Surfacing (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
She surfaced before me ready for the flash the pose of the picture I took a creature of the deep ...
She surfaced before me ready for the flash the pose of the picture I took a creature of the deep ...
More and more her papers are about her calling her sermons and her epistles to the churches, to the non-believers ...
It is there, deep in her young heart bearing fruits of faith, in our lives sharing the belief she has ...
It is there, deep in her young heart bearing fruits of faith, in our lives sharing the belief she has ...
How will the case go How will we ever know It depends On the totality of the circumstances The best ...
Eight silent canoes Pushed off onto the still waters At 2am on a July night. The full moon and stars ...
Moments, months, years Shards of my life Frozen in amber Untidy segments Frayed edges, dead ends Lost years A blank ...
Mom was at home Mrs. Foss was The vacation bible school teacher, The den mother, The class mother. They were ...
Wow, I found a thesis sentence In my title above. A clear and concise position I can support Here, there, ...
Quiet in the law school Late at night, after papers, exams Between time Late March, Early April Still halls Empty ...
Iterative, coding conventions Six month of our lives Spent casting and recasting The structure of the new environment To bring ...
Early morning (or very late night) Carbon and ink eraser, with the bristles Before Whiteout The Corona clacked away Her ...
Another school year and I'm out of place beyond graduation alien in my home, Where I lived for three years ...
In His presence, at His feet longing to hear the master speak Aware of the power, authority, the words of ...
Watching them play Seeing their notes on the paper Sensing the fun in practice in hearing the sheet come alive ...
A fine line in the sand of import to find balance of equities costs yes, expenses no parsing subtleties of ...
Of all the opry-houses then obtaining in the West The one which Milton Tootle owned was, by all odds, the ...
The wind comes whispering to me of the country green and cool-- Of redwing blackbirds chattering beside a reedy pool; ...
I met a lady from the South who said (You won't believe she said it, but she said it): "None ...
When I was young my teachers were the old. I gave up fire for form till I was cold. I ...
I. Soon Of all the springtimes of the world This one is the ugliest Of all of my ways of ...
Look, look, master, here comes two religious caterpillars. The Jew of Malta. POLYPHILOPROGENITIVE The sapient sutlers of the Lord Drift ...
They lie in parallel rows, on ice, head to tail, each a foot of luminosity barred with black bands, which ...
Taken from men -- this morning -- Carried by men today -- Met by the Gods with banners -- Who ...
Knows how to forget! But could It teach it? Easiest of Arts, they say When one learn how Dull Hearts ...
It was given to me by the Gods -- When I was a little Girl -- They given us Presents ...
It don't sound so terrible -- quite -- as it did -- I run it over -- "Dead", Brain, "Dead." ...
On such a night, or such a night, Would anybody care If such a little figure Slipped quiet from its ...
I often passed the village When going home from school -- And wondered what they did there -- And why ...
As a child I played in the same frosty fields barefoot as my no lesser loved classmates, whom we challenged ...
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