Plumb his words – v3

plumb his words,
his depths of emotion,
the wellspring of his pain, his torment,
separated from his homeland, his people,
his anger at injustice, rage, shouting,
his love for his people, his family, serfs,
the imprisoned, all those downtrodden…
 
plumb his words,
his kinship, his fidelity,
cleaving forever, always, always,
to the land of his birth, this black soil,
even when he was set apart, in prison,
he always knew where he came from,
his heart was forever Ukraine…
 
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Edited November 23, 2024
Plumb his words – v3
 
about Taras Shevchenko’s life and poetry
&
Edited October 29, 2024
In Ukrainian (in Aramaic) – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-ukrainian-in-aramaic-v2.html
The Russian radicals looked down on the poems of
Shevchenko, because they were written in Ukrainian
&
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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