is moving ever, silently,
slower, faster, spinning,
in her spirit, in her soul.

A dancer frozen, alive,
as Eisenstaedt would have caught her
in mid-twirl, in a jump, airborne,
not “At the barre”, but in motion,
displaying her femininity.
dancing yet, posing, freezing,
a plie, a pirouette, a leap, ascending,
in her spirit, in her soul.

Her lines may be hidden,
her supple body covered
under a bulky uniform of bark,
obscured by a hedge of branches;
but her body is still moving,
dancing, performing,
twisting, turning, alive,
in her spirit, in her soul.

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Edited August 31, 2025
Dance – v5

October 28, 2021
dance
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dance.html
seemingly dead tree across from our unit
edited October 23, 2021
The Dance of the Pelicans – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html

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poetry, God, creation, Florida, St. Augustine, angels, branches, Maleficent, wings, cedar, dance, dancer, ballet, waltz,

#poetry #God #Florida #StAugustine #cedar #dance #dancer #ballet #waltz

Up over the gardens – v3

Rising on legs renewed,
Soaring on new-found wings,
leaving the ground behind me,
seeing the world differently,
unbound from the earthly coil,
a new vantage point…
 
My vision rising, carried aloft,
Up over the gardens, above
the promenade, the portico,
rising above the stairs, the statues,
up over the castle’s rooftops,
to the sky, the heavens, the heights…
 
Arched doorways, arched windows,
Experiencing the grandeur, royalty,
from a new perspective, our vision
sensing more deeply history, majesty,
gravitas, raw power of another age
captured in this place...
 
Soaring over the lands, the kingdom,
The vineyards and the fertile fields,
long-forgotten tales, the woods,
spread out before me, a vista,
a landscape I long remembered,
out to the horizon line…
 
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Edited March 5, 2024
Up over the gardens – v3
 
Edited March 5, 2024
Up over the gardens – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/up-over-gardens-v2.html
March 5, 2024
Up over the gardens
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/up-over-gardens.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1765060847024431223
March 4, 2024
Video writing prompt by Realistic Poetry
https://twitter.com/RealisticPoetry/status/1764739872575865139
How poetic can you be?
Video of palace/country home
 
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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Realistic Poetry, writing prompt, video writing prompt, castle, dragon, wings, imagination, history, Writing Poetry, creation,
 
#poetry #RealisticPoetry #WritingPrompt #castle #dragon #wings #history #imagination #WritingPoetry #creation

winged samaras – v3

helicopters
seeds of maples,
many colors, sizes,
wing samaras twirling,
spinning, falling, blowing,
raining down from their branches,
 
a season of sharing, an early harvest,
 
offering themselves to the winds,
to be blown asunder, guided,
to fertile ground, to sprout,
to bear fruit, to thrive,
somewhere else
to grow…
 

 

 

 

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Edited February 13, 2024

winged samaras – v3

 

Edited February 9, 2024

winged samaras – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/winged-samaras-v2.html

February 9, 2024

winged samaras

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/winged-samaras.html

Edited February 9, 2024

Roads in the dirt – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/roads-in-dirt-v2.html

 

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.

 

Poetry, family, play, childhood, imagination, nature, fruit, maple, sugar maple, silver maple, red maple, swamp maple, Norway maple, seeds, samara, wind, breeze, helicopters, aerodynamics, wings,

 

#Poetry #family #play #childhood #imagination #nature #fruit #maple #sugarmaple #silvermaple #redmaple #swampmaple #Norwaymaple #seeds #samara #wind #breeze #helicopters #aerodynamicss #wings

winged samaras – v2

seeds of maples,
many sizes, colors,
wing samaras twirling,
spinning, falling, blowing,
raining down from the branches,
 
a season of sharing, the early harvest,
 
offering themselves to the winds,
to be blown asunder, guided,
to fertile ground, to grow,
to bear fruit, to thrive,
somewhere else…
 

 

 

---------

February 9, 2024

winged samaras – v2

 

February 9, 2024

winged samaras

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/winged-samaras.html

Edited February 9, 2024

Roads in the dirt – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/roads-in-dirt-v2.html

 

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.

 

Poetry, family, play, childhood, imagination, nature, fruit, maple, sugar maple, silver maple, red maple, swamp maple, Norway maple, seeds, samara, wind, breeze, helicopters, aerodynamics, wings,

 

#Poetry #family #play #childhood #imagination #nature #fruit #maple #sugarmaple #silvermaple #redmaple #swampmaple #Norwaymaple #seeds #samara #wind #breeze #helicopters #aerodynamicss #wings

#Icarus fell to the earth

His hubris too great,
Setting himself for failure
Too close to the sun
Arrogance on fire,
His spirit in his hands…
 
Too close to heaven,
A battle raging, ignited,
Icarus fell, crashing,
His wings ablaze,
His spirit in his hands…
 
Feathers falling
In fire of heaven
Lost in his misery,
Staring at the light,
His spirit in his hands…
 
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Edited February 4, 2024
Icarus fell to the earth
 
February 4, 2024
Icarus fell
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/icarus-fell.html

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, art, AI, Icarus, wings, fire, flames, heaven, fallen, angel, falling, crashing, ablaze, mythology,
 
#poetry #art #AI #Icarus #wings #fire #heaven #angel #fallen #falling #crashing #ablaze #mythology

Icarus fell

Too close to heaven,
A battle raging, ignited,
Icarus fell, crashing,
His wings ablaze,
His spirit in his hands…
 
Feathers falling
In fire of heaven
Lost in his misery,
Staring at the light,
His spirit in his hands…
 
-------------
February 4, 2024
Icarus fell
 
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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, art, AI, Icarus, wings, fire, flames, heaven, fallen, angel, falling, crashing, ablaze, mythology,
 
#poetry #art #AI #Icarus #wings #fire #heaven #angel #fallen #falling #crashing #ablaze #mythology

Ten Feet Overhead – v13 #GreatBlueHeron

Up ahead, to my right around the point;
Burst of squawks / beating of heavy wings
Erupted, filling the still air.
 
Head and then its long endless body
Rose right over the spine of my canoe
Heron blocking my vision, my view...
 
No more than ten feet above my transfixed eyes.
The Great Blue Heron flew toward me
Thwump, thwump …
 
In my spirit, my prayer, my attentiveness,
I heard the wings pushing, breaking
early-morning-stillness around me.
 
The bird cupped its sails
And hovered but for a moment,
Or a lifetime, it seemed.
 
Each feather of its wings were visible -
Shades of rust, cream, slate,
Light blue eye shadow.
 
I watched, motionless, silently;
The bird flew off, majestically, royalty,
Alone, across my lake.
 
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edited February 20, 2022

Ten Feet Overhead – v13

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/ten-feet-overhead-v13.html

edited February 20, 2022

Ten Feet Overhead – v12

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/ten-feet-overhead-v12.html

edited September 28, 2017

ten feet overhead – v11

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/ten-feet-overhead-v11.html

(editing version 2)

edited October 29, 2015

ten feet overhead – v10

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/ten-feet-not-twenty-overhead-v10.html

(editing original)

edited August 21, 2015

Ten Feet Overhead – v9

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/ten-feet-overhead-v9.html

(editing version 6)

edited December 9, 2014

Ten Feet Overhead – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/ten-feet-overhead-v8.html

(editing version 6)

edited April 3, 2014

Ten Feet (not Twenty) Overhead – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/ten-feet-not-twenty-overhead-v7.html

(editing version posted 5/3/2004)

Edited September 20, 2012

Ten Feet Overhead – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/ten-feet-overhead-v6.html

editing the 4^th version (the one with Marie Harris input)

&

Edited September 20, 2012

Ten Feet Overhead – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/ten-feet-not-twenty-overhead-v5.html

(editing the 3^rd version)

inspired by reading it at Poets’ Corner

monthly poetry reading,

at the Suncook Senior Center

September 10, 2012

&

Saved as separate file and reposted

September 20, 2012

published version – 2/7/2004

Ten Feet Overhead – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/one-morning-on-swains-lake.html

Written June 18, 2001, edits June 21 and June 22, 2001, based on input from NH Poet Laureate, Marie Harris.

&

The evolution of the poem - Ten Feet Overhead

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/05/evolution-of-poem-ten-feet-overhead.html

The three drafts below represent the evolution of a poem, "Ten Feet Overhead", based on a morning on Swains Lake in Barrington, NH in 2001, reading down from 1st draft to a second version, finally to the published version, posted here on 2/7/04. 

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Ten Feet Overhead – v3

June 21, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/05/ten-feet-overhead-final-version.html

Ten Feet Overhead – v2

June 22, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/05/ten-feet-not-twenty-overhead-second.html

Ten Feet Overhead – v1

June 18, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/05/ten-feet-not-twenty-overhead-first.html

summer of 2000

Swain’s Lake

Barrington, NH

 

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

 

poetry, blue, body, Canoe, creator, eyes, Faith, feather, feet, God, hope, life, light, Nature, heron, water, wings,

 

#poetry #body #canoe #creator #eyes #heron #feather #feet #God #hope #life #light #Nature #water #wings

Ten Feet Overhead – v12 #heron #GreatBlueHeron

Up ahead, to my right around the point;
Burst of squawks and beating of heavy wings
Erupted, filling the still air.
 
The head and then its long endless body
Rose right over the spine of my canoe
The heron blocking my vision, my view.
 
No more than ten feet above my transfixed eyes.
The Great Blue Heron flew toward me
Thwump, thwump …
 
In my spirit, my prayer,
I heard the wings pushing, breaking
early-morning-stillness around me.
 
The bird cupped its wings
And hovered for a moment,
Or a lifetime.
 
Each feather was visible -
Rust, cream, slate,
Light blue eye shadow.
 
I watched, transfixed, silently;
The bird flew off, majestic,
Alone, across my lake.
 
=============

edited February 20, 2022

Ten Feet Overhead – v12

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/ten-feet-overhead-v12.html

edited September 28, 2017

ten feet overhead – v11

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/ten-feet-overhead-v11.html

(editing version 2)

edited October 29, 2015

ten feet overhead – v10

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/ten-feet-not-twenty-overhead-v10.html

(editing original)

edited August 21, 2015

Ten Feet Overhead – v9

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/ten-feet-overhead-v9.html

(editing version 6)

edited December 9, 2014

Ten Feet Overhead – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/ten-feet-overhead-v8.html

(editing version 6)

edited April 3, 2014

Ten Feet (not Twenty) Overhead – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/ten-feet-not-twenty-overhead-v7.html

(editing version posted 5/3/2004)

Edited September 20, 2012

Ten Feet Overhead – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/ten-feet-overhead-v6.html

editing the 4^th version (the one with Marie Harris input)

&

Edited September 20, 2012

Ten Feet Overhead – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/ten-feet-not-twenty-overhead-v5.html

(editing the 3^rd version)

inspired by reading it at Poets’ Corner

monthly poetry reading,

at the Suncook Senior Center

September 10, 2012

&

Saved as separate file and reposted

September 20, 2012

published version – 2/7/2004

Ten Feet Overhead – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/one-morning-on-swains-lake.html

Written June 18, 2001, edits June 21 and June 22, 2001, based on input from NH Poet Laureate, Marie Harris.

&

The evolution of the poem - Ten Feet Overhead

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/05/evolution-of-poem-ten-feet-overhead.html

The three drafts below represent the evolution of a poem, "Ten Feet Overhead", based on a morning on Swains Lake in Barrington, NH in 2001, reading down from 1st draft to a second version, finally to the published version, posted here on 2/7/04. 

&

Ten Feet Overhead – v3

June 21, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/05/ten-feet-overhead-final-version.html

Ten Feet Overhead – v2

June 22, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/05/ten-feet-not-twenty-overhead-second.html

Ten Feet Overhead – v1

June 18, 2001

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/05/ten-feet-not-twenty-overhead-first.html

summer of 2000

Swain’s Lake

Barrington, NH

 

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, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

 

poetry, blue, body, Canoe, creator, eyes, Faith, feather, feet, flowers, God, hope, king, life, light, Nature, heron, Poetry Where You Live, Swains Lake, water, wings,

 

#poetry #blue #body #Canoe #creator #eyes #heron #feather #feet #flowers #God #hope #life #light #Nature #water #wings # #poem

Diving, rising, landing – v2

Diving, rising, landing
as if writing a backward upper case J
ospreys returning to their nest
atop the light pole tower.
 
Falling from the heights
rising in one motion
flapping its wings, slowing,
as if posing for a picture.
 
Pausing in flight a moment
at the top of the arc, wings outstretched,
descending with reverse thrusters
its talons grasping the nest.
 
============== 

edited February 15, 2022

Diving, rising, landing – v2

 

&

edited February 15, 2022

I have crossed his fence – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/i-have-crossed-his-fence-v2.html

February 15, 2022

I have crossed his fence

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/i-have-crossed-his-fence.html

About poem, "Mending Wall",

by Robert Frost

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February 15, 2022

Diving, rising, landing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diving-rising-landing.html

&

edited/merged February 15, 2022

on the shore of the Loch = 2 – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch-2-v2.html
February 14, 2022

on the shore of the Loch - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch.html

edited July 23, 2015

Urughart – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/urughart-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited April 21, 2015

Urughart – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/urughart-v2.html

Standing on the edge of Loch Ness, 1999

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/loch-ness.html

 

May 7, 2010
On the Shore of the Loch

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-shore-of-loch.html

2/25/06 19:05

Urughart

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/02/urquhart.html

1999 trip to Scotland

&

February 14, 2022

A watch
https://raymondafoss.blogsp ot.com/2022/02/a-watch.html

1994 or 1995-ish

Martha’s Vineyard

&

February 14, 2022

I’ve never been to Provincetown

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/ive-never-been-to-provincetown.html

written after listening to 2015 interview with Mary Oliver

On Being with Krista Tippett,

about her move to Florida from Provincetown, Massachusetts

&

February 14, 2022

That’s Mine

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/thats-mine.html

1972 vacation on Wells Beach, Wells, Maine

&

February 14, 2022

Looking out Burns’ window

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/looking-out-burns-window.html

1999 trip to Scotland

&

edited February 14, 2022

Perched on my left hand – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/perched-on-my-left-hand-v2.html

2/13/2022

Perched on my left hand

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/perched-on-my-left-hand.html

written after reading "The Summer Day"

by Mary Oliver

photo of dragonfly on my finger 8/21/2020

Sheila Nadile Porath - ty. I was very aware that this was a gift, a singular moment. I very gently lifted the dragonfly from the grass and it was on my right hand. I moved it to my left hand to take the shots and videos. I so wanted it to stay longer but I could tell how nervous it was, as its wings were moving. That was like the white admiral butterfly covered in raindrops a few days earlier. It had shown its nervousness with its tongue going in and out. In both cases, I really had to still myself in spite of my heart racing. Trying to be collaborator not predator to get the shots.

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February 13, 2022

Sometimes a pen

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/sometimes-pen.html

written while listening to rebroadcast of 2015 interview with Mary Oliver

On Being with Krista Tippett

&

February 13, 2022

the arch of their backs

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-arch-of-their-backs.html

written a few days after reading "Humpbacks"

by Mary Oliver

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February 12, 2022

surrounding the lake, the woodlands

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/surrounding-lake-woodlands.html

written after reading "In Blackwater Woods",

by Mary Oliver

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February 12, 2022

leftover chowder

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/leftover-chowder.html

written after reading “Bluefish”,

by Mary Oliver

written about making chowder on Martha’s Vineyard

in the mid-1990’s

&

edited February 12, 2022

A Cup of Berries – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-cup-of-berries-v5.html

edited February 11, 2022

living goblets – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/living-goblets-v4.html
Edited after reading "Blackberries",

by Mary Oliver

&

edited November 28, 2019

living goblets – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-v3.html

edited November 27, 2019

living goblets – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-v2.html

November 27, 2019

living goblets

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/living-goblets-of-juice-of-nectar-no.html

&

edited November 28, 2019

A Cup of Berries – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-cup-of-berries-v4.html

edited August 22, 2019

A Cup of Berries – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-cup-of-berries-v3.html

edited June 21, 2014

A Cup of Berries – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-cup-of-berries-v2.html

August 10, 2008

A Cup of Berries

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/08/cup-of-berries.html

&

edited February 10, 2022

Apricot and Periwinkle – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/apricot-and-periwinkle-v7.html

edited after reading “Little Sister Pond”,

by Mary Oliver

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edited March 21, 2021

Apricot and Periwinkle - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/apricot-and-periwinkle-v6.html

edited May 5, 2018

Apricot and Periwinkle – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/apricot-and-periwinkle-v5.html

(editing version 4, adding 1^st stanza)

edited September 28, 2017

Apricot and Periwinkle – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/apricot-and-periwinkle-v4.html

edited January 18, 2016

Apricot and Periwinkle – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/apricot-and-periwinkle-v3.html

(merging edits to version 2 and original)

edited June 21, 2014

Apricot and Periwinkle – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/apricot-and-periwinkle-v2.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night

Apricot and Periwinkle

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sunset-seeing-colors.html

Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night 

Swain’s Lake, Barrington, NH

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February 10, 2022

where they bedded for the night

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/where-they-bedded-for-night.html

written after reading “Little Sister Pond”,

by Mary Oliver

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Edited February 10, 2022

something ancient, sacred - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v6.html

February 10, 2022

Gathering another branch

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/gathering-another-branch.html

written after reading "A Meeting"

by Mary Oliver

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edited February 8, 2022

Building their nest – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/building-their-nest-v2.html

February 7, 2022

Building their nest

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/building-their-nest.html

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edited February 10, 2022

something ancient, sacred – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v5.html

edited February 10, 2022

something ancient, sacred – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v4.html

edited February 9, 2022

something ancient, sacred – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v3.html

edited after reading, “Crossing the Swamp”,

by Mary Oliver

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Edited October 19, 2013

something ancient, sacred – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/something-ancient-sacred-v2.html

July 21, 2013

something ancient, sacred

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/something-ancient-sacred.html

about fishing trip

July 17, 2013

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edited February 9, 2022

drawn to the source – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/drawn-to-source-v2.html

February 9, 2022

drawn to the source

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/drawn-to-source.html

written after reading, “The Fish” and

“Honey at the Table”,

by Mary Oliver

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edited February 9, 2022

Wooing the Darkness to Sleep – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/wooing-darkness-to-sleep-v2.html

February 9, 2022

Wooing the Darkness to Sleep

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/wooing-darkness-to-sleep.html

written after reading, “White Night”,

by Mary Oliver

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edited February 9, 2022

Her Lady Slipper – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/her-lady-slipper-v3.html

edited after reading “May”,

by Mary Oliver

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edited February 9, 2022

at the edge of the lake – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v4.html

edited February 9, 2022

at the edge of the lake – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v3.html

edited February 9, 2022

at the edge of the lake – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v2.html

edited February 9, 2022

onto the water – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water-v2.html

February 8, 2022

onto the water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water.html

about summer 2000,

written after reading "Blossom"

by Mary Oliver

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February 8, 2022

at the edge of the lake

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake.html

about summer 2000,

written after reading "Morning on Great Pond"

by Mary Oliver

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edited February 8, 2022

in the woods I wandered – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v3.html

edited February 8, 2022

in the woods I wandered – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v2.html

February 8, 2022

in the woods I wandered

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered.html

written after reading “Spring”

by Mary Oliver

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edited February 8, 2022

The bramble enticing – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing-v2.html

February 8, 2022

the bramble enticing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing.html

Written after reading "Skunk Cabbage"

by Mary Oliver

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February 6, 2022

Diatomaceous earth

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diatomaceous-earth.html

Written after reading "Rain in Ohio",

By Mary Oliver

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February 6, 2022

The raptors, their carrion

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-raptors-their-carrion.html

Written after reading "Vultures" by Mary Oliver.

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January 3, 2022

A squadron of geese

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese.html

written after reading Clapp’s Brook by Mary Oliver

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January 3, 2022

The bear cub

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bear-cub.html

About drive out of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

after 2019 Stars Over Katahdin dark skies event. 

Drafted after reading first part of poem "Clapp's Brook" by Mary Oliver.

 

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poetry, nature, pool, memories,

 

#poetry #nature #pool #memories

 

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poetry, Florida, nature, raptors, birds, carrion,

 

#poetry #Florida #nature #raptors #birds #carrion

 

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poetry, blackberry, blackberries, nature, harvest, bramble,

 

#poetry #Blackberry #blackberries #nature #harvest #bramble

 

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poetry, walk, woods, explore, exploration,

 

#poetry #walk #woods #explore #exploration

 

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poetry, dawn, God, promise, lake, night, darkness, sunrise, sleep, wake, circadian rhythm,

 

#poetry #dawn #God #promise #lake #night #darkness #sunrise #sleep #wake

 

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poetry, God, nature, humanity, connection, woods, table, food, hunger, fish, honey, Mary Oliver,

 

#poetry #God #nature #humanity #connection #woods #table #food #hunger #fish #honey #MaryOliver

 

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poetry, Faith, home, hope, house, leaves, light, Nature, Maine, orange, Poetry Where You Live, sky, sun, water, rain, thunder, forest,

 

#poetry #Faith #home #hope #leaves #light #Nature #ME #sky #sun #water #memory #forest #ancestor

 

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poetry, God, seagull, flight, flying, wings, hawks, nature, raptors, birds, creation, Florida, osprey, nest,

 

#poetry #God #flight #flying #wings #hawks #Florida #nature #raptors #birds #creation #osprey #nest

 

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poetry, blackberries, blood, colors, creator, crimson, Faith, Family, fingers, fire, fruit, God, hands, hope, Nature, raspberries, red, ripe, summer, Lori Eldridge,

 

#poetry #blackberries #blood #colors #crimson #Faith #Family #fingers #fire #fruit #God #hands #Nature #raspberries #ripe #summer

 

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poetry, nature, table, food, fish, chowder, memory, Martha’s Vineyard, Mary Oliver,

 

#poetry #nature #table #food #fish #MaryOliver #chowder #MarthasVineyard #memory

 

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poetry, river, lake, swamp, bog, nature, cycle, Mary Oliver, water, beaver, God, creation,

 

#poetry #river #lake #swamp #bog #nature #cycle #MaryOliver #water #beaver #God #creation

 

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poetry, nature, whales, memory, Mary Oliver,

 

#poetry #nature #whales #MaryOliver #memory

 

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poetry, writing, Mary Oliver, inspiration, nature, God, faith, family,

 

#poetry #writing #MaryOliver #inspiration #nature #God #faith #family

 

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poetry, writing, Mary Oliver, nature, God, dragonfly, closeup, wings, eyes,

 

#poetry #writing #MaryOliver #inspiration #nature #dragonfly #wings #eyes

 

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poetry, Burns, Robert Burns, Scotland, ancestry, Scottish, birthplace, home,

 

#poetry #Burns #RobertBurns #Scotland #ancestry #Scottish #birthplace #home

 

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poetry, Wells, Maine, lobster, trap, summer, treasure, fishing,

 

#poetry #Wells #Maine #lobster #trap #summer #treasure #fishing

 

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poetry, nature, Mary Oliver, New England, Florida, seasons, beach, woods, Martha's Vineyard,

 

#poetry #nature #MaryOliver #NewEngland #Florida #seasons #beach #woods #MarthasVineyard

 

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poetry, nature, writing, Martha’s Vineyard,

 

#poetry #nature #writing #MarthasVineyard

 

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poetry, Robert Burns, Scotland, ancestry, Scottish, Loch Ness, nature, Loch Ness Monster, urquhart castle,

 

#poetry #RobertBurns #Scotland #ancestry #Scottish #LochNess #nature #LochNessMonster

# UrquhartCastle

 

memories, Scotland, Loch Ness, Raymond A. Foss, Poetry Where You Live, nature, wind, water, mist, fog, waves, sight, smell, senses, rock,

 

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poetry, Robert Frost, Mending Wall, Mary Oliver, stones, stone walls, walking, woods, writing,

 

#poetry #RobertFrost #MendingWall #MaryOliver #stones #stonewalls #walking #woods #writing