All my people are strangers

I weep so bitterly,
estranged from my mother,
her love for me forgotten,
foundering on other shores…
 
All my people are strangers,
there is no one to talk to,
they do not know me,
I weep so bitterly…
 
Youth has escaped me,
my lover has gone before me,
I weep so bitterly,
for my loss, in my pain…
 
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Written and posted October 2, 2024
All my people are strangers
typed October 15, 2024
 
after poem, “All my people are strangers”,
based on the poem, “Dumka”,
lament of an orphan girls,
successor to “The Poplar”,
and introduction to “Osnovyanenko”
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Written and posted October 2, 2024
Had she known
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/had-she-known_24.html
after poem, “Had she known”,
based on the poem, “The Poplar”,
about a maiden’s Kozak lover
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Written and posted October 2, 2024
after “Perebendya”
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/after-perebendya_23.html
after poem, “after “Perebendya””,
based on the poem, “Perebendya”,
the last of the Kobzars
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Written and posted October 2, 2024
Do the Kobzars sing
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/do-kobzars-sing_23.html
after poem, “the suffering of Ukraine”,
based on the Dedication to “The Kobzar”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Written and posted October 1, 2024
Sing to me, Taras
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/sing-to-me-taras_23.html
a prayer to Taras Shevchenko
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 10/15/24
 
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