the mother and the martyr – v3 #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #poetry #Ukraine #Ukraina #war

she weeps for her firstborn,
a zealot to his faith, his homeland,
though he has been far from home
she knows his face so well…

the mother and the martyr,
their bond is eternal, immortal,
together, joined together,
one life, one heart beating as one…

he is faithful to her, his homeland
her cause is his life’s purpose
never has a son sought for justice
more for his mother, his homeland…

the mother and the martyr,
joined together, always,
their love a bond between them,
no distance could overcome…

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Edited January 10, 2025
The mother and the martyr – v3

after poem “the mother and the martyr”, based on the poem,
“Neophytes”, by Taras Shevchenko
October 29, 2024
The Great Catastrophe – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-great-catastrophe-v2.html
based on sentence and imprisonment of Taras Shevchenko
for ten years, 1847 (age 33) until 1857 (age 43)
Written and posted September 30, 2024
the ruin of his country
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-ruin-of-his-country.html
after poem “the ruin of his country”, based on the poems,
“The Dream” and “The Great Grave”, by Taras Shevchenko
October 29, 2024
A revolutionary, a subversive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-revolutionary-subversive-v2.html
Written and posted September 30, 2024
A revolutionary, a subversive
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-revolutionary-subversive.html
after poem “A revolutionary, a subversive”, based on the poem,
“The Dream, by Taras Shevchenko
Written and posted September 30, 2024
the aspirations of his people
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-aspirations-of-his-people-he.html
about Taras Shevchenko’s life and poetry
October 29, 2024
A voice against injustice – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-voice-against-injustice-v2.html
Poems about Ukraine and the book, The Poet of Ukraine,
about the life and poetry of the Bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko,
which I read after Hurricane Helene,
from 9/29/2024 to 10/13/24

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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

#poetry #Ukraine #TarasShevchenko

His wish was fulfilled – v4 #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #poetry #Ukraine #Ukraina #war

Shevchenko’s wish was granted, fulfilled,
his eternal prayer was answered,
he was brought back to the Dnipro,
the spirit of Ukraine which lived,
which called to him homeward,
He returned, his body was buried,
in the dark soil, his homeland…
 
Taras Shevchenko is forever
one with Ukraine…

He lived away from the poplars,
from the fields and the forests,
he spent many years imprisoned,
part of the diaspora, scattered,
so far from his homeland,
but his prayer was answered,
his wish was granted, fulfilled…
 
Taras Shevchenko is forever
one with Ukraine…

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Edited January 10, 2025
His wish was fulfilled – v4

after poem “His wish was fulfilled, based on the poem,
“The Testament, by Taras Shevchenko,
written Christmas Day, 12/25/1845
Written and posted September 29, 2024
A voice against injustice
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-voice-against-injustice.html
Poems about Ukraine and the book, The Poet of Ukraine,
about the life and poetry of the Bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko,
which I read after Hurricane Helene,
from 9/29/2024 to 10/13/24
&
Edited September 25, 2024
I hear Taras’ whisper to me… - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/i-hear-taras-whisper-to-me-v2.html
about Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko,
Robert Burns, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Nikolai Gogol…
Robert Frost and Mary Oliver…

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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 

Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #TarasShevchenko

Unchain me from my body – v3 #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #poetry #Ukraine #Ukraina #war

Lift me from this mortal coil,
oh Lord, give me wings to fly,
to rise above the earth,
to fly to my homeland...

Lord, let me rise, let me fly,
from my cell from my bed,
to my mother’s side,
unchain me from my body,
oh God, let me rise…

My cries in the shadows,
In the watches of the night,
wanting to be beside her,
how I long to take flight…
 
Release me, Lord, I pray,
from chains of my flesh,
let me soar, let me rise,
from my cell, this fortress,
oh God, let me fly...
 
Unchain me from my body,
let my spirit rise, may I soar,
over the miles, the many hours,
until I reach her shores…
 
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Edited January 9, 2025
Unchain me from my body – v3
 
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 

Poetry Where You Live.
 
 
Poetry, God, spirit, prayer, love, desire, wife, husband, dream, flight, flying, fly, lovers, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, prison, exile, diaspora, Ukraina,
 
#poetry #God #Spirit #prayer #love #desire #wife #husband #lovers #dream #flight #flying #fly #TarasShevchenko #Ukraine #diaspora #prison #exile #Ukraina

You create a thin space – v3

You create a thin space,
brushing at the edge of heaven,
a murmur, a prayer, a whisper,
coming as close as breath,
to the infinite, to our imagination,
to our journey here on earth.
 
You conjure magic, emotion,
opening a pathway, a doorway,
a channel for them to enter,
to descend, to traverse,
to sojourn here with us.
 
You create a thin space,
for ancestors, for others,
to smile, to bloom, to blossom,
to cross over, to linger, to dwell,
so that they might grace us for a moment,
but that moment ends far too soon…
 
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Posted January 9, 2025
Edited December 26, 2024
You create a thin space – v3
edited January 18, 2024
You create a thin space – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-create-thin-space-v2.html
Edited January 14, 2024
You create a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-create-thin-space.html
edited April 28, 2021
you created a thin space – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space-v3.html
edited April 27, 2021
you created a thin space - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space-v2.html
edited April 27, 2021
you created a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space.html  
April 27, 2021
you made a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-made-thin-space.html
&
Edited January 14, 2024
Between waking and sleeping – v2 – video added
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t7oxT1PyhmM
Edited January 5, 2024
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/between-waking-and-sleeping-v2.html
&
January 5, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4713899988690861/
&
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleeping
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleeping.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep-v2.html
January 4, 2022
Between waking and sleep
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep.html
inspired by comments by Delilah on her show 1/4/2022
edited January 4, 2022
God spared my life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life-v2.html
edited/new January 3, 2022
God spared my life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life.html
January 3, 2022
God kept me alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-kept-me-alive.html
near fatal accident on New Year’s Eve
driving 60 mph on Route 16 in
St. Augustine, FL, with only
1 of 5 lug nuts on passenger front tire
 
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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poetry, God, Spirit, loved ones, heaven, waking, sleep, eternity, dreams, time, prayer, poem, spiritual, physical, earth, spirits, angels, mortals, humans,
 
#poetry #God #angels #dreams

our breath-prayer – v2

Our prayer between us,
in our promise together,
knowing in our spirits,
feeling God’s hand, His love,
poured out upon us…
 
In the crucible of this age,
uncertainty of these moments,
we share an eternal love,
a breath-prayer between us,
“I will love you until the day I die”.
 
So much power in these words,
this promise spoken between us,
but how much more joy there will be,
when we are united, my love, for eternity,
and we dance in the streets of heaven...
 
We long for the day, that moment,
when we live together, in love,
in the crucible of these days,
striving in our hearts,
with God by our side…
 
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Edited January 9, 2025
our breath-prayer – v2
 
Edited/ new name January 2, 2025
our breath-prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/our-breath-prayer.html
December 30, 2024
Until the day I die
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/until-day-i-die.html
January 9, 2025
Fearing less and Striving more
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/fearing-less-and-striving-more.html
Edited January 7, 2025
A new year, a new page – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-new-year-new-page-v2.html
Edited January 7, 2025
A prayer for Ukraine – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-prayer-for-ukraine-v3.html
December 17, 2024
My part of the world is waking
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/my-part-of-world-is-waking.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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. 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.
 
love, sunrise, prayer, marriage, wife, spirit, husband, power, God, Christ, poetry,
 
#love #sunrise #prayer #marriage #wife #spirit #husband #power #God #Christ #poetry

The moment Mary conceived – v2

Not at the manger,
where many start the story,
not in the temple, as a boy,
where He showed authority…
 
The moment Mary conceived,
overshadowed by the Holy Spirit,
that is when the miracle occurred,
Light entered the world…
 
The infinite entered time,
Christ became mortal,
not at the manger, on the cross,
but in the womb of Mary...
 
The moment Mary conceived,
time changed forever,
what was before a prophecy,
Light entered the world…
 
=====================
Edited January 9, 2025
The moment Mary conceived – v2
 
Edited January 8, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2-v3.html
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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, God, Christ, incarnation,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #incarnation

Fearing less and Striving more

Fearing less and striving more
grabbing hold of my future
a new year’s resolution, a promise,
I make to myself…
 
Knowing my history, my struggles,
but not letting them chain me,
a promise in the turning,
to rise on this new page…
 
Fearing less and striving more,
a challenge to my spirit,
but one I cannot fail,
as I lean into my future…
 
---------------
January 9, 2025
Fearing less and Striving more
 
Edited January 7, 2025
A new year, a new page – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-new-year-new-page-v2.html
Edited January 7, 2025
A prayer for Ukraine – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-prayer-for-ukraine-v3.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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. 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, Ukraine, God, prayer,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer

Guardians of the divine secret – v2

Mary and Joseph, the holy couple,
young, scared, and overwhelmed,
guardians of the divine secret,
the mystery of conception…
 
The Christ growing within her,
the babe they placed in the manger,
the child they saved in Egypt,
the boy who taught in the Temple…
 
Long before he was an adult,
the man who was baptized in the Jordan,
who began His life of ministry,
making the way for us…
 
Beginning with the angels,
who visited the holy couple,
guardians of the divine secret
when infinity entered time…
 
=====================
Edited January 8, 2025
Guardians of the divine secret – v2
 
Edited January 8, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2-v3.html
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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, God, Christ, incarnation,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #incarnation

Guardians of the divine secret

Mary and Joseph, the holy couple,
young, scared, and overwhelmed,
guardians of the divine secret,
the Christ growing within her,
the babe they placed in the manger,
the child they saved in Egypt,
the boy who taught in the Temple,
the man who was baptized in the Jordan,
who began His life of ministry,
beginning with the angels,
who visited the holy couple,
guardians of the divine secret
when infinity entered time…
 
=====================
January 8, 2025
Guardians of the divine secret
 
January 8, 2025
The moment Mary conceived
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-moment-mary-conceived.html
Edited January 8, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2-v3.html
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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, God, Christ, incarnation,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #incarnation

The moment Mary conceived

The moment Mary conceived,
overshadowed by the Holy Spirit,
that is when the miracle occurred,
Light entered the world…
 
The infinite entered time,
Christ became mortal,
not at the manger, on the cross,
but in the womb of Mary...
 
=====================
January 8, 2025
The moment Mary conceived
 
Edited January 8, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2-v3.html
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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, God, Christ, incarnation,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #incarnation

a tear in the fabric of time – 2 – v3

God pierced the veil,
the curtain was ripped open,
eternity entered time,
God descended in a miracle,
Christ came to dwell with us…
 
a tear in the fabric of time,
a singular moment forever,
the infinite entering creation,
God in mortal flesh was born,
Mary laid Christ in His manger bed…
 
after the nine months within her,
the bread of life was born to Mary,
our eternal God of heaven,
the Son, our Messiah,
our risen Lord and Savior…
 
God pierced the veil,
the curtain was ripped open,
eternity entered time,
God descended in a miracle,
Christ came to dwell with us…
 
=====================
Edited January 8, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time – 2 – v3
 
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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, God, Christ, incarnation,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #incarnation

was it the light John spoke of – v2

was this the light John spoke of
in his gospel, the holy scripture,
that was seen by the baptizer,
while he was yet in the womb,
the light in Mary’s vessel,
the light that entered creation,
the light that was growing
in her sacred womb…
 
was it Christ’s light, consciousness,
John saw, that made him leap
at the sound of Mary’s voice,
our Savior beside him, growing,
waiting within her vessel,
growing in secret, in silence,
His clay being molded
In her sacred womb…
 
=====================
Edited January 7, 2025
was it the light John spoke of – v2
 
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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, God, Christ, incarnation,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #incarnation

Nine months within Mary – v2

For those nine months within Mary,
Christ grew as we do, alive,
but fully conscious of His divinity,
of the uniqueness of His creation,
before the quickening of His flesh…
 
God grew within Mary,
His mother, yet His daughter,
for He was in Creation, the beginning,
“Before Abraham was, I Am”,
God within the womb of Mary…
 
For nine months within Mary,
the Messiah was hidden, in secret,
fed by her love, by her blood,
her life, her living waters,
bearing the light for the world…
 
God grew within Mary,
His mother, His first disciple,
the one who would raise Him,

who would walk with Him,
to Golgotha, to the tomb,
who is now with Him in heaven…
 
=====================
Edited January 7, 2025
Nine months within Mary – v2
 
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity-v2.html
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Edited January 7, 2025
He humbled himself – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2-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, 2024, and 2025. 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, God, Christ, incarnation,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #incarnation

Conscious of His divinity – v2

Christ was God, divine,
at Creation, in the womb of Mary,
conscious of His divinity, His authority,
before the quickening of His flesh,
God alive in Creation, entering time,
what must Christ have felt, awareness,
growing within Mary’s womb…
 
Christ was fully alive in her body,
the eternal made mortal, growing as we do,
but aware of His divinity, fully God, fully man,
indwelling within her vessel, the seed of eternity,
our Messiah, the hope of all mankind, of life, life itself,
before the manger, before John leapt within Elizabeth,
Christ was conscious of His divinity before all else…
 
=====================
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity – v2
 
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Edited January 7, 2025
He humbled himself – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2-v2.html
Edited January 7, 2025
Kneeling before Your manger – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/kneeling-before-your-manger-v2.html
 
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He humbled himself – 2 – v2

Mystery of our faith,
Christ, the Messiah,
fully-man, fully-God,
was emptied of heaven…
 
God humbled himself,
entering time, conception
born, laid in a manger,
knowing every pain we endure,
choosing to die for us on the cross…
 
A mystery revealed,
held in our hearts, forever,
the incarnation of Christ,
bound into our faith…
 
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Edited January 7, 2025
He humbled himself – 2 – v2
 
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Edited January 7, 2025
Kneeling before Your manger – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/kneeling-before-your-manger-v2.html
Edited January 7, 2025
Eternal God donned human flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh-v2.html
 
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Kneeling before Your manger – v2

Kneeling before Your manger
the end of the waiting since the conception,
the birth of our risen Lord and Savior,
Emmanuel, God here with us,
the Messiah, God in mortal flesh…
 
Bowing down with the others
knowing the power of this moment,
the wise men, the lowly shepherds,
before the Babe in the manger bed,
the Man who would climb our cross…
 
Kneeling before Your manger
the now born risen Savior,
in awe and in humble worship,
in awe that Grace was born on Earth,
on that sacred silent night…
 
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Edited January 7, 2025
Kneeling before Your manger – v2
 
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:59
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-3
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Edited January 7, 2025
Eternal God donned human flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh-v2.html
Edited January 7, 2025
an intimacy with Mary – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/an-intimacy-with-mary-v2.html
Edited January 7, 2025
A new continuum – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-new-continuum-v2.html
January 6, 2025
A new continuum
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-new-continuum.html
January 6, 2025
an intimacy with Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/an-intimacy-with-mary_6.html
Revised January 6, 2025
Nine months before the manger - v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-before-manger-v3.html
Incorporating suggested edits by Bohdana Paievska
January 5, 2025
was it the light John spoke of
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/was-it-light-john-spoke-of.html
Edited January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-kernel-of-creation-v2.html
Edited January 5, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating-v2.html
Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together-v2.html
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
 
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Eternal God donned human flesh – v2

A thought too immense, powerful,
beyond my comprehension, my ken,
eternal God donned human flesh
and was placed in the manger,
born of Mary, of the virgin girl…
 
the immortal stepped into time
like us of mortal clay,
eternity became human,
to suffer and die, to ascend,
for us to soar to heaven…
 
God gave us Christ Jesus,
God’s greatest gift ever,
the overshadowing of the Spirit,
God with us in the manger,
the Babe who was born of Mary,
the Man who climbed our cross…
 
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Edited January 7, 2025
Eternal God donned human flesh – v2
 
Based on Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on Psalm139:13-16
Based on John8:59
Based on John8:48-59
Based on Luke1:39-45
Based on Philippians2:5-11
Based on Genesis 1:26
Based on John1:1-3
Based on John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Edited January 7, 2025
an intimacy with Mary – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/an-intimacy-with-mary-v2.html
Edited January 7, 2025
A new continuum – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-new-continuum-v2.html
January 6, 2025
A new continuum
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-new-continuum.html
January 6, 2025
an intimacy with Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/an-intimacy-with-mary_6.html
Revised January 6, 2025
Nine months before the manger - v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-before-manger-v3.html
Incorporating suggested edits by Bohdana Paievska
January 5, 2025
was it the light John spoke of
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/was-it-light-john-spoke-of.html
Edited January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-kernel-of-creation-v2.html
Edited January 5, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating-v2.html
Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together-v2.html
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
 
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sitting down beside you – v2

out in public, fearless,
wanting to be inside you,
knowing how powerful
is my desire for you…
 
finding a place for us to hide,
to draw closer together,
but still out in the open
willing to take a chance…
 
slipping my hand gently,
under your clothing, darling,
down under your panties
until I reach your flesh…
 
taking a chance, a risk,
when I had the chance
to touch, to explore,
to reach for you
even out in public…
 
feeling you wet to my touch,
my own erection intense,
my desire overwhelming,
your waters, your taste, my love…
 
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Edited January 7, 2025
sitting down beside you  - v2
 
Edited January 7, 2025
Your living waters – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/your-living-waters-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, 2024, and 2025. 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, love,
 
#poetry #love

Your living waters – v2

 
Called by your scent, your power,
wanting to taste your nectar, you,
your living waters, your essence,
on my face, my tongue, my lips…
 
My eager tongue leads me,
parting your lips to tease, to taste,
your orgasm, our honey, flowing,  
when we just made love…
 
Epic carnal pleasures, longing,
a sensory explosion of desires,
drinking of your womanhood,
your essence, my love…
 
Oh, how many times, a dream,
you cried out, “harder, faster”
when my fingers dance,
on your clit, my desire,
awash in your froth…
 
Drinking from the well of you, slowly,
as you tease me, stroke me,
getting me ready, prepared,
for another round…
 
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Edited January 7, 2025
Your living waters – v2
 
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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, love,
 
#poetry #love

Like water chiseling rock – v3

Persistently, slowly, relentlessly,
God changes our hate into love,
even love for our enemies,
our fear into faithfulness,
like water chiseling rock…
 
God softens our hard places,
our edges, dangers of our emotions,
God reshapes, God reforms our clay,
putting us on the Potter’s wheel,
our bodies Into God’s image…
 
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Edited January 7, 2025
Like water chiseling rock – v3
 
January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling rock
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/like-water-chiseling-rock.html
Edited January 7, 2024
In His Ministry – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-his-ministry-v4.html
&
several poems written in 2009
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King
on the juxtaposition of the
80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 18, 2009
In His Ministry
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-his-ministry.html
edited January 19, 2015
Changing the Wind – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/changing-wind-v3.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, 2024, and 2025. 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, God, America,
 
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Attrition a cancer – v2 #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #poetry #Ukraine #Ukraina #war

Attrition a cancer, virulent,
the virus of Russia, of Putin,
metastasized, spreading,
devouring so much, defiant,
a plague upon this earth…

Attrition a cancer, spreading,
the virus of Russia, of Putin,
no soul, no memory, evil,
just abject carnage, genocide,
no remorse, only terror…

Attrition a cancer, to be defeated,
the virus of Russia, of Putin,
a war of genocide, of terror,
nothing remaining, destroyed,
yet they will surely rebuild…
 
Attrition a cancer, repeating,
the virus of Russia, of Putin
in hybrid war, in glide bombs,
in scorched earth tactics
from the past, from history,
but their time soon will end…

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edited January 7, 2025
Attrition a cancer – v2

Edited November 29, 2024
Attrition – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/attrition-v4.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
A death sentence – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-death-sentence-2-v2_26.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
The anguished words of the defenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-anguished-words-of-defenders-v2_26.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Ten years under the gun – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/ten-years-under-gun-v2_26.html
 
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Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, prayer, attrition,
 
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