Marking Another (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Marking another different from us as if that made them unworthy unable to approach the cross All of us human ...
Poems about conversations (31 Poems)
Stepping Stones – 2 (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Maybe patience perseverance in adversity staying on the path stepping stones laid to make the way easier over the space ...
Human Dignity (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
So easily thrown away so easily tossed out if we bar their way if we cast our neighbors out Ours ...
Pernicious (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Are we complicit when we stand in silence pernicious discrimination devaluing our neighbor Excluding them from inclusion blind to the ...
The Stigma of Difference (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The stigma of difference setting us apart when we are all one fallen before the Lord each of us sinners ...
We do not want to believe (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Our worlds in denial safe from reality we do not want to believe the evil stalking our loved ones the ...
Attacked for who they are (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The most vile abuse targeted because of their different attacked for who they are just because of their color, their ...
Bound by Our Fears (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Timid disciples captive to the world failing to speak to carry God's holy word Bound by our fears setting peoples ...
Timid When He Calls (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
My prayer oh Lord that when my Master calls that I would respond to answer your word That I would ...
What we risk (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Turning our back on the call of Jesus what we risk when we do not follow So much more than ...
We think it is so distant (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We think it is so distant the judging of others racism, bias, phobias against one another keeping us separated away ...
Mary Before Us (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Anyone different like Mary before us in the dust at our feet looking up at Jesus An indictment, now as ...
The Unity of the Spirit (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The unity of the Spirit calling to us ever guiding us if we are willing motivated by love to serve ...
Persecuted like Christ (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
What do we fear that keeps us in our seats when we should be persecuted like Jesus our lives in ...
Will We Stand Like Jesus (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Will our model be the disciples cowering in the boat sitting when Christ called them to come, to walk on ...
What do we risk (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
What do we risk in this life if we stand in the background if we speak but do not act ...
Other Sheep (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We are the other sheep not part of the first flock brought one through Jesus through his gift on the ...
The Grace of Prayer (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Conversations with God humbly bowing lowering our heads sometimes raising open hands Seeking guidance the grace of prayer discerning our ...
Part of the Community (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Something now expected the town counting on us this congregation, this people to more than just show up While we ...
Wearing Our Cross (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Not for credit, not to show off not to be seen as pious She said it simply, in response to ...
She Cannot Make You Mad (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Wisdom in the scripture, of the nature of blessing an internal feeling, something within not something we have done to ...
A Love Poem (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
For my love, for my beautiful wife I love you more, so much more, in missing you, wanting you with ...
Dreams (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Slide, fall into the realm the inky stillness after restless days Wake, fitfully Scraps of memory or Technicolor show Prescience ...
Joanne (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The violin sang over the hum, the rumble the guitars by her side They held the rhythm oh, but she ...
The Mandrake (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
FLORENTINE we now design to show;-- A greater blockhead ne'er appeared below; It seems a prudent woman he had wed, ...
The Cradle (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
NEAR Rome, of yore, close to the Florence road, Was seen a humble innkeeper's abode; Small sums were charged; few ...
A Confidant Without Knowing It; Or The Stratagem (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
NO master sage, nor orator I know, Who can success, like gentle Cupid show; His ways and arguments are pleasing ...
The same embrace (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
We talked with family last night, not mine or yours specifically but ours, the ones we love familiarly. When little ...
Futurelessness (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
Why can't I keep out of harm's way? Am I so preoccupied, simultaneously looking ahead, concurrently looking behind; concerned to ...
Music, In A Foreign Language (Andrew Crumey Poem)
In a cafe, once more I heard Your voice - those sparse and frugal notes. Do they not say that ...