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Friday, May 24, 2024

A cloak of the dead – v2


A garment,
fabric of steel,
a cloak of the dead,
a hedge of protection,
a breastplate of armor
 
Their warriors descending
drawn from rest in Valhalla,
creating a fabric, a memory,
new embroidered Vyshyvanka,
 
Stitches of their fiber, memory,
woven with their precious blood,

their homeland goes with them,
vanquishing the enemy, terror,
bombs raining down on them,
protected by the warriors,
heroes in their stories
their revered dead
 each one…


 
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Edited May 24, 2024
A cloak of the dead – v2
In this poem I am trying to convey that the dead of #Ukraine, 
your #heroes, are cloaking every #warrior, as if with a new 
#Vyshyvanka, against your skin, under the armor, the 
white fabric's embroidery have been woven with threads 
of the blood of the fallen, protecting each of you. 
They are your shield, your invisible armor. 

I tried to write the #poem in the shape of a 
#Ukrainian Easter Egg, a #Pysanky. 

Both of these are so symbolic of #Ukraine, the independent 
#identity of your #culture, just as your unique #language and #history are. 

The #poem is a #prayer for #Ukraine.
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Edited May 24, 2024
Death from the skies – v2
Edited May 24, 2024
Lord, watch over these heroes – v2
Edited May 24, 2024
Designs of their culture – v2
May 23, 2024
A cloak of the dead
May 23, 2024
X post by The Angry Cat
“Ukrainians don't die, they go to Valhalla.”
And
May 23, 2024
Video posted by
Ukraine Territorial Defense Forces
&
May 23, 2024
Death from the skies
Edited May 22, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood
&
May 22, 2024
Free the hands of our ally – v3
Edited May 22, 2024
While their bombers are in the air
&
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
May 20, 2024
X post by Тетяна Denford
and my responses
&
May 22, 2024
The streets of Kharkiv run red with the blood
May 22, 2024
X Post by Iryna Volchuk.
"The streets of Kharkiv run red with the blood of innocents, victims of the genocide being perpetrated by russia."
(Forwarded by me to POTUS)
&
May 20, 2024
Do the mothers in Russia know? – v7 (converting Ukrainian back to English)
Edited May 20, 2024
Чи знають матері в Росії? – v6 (in Ukrainian)
Edited May 20, 2024
Знают ли мамы в России? – v5 (in Russian)
May 20, 2024
(In English)
&
Edited/merged May 20, 2024
Free the hands of our ally – v2
Edited May 20, 2024
While the bombers are in the air – v2
Edited May 20, 2024
Blood of the innocents – v2
Edited May 20, 2024
We grieve for the innocents – v2
&
Edited May 16, 2024
Чи знають матері в #Росії? – v3
(in Ukrainian)
Edited May 16, 2024
Знают ли мамы в России? – v2
(in Russian)
&
May 16, 2024
Designs of their culture
&
May 15, 2024
Do mothers in Russia know?
(in English and Russian)
#Russian military casualties, including deaths and loss of combat capability due to injuries.
- 1,510 personnel yesterday,
- 9,510 in the last week,
- 32,520 in the last 30 days,
- 87,850 in the last 3 months, and
- 486,940 over the course of the war...
&
May 13, 2024
Hasten Ukraine’s Victory
Edited April 29, 2024
No more half-measures - v2
April 29, 2024
Defeated by half-measures
April 29, 2024
Edited April 22, 2024
Ukraine cannot wait – v3
April 4, 2024
a proxy bleeding
Edited April 2, 2024
Ukraine must win – v3
Edited March 31, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v4
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
 
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Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense
 
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Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, victory, Pysanky, Vyshyvanka, Valhalla, protection, armor,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #Pysanky #Vyshyvanka #Valhalla #protection #armor

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