Thursday, August 03, 2023

The rise of #Hitler

The rise of Hitler, of Mussolini,
any strongman in power
corrupting human hearts
gathering the weak, the gullible,
becoming a cult of personality,
No turning back, no return,
the threat too present, too grave...
 
The leader demanding loyalty,
fealty over facts, reality,
the truth of the moment,
anything to hold onto, to regain,
power above all else,
A slippery slope, a precedent,
too easy to repeat...

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Edited August 7, 2023

The rise of Hitler – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-rise-of-hitler-v3.html

Edited August 7, 2023

The rise of Hitler – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-rise-of-hitler-v2.html

August 3, 2023

The rise of Hitler

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-rise-of-hitler.html

August 1, 2023

Stanza 1

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1686546442041663488

Stanza 2

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1686547189693120512

July 31, 2023

Responding to post by John Dean

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1686185973531459584

“Your post here speaks to the different gravity of this moment

to the one you covered with Nixon in 1972-1974.

The existential threat to America, to democracy,

to the rule of law, is so much greater.”

July 30, 2023

https://twitter.com/JohnWDean/status/1685577422237028352

“Anyone who cannot fathom how Hitler got control of Germany

need only look at Trump’s hold on the base of the GOP and

the refusal of GOP leaders who know what is happening

to call out his criminal conduct.”

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May 18, 2022

You don’t have to touch the darkness

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/you-dont-have-to-touch-darkness.html

May 18, 2022 Twitter post by Scott MacFarlane

with link to his Guardian newspaper article

https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/1526979188879609856

about Fox News, Tucker Carlson and Great Replacement Theory

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May 16, 2022

A moment of crisis

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-moment-of-crisis.html

May 16, 2022

stop feeding hate

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/stop-feeding-hate.html

&

May 12, 2022

The cancer rises to the top

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-cancer-rises-to-top.html

subpoenas for House Republican leaders by the January 6th Committee

&

edited June 10, 2021

Charge him with Sedition – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition-v2.html

June 10, 2021

Charge him with Sedition

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition.html

&

edited July 15, 2021

When Democrats are sitting in prison

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/when-democrats-are-sitting-in-prison.html

July 13, 2021

When the Democrats are sitting in their prison cells

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/when-democrats-are-sitting-in-their.html

&

July 12, 2021

Too much is at stake

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/too-much-is-at-stake.html

&

edited July 12, 2021

Releasing the Kraken, the Lies – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/releasing-kraken-lies-v2.html

July 12, 2021

Releasing the Kraken, the Lies

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/releasing-kraken-lies.html

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July 11, 2021

Giving Oxygen to the Terror

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/giving-oxygen-to-terror.html

Fox News interviewing Donald Trump,

who called for the name of the police officer

who shot Ashli Babbitt

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edited/new name July 6, 2021

The Terror will only get louder

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-terror-will-only-get-louder.html

edited July 6, 2021

They are just getting started – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/they-are-just-getting-started-v2.html

July 6, 2021

They are just getting started

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/they-are-just-getting-started.html

edited July 5, 2021

Where are the Insurrectionists Plotting – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/where-are-insurrectionists-plotting-v2.html

edited July 5, 2021

What are the Insurrectionists Doing – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/what-are-insurrectionists-doing-v2.html

July 5, 2021

Where are the Insurrectionist Plotting

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/where-are-iinsurrectionists-plotting.html

July 5, 2021

What are the Insurrectionists Doing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/what-are-insurrectionists-doing.html

edited July 4, 2021

an idea, a dream – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/an-idea-dream-v2.html

July 4, 2021

an idea, a dream

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/an-idea-dream.html

July 4, 2021 Twitter post

https://twitter.com/RevJJackson/status/1411680299872837635

by The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.

about slavery and subjugation of native people

at the time of the Declaration of Independence

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Smithsonian article:

A Nation's Story: ”What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/nations-story-%E2%80%9Cwhat-slave-fourth-july%E2%80%9D

Frederick Douglass speech 7/4/1852

"The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro"

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927t.html

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edited July 4, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america_4.html

edited July 3, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america_3.html

edited July 3, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america.html

June 29, 2021

We must fight for the dream, the idea of America

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america.html

June 29, 2021

We must fight for this country

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-fight-for-this-country.html

June 29, 2021

We must not despair, we must not be despondent

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-not-despair-we-must-not-be.html

June 29, 2021

We can have hope – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-can-have-hope-2.html

edited June 29, 2021

The threat is real – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-threat-is-real-v2.html

edited June 28, 2021

We are under attack – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-under-attack-v2.html

June 28, 2021

We are under attack

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-under-attack.html

edited June 28, 2021

Repeating the Big Lie – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/repeating-big-lie-v2.html

June 28, 2021

Repeating the Big Lie

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/repeating-big-lie.html

June 28, 2021

The threat is real

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-threat-is-real.html

edited/ new name June 28, 2021

The Lie is pernicious, divisive

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-lie-is-pernicious-divisive.html

June 28, 2021

The Lie is pernicious

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-lie-is-pernicious.html

 

merged/ edited June 27, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v4.html

edited/new name June 27, 2021

We are still under attack

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-still-under-attack.html

June 25, 2021

We remain under attack

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-remain-under-attack.html

&

edited June 10, 2021

Charge him with Sedition – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition-v2.html

June 10, 2021

Charge him with Sedition

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition.html

&

Edited May 30, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v3.html

Edited May 29, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v2.html

edited/new name May 29, 2021

The Insurrection never stopped

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped.html

edited May 28, 2021

The Insurrection continues – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-continues-v2.html

adding stanza 2

May 28, 2021

The Insurrection continues

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/insurrection-continues.html

May 28, 2021

Minority Rule

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/minority-rule.html

edited May 28, 2021

The Filibuster - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster-v3.html

edited May 27, 2021

The Filibuster - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster-v2.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1398055841593446403

May 27, 2021

The Filibuster

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster.html

my reply to Dan Rather

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1398014947683078147

Dan Rather response to Senator Manchin

https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1398000381897150484

Tweet by Senator Joe Manchin

https://twitter.com/Sen_JoeManchin/status/1397911553836474369

Connecticut Compromise, Great Compromise

House, Senate, representation

&

February 13, 2021

the faithful brownshirts

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-faithful-brownshirts.html

February 7, 2021

as darkness fell on the Capitol

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/darkness-fell-on-capitol-in-broad.html

edited February 3, 2021

For the sake of Democracy - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/for-sake-of-democracy-v2.html

February 1, 2021

For the sake of Democracy

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/for-sake-of-democracy.html

 

poetry, House, Senate, compromise, GOP, minority, majority, McConnell, democracy, insurrection, filibuster, obstruction,

 

#poetry #filibuster #obstruction #House #Senate #compromise #GOP #minority #majority #McConnell #democracy #insurrection

 

poem, poetry, democracy, America, United States, trials, impeachment, arrest, Capitol riots, insurrection, sedition, incitement, justice, unity, comity, bipartisanship,

 

#poem #poetry #democracy #America #UnitedStates #trials #impeachment #arrest #CapitolRiots #insurrection #sedition #incitement #justice #unity #comity #bipartisanship #election #lies #power

 

#ImpeachmentTrial #poem #poetry @LeaderMcConnell @SenateGOP #democracy #CapitolRiot #insurrection #History #trial

 

 

poem, poetry, democracy, America, United States, justice, July 4th, 4th of July, Independence Day, freedom, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness,

 

#poetry #democracy #America #life #liberty #pursuitofhappiness #IndependenceDay #July4th #July4 #DeclarationofIndependence

 

poem, poetry, democracy, America, United States, Capitol riots, insurrection, sedition, incitement, justice, Fox News,

 

#poetry #democracy #America #CapitolRiots #insurrection #sedition #incitement #justice #election #lies #power #conspiracy #FoxNews

 

poem, poetry, democracy, America, United States, Capitol riot, insurrection, sedition, incitement, justice, Fox News, Lin Wood, Sidney Powell, Kraken,

 

#poetry #democracy #America #CapitolRiot #insurrection #sedition #incitement #justice #election #lies #Trump #conspiracy #FoxNews #Powell #Wood #Kraken

 

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poetry, crime, sedition, insurrection, capitol riot, conspiracy, democracy, Trump, constitution, law, treason,

 

#poetry #crime #sedition #insurrection #capitolriot #conspiracy #democracy #Trump #constitution #law #treason #ChargeTrumpNow

 

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poetry, January 6th, January 6th Committee, insurrection, sedition, subpoena,

 

#poetry #January6th #January6thCommittee #insurrection #Sedition #subpoena

 

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poetry, Buffalo Massacre, BLM, white supremacy, racism, hate, terrorism,

 

#poetry #BuffaloMassacre #blm #whitesupremacy #racism #hate #terrorism

 

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poetry, Tucker Carlson, Great Replacement Theory, racism, white supremacy, hate, terrorism, Buffalo Massacre, Fox News, Scott MacFarlane,

 

#poetry #TuckerCarlson #GreatReplacementTheory #racism #whitesupremacy #hate #terrorism #BuffaloMassacre #FoxNews #ScottMacFarlane

 

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, and 2023. 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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propaganda, dictator, Mussolini, Jim Jones, danger, democracy, Trump, cult, arraignment, America, lies, power, threat, Hitler, fascism, Goebbels, poetry, totalitarian, MAGA, conspiracy, racism, insurrection,

 

#propaganda #dictator #Mussolini #JimJones #danger #democracy #Trump #cult #arraignment #America #lies #power #threat #Hitler #fascism #Goebbels #poetry #totalitarian #MAGA #conspiracy #racism #insurrection


Speaking her dreams

Conquering her reserve, her reticence,
a smile forming on her young face,
talking about her future, a promise,
what will come to pass.
 
Encouraged from her shell,
her loved ones’ coaxing, wooing her,
to share her aspirations,
speaking her dreams of calling,
 
of her purpose, meaningful work,
to change the world, hope,
to defeat the scourge of cancer,
the blight upon our lives.
 

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Edited August 7, 2023

Speaking her dreams – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/speaking-her-dreams-v2.html

August 3, 2023

Written August 1, 2023

Speaking her dreams

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/speaking-her-dreams.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, and 2023. 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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Poetry, faith, hope, God, calling, purpose, cancer, research, cure, dream, prayer,

 

#poetry #faith #hope #God #calling #purpose #cancer #research #cure #dream #prayer

Monday, July 31, 2023

Walk on your fears


Walk on the water, on your fears,
on your demons, your doubts;
Listen to Jesus, to the Spirit,
to God's call on your life;
Stand up and get out of the boat...

When in doubt, strive to walk in the faith
in the boldness of Peter, of Cephas,
the Rock who walked on water
at the call of Christ, his Lord, his Master,
the risen Son of the living God...

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July 31, 2023

Walk on your fears

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/walk-on-your-fears.html

Matthew 14

&

August 3, 2023

Written August 1, 2023

Speaking her dreams

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/speaking-her-dreams.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, and 2023. 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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Poetry, faith, hope, God, calling, purpose, dream, prayer, fear, courage, trust,

 

#poetry #faith #hope #God #calling #purpose #fear #courage #trust #dream #prayer

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Just a #whisper of #heather - v2


Just a whisper of heather,
a few sprigs in the grasses,
taking me to the Highlands,
the land of my ancestors,
my grandmother whom I loved.

Just a whisper of heather,
not a whiff but a memory,
recapturing in an instant,
a few days in the Highlands,
well over twenty years ago.

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Edited July 30, 2023

Just a whisper of heather – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/just-whisper-of-heather-v2.html

&

Edited January 14, 2023

droplets heavy on the gossamer – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/droplets-heavy-on-gossamer-v2.html

&

December 22, 2022
Conjuring a dream, a moment, a memory

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/conjuring-dream-moment-memory.html

&

Edited December 15, 2022

droplets heavy on the gossamer

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/droplets-heavy-on-gossamer.html

Edited December 12, 2022

capillaries of dirt – v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/capillaries-of-dirt-v6.html

Edited December 11, 2022

Bursting, rising – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/bursting-rising-v2.html

&

Edited December 11, 2022

capillaries of dirt – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/capillaries-of-dirt-v5.html

after reading “Moles” by Mary Oliver

&

Edited December 11, 2022

The largeness of the universe – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-largeness-of-universe-v2.html

&

December 10, 2022

still urgently munching

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/still-urgently-munching.html

after reading “The Kitten, by Mary Oliver

Allagash Wilderness Waterway, 1976

&

December 26, 2021

Bursting, rising

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/bursting-rising.html

&

December 10, 2022

the droplets heavy on the gossamer

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-droplets-heavy-on-gossamer.html

after reading, “Mushroom” by Mary Oliver

&

December 10, 2022

A muskrat paw - 1

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-muskrat-paw-1.html

On starting to reread Mary Oliver’s book, American Primitive,

about a muskrat paw from one of my 6th grade classmates,

Mound, MN, October 1971

&

July 19, 2006

A muskrat paw

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/07/muskrat-paw.html

&

April 4, 2022

Just a whisper of heather

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/just-whisper-of-heather.html

&

edited April 4, 2022

The largeness of the universe

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-largeness-of-universe.html

edited April 3, 2022

The largeness of the world – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-largeness-of-world-v3.html

edited April 3, 2022

The largeness of the world – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-largeness-of-world-v2.html

April 2, 2022

The largeness of the world

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-largeness-of-world.html

written after listening again to 2015 interview with Mary Oliver

On Being with Krista Tippett, on Florida Public Radio

&

edited February 21, 2022

to be more fully alive – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/to-be-more-fully-alive-v3.html

&

edited February 21, 2022

Night in New Orleans - v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/night-in-new-orleans-new-awlins-v5.html

&

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

&

edited February 20, 2022

to be more fully alive – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/to-be-more-fully-alive-v2.html

February 20, 2022

to be more fully alive

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/to-be-more-fully-alive.html

&
edited February 20, 2022

sitting on the floor – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/sitting-on-floor-v2.html

edited February 20, 2022

sitting on the floor

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/sitting-on-floor.html

written after listening again to 2015 interview with Mary Oliver

On Being with Krista Tippett,

especially where she talked about skipping school to

take books with her in her knapsack into the woods

edited/new February 3, 2022

entering a world of wonders

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/entering-world-of-wonder.html

edited February 3, 2022

Descending the stairs – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/descending-stairs-v2.html

&

edited February 20, 2022

my refuge on the island – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island-v3.html

(adding 1st and 2nd stanza)

edited February 20, 2022

my refuge on the island – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island-v2.html

merged February 20, 2022

my refuge on the island

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island.html

February 19, 2022

my refuge on the island – pt 3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island-pt-3.html

February 19, 2022

my refuge on the island – pt 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island-pt-2.html

February 19, 2022

my refuge on the island – pt 1

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-refuge-on-island-pt-1.html

cabin on Blueberry Island in Swains Lake,

Barrington, NH

summer of 2000

written after reading, “Building the House”,

by Mary Oliver

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edited February 18, 2022

A watch – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-watch-v2.html

&

edited February 18, 2022

I’ve never been to Provincetown – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/ive-never-been-to-provincetown-v2.html

&

edited February 18, 2022

I have crossed his fence – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/i-have-crossed-his-fence-v3.html

&

February 18, 2022

gifted by pulling over

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/gifted-by-pulling-over.html

Bayard Conservation Area

Green Cove Springs, FL

Route 16

&

edited February 18, 2022

Something ancient, sacred – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/something-ancient-sacred-v7.html

&

edited February 16, 2022

Gathering checkerberries – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/gathering-checkerberries-v2.html

February 15, 2022

Gathering checkerberries

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

UCC Second Congregational Church, Westfield MA

probably about 1970 or 1971

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February 16, 2022

The carpet wet with her tears

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-carpet-wet-with-her-tears.html

&

edited February 15, 2022

Sometimes a pen – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/sometimes-pen-v2.html

&

edited February 15, 2022

where they bedded for the night – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/where-they-bedded-for-night-v2.html

Claremont, NH, 1977

&

edited February 15, 2022

Diving, rising, landing – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diving-rising-landing-v2.html

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

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 1st 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

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

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

&

February 6, 2022

Diatomaceous earth

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

Written after reading "Rain in Ohio",

By Mary Oliver

&

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.

&

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

&

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

 

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, and 2023. 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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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, watch,

 

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

 

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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

 

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poetry, God, church, faith, family, nature, checkerberries, terrarium, Christmas, gifts, memories,

 

#poetry #God #church #faith #family #nature #checkerberries #terrarium #Christmas #gifts #memories

 

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poetry, Faith, home, hope, house, leaves, light, Nature, Poetry Where You Live, sky, sun, water, rain, thunder, forest, woods, writing, God,

 

#poetry #Faith #home #hope #leaves #light #Nature #Poetry #sky #sun #water #memory #forest #ancestor #woods #writing #God

 

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poetry, walk, woods, exploration, Florida, mangrove, swamp, water, forest,

 

#poetry #walk #woods #explore #exploration #Florida #mangrove #swamp #water #forest

 

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poetry, nature, Mary Oliver, Martha’s Vineyard, memory, watch, beach, waves, writing,

 

#poetry #nature #MaryOliver #MarthasVineyard #memory #watch #beach #waves #writing

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poetry, lake, cabin, writing, refuge, sanctuary, water, nature, house, Mary Oliver, Walden, Thoreau, Frost, summer, canoe,

 

#poetry #lake #cabin #writing #refuge #sanctuary #water #nature #house #MaryOliver #Walden #Thoreau #Frost #summer #canoe

 

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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

 

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Poetry, words, books, biography, adventure, discovery, joy, Mary Oliver, history, memories,

 

#poetry #words #books #biography #adventure #discovery #joy #MaryOliver #history #memory

 

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poetry, writing, Mary Oliver, inspiration, nature, God, faith, family, Krista Tippett, On Being,

 

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

 

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poetry, Robert Burns, Scotland, ancestry, Scottish, nature, heather, ancestry, memory, Highlands,

 

#poetry #RobertBurns #Scotland #ancestry #Scottish #nature #heather #memory #Highlands

 

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

 

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