Had she known

Oh, sorrow for the black-haired maiden,
her suitor now departed,
had she known,
so many questions
mysteries revealing,
sorrow unfolding,
captured asunder
for failing to ask questions
the mortal coil asking
requesting providence
a growing greater knowledge,
seeing the tragic future,
repeating the assertion,
had she known
the central question
in their union, in their parting…
 
knowing the prescribed future
what only could be expected
the truth they had detected
her sorrow manifest,
on his death, his departing,
He is gone now forever,
her world no longer singing
in the grove the poplars
where she is planted
by the witch she consulted,
so she would not have to marry
one not her lover,
so she would not tarry,
the potion hot and heavy,
the poplar growing
here across the sea…
 
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Written and posted October 2, 2024
Had she known
typed October 15, 2024
 
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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