Raymond A. Foss, Esq.

A poet who does law

to pay the bills (for now)

A Life in Transition

• Searching for my niche – (need to grow up soon)

• Growing where I am – (in the law)

• Supporting my family – (that would be nice)

• Doing what I love – (poetry)

• Trying to be a whole person – (volunteering)

Changing plans

• I thought I would continue what I was doing

• I went to law school

• Started with Education Law

• Moved to Family Law

• Started more poetry

• Focus on my passion– 2,700 poems in last year

Poetry Where You Live• Poetry Where You Live is a state of mind,

believing that, like God’s grace, poetry is where you live, not something you have to seek out in some distant place.

• Writing for the last 10 years– 175 poems at law school graduation – 5/2004– Just hit 6,500 poems on 4/3/2010

• Set up web site – Just hit 6 years in February– Now another site

• Looked at Facebook– Created business pages for law and poetry

But not exclusively (not yet)

• Being okay with being good at more than one thing

• Using all my talents

• Doing what I love

• And doing what helps others

• Believing I have a wonderful life

Two Cards – for nowRaymond A. Foss, Esq.

Law Offices of Raymond A. Foss, PLLC

160 Main Street

Suncook, NH 03275-1206

Tel. 603-973-2447

Fax 603-375-7774

Email: raymondafoss@gmail.com

Raymond A. Foss

Poetry Where You Live

160 Main Street

Suncook, NH 03275-1206

Tel. 603-973-2447

Fax 603-375-7774

Email: raymondafoss@gmail.com

www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com

Needing to focus

Seeing the beauty

Sharing My Joy

A Rainbow of HopeAn urgent call

a race down the dark stairs

a flicker of color as I ran outside

an arc, His bow, His promise

shown down on us

standing in awe and wonder

the rich color muted in the city

It curves over the alley

above the tenements, the wires

the clutter, the stresses of life

a timely reminder

in good times and bad

of your faithfulness,

your covenant with your people

a beautiful arc, a shimmering bow

a pleasure to behold

a piece of hope placed

for a moment, a few seconds

unnoticed by so many,

lost in the push and pull

of daily living

shared with those lucky few

who stopped for a moment or two

and looked up

Casting StonesCasting stones

out into the deep waters

creating ripples

to wash across the word

Words of love

of comfort, of hope

sharing messages of Christ

his lessons for our lives

to bring us back to God

The Ripples ReturningIn casting the seeds

the stones, the wordsinto the ground, the sea

ripples touching distant shoresbut sometimes returning to me

A wonder, in the sharingthe words finding fertile soil

reaching hearts opensending their love in reply

Returning these gifts from Godthat they would be planted deeper in me

Casting more stones out into seaseeds on the wind,

planted on distant shores

Points on a SphereNot poles on a linestatic and unchanginga yes or a noin black and white

Not even arcs of a circleme in the center, segmenting timeplaces where spokes alight Points on a sphereever turning, moving like a ballrolling across an uneven floor Such are the choicesmy identifies, roles movingnot either or but yes to them all

Sausage

Living More PurposefullyNot to claim a victory

not our own validationliving more purposefullyto stay centered on God

Not drifting with the wind

not following the flow of the crowdwalking with my savior

on the road laid before me

Using my gifts, my talentshearing my master’s callpersevering in adversity

courage, committing my all