Trapped by Flames (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
House ablaze, hissing, dying Crimson anguish My daughter upstairs, alone Helpless Firetruck - red, loud, racing, screech HELP ME! MY ...
Raymond A. Foss Poems on Life (1227 Poems)
May Day (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A simple basket of spring flowers. A token of my love. A tradition begun. And enduring. Iris, tulip, forsythia, quince, ...
Sharing (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Sharing memories Pain of loss Difficult tasks Words and feelings Poetry, not prose Of the life we lost When he ...
True Believer (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
It is you who believes in me who wants the best for me who gives me the strength For you ...
Fantasies (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Fantasies are harder to give up on We paint them with our desires, Hopes, dreams Of a life, world we ...
Glassworks (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Mesmerized, watching The skill, artistry Effortlessness in the heat Of the sweating craftsmen In the beach air On the Vineyard ...
Holding On (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Recurring patterns Down a path Of life choices Knowing but Unchanging Holding on When I should let go Hanging in ...
Half Masts (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
D-Day and The Fourth Bookends of a month In the life of the Nation The death of a President Reminders ...
Half Staffs (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
D-Day and The Fourth Bookends of a month In the life of the Nation The death of a President Reminders ...
Peter (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Calloused hands hearty handshake Bright eyes and easy smile consumed his face Brothers we are Mi Amigo, and confidante, through ...
Old Friends (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
They meet after months and yet The time melts away And they are back in the swing Ready to banter ...
God’s Hand (Raymond A. Foss Poems)
The gentle push the warm support The gentle nudge Of the One who knows what's best Charting a course with ...
Running on the Razor’s Edge (Raymond A. Foss Poems)
His eyes tell the story Captured in the ephemeral emulsion Of the digital image Silently, knowingly Speaking Of the things ...
Berries (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Like a thick cluster of ripe Concord grapes The blueberries hung on the bush Eager for my grasp, their liberation ...
To Tag (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
To tag, or not to tag: that is the problem: Whether 'tis nobler in the whole to endure The slings ...
Planned Serendipity (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We seem to be living a life of planned serendipity, scripted moments, rather than pure chance the consequences of more ...
Covenants (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Words of heart and hope shared and pondered as brothers and sisters in praise and prayer tonight Our church owning ...
Masks of Necessity (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Grown child, where is your laughter? Do you laugh, smile, cheer in the song of the wind, the leap of ...
A Journey of Treasure (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Like the Magi, We are each on the journey a quest for the king Ourselves the treasure, the metal, the ...
Baptism (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A stoic Yankee A Baptist bowl and a lot of water met for a moment one November day Some fifteen ...
Baptismal Waters (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Two pitchers, two bowls Two pair of hands of the pastor and the proconsul Metaphorical markers of a life well ...
Snapped (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Among the pens and pencils in my desk drawer a piece of eternity fractured and frozen brings me to that ...
Valentine’s Day 2006 (Raymond A. Foss Poems)
To my beautiful wife, When I read 1 Cor. 13:1-7, I think of you. I alternate "you" for "love" and ...
Balkans (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
I often pause to wonder of the two sides of the man from the Balkans who graced my life with ...
Green Copper (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Technically it is an oxidation a patina of green over the pure metal beneath some would argue a mere fact ...
Costs not Expenses (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A fine line in the sand of import to find balance of equities costs yes, expenses no parsing subtleties of ...
A Prayer for Wisdom (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Wisdom, discernment precious gifts, a heritage, a grounding a life worth living when these are the callings of the heart ...