#Treasure in its #simplicity – v4 #poetry #photography #Ukraine #leaf #Autumn #winter #EricaKabeava #TarasShevchenko #beauty #God #prayer #English #Ukrainian #Поезія #фотографія #Україна #листок #осінь #зима #ЕрікаКабеава #ТарасШевченко #краса #Бог #молитва #англійська #українська #мова

Revealing its true face,
A treasure in its simplicity,
the golden hue in her palms,
the ordinary passage of the seasons,
simple moments of reflection,
paying no heed to the chaos around,
war, the ceaseless storm…
 
A single leaf, picked from the field,
held, cradled in worn, weary palms,
a treasure in its simplicity, its purity,
a beautiful messenger, a whisper,
a harbinger of autumn, a prayer,
a premonition of winter’s approach,
the cold that will soon arrive…
 
Like wheat, sunflowers,
the colors of this nation,
held so freely, so tenderly,
ordinariness in simplicity,
the color yellow beneath the autumn-blue sky,
a symbol of Ukraine,
of their nation that yearns for peace…
 
----------------
Edited September 18, 2026
Treasure in its simplicity – v4
 
Translated back into English
Edited September 18, 2026
Скарб у своїй простоті – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/v3.html
Translating version 2 into Ukrainian
Edited October 25, 2025
Treasure in its simplicity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/treasure-in-its-simplicity-v2.html
October 22, 2025
Treasure in its simplicity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/treasure-in-its-simplicity.html
Photograph posted October 21, 2025
By Erica Kabeava (https://www.instagram.com/ericakabaeva/ )
Edited October 23, 2025
Ukraina – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/ukraina-v3.html
Edited October 30, 2024
Had she known – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/had-she-known-v2.html
after poem, “Had she known”,
based on the poem, “The Poplar”,
about a maiden’s Kozak lover
by Taras Shevchenko
Written and posted October 2, 2024
after “Perebendya”
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/after-perebendya_23.html
after poem, “after “Perebendya””,
based on the poem, “Perebendya”,
the last of the Kobzars
by Taras Shevchenko
Written and posted October 2, 2024
Do the Kobzars sing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/do-kobzars-sing_23.html
after poem, “the suffering of Ukraine”,
based on the Dedication to “The Kobzar”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 30, 2024
Sing to me, Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/sing-to-me-taras-v2.html
a prayer to Taras Shevchenko
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Channeling Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/channeling-taras-v2_26.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
 
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, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history
 
Poetry, photography, Ukraine, leaf, Autumn, Winter, Erica Kabeava, Taras Shevchenko, beauty, God, prayer, English, Ukrainian, language
 
#poetry #photography #Ukraine #leaf #Autumn #winter #EricaKabeava #TarasShevchenko #beauty #God #prayer #English #Ukrainian #Поезія #фотографія #Україна #листок #осінь #зима #ЕрікаКабеава #ТарасШевченко #краса #Бог #молитва #англійська #українська #мова

Скарб у своїй простоті – v3 #poetry #photography #Ukraine #leaf #Autumn #winter #EricaKabeava #TarasShevchenko #beauty #God #prayer #English #Ukrainian #language #Поезія #фотографія #Україна #листок #осінь #зима #ЕрікаКабеава #ТарасШевченко #краса #Бог #молитва #англійська #українська #мова

Відкриваючи своє справжнє обличчя,
Скарб у своїй простоті,
золотий колір у її долонях,
звичайність зміни пір року,
прості миті роздумів,
не звертаючи уваги на хаос навколо,
війну, безперервну бурю…
 
Один листок, підібраний з поля,
тримається, укладений у зношені, втомлені долоні,
скарб у своїй простоті, чистоті,
прекрасний посланець, шепіт,
вісник осені, молитва,
передчуття наближення зими,
холоду, що незабаром настане…
 
Як пшениця, соняшники,
кольори цієї нації,
тримані так вільно, ніжно,
звичайність у простоті,
жовтий колір під осінньо-лазуровим небом,
символ України,
їхньої нації, що прагне миру…
 
----------------
Edited September 18, 2026
Скарб у своїй простоті – v3
 
Translating version 2 into Ukrainian
Edited October 25, 2025
Treasure in its simplicity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/treasure-in-its-simplicity-v2.html
October 22, 2025
Treasure in its simplicity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/treasure-in-its-simplicity.html
Photograph posted October 21, 2025
By Erica Kabeava (https://www.instagram.com/ericakabaeva/ )
Edited October 23, 2025
Ukraina – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/ukraina-v3.html
Edited October 30, 2024
Had she known – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/had-she-known-v2.html
after poem, “Had she known”,
based on the poem, “The Poplar”,
about a maiden’s Kozak lover
by Taras Shevchenko
Written and posted October 2, 2024
after “Perebendya”
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/after-perebendya_23.html
after poem, “after “Perebendya””,
based on the poem, “Perebendya”,
the last of the Kobzars
by Taras Shevchenko
Written and posted October 2, 2024
Do the Kobzars sing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/do-kobzars-sing_23.html
after poem, “the suffering of Ukraine”,
based on the Dedication to “The Kobzar”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 30, 2024
Sing to me, Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/sing-to-me-taras-v2.html
a prayer to Taras Shevchenko
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Channeling Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/channeling-taras-v2_26.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
 
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, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history
 
Poetry, photography, Ukraine, leaf, Autumn, Winter, Erica Kabeava, Taras Shevchenko, beauty, God, prayer, English, Ukrainian, language,
 
#poetry #photography #Ukraine #leaf #Autumn #winter #EricaKabeava #TarasShevchenko #beauty #God #prayer #English #Ukrainian #Англійська #Українська #мова
 
#Поезія #фотографія #Україна #листок #осінь #зима #ЕрікаКабеава #ТарасШевченко #краса #Бог #молитва #англійська #українська #мова

#General #Frost is watching – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter #Madyar #MagyarsBirds

Moscow has been sleeping
St. Petersburg is waking from deep slumber
Suddenly seeing urgent attacks
wave upon wave...
 
The stillness has been shattered
with every drone strike...
General Frost is watching
for what will come next...
 
Life will change radically this winter
as the energy sector is struck...
The war will come home
as the mercury drops...
 
The distance has been removed,
Russia’s ancient line of protection...
Ukraine’s missiles and drones
will plunge them into darkness...
 
------
Edited July 28, 2026
General Frost is watching – v2
 
Robert Brovdi’s promise in his interview...
Robert “мадяр” Brovdi, (spelled “Magyar” (Hungarian) and “Madyar” (Ukrainian))
Commander of the Unmanned Systems of Ukraine
Interview by Caolan Robertson
“This Man is Destroying Putin’s Empire”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DA7EXbf_d4Edited July 23, 2026
Magyar’s Birds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/magyars-birds-v2.html
Edited November 2, 2025
General Frost, General Winter – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/11/general-frost-general-winter-v3.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter and its role in
the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII,
and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than invading
 
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, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, power, heat, gasoline, drones, Magyar, Magyar’s Birds,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter #Madyar #MagyarsBirds

#General #Frost is watching #poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

Moscow has been sleeping
St. Petersburg waking from deep slumber
Suddenly seeing urgent attacks
wave upon wave...
 
The stillness has been shattered
with every drone strike...
General Frost is watching
for what will come next...
 
Life will change radically
as the energy sector is struck...
The war will come home
as the mercury descends...
 
The distance has been removed,
Russia’s ancient line of protection,
Ukraine’s missiles and drones
will plunge them into darkness...
 
------
July 24, 2026
General Frost is watching
 
Robert Brovdi’s promise in his interview...
Robert “мадяр” Brovdi, (spelled “Magyar” (Hungarian) and “Madyar” (Ukrainian))
Commander of the Unmanned Systems of Ukraine
Interview by Caolan Robertson
“This Man is Destroying Putin’s Empire”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DA7EXbf_d4Edited July 23, 2026
Magyar’s Birds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/magyars-birds-v2.html
Edited November 2, 2025
General Frost, General Winter – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/11/general-frost-general-winter-v3.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter and its role in
the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII,
and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than invading
 
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, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, power, heat, gasoline, drones,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

#Freezing in the #Darkness – v4 #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy #cold

Russia must be stopped,
their goal of death, of genocide,
erasure, destruction of Ukraine,
their cruelty on full display,
callous indifference to life,
to humanity, to the innocents…
 
Freezing in the darkness,
A long, brutal winter is upon us…
The temperatures have dropped
with no heat, no power, nothing truly,
but the ancient courage, the resolve,
of these brave, courageous people…
 
Millions in the dark, in the cold,
bitter temperatures plummeting,
lost in the geopolitics of the moment,
delays, hesitations, fears not to
torment the oppressor, the archers,
when the people stand in the breach…
 
Resolve their only hope, the unity of these people,
weathering on together, alone in their struggle,
because this is a fight for their nation’s survival…
The cold, nature itself, their enemy, the challenge,
because the world waited to assist them,
to fight against the face of evil…
 
The world must again unite to aid in recovery,
to restore what was destroyed, to prepare
for more terror, their crimes of genocide,
to join them on the wall, the ramparts,
to stand on guard with them, to defeat
their plans for evil, to rise as civilization
beside this noble nation…
 
-----------
Edited January 12, 2026
Freezing in the Darkness – v4
 
August 27, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/freezing-in-darkness.html
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
Edited September 19, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike the Archers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-archers-v2.html
Edited September 17, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike Back – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-back-v3.html
Edited September 10, 2024
A just peace must rise – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-just-peace-must-rise-v4.html
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.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, 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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy

General Frost, General Winter – v3 #poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

Генерал Мороз, Генерал Зима
 
He is no longer a brother, an ally,
He has become an adversary,
the Bear will soon face destruction
in the daunting desert of cold…
 
General Frost, General Winter,
has become their enemy,
the source of their sorrow,
as the lights flicker out,
freezing in the dark…
 
Not like in history, wars of the past,
when Winter was their friend,
the trap of earlier times
when the enemy was beaten by cold…
 
Now, in this moment,
against asymmetrical war,
the vastness of Russia,
the steppes, the cold of Siberia,
General Frost will bring their doom…
 
Every queue for gasoline, for diesel,
Every train fuel that is destroyed,
shattering their sense of security
the barrenness of the cold…
 
Every refinery set ablaze, on fire,
new missile attacks on thermal power
the darkness when the electricity stops,
sets the stage for sorrow, General Frost,
for their quickening death…
 
------
Edited November 2, 2025
General Frost, General Winter – v3
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter and its role in
the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII,
and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than invading,
 
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, and 2025. 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, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, power, heat, gasoline, drones,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

Treasure in its simplicity – v2 #Ukraine #leaf #Autumn #winter #EricaKabeava #TarasShevchenko #poetry #beauty

Revealing its true colors,
Treasure in its simplicity,
golden color held in her hands,
normalcy of the change of seasons,
simple moments of reflection,
ignoring the chaos all around,
the war, the continuing storm…
 
One leaf gathered up from the field,
held, cupped in worn, tired hands,
treasure in its simplicity, purity,
a beautiful messenger, a whisper,
a harbinger of autumn, a prayer,
a foretaste of the coming winter
the cold soon to come…
 
Like the wheat, the sunflowers,
the colors of this nation,
held so loosely, gently,
normalcy in simplicity,
yellow below a fall-azure sky,
emblematic of Ukraine,
their nation, seeking peace…

----------------
Edited October 25, 2025
Treasure in its simplicity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/treasure-in-its-simplicity-v2.html
October 22, 2025
Treasure in its simplicity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/treasure-in-its-simplicity.html
Photograph posted October 21, 2025
By Erica Kabeava (https://www.instagram.com/ericakabaeva/ )
Edited October 23, 2025
Ukraina – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/ukraina-v3.html
Edited October 30, 2024
Had she known – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/had-she-known-v2.html
after poem, “Had she known”,
based on the poem, “The Poplar”,
about a maiden’s Kozak lover
by Taras Shevchenko
Written and posted October 2, 2024
after “Perebendya”
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/after-perebendya_23.html
after poem, “after “Perebendya””,
based on the poem, “Perebendya”,
the last of the Kobzars
by Taras Shevchenko
Written and posted October 2, 2024
Do the Kobzars sing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/do-kobzars-sing_23.html
after poem, “the suffering of Ukraine”,
based on the Dedication to “The Kobzar”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 30, 2024
Sing to me, Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/sing-to-me-taras-v2.html
a prayer to Taras Shevchenko
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Channeling Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/channeling-taras-v2_26.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
 
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, and 2025. 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, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history
 
Poetry, photography, Ukraine, leaf, Autumn, Winter, Erica Kaveava, Taras Shevchenko, beauty, God, prayer,
 
#poetry #photography #Ukraine #leaf #Autumn #winter #EricaKabeava #TarasShevchenko #beauty #God #prayer

descending into #darkness – v3 #General #Frost General #Winter #Russia #Ukraine #Cold #Snow #drones #war #energy #powerplants

Генерал Мороз, Генерал Зима

A nation-state of terror
collapsing in on itself,
no information for their people…
Retribution for genocide
for premeditated murder,
for their endless war crimes...
No longer an ally, a brother,
The Bear will soon face destruction…
General Frost, General Winter,
has become their enemy,
the source of their sorrow,
as the lights flicker out,
freezing in the dark…

Descending into darkness
As Russian Winter closes in,
no longer safe, protected,
drones targeting electricity,
thermal power stations, refineries,
War has finally come home...
Not like in history, wars of the past,
When Winter was their friend...
Now, at this moment,
against asymmetrical war…
The vastness of Russia,
The steppes, the cold of Siberia,
General Frost will bring their doom…

The bear is caught in a trap
Retribution from the skies,
No longer an ally, a friend,
The enemy of General Winter…
Judgment is coming quickly,
in His hand, His icy grip...
Every queue for gasoline, for diesel,
Every fuel train that is destroyed,
shattering their sense of security…
Every refinery set ablaze, on fire,
new missile attacks on thermal power
Sets the stage for sorrow, General Frost,
for their cold, quickening death…

-----
Edited October 8, 2025
descending into darkness – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/descending-into-darkness-v3.html
Ukrainian drones and missiles
taking out Russian energy systems
as Winter approaches…
Edited September 30, 2025
General Frost, General Winter – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/general-frost-general-winter-v2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter and its role in
the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII,
and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than invading,
 
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 and 2025. 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, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, heat, gasoline, drones, thermal power plants,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

descending into #darkness – v2 #General #Frost General #Winter #Russia #Ukraine #Cold #Snow #drones #war #energy #powerplants

Генерал Мороз, Генерал Зима

A nation-state of terror

collapsing in on itself

Retribution for genocide 

for their endless war crimes...

No longer an ally, a brother,

The Bear will soon face destruction…

General Frost, General Winter,

has become their enemy,

the source of their sorrow,

as the lights flicker out,

freezing in the dark…

Descending into darkness 

As a Russian winter closes in,

drones targeting electricity, 

The war has finally come home...

Not like in history, wars of the past,

When Winter was their friend...

Now, at this moment,

against asymmetrical war…

The vastness of Russia,

The steppes, the cold of Siberia,

General Frost will bring their doom…

The bear is caught in a trap

The enemy of General Winter, 

Judgment is coming quickly,

in His hand, His icy grip...

Every queue for gasoline, for diesel,

Every fuel train that is destroyed,

shattering their sense of security…

Every refinery set ablaze, on fire,

new missile attacks on thermal power

Sets the stage for sorrow, General Frost,

for their quickening death…

----

Merged October 7, 2025

descending into darkness – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/descending-into-darkness-v2.html

Ukrainian drones and missiles
taking out Russian energy systems
as Winter approaches…
Edited September 30, 2025
General Frost, General Winter – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/general-frost-general-winter-v2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter and its role in
the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII,
and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than invading,

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 and 2025. 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, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, power, heat, gasoline, drones,

#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

descending into darkness #Russia #Ukraine #Cold #Snow #drones #war #winter

a nation-state of terror
collapsing in on itself
Retribution for genocide
for endless war crimes...

descending into darkness
as Winter closes in,
drones targeting electricity,
the war come home...
 
the Bear caught in a trap
the enemy of General Winter,
an accounting coming quickly,
in His icy grip...

descending into darkness 
Ukrainian drones and missiles
taking out Russian energy systems
as Winter approaches…

---

October 7, 2025

descending into darkness

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/descending-into-darkness.html

Edited September 30, 2025
General Frost, General Winter – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/general-frost-general-winter-v2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter and its role in
the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII,
and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than invading

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 and 2025. 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, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, power, heat, gasoline, drones

#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

#General #Frost, General #Winter – v2 #Russia #Ukraine #Cold #Snow #drones #war

Генерал Мороз, Генерал Зима

No longer an ally, a brother,
The Bear will soon face destruction…
General Frost, General Winter,
has become their enemy,
the source of their sorrow,
as the lights flicker out,
freezing in the dark…

Not like in history, wars of the past,
When Winter was their friend...
Now, in this moment,
against asymmetrical war,
the vastness of Russia,
the steppes, the cold of Siberia,
General Frost will bring their doom…

Every queue for gasoline, for diesel,
Every train fuel that is destroyed,
shattering their sense of security…
Every refinery set ablaze, on fire,
new missile attacks on thermal power
Sets the stage for sorrow, General Frost,
for their quickening death…

------
September 30, 2025
General Frost, General Winter – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/general-frost-general-winter-v2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter and its role in
the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII...
and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than invading.  

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, and 2025. 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, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, power, heat, gasoline, drones, warfare

#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

General Frost, General Winter #frost #winter #cold #Russia #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #poetry #Ukraine #Ukraina #war

No longer an ally, a brother,
The Bear will face destruction,
General Frost, General Winter,
has become their enemy,
the source of their sorrow,
as the lights flicker out…

Not like history, wars of the past,
when Winter was their friend,
Now, in this moment,
the vastness of Russia,
the steppes, the cold of Siberia,
General Frost will bring their doom…

Every queue for gasoline, for diesel,
every train fuel that is destroyed,
every refinery set ablaze, on fire,
missile attacks on thermal power
Setting the stage for sorrow,
for the quickening of death…

----
September 29, 2025
General Frost, General Winter
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/general-frost-general-winter.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter  and its role in
the the Winter War, the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII,

and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than advancing.  

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, and 2025. 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, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, power, heat, gasoline, drones,

#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

Freezing in darkness - v3

The aggressor must be stopped,

their cruelty on full display,

their goal of death, of genocide,

destruction of this nation,

callous indifference to life,

to humanity, to the innocents…

Freezing in the darkness,

the long brutal winter coming,

too soon the temperatures will drop,

with no heat, no power, nothing truly,

but the ancient courage, the resolve,

of this brave, courageous people…

Millions in the dark, in the cold,

bitter temperatures will plummet,

lost in the geopolitics of the moment,

the delays, the hesitations, the fears,

not to torment the oppressor, the archers,

when the people stand in the breach…

Resolve their only hope, the unity of this people,

weathering on together, alone in their struggle,

because this is a fight for their nation’s survival,

the cold, nature itself, their enemy, the challenge,

because the world waited to assist them,

to fight against the face of evil… 

The world must again unite, to aid in recovery,

to restore what was destroyed, to prepare

for more terror, their crimes of genocide,

to join them on the wall, the ramparts,

to stand on guard with them, to defeat

their plans for evil, to rise as civilization

beside this noble nation…

-----------
Edited September 23, 2024

Freezing in the Darkness – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/freezing-in-darkness-v2.html
Edited September 19, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike the Archers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-archers-v2.html
Edited September 17, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike Back – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-back-v3.html
Edited September 10, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
Edited September 10, 2024
A just peace must rise – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-just-peace-must-rise-v4.html
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.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, 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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy

Freezing in the Darkness – v3

The aggressor must be stopped,
their cruelty on full display,
their goal of death, of genocide,
destruction of this nation,
callous indifference to life,
to humanity, to the innocents…
 
Freezing in the darkness,
the long brutal winter coming,
too soon the temperatures will drop,
with no heat, no power, nothing truly,
but the ancient courage, the resolve,
of this brave, courageous people…
 
Millions in the dark, in the cold,
bitter temperatures will plummet,
lost in the geopolitics of the moment,
the delays, the hesitations, the fears,
not to torment the oppressor, the archers,
when the people stand in the breach…
 
Resolve their only hope, the unity of this people,
weathering on together, alone in their struggle,
because this is a fight for their nation’s survival,
the cold, nature itself, their enemy, the challenge,
because the world waited to assist them,
to fight against the face of evil…
 
The world must again unite, to aid in recovery,
to restore what was destroyed, to prepare
for more terror, their crimes of genocide,
to join them on the wall, the ramparts,
to stand on guard with them, to defeat
their plans for evil, to rise as civilization
beside this noble nation…
 
-----------
Edited September 23, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness – v3
 
Edited September 19, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike the Archers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-archers-v2.html
Edited September 17, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike Back – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-back-v3.html
Edited September 10, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
Edited September 10, 2024
A just peace must rise – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-just-peace-must-rise-v4.html
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.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, 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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy

Freezing in the darkness - v2

Freezing in the darkness,
the long brutal winter coming,
too soon the temperatures will drop,
with no heat, no power, nothing truly,
but the ancient courage, the resolve,
of this brave, courageous people…
 
Millions in the dark, in the cold,
bitter temperatures will plummet,
lost in the geopolitics of the moment,
the delays, the hesitations, the fears,
not to torment the oppressor, the archers,
when the people stand in the breach…
 
Resolve their only hope, the unity of this people,
weathering on together, alone in their struggle,
because this is a fight for their nation’s survival,
the cold, nature itself, their enemy, the challenge,
because the world waited to assist them,
to fight against the face of evil…

-----------
Edited September 10, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness – v2
 
Edited September 10, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
September 10, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike Back
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-back.html
Edited September 10, 2024
A just peace must rise – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-just-peace-must-rise-v4.html
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
&
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited May 22, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood.html
&
May 22, 2024
Free the hands of our ally – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/free-hands-of-our-ally-v3.html
Edited May 22, 2024
While their bombers are in the air
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/while-their-bombers-are-in-air.html
&
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
May 20, 2024
X post by Тетяна Denford
and my responses
&
May 22, 2024
The streets of Kharkiv run red with the blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with.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, 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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy