Gone the ancient freedom

Gone the ancient freedom,

from your hills, your woodlands,

down to the mighty river

flowing to the sea…

 

who will protect Ukraina,

from the Moskals, their evil,

such is the misfortune

this lonely orphan girl…

 

the dark-haired maiden

cries among the poplars,

longing for the ancient glory,

freedom they once knew…

 

the verses now bitter,

chains upon us, heavy,

the loss of Kozak glory,

the forlorn maiden, Ukraina…

 

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Written and posted October 2, 2024

Gone the ancient freedom

typed October 15, 2024

 

after poem, “Gone the ancient freedom”,

based on the poem, “Osnovyanenko”

by Taras Shevchenko

&

Written and posted October 2, 2024

All my people are strangers

typed October 15, 2024

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/all-my-people-are-strangers_24.html

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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