#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...
 
--------
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

#Holy #Water, performance this spring #poetry #hymn #HolyWater #baptism #God #Spirit #Jesus #Jordan

The song Holy Water, based on my poem, Holy Water, performed by Seton Hall...

https://lnkd.in/e7g-qQSR

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.

the worst #evil is #indifference – v2 #Evil #indifference #poetry #Ukraine #NATO #US #complacency #complicity #ignorance #choice #neutrality #war #genocide #crimesagainsthumanity #warcrimes #Russia

When we face a moral choice
to act or to remain silent
when we see evil, injustice,
present right before us...
What do we do?
 
We cannot claim ignorance
when the truth is present before us...
Acquiescence, timidity, silence are no option...
We claim neutrality, expedience...
But...
We accept their subjugation...
 
The worst evil is indifference
when the truth is right before us
turning a blind eye to suffering
claiming our neutrality, equivalence,
in the face of genocide...
 
The blood of the victims, the innocents,
these good and brave people
is upon our hands...
Our complacency makes us complicit
for their mounting war crimes...
 
--------
Edited August 12, 2026
the worst evil is indifference – v2
 
August 11, 2026
Ukraine’s Partners
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/ukraines-partners.html
https://lnkd.in/p/efHUeTGR
Europe is still purchasing Russian oil and gas
Edited August 11, 2026
the dust of Pokrovsk – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-dust-of-pokrovsk-v2.html
August 10, 2026
Рабів до раю не пускають
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post.html
Track "Нашеліто" (Our Summer) в альбомі "Музичний Лист Щастя"(2004)
by the Ukrainian band, Tartak
https://youtu.be/jpZX41ptPW8?si=3ICH6zGfMBvysrcc
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
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,
 
#Evil #indifference #poetry #Ukraine #NATO #US #complacency #complicity #ignorance #choice #neutrality #war #genocide #crimesagainsthumanity #warcrimes #Russia

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

Ukraine’s partners,
on the continent of Europe,
It is now five summers,
But soon it will be Winter
when the mercury falls...

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...
 
--------
August 11, 2026
Ukraine’s Partners
 
https://lnkd.in/p/efHUeTGR

Europe is still purchasing Russian oil and gas
August 11, 2026
the worst evil is indifference
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-worst-evil-is-indifference_01157134028.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,
 
#Evil #indifference #poetry #Ukraine #NATO #US #complacency #complicity #ignorance #choice #neutrality #war #genocide #crimesagainsthumanity #warcrimes #Russia

the worst #Evil is #indifference #poetry #Ukraine #NATO #US #complacency #complicity #ignorance #choice #neutrality #war #genocide #crimesagainsthumanity #warcrimes #Russia

when we face a choice
to act or remain silent
when we see evil, injustice,
present right before us...
 
when we cannot claim ignorance
when the truth is present
acquiescence, timidity, silence...
we accept their subjugation...
 
the worst evil is indifference
turning a blind eye to suffering
claiming our neutrality
in the face of genocide...
 
blood of the victims
these good and brave people
are upon our hands...
our complacency makes us complicit
for their war crimes...
 
--------
August 11, 2026
the worst evil is indifference
 
Edited August 11, 2026
the dust of Pokrovsk – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-dust-of-pokrovsk-v2.html
August 10, 2026
Рабів до раю не пускають
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post.html
Track "Нашеліто" (Our Summer) в альбомі "Музичний Лист Щастя"(2004)
by the Ukrainian band, Tartak
https://youtu.be/jpZX41ptPW8?si=3ICH6zGfMBvysrcc
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,

#Evil #indifference #poetry #Ukraine #NATO #US #complacency #complicity #ignorance #choice #neutrality #war #genocide #crimesagainsthumanity #warcrimes #Russia

the dust of #Pokrovsk - v2 #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

The dust of Pokrovsk
the same as the dust of Aleppo
The choice of the world
was to remain silent...
 
The same enemy stalks the world,
The same evil is on the march,
The same as the Holodomor, the gulags...
The age of tyrants must end;
Freedom must take its place...
 
Far Too Many Cities in Ukraine
have been reduced to ash and rubble
When our indifference is inaction
when we could act...
 
Our complacency is complicity...
Ours is an immoral choice -
There is no neutrality in genocide -
We fail to stand with them
in the breach, in the gap...
 
They needed more than our words,
our promises when we would not keep them...
They needed us to stand with them
to fight for their victory...
 
History will be written
in the dust, in their black soil,
when our indifference was inaction
when we could have stood with them
the brave people of Ukraine...
 
===================
Edited August 11, 2026
the dust of Pokrovsk – v2
 
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

the worst #evil is #indifference #poetry #Ukraine #NATO #US #complacency #complicity #ignorance #choice #neutrality #war #genocide #crimesagainsthumanity #warcrimes

August 11, 2026
the worst evil is indifference
 
Edited August 11, 2026
the dust of Pokrovsk – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-dust-of-pokrovsk-v2.html
August 10, 2026
Рабів до раю не пускають
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post.html
Track "Нашеліто" (Our Summer) в альбомі "Музичний Лист Щастя"(2004)
by the Ukrainian band, Tartak
https://youtu.be/jpZX41ptPW8?si=3ICH6zGfMBvysrcc
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,

#Evil #indifference #poetry #Ukraine #NATO #US #complacency #complicity #ignorance #choice #neutrality #war #genocide #crimesagainsthumanity #warcrimes #Russia

the dust of Pokrovsk #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

the dust of Pokrovsk
the dust of Aleppo
the choice of the world
to remain silent...
 
far too many cities
reduced to ash and rubble
when indifference is inaction
when we could act...
 
complacency is complicity,
an immoral choice
failing to stand with them
in the breach, in the gap...
 
history will be written
in the dust, in the black soil,
when our indifference was inaction
when we could have stood with them
the brave people of Ukraine...
 
===================
August 10, 2026
the dust of Pokrovsk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ijaP2XsPSc
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

#Рабів до раю не #пускають #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom

Slaves are not allowed to enter paradise
 
a slogan on a t-shirt in a video...
after the Orange Revolution
a choice to fight, to train,
to not be submissive...
to stand for Ukraine...
to wage war against the enemy
to not accept subjugation
rejecting the choice of history
when their people were enslaved...
 
Рабів до раю не пускають -
slaves are not allowed to enter paradise -
Shevchenko’s warning also
centuries ago, in Ukraine,
the three lost souls, the bards,
caught between heaven and hell
acquiescence to enslavement
forfeiting their glory, their legacy,
their Cossack memory...
 
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August 10, 2026
Рабів до раю не пускають
 
Track "Нашеліто" (Our Summer) в альбомі "Музичний Лист Щастя"(2004)
by the Ukrainian band, Tartak
https://youtu.be/jpZX41ptPW8?si=3ICH6zGfMBvysrcc
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 November 1, 2024
Three bards – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/three-bards-v2.html
after poem, “Three bards”,
based on the poem, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
edited and posted October 16, 2024
Like the friends of Job – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/like-friends-of-job-v2.html
based on the poem, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
Psalm 44:13-14
Psalm 43:14-15
Book of Job
Edited October 31, 2024
Are the people blind – v2
 https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/are-people-blind-v2.html
after poem, “Are the people blind”,
based on the poems, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko
Edited October 31, 2024
A Faustian Tragedy – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-faustian-tragedy-v2.html
after poem, “A Faustian Tragedy”,
based on the poems, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
called, “A Comedy”,
see Goethe
Edited October 19, 2024
The Great Grave has been opened – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-great-grave-has-been-opened-v2_27.html
edited and posted October 18, 2024
The spell has been broken – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-spell-has-been-broken-v2_27.html  
after poem, “The spell has been broken”,
based on the poems, “The Great Grave”,
“To Marko Vovchok”,
about Maria Markovich,
and “Hosea, Chapter XIV”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
taking his poem into the Ukraine / Russia War
and the bravery of the people of Ukraine now
 
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 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 

blowing on the embers #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith

Let us, in faith,
stir up our fire,
blowing on the embers
fanning the flames
in the heart of another,
not letting them be lukewarm
in their walk with Christ...
 
Let us listen to the Spirit
calling us to be present
to hear them, fully,
to walk with them,
beside them on the journey
encouraging them in love
for their walk with Christ...
 
Let us cleave to one another
our sisters and brothers
to the faith we share,
let us stir up each other
for we are called to act
to move in community
to grow the church...

================
August 8, 2026
blowing on the embers
 
Hebrews 10:22-25
James 2:14-26
Proverbs 27:17
Matthew 28:18-20
Samson Society meeting
 
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, faith,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith

#Heaven is a place #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #heaven #secondcoming #John 14 #Revelations5 #Isaiah25 #Revelations22

Heaven is a place,
not an abstraction,
a promise written in red,
in these words of Jesus
a prophecy of heaven...
We must believe...
 
Heaven is a place, in fact,
not a myth, a vision...
Heaven is waiting
A place of salvation...
This is our reward...
 
Be ready, be prepared...
for the time is coming...
Heaven is a place, a promise,
spoken from the lips of Jesus
Our risen Savior and Lord...
 
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Edited/new name August 7, 2026
Heaven is a place
 
John 14:1-6
Revelations 22:1-2
Revelations 5:13
Sermon, “A Place for You”
by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
August 7, 2026
Believe in Him
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/believe-in-him.html
July 27, 2026
while we are waiting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/while-we-are-waiting.html
Matthew 28:18-20
July 27, 2026
Be prepared, be ready
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/be-prepared-be-ready.html
Matthew 24:36-44
Isaiah 61:2(b)
Revelations 22:20
Revelations 19:11-16
Sermon, by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
July 23, 2026
their jaws dropped
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/their-jaws-dropped.html
Luke 4:16-21
Isaiah 61:1-2
(but not Isaiah 61:2(b))
Sermon, “This Scripture is Fulfilled”,
by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
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
May 28, 2026
Surrender - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/surrender-2.html
Faith Renewed Church
May 18, 2026
Believe – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/believe.html
Based on Matthew 9:27-31
Sermon, “Your Faith”
Faith Renewed Church
 
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, heaven, second coming, John 14, Revelations 22, Revelations 5, Isaiah 25,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #heaven #secondcoming #John 14 #Revelations5 #Isaiah25 #Revelations22

A place #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #heaven #secondcoming #John 14 #Revelations5 #Isaiah25 #Revelations22

A place, not an abstraction,
The promise written in red,
In these words of Jesus
Prophecy of heaven,
We must believe...
 
A place, in fact,
Not a myth, a vision,
Heaven is waiting
A place of salvation,
This is our reward...
 
Be ready, prepared...
For the time is coming...
A place, a promise,
From the lips of Jesus
Our risen Savior and Lord...
 
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August 7, 2026
A place
 
John 14:1-6
Revelations 22:1-2
Revelations 5:13
Sermon, “A Place for You”
by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
August 7, 2026
Believe in Him
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/believe-in-him.html
July 27, 2026
while we are waiting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/while-we-are-waiting.html
Matthew 28:18-20
July 27, 2026
Be prepared, be ready
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/be-prepared-be-ready.html
Matthew 24:36-44
Genesis 6:5-8
Isaiah 61:2(b)
Revelations 22:20
Revelations 19:11-16
Sermon, by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
July 23, 2026
their jaws dropped
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/their-jaws-dropped.html
Luke 4:16-21
Isaiah 61:1-2
(but not Isaiah 61:2(b))
Sermon, “This Scripture is Fulfilled”,
by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
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
May 28, 2026
Surrender - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/surrender-2.html
Faith Renewed Church
May 18, 2026
Believe – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/believe.html
Based on Matthew 9:27-31
Sermon, “Your Faith”
Faith Renewed Church
 
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, heaven, second coming, John 14, Revelations 22, Revelations 5, Isaiah 25,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #heaven #secondcoming #John 14 #Revelations5 #Isaiah25 #Revelations22

#Believe in Him #Jesus #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #heaven #secondcoming #John 14 #Revelations5 #Isaiah25 #Revelations22

Believe in Him
our Savior, Jesus...
The Christ, the One
who was to come...
 
Believe in Him
The Messiah, Jesus...
He will come again
to gather us home...
 
Believe in Him
His words in scripture...
Be prepared, be ready,
for heaven right now...
 
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August 7, 2026
Believe in Him
 
John 14:1-6
Revelations 22:1-2
Revelations 5:13
Sermon, “A Place for You”
by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
July 27, 2026
while we are waiting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/while-we-are-waiting.html
Matthew 28:18-20
July 27, 2026
Be prepared, be ready
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/be-prepared-be-ready.html
Matthew 24:36-44
Genesis 6:5-8
Isaiah 61:2(b)
Zechariah 14:4
Acts 1:9-11
Titus 2:11-14
Luke 15:1-7 (one lost sheep)
Luke 15:11-32 (prodigal son)
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
Revelations 22:20
Revelations 1:7
Matthew 24:30
Revelations 19:11-16
Sermon, by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
July 23, 2026
their jaws dropped
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/their-jaws-dropped.html
Luke 4:16-21
Isaiah 61:1-2
(but not Isaiah 61:2(b))
Sermon, “This Scripture is Fulfilled”,
by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
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
May 28, 2026
Surrender - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/surrender-2.html
Faith Renewed Church
May 18, 2026
Believe – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/believe.html
Based on Matthew 9:27-31
Sermon, “Your Faith”
Faith Renewed Church
 
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, heaven, second coming, John 14, Revelations 22, Revelations 5, Isaiah 25,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Savior #Messiah #heaven #secondcoming #John 14 #Revelations5 #Isaiah25 #Revelations22