A nation of serfs – v2

Russia wants to return Ukraine
back two centuries ago,
as it was in Shevchenko’s time,
making of this noble people
a nation of serfs in service
to their false Tsar, their dictation,
Putin the Illegitimate…
 
Everything destroyed, rumble,
innocents killed, scattered,
all ground to dust, in blood,
a people defeated, subjugated,
a nation of slaves, of serfs,
of a cruel master,
an evil nation state…
 
But somehow Muscovy,
does not know its neighbor,
its resolute spirit, Freedom,
tasting once more independence
when the Soviet Union fell,
defiantly saving never.
to Putin the illegitimate…
 
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edited and posted September 29, 2024
A nation of serfs – v2
Typed October 18, 2024
 
Written and posted September 28, 2024
A nation of serfs
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-nation-of-serfs.html
&
Written and posted September 29, 2024
A voice against injustice
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-voice-against-injustice.html
Poems about Ukraine and the book, The Poet of Ukraine,
about the life and poetry of the Bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko,
which I read after Hurricane Helene,
from 9/29/2024 to 10/13/24
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Edited September 25, 2024
I hear Taras’ whisper to me… - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/i-hear-taras-whisper-to-me-v2.html
about Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko,
Robert Burns, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Nikolai Gogol…
Robert Frost and Mary Oliver…
 
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