May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine – v4 #poetry #Faith #Family #flowers #God #hope #prayer #Ukraine #StandwithUkraine #VictoryforUkraine #blue #yellow #flag #wheat #sunflowers #sky

May this war come to an end
with freedom for these people
the brave men and women,
for all the children of this land
Awash in blue and yellow…
 
May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine
May there be a great grain harvest
may they be able to return, to rebuild,
In peace, soon, in their homeland
Awash in blue and yellow…
 
May peace take root, firmly planted
in their rich, dark soil, this earth,
May they walk in their lives freed
from aggression, in their homeland
Awash in blue and yellow…
 
================  
Edited December 1, 2025
May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine – v4
 
…unfortunately, more than 1,200 days after I drafted
this prayer, the war continues…
March 24, 2022
May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/may-sunflowers-bloom-in-ukraine.html
 
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A #Sunflower Grows – v3 #Ukraine

Day by day, stronger,
a seed grows, a hope,
taller and taller, resurgent,
climbing toward the sun
yearning, striving, into the light…
 
Ants and beetles, locusts,
nibble, shred its leaves, injured;
but it grows, it still grows, stronger,
chartreuse, bright green, vibrant green
verdant green, youthful, living, alive…
 
Needing the sky, the sun, the light,
four feet and more still, growing,
a single head, ready to unfurl
to burst forth, in glory, in praise,
singing a song for our Creator God…
 
Triumphant in blooming
vivid yellow, like the sun,
the beauty of their nation, their people
standing tall against the clear blue sky,
never far from the rich black soil,
the land they fight for, they love...

 
--------------
Edited March 15, 2025
A Sunflower Grows – v3
 
edited March 15, 2022
A Sunflower Grows – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-sunflower-grows-v2.html
July 29, 2006 21:15
edited July 30, 2006 9:33
A Sunflower Grows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/sunflower-grows_30.html
&
edited May 8, 2018
Flowers Ablaze – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/flowers-ablaze-v2.html
October 15, 2006 15:56
Flowers Ablaze
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/10/flowers-ablaze.html
 
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May #sunflowers bloom in #Ukraine – v3

May this war come to an end
with freedom for these people
the brave men and women,
for all the children of this land
a sea of blue and yellow…
 
May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine
may there be a great grain harvest
may they be able to return, to rebuild,
in peace, soon, in their homeland
a sea of blue and yellow…
 
May peace take root, firmly,
in their rich, dark soil, this earth,
may they walk in their lives freed
from aggression, in their homeland
a sea blue and yellow…
 
================  
Edited November 29, 2024
May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine – v3
 
…unfortunately, more than 1,000 days after I drafted
this prayer, the war continues…
March 24, 2022
May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/may-sunflowers-bloom-in-ukraine.html
 
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May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine – v2

May this war come to an end
with freedom for these people
the brave men and women,
for all the children of this land
a sea of blue and yellow.
 
May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine
may there be a great grain harvest
may they be able to return, to rebuild,
in peace, soon, in their homeland
a sea of blue and yellow.
 
May peace take root, firmly,
in their rich, dark soil, this earth,
may they walk in their lives freed
from aggression, in their homeland
a sea blue and yellow…

 
================  
Edited August 30, 2024
May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine – v2
 
…unfortunately, 2.5 years from when I drafted
This prayer, the war continues…
March 24, 2022
May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/may-sunflowers-bloom-in-ukraine.html
 
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Kissed by the breath of morning – v4 #plumeria

A flower now a living confection,
a bit of frosting, some gelato,
teasing our senses, the eye, opening…
Kissed by the breath of morning, magic,
Awakening, releasing, freeing beauty,
turned on the wheel, bursting, vibrant,
powder yellow, fragrant, spinning like a top…
 
Butter crème frosting melting,
A golden creme fraiche confection,
mixing, blended, fused with
dew of the morning, sweet sugars…
Tart lemon sorbet blossoms, opening,
growing in their garden, regal,
a taste for the senses, the eye…



wrong color, more fully opened, but plumeria

---------------------
March 7, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/kissed-by-breath-of-morning-v4.html
Inspired by March 6, 2024
Nebels Gold Plumeria bloom
posted by Clark Little
on his Facebook page
&
Edited February 13, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/kissed-by-breath-of-morning-v3.html
Edited February 12, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/kissed-by-breath-of-morning-v2.html
February 12, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/kissed-by-breath-of-morning.html
inspired by February 12, 2024
Light yellow Plumeria bloom
posted by Clark Little
on his Facebook page
 
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Kissed by the breath of morning – v3

If a flower could be a confection,
a bit of frosting, some gelato,
teasing our senses, the eye…
Kissed by the breath of morning,
turned on the wheel, bursting, vibrant,
powder yellow, spinning like a top…
 
Butter crème frosting melting,
mixing, blended, fused with
dew of the morning, sugars…
Tart lemon sorbet blossoms,
growing in their garden, regal,
a taste for the senses, the eye…
 
---------------------
Edited February 13, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning – v3
 
Edited February 12, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/kissed-by-breath-of-morning-v2.html
February 12, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/kissed-by-breath-of-morning.html
Light yellow Plumeria bloom
posted by Clark Little today
on his Facebook page
 
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Kissed by the breath of morning – v2

If a flower could be a confection,
a bit of frosting, some gelato,
teasing our senses, the eye…
Kissed by the breath of morning,
turned on the wheel, bursting,
vibrant, spinning like a top…
 
Butter crème frosting melting,
mixed, blended, fused with
dew of the morning, sugars…
Tart lemon sorbet blossoms,
growing in their garden, regal,
a taste for the senses, the eye…
 
---------------------
Edited February 12, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning – v2
 
February 12, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/kissed-by-breath-of-morning.html
Light yellow Plumeria bloom
posted by Clark Little today
on his Facebook page
 
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.
 
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Kissed by the breath of morning

If a flower could be a confection,
a bit of frosting, some gelato,
teasing our senses, the eye,
Kissed by the breath of morning,
turned on the wheel, spinning like a top…
 
A butter crème frosting melting,
mixed, blended, fused with
tart lemon sorbet, the blooms,
Growing in their garden, regal,
A taste for the senses, the eye.
 
---------------------
February 12, 2024

Kissed by the breath of morning
 
Light yellow Plumeria bloom
posted by Clark Little today
on his Facebook page
 
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Aurora – v2

Below the dome of the stars
in the frozen February sky
Pull over to the shoulder
my visible breath aglow…

Dancing lights, flickering stars
sway to the images, the movement,
stored on rods and cones,
Turquoise and ruby red grapefruit
Pale canary and pure blue…

The magic froze me for a while
separated from my journey
by the light show, the wonder,
echoes of the solar eruptions…

-------------
Edited January 25, 2024
Aurora – v2
10/1/04 22:40
Aurora
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/aurora.html
Claremont to Durham,
regular drive, autopilot
Routes 103, 114, 9, 89, 4
Exit 5, New England College down the road
Aurora Borealis that night
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May #sunflowers bloom in #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #StandwithUkraine

May this war come to an end
with freedom for these people
the brave men and women,
for all the children of this land
a sea of blue and yellow.
 
May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine
may there be a great grain harvest
may they be able to return, to rebuild,
in peace, soon, in their homeland
a sea of blue and yellow.

================  

March 24, 2022

May sunflowers bloom in Ukraine

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/may-sunflowers-bloom-in-ukraine.html

 

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Flowers Ablaze – v3

Walking down the sidewalk
on the way to pick up Shanequa
our littlest after elementary school
three in the afternoon, New Hampshire,
bathed in early October.
 
Low light breaks between
the tenements, pushing, striving,
through the late sunflowers
beams, shafts of brilliant yellow
this warm afternoon aglow.
 
Warm light floods my senses
overwhelms my ability to see it all;
but captured in the image
for us all to see once more,
a perfect moment frozen in time.

================  

edited March 24, 2022

Flowers Ablaze – v3

 

edited May 8, 2018

Flowers Ablaze – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/flowers-ablaze-v2.html

October 15, 2006 15:56

Flowers Ablaze

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/10/flowers-ablaze.html

 

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A #Sunflower #Grows – v2 #Ukraine

Day by day
a seed grows
taller and taller
climbing toward the sun
yearning, striving, into the light
 
Ants and beetles
nibble, shred its leaves;
but it grows, it still grows
chartreuse, bright green, vibrant green
verdant green, youthful, living, alive
 
Needing the sky, the sun,
four feet and more still, growing,
a single head, ready to unfurl
to burst forth, in glory, in praise,
singing a song for our Creator God
 
Triumphant in blooming
vivid yellow, like the sun,
standing tall against the clear blue sky.
 
--------------

edited March 15, 2022

A Sunflower Grows – v2

 

July 29, 2006 21:15

edited July 30, 2006 9:33

A Sunflower Grows

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/sunflower-grows_30.html

&

edited May 8, 2018

Flowers Ablaze – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/flowers-ablaze-v2.html

October 15, 2006 15:56

Flowers Ablaze

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/10/flowers-ablaze.html

 

 

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#Saturated with New #Color – v2

Seemingly wet, alive

dripping, overflowing,

saturated with new color,

each flower giving, sharing,

pouring out, into the wings

of the regal swallowtail.

 

More than painted,

much more than reflected,

dripping with living color

transferred in the instant,

the moment it lowered,

landing on each bloom.

 

Momentarily truly different,

the butterfly changing,

infused, permeated, dripping,

immersed in the liquid color,

the wings of the morning

the butterfly more than a canvas.

 

Living color moving

a chemical transfer

from flower to its wings

alive and enduring

so powerful, living,

in my memory.

 

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

edited June 10, 2021

Saturated with New Color – v2

 

edited June 10, 2021

Infused with Their Color – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/infused-with-their-color-v2.html

August 2, 2010

Buoyed by Your Love

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/08/buoyed-by-your-love.html

July 12, 2010

Saturated with New Color

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/07/saturated-with-new-color.html

July 12, 2010

I was really struck by how saturated the

wings of the butterfly were by these colors,

from the flowers it landed on, not just

as if it was reflected onto the outside of the wing
but as if it was infused into the wing itself,

changing its very color for the moments

in time it stayed on each flower.

July 9, 2010

Infused with Their Color

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/07/infused-with-their-color.html

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/30877

our backyard

Suncook, NH

Pembroke, NH

July 9, 2010

 

 

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Infused with Their #Color – v2

A yellow swallowtail

catching my attention

elegant butterfly moving

dancing on the humid air

flitting within the garden.

 

Alighting, resting,

perching on each flower

standing on the skin of water

the sun shining brightly

on every bloom, alive.

 

Infused with their color

soaked in their wings -

yellow of the zinnia,

pumpkin of the marigold,

the blaze of the lily.

 

Color painted, saturated,

in shimmering reflection

living canvas of their wings

aglow, singing Your praises,

Creator of all there is.

 

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

June 10, 2021

Infused with Their Color – v2

 

August 2, 2010

Buoyed by Your Love

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/08/buoyed-by-your-love.html

July 12, 2010

Saturated with new color

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/07/saturated-with-new-color.html

July 9, 2010

Infused with Their Color

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/07/infused-with-their-color.html

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/30877

our backyard

Suncook, NH

Pembroke, NH

July 9, 2010

 

 

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#Nightfall - v6

Nightfall – v6

The sun drops below the shoreline

below the forest beyond;

Summer sky aglow.

Still skin of the water

Ablaze in orange, yellow, and black.

Nightfall on the quiet, still, lake.

With effort I pull and push

The canoe away from shore.

Longing for warmth.

Waves swelled and fell.

The canoe pitched and bobbed.

The paddle blade leaves

Luminous eddies by my side.

Great blue heron

Regal, majestic,

Perched on a skeleton

Of the ancient pine,

Silhouetted before

An Oriole sky.

Crossing the silken waters

Not roadway, no map,

Colored lights on a deck,

Elvis on the stereo,

Easy laughter from an invisible porch.

Dark houses, silent waters,

Failing light, all in shadows.

A beaver before me.

Out in the lit waters.

He slaps his tail and dives

Shallow near shore.

We cross again, again,

Repeating this dance.

A light from my window,

Dimly through the screens,

The open porch, calling,

My cabin in the lake,

Guides me home.

Night all around me

The world is still.

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

edited March 21, 2021

Nightfall - v6

edited September 28, 2017

Nightfall – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/nightfall-v5.html

Edited July 18, 2013

“Nightfall – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v4.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v3”

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

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v2”

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

July 20, 2000

“Nightfall”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/nightfall.html

Written Thursday 7/20/00 at 9:50. It is about my two hour canoe ride

on Swains Lake from 7:15 to 9:20pm.

Barrington, NH

edited December 28, 2015

Alone in the Rain – revised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/alone-in-rain-revised-v2.html

posted February 13, 2004

written August 13, 2000 1:53am

Alone in the Rain – revised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/alone-in-rain.html

Written 6/18/2000

Alone in the Rain

same day as “Dew in the Morning”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/dew-in-morning-first-try.html

and

“Ten Feet Overhead”

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

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