Sing to me, Taras – v2

O, Sing to me, Taras,
Songs of the Kobzars, of glory,
and your ancient truths of freedom,
breathe within my spirit, within me love,
for God, for my fellow man…
 
O, Speak to me, Taras,
Be a clarion call to purpose,
in words of unity, of struggle, power,
ancient words of scripture, of truth,
and of your homeland, Ukraine…
 
O, Heal me, Taras, my muse,
Spirit speak right through me,
for I too have been broken,
separated from my purpose,
from my one true calling in life…
 
O, Sing to me, Taras,
Songs of Ukraine, of glory,
your universal call for justice,
the ancient truths of freedom,
and love for our fellow man…
 
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Edited October 30, 2024
Sing to me, Taras – v2
 
a prayer to Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Channeling Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/channeling-taras-v2_26.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
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Written and posted October 1, 2024
Known almost in whispers
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/known-almost-in-whispers_23.html
how the poems of Taras Shevchenko weren’t published
in books but were shared in secret
Written and posted September 30, 2024
Diaspora
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/diaspora.html
about the 24 years Taras Shevchenko
spent away from Ukraine in his youth and imprisonment,
like the Babylonian Exile in Israel
&
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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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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Edited December 11, 2023
I hear you calling to me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me-v2.html
earlier poem, sensing Robert Burns…
I visited the birthplace of Robert Burns in Scotland in 1999.
That was where I started writing my 1st poem...
 
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