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Three souls cursed by their people,
implicated in evil, the Moskal path,
submitting to terror, acquiescing,
not standing resolute, for Ukraine…
 
Three crows, three nations exposed,
bound to the path of evil, of genocide,
compromised, fount of terror, of power,
caught, juxtaposed, in equipoise…
 
Three bards, the Kobzars,
an echo of their power,
bending the knee to evil,
unable to rise above…
 
One Great Grave to plunder of glory,
One hope dashed on the heights,
a desperate struggle against evil,
before all hope is lost…
 
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Edited December 1, 2025
Three souls – v4
 
after poem, “Three souls”,
based on the poem, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited November 1, 2024
Three bards – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/three-bards-v2.html
after poem, “Three bards”,
based on the poem, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
edited and posted October 16, 2024
Like the friends of Job – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/like-friends-of-job-v2.html
based on the poem, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
Psalm 44:13-14
Psalm 43:14-15
Book of Job
Edited October 31, 2024
Are the people blind – v2
 https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/are-people-blind-v2.html
after poem, “Are the people blind”,
based on the poems, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 31, 2024
A Faustian Tragedy – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-faustian-tragedy-v2.html
after poem, “A Faustian Tragedy”,
based on the poems, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
called, “A Comedy”,
see Goethe
Edited October 19, 2024
The Great Grave has been opened – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-great-grave-has-been-opened-v2_27.html
edited and posted October 18, 2024
The spell has been broken – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-spell-has-been-broken-v2_27.html  
after poem, “The spell has been broken”,
based on the poems, “The Great Grave”,
“To Marko Vovchok”,
about Maria Markovich,
and “Hosea, Chapter XIV”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
taking his poem into the Ukraine / Russia War
and the bravery of the people of Ukraine now
 
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