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“Right is on your side”
against the evil of Moscow,
You will be victorious
when, God knows alone…
 
God is with you,
in this fight, in this battle,
the struggle of the ages,
to win your hope for freedom…
 
“Fight, and you will overcome,
God helps you in your struggle.”
Evil will be vanquished...
The sun will surely rise…
 
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Edited February 9, 2026
God is with you – v2
 
Taras Shevchenko quote, “Keep fighting—you are sure to win!
God helps you in your fight!”
From his poem, “The Caucasus”
https://shevchenko.ca/taras-shevchenko/poem.cfm?poem=30
Edited February 9, 2026
in this fight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/in-this-fight-v2.html
This poem was inspired by a note on February 3, 2026, from Oleksandra Moskalenko,
Willem F. Duisenberg Fellow, University of Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Studies,
on LinkedIn, and a quote from Taras Shevchenko, “Keep fighting—you are sure to win!
God helps you in your fight!”
From his poem, “The Caucasus.”
https://shevchenko.ca/taras-shevchenko/poem.cfm?poem=30
Edited February 9, 2026
in this fight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/in-this-fight-v2.html
This poem was inspired by a note on February 3, 2026, from Oleksandra Moskalenko,
Willem F. Duisenberg Fellow, University of Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Studies,
on LinkedIn, and a quote from Taras Shevchenko, “Keep fighting—you are sure to win!
God helps you in your fight!”
From his poem, “The Caucasus.”
https://shevchenko.ca/taras-shevchenko/poem.cfm?poem=30
From his poem, “The Caucasus.”
Edited February 6, 2026
People will live on this earth - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/people-will-live-on-this-earth-v2.html
Based on quote from Shevchenko’s poem, “Neophytes”
"And on the renewed earth / There shall be no enemy, no oppressor /
But there shall be a son, and there shall be a mother /
And there shall be people on the earth"
Edited February 5, 2026
Taras saw this future – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/taras-saw-this-future-v2.html  
This poem was inspired by a note on February 3, 2026, from Oleksandra Moskalenko,
Willem F. Duisenberg Fellow, University of Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Studies,
on LinkedIn, “Shevchenko appears to us almost a prophet,
someone who foresaw this war and believed in our victory.”
Several of his poems speak to that to me, including “The Dream”,
“The Great Grave”, and “To Marko Vovchok”
New/edited and posted October 16, 2024
The Great Grave has been opened
typed October 16, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-great-grave-has-been-opened.html
after poem, “The Great Grave has been opened”,
based on the poem, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
taking his poem into the Ukraine / Russia War
and the bravery of the people of Ukraine now
Written and posted September 29, 2024
A voice against injustice
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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