The Weight of the Starfish - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Called by the girls, to their shape
starfish beyond the water’s reach
in the shrinking pools
rocks drying in the air
rust pink of the starfish
alive outside the sea.

The weight of the starfish
nestled in my hand
Feeling the message, the lesson
alive within my hands;
casting the starfish
back into the sea.

Repeating the scene
three more of them
returning the stars back,
each caught in that in-between place
warming stones, the space before
the cooling of the sea.

August 9, 2009 and edited January 12, 2010
Psalm 92:1-4
Isaiah 43:18-21
Luke 12:54-56
and sermon, “The View from Seven Decades:
The Power and Danger of Paradigms”,
by the Reverend Huntley Halvorson
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Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
July 19, 2009
and
Psalm 100
Luke 4:16-21
Isaiah 43:1-3a
Isaiah 43:18-21
and sermon, “The Power of Vision”,
by the Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
including, The Star Thrower Story by Joel Barker,
inspired by the writing of Loren Eiseley,
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Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
July 26, 2009
and
visit on August 6, 2009
to Beavertail Lighthouse
and rocks below
Jamestown, Rhode Island
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