Twelve Years of War, 3-volume set #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #Georgia #Moldova #Syria #Chechnya #Romania #Poland #Serbia #UnitedStates @NATO #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava

Excited to share the launch of a 3-volume collection of poems about Ukraine's fight to defeat Russia's aggression. 

Release on September 30, 2026.

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, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. All of my poems are at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

by a #thread #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #Russia #peace #victory #Ukraine #hybridwar #NATO #hybridwar #miscalculation #provocation

pushing boundaries
tension present, rising...
provocation, escalation –
a toe stepping over a line –
a Sword of Damocles hanging
by a fiber-optic hair, a thread,
world war in the balance,
testing will, the resolve,
but testing self-control also
fingers near the button,
seeking to woo conflict
the other side first,
holding the lid on Pandora’s Box,
Staring into the abyss...
 
miscalculation is the greatest risk,
just above indifference,
who will blink first...
who will make a mistake...
a threat, real-but-fluid,
a front with many vectors,
across many borders,
many lines of contact,
different alert levels,
testing red lines, responses,
How quickly they will react...
Hybrid war is war
even if we deny it...
Bringing us close to the brink...
 
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September 21, 2026
by  a thread
 
Momocracy post
September 15, 2026
Russia Tests NATO: Warship Confronts Denmark as NATO Shoots Down Drone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCbBx8U5YAM
Momocracy post
July 27, 2026
Is World War III Already Beginning?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHgN3-3vp3Q
Edited June 9, 2025
Escalation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/escalation-v2.html
Edited June 8, 2025
asymmetric warfare – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/asymmetric-warfare-v2.html
Edited February 23, 2025
Europe must act – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/europe-must-act-v4.html
April 2, 2025
Equipoise
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/equipoise.html
December 27, 2024
Hybrid War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/hybrid-war.html
Edited December 23, 2024
Ukraine must win – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/ukraine-must-win-v5.html
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html
Written and posted October 12, 2024
In the crucible of war – 2 – v1
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-crucible-of-war-2-v1_25.html
Edited April 29, 2024
No more half-measures - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/no-more-half-measures-v2.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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, Russia, peace, victory, hybrid war, NATO, miscalculation, provocation
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #Russia #peace #victory #Ukraine #hybridwar #NATO #hybridwar #miscalculation #provocation

They will rise #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #Georgia #Moldova #Syria #Chechnya #Romania #Poland #Serbia #UnitedStates @NATO #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava

They will rise...
Ukraine will rise
from the rubble
the anger of Moscow
from the terror
from the struggle,
Yes, they will rise...
 
As one people
united together
united as one
in this time
of struggle, of terror,
as one people united...
They will rise...
Yes, Ukraine will rise...
 
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September 20, 2026
They will rise
 
after seeing the draft cover of Volume 1
of Twelve Years of War
Edited September 19, 2026
Each night he flies – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/each-night-he-flies-v3.html
Taras Shevchenko, from his grave in Kaniv, Ukraine, above the Dnipro
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
December 27, 2024
Hybrid War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/hybrid-war.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
Edited December 4, 2024
There is but one fight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-but-one-fight-v2.html
Edited December 3, 2024
They fight the very same Evil – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/they-fight-very-same-evil-v2.html
November 24, 2024
So incredibly sad that Ukraine is fighting the same terror and genocide today, that caused the Holodomor, the same Evil of Russia, and the world believes Russia can ever be negotiated with... Russia must be defeated.
Edited November 11, 2024
Attrition – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/attrition-v3.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
A death sentence – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-death-sentence-2-v2_26.html
Written and posted October 12, 2024
In the crucible of war – 2 – v1
Typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-crucible-of-war-2-v1_25.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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, freedom, independence, history, glory, Moldova, Georgia, Syria, Chechnya, Romania,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #Georgia #Moldova #Syria #Chechnya #Romania #Poland #Serbia #UnitedStates @NATO #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava