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on the backs of their fallen
the people of Ukraine
on their dead and buried bodies,
You built your palaces,
your façade of opulence…
 
upon the carnage, the pain,
their oppression, their sorrow
the human wreckage,
of your greed for power,
your imperial lust…
 
You built a city, a cesspool,
upon the bodies of so many
cursed tsar and wicked ruler,
“Murderer and viper!”,
while we were in chains…
 
I will fly back
to my Ukraina
to my beloved homeland
to our Dnipro and
see what you have left…
 
“Revel on O savage hangman,”
May you be forever cursed
May this judgment fall upon you,
all you have taken, slaughtered,
All you have fettered will be free at last.
 
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Edited November 28, 2025
on the backs of the fallen – v3
 
after poem, “on the backs of the fallen”,
based on the poem, “The Dream”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 31, 2024
the second stabbed with savage blow – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-second-stabbed-with-savage-blow-v2.html
after poem, “the second stabbed with savage blow”,
based on the poem, “The Dream”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 31, 2024
I fly after her unceasing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/i-fly-after-her-unceasing-v2.html
after poem, “I fly after her unceasing”,
based on the poem, “The Dream”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 31, 2024
I boldly walked within – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/i-boldly-walked-within-v2.html
after poem, “I boldly walked within”,
based on the poem, “The Dream”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 31, 2024
Again, I fly above the earth – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/again-i-fly-above-earth-v2.html
after poem, “Again I fly above the earth”,
based on the poem, “The Dream”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 30, 2024
a spectral being – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-spectral-being-v2.html
after poem, “a spectral being”,
based on the poems, “The Dream”,
St. John 14:17, God’s wrath on Russia…
by Taras Shevchenko
 
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