Poetry Where You Live

Thursday, October 22, 2015

we need God’s strength – v3

We need God’s strength

because we are weak;

We hope in Him

that we may come home.

We lean on God

as with a walking stick;

we find strength for the journey

hope on our walk.

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edited October 22, 2015

we need God’s strength – v3

(editing original)

edited October 22, 2015

we need God’s strength – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-need-gods-strength-v2.html

July 22, 2014

we need God’s strength

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/we-need-gods-strength.html

2 Thessalonians 1:7 (NIV)

2 Thessalonians 1:1-8

part of 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12

“Paul Talks about God’s Judgment” (NCV)

devotion “Pressured to Lean”

Upper Room Daily Devotional

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-07-20

by Miles Wiles

for July 21, 2014

read July 21, 2014

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for July and August 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/July-Aug%202014

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 39,750+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Did you brace for impact – v2

Were you watching in horror

when the Reaper came calling;

Did you see them coming,

did you brace for impact?

Was it all a blur, in the snow

or did it come in slow motion,

perpendicular to your path

on the frozen highway?

Did you yank on the handle

were you seat-belted;

Did you feel the crush

when he took your life?

Were you aware, awake,

when the Reaper came calling,

your glasses in the trunk

from the force of the collision?

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edited December 29, 2015

Demons – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/demons-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/demons-v2_29.html

edited December 29, 2015

Did You Hear Her Cry – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/did-you-hear-her-cry-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/did-you-hear-her-cry-v2_29.html

edited December 29, 2015

The Crash – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-crash-v2.html

edited December 18, 2015

The Submariner – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-submariner-v2.html

edited December 17, 2015

Meticulous – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/meticulous-v2.html

edited December 18, 2015

Adam Asked – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/adam-asked-v2.html

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edited October 22, 2015

Did you brace for impact – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/did-you-brace-for-impact-v2.html

edicted October 22, 2015

Mile Marker 19 – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/mile-marker-19-v8.html

(editing original)

edited October 5, 2015

Like the Venus Fly Trap – v9

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/like-venus-fly-trap-v9.html

(editing version 5)

edited October 3, 2015

Why on this day – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-on-this-day-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-on-this-day-v3_5.html

(editing original)

edited October 19, 2014

Why on this day – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/why-on-this-day-v2.html

July 1, 2014

Why on this day

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/why-on-this-day.html

“My Prayers Weekend!”

“Next Day Stretch”

draft a note to God

about a day when you struggled

with a big question

for June 29, 2014

read June 30, 2014

edited June 27, 2014

A vivid memory – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-vivid-memory-v2.html

June 27, 2014

A vivid memory

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-vivid-memory.html

Matthew 28:20 (NRSV)

Romans 8:31-39

Upper Room Daily Devotional

“In Dark Times”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-06-26

by Don Greeley

about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml

for June 26, 2014

read June 27, 2014

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for March and April 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/may-jun%202014

edited August 15, 2015

Here it comes – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/here-it-comes-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited January 12, 2014

Here it comes – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/here-it-comes-v2.html

January 12, 2014

Here it comes

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/here-it-comes.html

January 12, 2014

I am not ready

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/i-am-not-ready.html

(conversation by Dean McKenney about his

bad car accident 40 years ago)

January 12, 2014

an accounting to God

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/an-accounting-to-god.html

January 12, 2014

Honor their walk

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/honor-their-walk.html

Romans 14:10-12

Romans 14:1-12

Romans 14

Men’s Bible Study

led by Steve Curtis

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

January 12, 2014

edited August 4, 2015

Like the Venus Fly Trap – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/like-venus-fly-trap-v8.html

(editing version 5)

edited May 9, 2015

Ten Years – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/05/ten-years-v2.html

April 23, 2004

Ten Years

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/04/ten-years.html

Bringing Word – v4

They are working in God’s vineyard

Bringing Word, His Word

the Good News, the Gospel

to the masses, the sheep of their flock

like water in the desert

week on week, repeating

synthesized meaning in small bites

The ancient text, the Bible;

Knitted with their history

and ours too we know

so we can comprehend, learn,

to understand the deeper meanings

lessons even still, for our lives

in the ancient text

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edited October 22, 2015

Bringing Word – v4

(editing original)

edited July 4, 2015

Bringing Word – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/bringing-word-v3.html

(editing original)

edited September 25, 2014

Bringing Word – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/09/bringing-word-v2.html

4/27/06 9:05pm

Bringing Word

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/04/bringing-word.html

title drafted 3/15/05 in Disciple I class

starting Disciple 1 bible study

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=447208

September 2, 2004

the first time I had read the bible

as an adult, or really at all…

http://www.concordwumc.org/

Wesley United Methodist Church

Concord, NH

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 32,450+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

A Spring Rain – v4

The world is wet today

luxurious, damp, drenched

drops hang the leaves,

pulling them downward

they anoint the still-budded lilac blossoms

before their blooming

rich purple and plum

made richer by their watery skin

New leaves under the weight

droplets heavy, hanging,

bowing the white pine needles

their undersides exposed to drink

to drink in the morning

hushed in the rain

the temperature near the dewpoint

the sprouts of just planted flowers

Eager from the parched soil,

the new puddles bloom too

on the ground, the driveway

collect and gather the water together

still without the smell of summer rain yet

tears splash and spread, ripples

silent shimmers, heralds, messengers

in the spring rain this morning

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edited March 8, 2018

A Spring Rain – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-spring-rain-v6.html

(editing version 5 and original)

after finding original poem in a list of my popular poems

on Literary Devices site about my poetry

https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/

edited November 12, 2015

A Spring Rain – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-spring-rain-v5.html

(editing version 4)

edited October 22, 2015

A Spring Rain – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-spring-rain-v4.html

(editing original)

edited October 10, 2015

A Spring Rain – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-spring-rain-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited April 27, 2013

“A Spring Rain – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-spring-rain-v2.html

after request to post it to the blog

Garden Musings from Memphis Area Master Gardeners

http://mamgmusings.blogspot.com/

May 2, 2006 9:30am

A Spring Rain”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/05/spring-rain.html

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 46,470 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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Mile Marker 19 – v8

I drove by the spot again

Today, this afternoon.

Where you lost control.

Where Fate found you

Tired, and unprepared

For Eternity to call you.

What went through your mind

That night in winter,

That split second of time?

Was it anger, surprise, fear

Or were you asleep, tired,

Unaware that the Ice

Held your Destiny?

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edited December 29, 2015

Demons – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/demons-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/demons-v2_29.html

edited December 29, 2015

Did You Hear Her Cry – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/did-you-hear-her-cry-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/did-you-hear-her-cry-v2_29.html

edited December 29, 2015

The Crash – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-crash-v2.html

edited December 18, 2015

The Submariner – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-submariner-v2.html

edited December 17, 2015

Meticulous – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/meticulous-v2.html

edited December 18, 2015

Adam Asked – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/adam-asked-v2.html

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edited October 22, 2015

Did you brace for impact – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/did-you-brace-for-impact-v2.html

edicted October 22, 2015

Mile Marker 19 – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/mile-marker-19-v8.html

(editing original)

edited October 5, 2015

Like the Venus Fly Trap – v9

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/like-venus-fly-trap-v9.html

(editing version 5)

edited October 3, 2015

Why on this day – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-on-this-day-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-on-this-day-v3_5.html

(editing original)

edited October 19, 2014

Why on this day – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/why-on-this-day-v2.html

July 1, 2014

Why on this day

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/why-on-this-day.html

“My Prayers Weekend!”

“Next Day Stretch”

draft a note to God

about a day when you struggled

with a big question

for June 29, 2014

read June 30, 2014

edited June 27, 2014

A vivid memory – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-vivid-memory-v2.html

June 27, 2014

A vivid memory

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-vivid-memory.html

Matthew 28:20 (NRSV)

Romans 8:31-39

Upper Room Daily Devotional

“In Dark Times”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-06-26

by Don Greeley

about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml

for June 26, 2014

read June 27, 2014

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for March and April 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/may-jun%202014

edited August 15, 2015

Here it comes – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/here-it-comes-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited January 12, 2014

Here it comes – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/here-it-comes-v2.html

January 12, 2014

Here it comes

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/here-it-comes.html

January 12, 2014

I am not ready

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/i-am-not-ready.html

(conversation by Dean McKenney about his

bad car accident 40 years ago)

January 12, 2014

an accounting to God

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/an-accounting-to-god.html

January 12, 2014

Honor their walk

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/honor-their-walk.html

Romans 14:10-12

Romans 14:1-12

Romans 14

Men’s Bible Study

led by Steve Curtis

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

January 12, 2014

edited August 4, 2015

Like the Venus Fly Trap – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/like-venus-fly-trap-v8.html

(editing version 5)

edited May 9, 2015

Ten Years – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/05/ten-years-v2.html

April 23, 2004

Ten Years

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/04/ten-years.html

Poetry Where You Live

Thursday, October 22, 2015

we need God’s strength – v3

Did you brace for impact – v2

Bringing Word – v4

A Spring Rain – v4

Mile Marker 19 – v8

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