We must #StandWithUkraine – v2 #Ukraine #DefeatRussia

We must stand with Ukraine
We must not waver, not falter,
We must not abandon Ukraine
While they fight to survive,
to defeat the evil of Russia
their acts of terror, of chaos,
their war of genocide,
We must stand with Ukraine
with them for as long as it takes…
 
We must stand with Ukraine
with our values, with freedom,
We must fight together with them
as our allies, our brethren, united
with all who long to survive, free,
to shake off the yoke of the oppressor,
to say no to the tyrants using terror,
genocide, drones and missiles to defeat
this good and brave people
 
We must stand with Ukraine, now,
in the crucible of war, this struggle,
We must not waver, we must not falter,
We must not tire, we must not grow weary,
in this time of their testing, in the fight
to shake off the yoke of oppression,
freeing themselves from Russian terror,
We must stand with Ukraine, united,
with them for as long as it takes…
 
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Edited April 24, 2025
We must stand with Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-must-stand-with-ukraine-v2.html
April 24, 2025
We must maintain our humanity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-must-maintain-our-humanity.html
Edited April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood-v2.html
April 18, 2025 Good Friday
Statements by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
Palm Sunday massacre in Sumy, Ukraine
Revised April 11, 2025
Kryvyi Rih – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/kryvyi-rih-v2-kryvyi-rih-not-just.html
Nine children murdered by Vladimir Putin, by Russia, April 4, 2025 in Kryvyi Rih.
 
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poetry, Ukraine, God, war, terror, genocide, Russia, murder, premediated, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Kherson, Sumy, Stand with Ukraine,
 
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We must stand with Ukraine

We must stand with Ukraine
We must not waver,
We must not falter
while they fight to survive,
to defeat Russia
their acts of terror,
their war of genocide,
We must stand with Ukraine
for as long as it takes…
 
We must stand with Ukraine
with our values, for freedom,
We must fight with them
as our allies, our brethren,
all who long to survive,
to shake off the yoke
of the oppressor, the tyrants,
using terror, genocide, to defeat
this good and brave people
 
We must stand with Ukraine
in the crucible of war, struggle,
We must not waver,
We must not tire, weary,
in this time of their testing,
shaking off the yoke of oppression,
freeing themselves from Russian terror,
We must stand with Ukraine
for as long as it takes…
 
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April 24, 2025
We must stand with Ukraine
 
Edited December 23, 2024
Ukraine must win – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/ukraine-must-win-v5.html
April 24, 2025
We must maintain our humanity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-must-maintain-our-humanity.html
Edited April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood-v2.html
April 18, 2025 Good Friday
Statements by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
Palm Sunday massacre in Sumy, Ukraine
Revised April 11, 2025
Kryvyi Rih – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/kryvyi-rih-v2-kryvyi-rih-not-just.html
April 4, 2025 Russia murdered nine Ukrainian children on a playground in Kryvyi Rih
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, war, terror, genocide, Russia, murder, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Kherson, Sumy, Stand with Ukraine,
 
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We must maintain our humanity

We must not lose ourselves
in the face of their abject evil
We must maintain our humanity
in the hell of genocide…
 
We must not succumb
to the cancer of this moment
We must stand resolute with
these good and brave people…
 
We must rail against the enemy
but we must stand on principle
We must never forget our values
what we hold most dear…
 
We must stand with Ukraine
in their battle for survival
We must rail against Russia, but,
We must maintain our humanity
 
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April 24, 2025
We must maintain our humanity
 
Edited April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood-v2.html
April 18, 2025 Good Friday
Statements by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
as peace talks break down because Russia wants war, not peace,
and America seems to be ready to abandon Ukraine…
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
Palm Sunday massacre in Sumy, Ukraine
Revised April 11, 2025
Kryvyi Rih – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/kryvyi-rih-v2-kryvyi-rih-not-just.html
After watching President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
mourning the dead children in his hometown
https://x.com/i/status/1910727865722613775
murdered by Vladimir Putin, by Russia, April 4, 2025
Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
 
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poetry, Ukraine, God, war, terror, genocide, Russia, murder, premediated, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Kherson, Sumy,
 
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Holding your breath – v2

Your body taut, tense, frozen,
held in urgency, in tension,
in the disquiet of war, the terror,
in the crucible of genocide…
 
Stretched beyond limits,
what we are meant to endure,
but striving because you must,
your mission, your position is clear…
 
Release must come, quickly,
even for a few moments,
tension must be released,
so that you can survive…
 
Weakness is not weakness,
we are all human, mortal,
take time for yourself,
in your inward spirit…
 
You noble work continues,
guarding your good people,
standing strong, resolute,
united, against our enemy…
 
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Edited April 24, 2025
Holding your breath – v2
 
Edited April 23, 2025
Remembering to Exhale – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/remembering-to-exhale-v2.html
Edited April 23, 2025
Stretched Taut – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/stretched-taut-v2.html  
Based on a defender’s post on her birthday
Edited April 21, 2025
She is Ukraina, Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/she-is-ukraina-ukraine-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
Eyes that have seen too much – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/eyes-that-have-seen-too-much-v3.html
Edited April 4, 2025
sisters in arms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/sisters-in-arms-v3.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Stretched Taut – v2

Held in constant tension
pulled to her limit, beyond…
stretched taut, frozen, pulled,
across the breach, the chasm,
no rest, no relenting, danger,
a constant, a reality, war,
holding on in sacrifice,
in duty to her country…
 
I can hear the tension,
a tremor in her spirit, human,
words she has spoken before,
when she was asked by others,
letting down her guard, being
brutally honest, transparent,
acknowledging how tired she is
stretched to her limit…
 
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Edited April 23, 2025
Stretched Taut – v2
 
Edited April 23, 2025
Remembering to Exhale – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/remembering-to-exhale-v2.html
April 23, 2025
Holding your breath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/holding-your-breath.html
Based on a defender’s post on
her 32^nd birthday, 12 years in uniform,
since before the invasion of Crimea…
Edited April 21, 2025
She is Ukraina, Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/she-is-ukraina-ukraine-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
200 on the rear panel – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/200-on-rear-panel-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
Eyes that have seen too much – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/eyes-that-have-seen-too-much-v3.html
April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood.html
April 10, 2025
We are one, my love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-are-one-my-love.html
Edited April 4, 2025
sisters in arms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/sisters-in-arms-v3.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Remembering to Exhale – v2

Holding your breath,
on guard, listening for danger,
air raid sirens, the struggle,
sacrifice, resolve, determination,
always at the ready, on the wall,
on the frontlines against terror,
stretched taut, pulled
to your breaking point…
 
Needing to step back,
to recognize your own limits,
remembering to breathe, to exhale,
to linger away from present danger,
to recover, to laugh, to change
back into yourself,
to return to the battle,
suited with new armor…
 
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Edited April 23, 2025
Remembering to Exhale – v2
 
April 23, 2025
Holding your breath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/holding-your-breath.html
April 21, 2025
Stretched Taut
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/stretched-taut.html
Based on a defender’s post on
her 32^nd birthday, 12 years in uniform,
since before the invasion of Crimea…
Edited April 21, 2025
She is Ukraina, Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/she-is-ukraina-ukraine-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
200 on the rear panel – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/200-on-rear-panel-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
Eyes that have seen too much – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/eyes-that-have-seen-too-much-v3.html
April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood.html
April 10, 2025
We are one, my love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-are-one-my-love.html
Edited April 4, 2025
sisters in arms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/sisters-in-arms-v3.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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poetry, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace,
 
#poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace

Holding your breath

Your body taut, tense,
held in urgency, in tension,
in the disquiet of war,
in the crucible of terror…
 
Stretched beyond limits,
what we are meant to endure,
but striving because you must,
your position is clear…
 
Release must come,
even for a few moments,
tension must be released,
so that you can survive…
 
Weakness is not weakness,
we are all human, mortal,
take time for yourself,
in your inward spirit…
 
You noble work continues,
guarding your good people,
standing strong, resolute,
against our enemy…
 
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April 23, 2025
Holding your breath
 
April 21, 2025
Remembering to Exhale
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/remembering-to-exhale.html
April 21, 2025
Stretched Taut
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/stretched-taut.html
Based on a defender’s post on
her 32^nd birthday, 12 years in uniform,
since before the invasion of Crimea…
Edited April 21, 2025
She is Ukraina, Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/she-is-ukraina-ukraine-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
200 on the rear panel – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/200-on-rear-panel-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
Eyes that have seen too much – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/eyes-that-have-seen-too-much-v3.html
April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood.html
April 10, 2025
We are one, my love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-are-one-my-love.html
Edited April 4, 2025
sisters in arms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/sisters-in-arms-v3.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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The stain of their blood – v2 #Ukraine #America

I can see the scene unfolding…
hushed in the praetorium, the palace,
symbolically preparing to absolve himself,
to say our nation is not complicit…
taking off his clean navy blazer
an aide gathering a basin of water,
taking off his golden cufflinks, meticulously
rolling up his starched white sleeves…
 
Two accursed men standing there,
Barabbas and Jesus, different actors,
nation-states, now, in this moment,
in the crucible of terror, of war,
standing in judgement of the Empire,
its Proconsul at the water basin…
 
Dipping his hands in the waters,
a Christian passing judgement, no neutrality,
choosing sides in genocide, in terror,
murmuring a lie, a prayer, a confession,
saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood,”
giving the crowd Barabbas/Russia,
sending Jesus/Ukraine to the cross,
for our indifference, the sins of all of us…
 
But no amount of water, no words,
will absolve him of the verdict,
history will judge him eternally,
he and his master, his dear leader,
as he steps away from responsibility,
as he sacrifices innocent blood…
 
Two men in the battle, good and evil,
two nation-states in the crucible,
Cain and Abel, evil and innocent victim,
evil chosen for craven expediency,
the attention span of the moment,
washing his hands eternally,
but he will forever bear the stain,
the curse of innocent blood…

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Edited April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood – v2
 
April 18, 2025 Good Friday
Statements by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
as peace talks break down because Russia wants war, not peace,
and America seems to be ready to abandon Ukraine…
&
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
Palm Sunday massacre in Sumy, Ukraine
Edited March 10, 2025
Betrayal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/betrayal-v3.html
Edited March 6, 2025
we have become what we abhor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor-v2.html
Edited March 6, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v2.html  
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.html
September 10, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
This poem is about the character Pontius Pilate in the novel, Master and Margarita,
by Mikhail Bulgakov, where Pilate is spending eternity, not in heaven or hell,
but trying to wash the innocent blood Jesus Christ from his hands.
This poem is transferring that same nightmarish judgment on Vladimir Putin
for the innocent blood of the people of Ukraine...
originally drafted April 1, 2022, 38 days into the full-scale invasion
April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood.html
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, love, Christ, Spirit, Pilate, Bulgakov, Master and Margarita, sin, stain, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, war crimes, innocent blood, America, Trump, Rubio, Good Friday, betrayal,
 
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Remembering to Exhale

Holding their breath,
listening for danger,
the sirens, the struggle,
sacrifice, determination,
always on guard, on the wall,
on the frontlines against terror,
stretched taut, pulled
to their breaking point…
 
Needing to step back,
to recognize their limits,
remembering to exhale,
to linger away from danger,
to recover, to change
back into themselves
to return to the battle,
suited with new armor…
 
-------
April 21, 2025
Remembering to Exhale
 
April 21, 2025
Stretched Taut
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/stretched-taut.html
Based on a defender’s post on
her 32^nd birthday, 12 years in uniform,
since before the invasion of Crimea…
Edited April 21, 2025
She is Ukraina, Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/she-is-ukraina-ukraine-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
200 on the rear panel – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/200-on-rear-panel-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
Eyes that have seen too much – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/eyes-that-have-seen-too-much-v3.html
April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood.html
Edited April 4, 2025
sisters in arms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/sisters-in-arms-v3.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Stretched Taut

Held in constant tension
pulled to her limit
stretched taut, frozen,
across the breach, the chasm,
no rest, no relenting, danger,
a constant, a reality,
holding on in sacrifice,
in duty to her country…
 
I can hear the tension,
the tremor in her spirit,
words she has spoken before,
when she was asked by others,
letting down her guard,
being brutally honest,
acknowledging how tired she is
stretched to her limit…
 
-------
April 21, 2025
Stretched Taut
 
Based on a defender’s post on
her 32^nd birthday, 12 years in uniform,
since before the invasion of Crimea…
Edited April 21, 2025
She is Ukraina, Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/she-is-ukraina-ukraine-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
200 on the rear panel – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/200-on-rear-panel-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
Eyes that have seen too much – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/eyes-that-have-seen-too-much-v3.html
April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood.html
April 10, 2025
We are one, my love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-are-one-my-love.html
Edited April 4, 2025
sisters in arms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/sisters-in-arms-v3.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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poetry, love, girlfriend, fiancée, wife, love poem, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace,
 
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