We become #clean #Boldly #Leper #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #healing #touch #Matthew8

we become clean
we become righteous
at the touch of Jesus
our risen Savior and Lord...

we are all blood-covered
by the sin we carry
like the leper
boldly we fall...

at the feet of Jesus
in humble submission
we ask Him to touch us
to heal us within...

at the touch of Jesus
we are made whole
we are healed
at the touch of Jesus
we are made clean...

----------------
August 18, 2026
We become clean

August 18, 2026
Boldly, Like the Leper

Matthew 8:1-4
Leviticus 14:1-11
Isaiah 53:5
1 Peter 2:24
Hebrews 13
Matthew 11:28
Sermon, “I am willing”,
By Pastor Terry Rogers
Faith Renewed Church
Edited August 18, 2026
at the touch of Jesus – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/at-touch-of-jesus-v2.html
Matthew 8:1-4
August 17, 2026
before You I bow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/before-you-i-bow.html
“The Throne Room Song”
By Charity Gayle, 2021
Faith Renewed Church, August 16, 2026
July 23, 2026
Why do You love us so?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/why-do-you-love-us-so.html
Praise songs before the sermon
Faith Renewed Church, July 19, 2026
Edited July 23, 2026
pour out your praise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/pour-out-your-praise-v2.html
praise and intense prayer by whole congregation
Faith Renewed Church, May 31, 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. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Savior, Messiah, healing, touch, Matthew 8,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #healing #touch #Matthew8

World Premiere video for my book, After #Taras #Shevchenko #poetry #Ukraine #AfterTaras

World Premier of the promotional video for my book, After Taras...

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/raymond-foss-0077657_aftertaras-poetry-ukraine-activity-7495558762447937536-6EOh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAFbi8cBrJLVohW_EerEpitAsnRQXdpCMRk 

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.

#Boldly, Like the #Leper #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #healing #touch #Matthew8

Boldly, like the leper,
Bow at the feet of Jesus...
Ask Him to heal you
To make you fully clean...
 
Boldly, like the leper,
Crying out for freedom
Cry to be released from your chains
Free of whatever holds you captive...
 
Boldly, like the leper,
Ask Christ to heal you
He has already freed you
Through His loving sacrifice...
 
Boldly, like the leper,
Bow at the feet of Jesus...
Ask the Christ to heal you
To make you eternally clean...
 
----------------
August 18, 2026
Boldly, Like the Leper
 
Matthew 8:1-4
Leviticus 14:1-11
Isaiah 53:5
1 Peter 2:24
Hebrews 13
Matthew 11:28
Sermon, “I am willing”,
By Pastor Terry Rogers
Faith Renewed Church
Edited August 18, 2026
at the touch of Jesus – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/at-touch-of-jesus-v2.html
Matthew 8:1-4
August 17, 2026
before You I bow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/before-you-i-bow.html
“The Throne Room Song”
By Charity Gayle, 2021
Faith Renewed Church, August 16, 2026
July 23, 2026
Why do You love us so?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/why-do-you-love-us-so.html
Praise songs before the sermon
Faith Renewed Church, July 19, 2026
Edited July 23, 2026
pour out your praise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/pour-out-your-praise-v2.html
praise and intense prayer by whole congregation
Faith Renewed Church, May 31, 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. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Savior, Messiah, healing, touch, Matthew 8,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #healing #touch #Matthew8

at the #touch of #Jesus – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #healing #touch #Matthew8

we are healed, fully,
we are made whole
we are made clean
at the touch of Jesus
His hands upon our lives...
 
we are made clean, truly,
our brokenness is redeemed
in the sacrifice of Jesus,
when He became our ransom
when He became our sacrifice...
 
We thank You, Lord,
for Your healing,
for Your love and mercy
when we come to You
when we answer Your call...
 
continue to heal us
for we are truly broken
we need Your loving touch
we need You daily
as  close as breath...
 
----------------
Edited August 18, 2026
at the touch of Jesus – v2
 
Matthew 8:1-4
Sermon, “I am willing”,
By Pastor Terry Rogers
Faith Renewed Church
August 17, 2026
before You I bow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/before-you-i-bow.html
“The Throne Room Song”
By Charity Gayle, 2021
Faith Renewed Church, August 16, 2026
July 23, 2026
Why do You love us so?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/why-do-you-love-us-so.html
Praise songs before the sermon
Faith Renewed Church, July 19, 2026
Edited July 23, 2026
pour out your praise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/pour-out-your-praise-v2.html
praise and intense prayer by whole congregation
Faith Renewed Church, May 31, 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. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Savior, Messiah, healing, touch, Matthew 8,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #healing #touch #Matthew8

at the #touch of #Jesus #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #healing #touch #Matthew8

we are healed
we are made whole
we are made clean
at the touch of Jesus
His hands upon our life...
 
we are made clean
our brokenness is redeemed
in the sacrifice of Jesus,
becoming our ransom
when He became our sacrifice...
 
We thank You, Lord,
for Your healing,
for Your love,
when we come to You
when we heed Your call...
 
----------------
August 17, 2026
at the touch of Jesus
 
Matthew 8:1-4
Sermon, “I am willing”,
By Pastor Terry Rogers
Faith Renewed Church
August 17, 2026
before You I bow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/before-you-i-bow.html
“The Throne Room Song”
By Charity Gayle, 2021
Faith Renewed Church, August 16, 2026
July 23, 2026
Why do You love us so?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/why-do-you-love-us-so.html
Praise songs before the sermon
Faith Renewed Church, July 19, 2026
Edited July 23, 2026
pour out your praise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/pour-out-your-praise-v2.html
praise and intense prayer by whole congregation
Faith Renewed Church, May 31, 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. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Savior, Messiah, healing, touch, Matthew 8,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #healing #touch #Matthew8

before You I #bow #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #HolyofHolies #throne

You have paid the price
We are redeemed
by Your precious blood...
You have torn the veil
that separated us from God...
 
I run, I enter in
Into the throne room of God...
Before You I bow,
the Lamb, the Christ,
the One who was to come...
 
We bow before You,
the Lamb, the Risen One,
our Lord, our Savior, our God,
humbly before You
We bow...
 
----------------
August 17, 2026
before You I bow
 
“The Throne Room Song”
By Charity Gayle, 2021
Faith Renewed Church, August 16, 2026
July 23, 2026
Why do You love us so?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/why-do-you-love-us-so.html
Praise songs before the sermon
Faith Renewed Church, July 19, 2026
Edited July 23, 2026
pour out your praise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/pour-out-your-praise-v2.html
praise and intense prayer by whole congregation
Faith Renewed Church, May 31, 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. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Savior, Messiah, Holy of Holies, throne,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #HolyofHolies #throne

#Dying for #Hypocrites #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Matthew23

We cry “Lord, Lord”,
but we do not follow
our acts betray us
shouting, “Hypocrisy!”...
We are no better than them
called out by Jesus,
Our Risen Lord and King...
 
He chose to sacrifice,
to become our ransom,
His body on the altar of the cross
dying for hypocrites
saving unworthy sinners
dying to redeem us
from our grave, the pit,
Jesus, Lord of our life...
 
-------------
August 17, 2026
Dying for Hypocrites
 
Matthew 23:1-12
Sermon: “The Burden of Hypocrisy”
by Peter Hubbard
North Hills Church
Series on Matthew 23
Matthew 23:13-26
Matthew 23:27-36
Matthew 23:37-39
July 27, 2026
where Christ is not known
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/where-christ-is-not-known.html
sermon, “Victory Over the Darkness”
Matthew 27:45-54
North Hills Church
July 27, 2026
Before the Age will end
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/before-age-will-end.html
Series: Jesus in Dark Places
Matthew 28:18-20
 
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, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Matthew 23,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Matthew23

Він шукає вчорашній день – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #Yabloko #elections #Russia #collapse #Putin #freedom #VladimirKaraMurza #lies #propaganda #delusion #yesterday #future

We see him in his reactions,
as if unsure why he is in a room...
Він шукає вчорашній день
“He is looking for yesterday,”
stalking the halls of his bunker,
dipping into his cup of memory
a world that never was...
Believing his own lies
his self-deception,
No hope, no future,
only loss for this dictator,
This last tsar of Russia...
 
He is a specter, a ghost,
from another age, a time ended...
He is a prisoner of his own making
cut off from reality, the truth,
fed lies to assuage his ego
to encourage him onward
because his end will come fastest
if the war were to end
if other voices are allowed
to shatter the deception,
the lies he tells himself
in his hubris, his vanity...
 
----------  
Edited August 17, 2026
Він шукає вчорашній день – v2
 
Edited August 15, 2026
Forever yesterday – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/forever-yesterday-v2.html
August 11, 2026
A description of Vladimir Putin after the decision
to remove the Yabloko party from the Russian Duma elections
https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.karamurza.5/posts/pfbid07hBpuNwndr3sSFUEX3YYarQZMqJ6AC6WmPuAAipaLV3qxLDABAUgwci56Rmik8Nbl
by Vladimir Kara-Murza
Edited June 25, 2026
A lost war of aggression – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v4.html
Refuting the clear message of Putin’s war of aggression that,
“Human life is unimportant”
And the quote of Vladimir Kara-Murza in the decision to release
Russian murderer so that those held unjustly would be free,
That each human life is important…
And my poem, “Human life is all that matters – v2”
Edited September 23, 2024
A lost war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
Like a house of cards – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/like-house-of-cards-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
The weight of his failure – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-weight-of-his-failure-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Each human life is important
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/each-human-life-is-important.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
September 22, 2024
Human life is all that matters – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/human-life-is-all-that-matters-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, 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, God, prayer, Yabloko, elections, Russia, collapse, Putin, freedom, Vladimir Kara-Murza, lies, propaganda, delusion, yesterday, future,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #Yabloko #elections #Russia #collapse #Putin #freedom #VladimirKaraMurza #lies #propaganda #delusion #yesterday #future

Bін Шукає вчорашній день #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #Yabloko #elections #Russia #collapse #Putin #freedom #VladimirKaraMurza #lies #propaganda #delusion #yesterday #future

Bін Шукає вчорашній день
“He is looking for yesterday,”
stalking the halls of his bunker,
dipping into his cup in memory
a world that never was...
Believing his own lies
his self-deception,
No hope, no future,
only death for this tsar,
This last tsar of Russia...
 
He is a prisoner of his own making
cut off from reality, the truth,
fed lies to assuage his ego
to encourage him onward
because his end will come fastest
if the war were to end
if other voices are allowed
to shatter the deception,
the lies he tells himself
in his hubris, his vanity...
 
----------  
August 17, 2026
Bін Шукає вчорашній день
 
Edited August 15, 2026
Forever yesterday – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/forever-yesterday-v2.html
August 11, 2026
A description of Vladimir Putin after the decision
to remove the Yabloko party from the Russian Duma elections
https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.karamurza.5/posts/pfbid07hBpuNwndr3sSFUEX3YYarQZMqJ6AC6WmPuAAipaLV3qxLDABAUgwci56Rmik8Nbl
by Vladimir Kara-Murza
Edited June 25, 2026
A lost war of aggression – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v4.html
Refuting the clear message of Putin’s war of aggression that,
“Human life is unimportant”
And the quote of Vladimir Kara-Murza in the decision to release
Russian murderer so that those held unjustly would be free,
That each human life is important…
And my poem, “Human life is all that matters – v2”
Edited September 23, 2024
A lost war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
Like a house of cards – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/like-house-of-cards-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
The weight of his failure – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-weight-of-his-failure-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Each human life is important
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/each-human-life-is-important.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
September 22, 2024
Human life is all that matters – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/human-life-is-all-that-matters-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, 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, God, prayer, Yabloko, elections, Russia, collapse, Putin, freedom, Vladimir Kara-Murza, lies, propaganda, delusion, yesterday, future,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #Yabloko #elections #Russia #collapse #Putin #freedom #VladimirKaraMurza #lies #propaganda #delusion #yesterday #future

Forever yesterday – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #Yabloko #elections #Russia #collapse #Putin #freedom #VladimirKaraMurza

He is a caretaker, a placeholder
A living fossil, a nothing...
He has no hope, no future,
He has no vision in reality...
A Cold War anachronism,
A specter walking in our times...
 
He is not tomorrow,
hiding in his bunkers...
He is forever yesterday -
an indictment so telling
No place in our future -
Holding onto the past...
 
He clings to nostalgia, delusions,
a repeating mantra,
a past that is written in lies
in the myth of propaganda...
In a belief in an empire
That in truth never was...
 
He spews a false narrative
well-practiced deceptions,
Projection of his mania...
A history in mirrors -
Forever yesterday -
No hope for his future...
 
----------  
Edited August 15, 2026
Forever yesterday – v2
 
August 11, 2026
A description of Vladimir Putin after the decision
to remove the Yabloko party from the Russian Duma elections
https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.karamurza.5/posts/pfbid07hBpuNwndr3sSFUEX3YYarQZMqJ6AC6WmPuAAipaLV3qxLDABAUgwci56Rmik8Nbl
by Vladimir Kara-Murza
Edited June 25, 2026
A lost war of aggression – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v4.html
Refuting the clear message of Putin’s war of aggression that,
“Human life is unimportant”
And the quote of Vladimir Kara-Murza in the decision to release
Russian murderer so that those held unjustly would be free,
That each human life is important…
And my poem, “Human life is all that matters – v2”
Edited September 23, 2024
A lost war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
Like a house of cards – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/like-house-of-cards-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
The weight of his failure – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-weight-of-his-failure-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Each human life is important
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/each-human-life-is-important.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
September 22, 2024
Human life is all that matters – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/human-life-is-all-that-matters-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, 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, God, prayer, Yabloko, elections, Russia, collapse, Putin, freedom, Vladimir Kara-Murza,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #Yabloko #elections #Russia #collapse #Putin #freedom #VladimirKaraMurza

Forever yesterday #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #Yabloko #elections #Russia #collapse #Putin #freedom #VladimirKaraMurza

No hope, no future,
No vision in reality,
A Cold War anachronism
A specter in our times...
 
Forever yesterday,
An indictment so telling
No place in our future
Holding onto the past...
 
But a past in lies
In the myth of propaganda
In a belief in an empire
That in truth never was...
 
Spewing a false narrative
A history in mirrors
Forever yesterday
No hope for his future...
 
----------  
August 15, 2026
Forever yesterday
 
August 11, 2026
A description of Vladimir Putin after the decision
to remove the Yabloko party from the Russian Duma elections
https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.karamurza.5/posts/pfbid07hBpuNwndr3sSFUEX3YYarQZMqJ6AC6WmPuAAipaLV3qxLDABAUgwci56Rmik8Nbl
by Vladimir Kara-Murza
Edited June 25, 2026
A lost war of aggression – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v4.html
Refuting the clear message of Putin’s war of aggression that,
“Human life is unimportant”
And the quote of Vladimir Kara-Murza in the decision to release
Russian murderer so that those held unjustly would be free,
That each human life is important…
And my poem, “Human life is all that matters – v2”
Edited September 23, 2024
A lost war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
Like a house of cards – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/like-house-of-cards-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
The weight of his failure – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-weight-of-his-failure-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Each human life is important
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/each-human-life-is-important.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
September 22, 2024
Human life is all that matters – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/human-life-is-all-that-matters-v2.html
Edited September 21, 2024
Their best sons and daughters – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/their-best-sons-and-daughters-v3.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.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
 
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, God, prayer, Yabloko, elections, Russia, collapse, Putin, freedom, Vladimir Kara-Murza,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #Yabloko #elections #Russia #collapse #Putin #freedom #VladimirKaraMurza

A #Lean-to in the #Woods - v4 #poetry #poem #wind #nature #forest #cold #love #grace #faith #God #hope #comfort #woods #spring #ladyslipper #flower

A bed of pine, of leaves,
corrugated metal for a roof
and snow fencing walls...
a tin of fresh-pine-needle tea
brewing in the open fire...
 
A coffee-stain of rust 
white and mint-green lichen
the metal thin
when it shouldn't be
shape to my touch...
 
My place of refuge
out in the woods
just up the hill
off the path, in the deep...
just up from home.
 
I remember the pine needles 
untrammeled, deep,
like light snow in a filed
texture like corn husks 
that had been allowed to dry...
 
A place for reflection 
sanctuary in the city
close but away
from the day-to-day
from school, from my home...
 
Near the single-bed of lady slippers
that I had discovered,
up the path and to the right...
I could still walk it now
Fifty years later... 
though I haven't yet...
 
-----------------------
Edited August 14, 2026
A Lean-to in the Woods – v4
 
up the trail from Apple Hill Road,
Claremont, NH
1976 to 1978
Edited July 29, 2026
A Lean-to in the Woods – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-lean-to-in-woods-v2.html
edited March 26, 2021
A Lean-to in the Woods - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-lean-to-in-woods-v2.html
November 23, 2006, 20:06
A Lean-to in the Woods
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/11/lean-to-in-woods.html
edited October 29, 2015
Out in the Woods – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/out-in-woods-v5.html
(editing version 4)
edited April 16, 2015
Out in the Woods – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/out-in-woods-v4.html
(editing original)
Edited April 24, 2013
“Out in the woods – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/out-in-woods-v3.html
(from the original)
edited April 26, 2012
“Out in the woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/04/out-in-woods-v2.html
Original poem 3/26/2004
“Out in the woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/04/out-in-woods.html
about walking in the woods in Claremont, NH
edited October 29, 2015
A Walk in the Woods – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-walk-in-woods-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited April 24, 2013
“A Walk in the Woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-walk-in-woods-v2.html
August 7, 2006 19:38
“A Walk in the Woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/walk-in-woods.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, poem, wind, nature, forest, cold, love, grace, faith, God, hope, comfort, Raymond A. Foss, Poetry Where You Live, spring, woods, lady slipper, flower,
 
#poetry  #poem #wind #nature #forest #cold #love #grace #faith #God  #hope #comfort  #woods #spring #ladyslipper #flower

#Ukraine’s #Partners – v2 #Evil #indifference #poetry #Ukraine #NATO #US #complacency #complicity #ignorance #choice #neutrality #war #genocide #crimesagainsthumanity #warcrimes #Russia #oil #gas

Ukraine’s partners -
Are they really partners? -
When they could have changed,
when there were other sources,
Just to save a buck...
 
Ukraine’s partners,
on the continent of Europe...
It is now five summers,
But soon it will be Winter
when the mercury drops...

Ukraine’s partners
are still babies, truly,
Suckling on the oily tit
of their mother Russia...
Too afraid to stop...

Ukraine’s partners
must wean themselves,
finally, at long last...
Because the oil and gas
is mixed with innocent blood...
 
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Edited August 12, 2026
Ukraine’s Partners
 
https://lnkd.in/p/efHUeTGR
Europe is still purchasing Russian oil and gas
Edited August 12, 2026
the worst evil is indifference – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-worst-evil-is-indifference-v2.html  
Edited August 11, 2026
the dust of Pokrovsk – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-dust-of-pokrovsk-v2.html
Edited December 1, 2025
Three souls – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/three-souls-v4.html
after poem, “Three souls”,
based on the poem, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 27, 2025
Only rubble – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/only-rubble-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
Day of the Ukrainian Land Forces
April 4, 2022
The blood of the dead in Bucha
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha.html
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
Edited March 31, 2024
Ukraine must Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/ukraine-must-win-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, 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, country, people, Slava Ukraini, US, NATO, EU, proxy, Arm Ukraine Now, Bucha, Irpin, Izium, Mariupol, terror, genocide, Pokrovsk, Aleppo,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #US #NATO #EU #ArmUkraine #Bucha #Irpin #Isium #Mariupol #terror #genocide #Toretsk #Vuhledar #Rubizhne #Bakhmut #Avdiivka #ChasivYar #Soledar #Kherson #Kyiv #Odesa #BuchaMassacre #BuchaGenocide #Vovchansk #Pokrovsk
 
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
 
Evil, indifference, poetry, Ukraine, NATO, US, complacency, complicity, ignorance, choice, neutrality, war, genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, Russia, oil, gas,
 
#Evil #indifference #poetry #Ukraine #NATO #US #complacency #complicity #ignorance #choice #neutrality #war #genocide #crimesagainsthumanity #warcrimes #Russia #oil #gas