Not Words of Weakness (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The words of the Rabbi, the teacher the one who walked on the earth turning the tables on the powerful, ...
Raymond A. Foss Poems on America (56 Poems)
The Power of His Words (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The power of his words echoing down through the ages words transforming power, the order of things giving when others ...
Forty Years (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Forty years in the desert, forty years since he saw the mountaintop forty years wandering, wondering, where is the promised ...
Seeing Joshua (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
For so many, across the nation, believers beyond our shores, seeing Joshua, more than a new generation, seeing Joshua in ...
Choosing the Cross (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In the words of the sermon, the words of love on the mountainside the seeds of the words, his actions, ...
The Question (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Trying to change the discussion, to force him to agree to admit that torture, any torture, was justified that the ...
Always Torture (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Finally, the words, unambiguous, clear torture, waterboarding was torture, a position for the new administration words with power, with consequences ...
Lofty Words (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Words of the savior, from God words on the mountain, given to the people, words changing transforming words, the rules, ...
Before Martin (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Our pastor, setting the stage, the precedent, these days, these events, our times into their context, framing our thoughts back ...
Echoes of the Desert (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In these days, these times of transition this time of transforming, hope in the air echoes of the years, the ...
Words in quotes (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
What makes these words so distinct, so special, so unique, that they must be in quotes, that each, in their ...
Understanding a moment (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
I feel humbled, by the power of the moment the days we are in the midst of, something electric, life ...
The Hills of Zion (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
On the mountain, the hills of Zion profound words, by the Messiah, the one who would live out the words ...
Is He Joshua (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A thought, a hesitant prayer, a question on many lips this day Is he Joshua, the one to come down ...
Invoking a Dream (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A fulfillment of prophesy, invoking a dream a vision of our world, as God might have it be a world, ...
Words chosen for a nation (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Somehow, the wisdom of the founders, right these words he will join, as all who have gone before right to ...
Words that Bind (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In this moment in time with struggle and strife, war and oppression challenging threatening our world Words that bind, that ...
Not Just a Dream (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
From the snowy hills of New Hampshire oh so snowy this year, not just a dream, this birthday, this holiday, ...
Claiming Martin (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A moment, this moment claiming Martin, his memory, his cause as our own, the nation changing, moving toward his hoped ...
Give us your tired, your poor (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The hope of America, in the words of liberty the hope of a new life, in freedom "Give us your ...
A New Nation (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
As was remembered, four score and seven years later our nation, a new nation was brought forward; but not by ...
In Remembrance of Them (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Not the bread, the wine elements of the holy meal shared in remembrance of him; in remembrance of them we ...
With Fireworks (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
With fireworks, parades, with speeches we honor them, each year remembering them, for what they gave their lives for freedom ...
Presidents (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The men who have led the nation through the years and struggles, the hope and promise within the dream that ...
Friendly Fire (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In war, actions can have unintended unwanted consequences, self-inflicted wounds, friendly fire, not just on the battlefield. How much more ...
Barbs on the Heart (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A monument, long in coming of some open scar tissue a stain on our lives chapter of evil when we ...