Poetry Where You Live

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Through the valley of betrayal #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink

false allies, traitors,
wolves in sheep’s clothing
Friends become enemies
Your gloves can come off...

through the valley of betrayal,
through the darkness of this moment,
You will prevail...
You will be free...
Your mettle is being tested
in the fire, the crucible,
but right fights with you...
God will see you through...

through the valley of betrayal,
through the darkness of this moment,
You will prevail...
You will be free...

--------
October 15, 2026
Through the valley of betrayal

Greater Ukrainian deaths because of:
United States diesel deal with Russia
United States cutting off intelligence to Ukraine
Starlink limits put on Ukraine
Edited October 15, 2026
empires will not defeat you – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/empires-will-not-defeat-you-v2.html
Russia is fighting Ukraine, China is supporting Russia,
The United States entered a diesel deal with Russia
North Korea is sending troops and missiles to fight for Russia
Iran is aiding Russia, India is buying and selling oil with Russia
Edited September 27, 2026
They will rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/they-will-rise-v2.html
after Twelve Years of War
Edited September 26, 2026
We choose not to die – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/we-choose-not-to-die-v2.html
Speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
before the United Nations General Assembly
https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/ukraine
Edited January 5, 2026
Despite Everything – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/despite-everything-v2.html
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
Edited May 21, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v3.html
March 5, 2025
we have become what we abhor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor.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
December 27, 2024
Hybrid War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/hybrid-war.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html

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, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, freedom, independence, Zelenskyy, NATO, UN, Oleshky, Holodomor, betrayal, Trump, Musk, Starlink

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink

empires will not defeat you – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink

Powers gathered against you
will be vanquished...
The fight you fight is righteous
now and through time...
You will achieve freedom...
Your sovereignty...

Empires will not defeat you
though darkness surrounds you...
You will triumph...
You will prevail
over your struggles
because of your unity...

Hegemons will fall...
Powers will dissolve...
A new age will come
through your struggle...
God will protect you...
You will be free at last...

--------
Edited October 15, 2026
empires will not defeat you – v2

Russia is fighting Ukraine, China is supporting Russia,
The United States entered a diesel deal with Russia
North Korea is sending troops and missiles to fight for Russia
Iran is aiding Russia, India is buying and selling oil with Russia
Edited September 27, 2026
They will rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/they-will-rise-v2.html
after Twelve Years of War
Edited September 26, 2026
We choose not to die – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/we-choose-not-to-die-v2.html
Speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
before the United Nations General Assembly
https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/ukraine
Edited January 5, 2026
Despite Everything – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/despite-everything-v2.html
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
Edited May 21, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v3.html
March 5, 2025
we have become what we abhor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor.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
December 27, 2024
Hybrid War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/hybrid-war.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
Edited November 11, 2024
Attrition – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/attrition-v3.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html

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, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, freedom, independence, Zelenskyy, NATO, UN, Oleshky, Holodomor, betrayal, Trump, Musk, Starlink

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Twelve Years of War: #Ukraine’s #fight for #freedom against Russia’s #genocide #Amazon #Kindle #KDP

My 3-volume collection of poems in support of Ukraine has been published.

Twelve Years of War: Ukraine’s fight for freedom against Russia’s genocide -

Available now on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle E-book formats

#StandWithUkraine #Amazon #Ukraine #poetry #TarasShevchenko

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.

Monday, October 12, 2026

The #Language of #Borshch #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #SlavaUkraini #victory #Pysanky #Vyshyvanka #borshch #culture #Ukrainian

common, mighty –
individual, communal –
authentic, identity
precious in the simple
the blessing at the table
the language of borshch
who you are as family,
as a people united...

bright color, shining,
recipes passed down –
transcendent, eternal –
joy in the sharing
blessing in the making
in the tasting...
family, home, country...
in the language of borshch...

----------------
October 12, 2026
The Language of Borshch

About my first adventure making borshch
and the lively responses...
Edited October 5, 2026
Identity before Sovereignty – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/identity-before-sovereignty-v2.html
https://bank.gov.ua/en/uah
Faces on the Ukrainian hryvnia
Edited June 22, 2026
on the Rock of Taras Shevchenko – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/on-rock-of-taras-shevchenko-v2_091693650.html
May 21, 2026
The Patterns of Their Culture
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-patterns-of-their-culture.html
Happy Vyshyvanka Day!
21 травня 2026 року
Візерунки їхньої культури
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/blog-post_20.html
З Днем вишиванки!
Happy #VyshyvankaDay
Edited December 1, 2025
Designs of their culture – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/designs-of-their-culture-v5.html
Edited May 15, 2025
Designs of their culture – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/designs-of-their-culture-v4.html
Happy #VyshyvankaDay
Edited May 23, 2024
Lord, watch over these heroes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/lord-watch-over-these-heroes.html
May 23, 2024
A cloak of the dead
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-cloak-of-dead.html
May 23, 2024
X post by The Angry Cat
“Ukrainians don't die, they go to Valhalla.”
May 23, 2024
Video posted by Ukraine Territorial Defense Forces
May 23, 2024
Death from the skies
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/death-from-skies.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

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, victory, Pysanky, Vyshyvanka, borshch, culture, Ukrainian

#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #SlavaUkraini #victory #Pysanky #Vyshyvanka #borshch #culture #Ukrainian

empires will not defeat you #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor

The powers gathered against you
will be vanquished...
The fight you fight is righteous
now and through time...
You will achieve freedom...
Your sovereignty...

Empires will not defeat you
though darkness surrounds you...
You will triumph...
You will prevail
over your struggles
through your unity...

Hegemons will fall...
Powers will dissolve...
A new age will come
through your struggle...
God will protect you...
You will be free at last...

--------
October 12, 2026
empires will not defeat you

Russia is fighting Ukraine,
China is supporting Russia,
The United States entered a diesel deal with Russia
North Korea is sending troops and missiles to fight for Russia
Iran is aiding Russia

Edited September 27, 2026
They will rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/they-will-rise-v2.html
after Twelve Years of War
Edited September 26, 2026
We choose not to die – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/we-choose-not-to-die-v2.html
Speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
before the United Nations General Assembly
https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/ukraine
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
December 27, 2024
Hybrid War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/hybrid-war.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
Edited December 4, 2024
There is but one fight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-but-one-fight-v2.html
Edited December 3, 2024
They fight the very same Evil – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/they-fight-very-same-evil-v2.html
Edited November 11, 2024
Attrition – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/attrition-v3.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html

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, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, freedom, independence, history, Zelenskyy, NATO, United Nations, European Union, UN, UNGA, Oleshky, #Holodomor

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor

Thursday, October 08, 2026

My #books on #Amazon.com. #books #kindle #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #grave #Kobzar #AfterTaras #TwelveYearsofWar

All 4 of my books in support of Ukraine have at least one copy sold! All 4 on October 5th!

Thank you to anyone who has bought them on Amazon.com.

If you like the poems I have posted on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, or on my Poetry Where You Live blog, please consider supporting my four years of work by buying one of these books. They are all available in paperback and Kindle E-book formats.

My two earlier books of poetry, Poetry Where You Live and Getting Started, are also available on Amazon.com.

Якщо моя поезія є для вас благословенням, я кажу: «Слава Богу!», бо саме Він подарував мені ці слова.

If my poetry is a blessing to you, I say, "Praise God!", because it was He who gifted these words to me.

#poetry #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #TarasShevchenko #Freedom #Independence #Unity

Wednesday, October 07, 2026

Remembering October 7, 2023 The #pain on her #face #poetry #Pray #PrayforIsrael #diaspora #war #Hamas #terror #Christian #Jew #SelfDefense #StandWithIsrael #Holocaust #Genocide

She was a regular, I knew her,

but everything was different,

tortured in this moment,

her face blotchy, mottled,

twisted in pain, in anger,

I instantly knew why…

I saw her little Star of David,

hanging around her neck,

words in Hebrew, of love,

anxiety imprinted on her face

asking her about this weekend,

terror in the Promised Land…

The pain on her face, searing,

palpable, so telling, present,

pausing to collect herself,

whispering one word "HORRIFIC",

so correct, bleeding from her lips,

a prayer, knowing there is more to come…

Sharing our faiths, our beliefs,

our collective humanity, pain,

all children of the same Father,

the one Creator, different sheep,

sharing the same story, the law,

all thinking about this present terror…

===============

Edited July 29, 2024

The pain on her face – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-pain-on-her-face-v4.html

About a 70-year-old customer at Dollar General who said she has worn a

necklace with a little gold Star of David for 60 years; conversation at less than two days

after the international horror about the attack by Hamas on Israel October 7, 2023.

Edited June 26, 2024

The pain on her face – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-pain-on-her-face-v2.html

Edited October 9, 2023

The pain on her face – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-pain-on-her-face-v2.html

October 9, 2023

The pain on her face

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-pain-on-her-face.html

#poetry #Pray #PrayforIsrael #diaspora #war #Hamas #terror #Christian #Jew #SelfDefense #StandWithIsrael #Holocaust #Genocide

Monday, October 05, 2026

#Identity before #Sovereignty – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava

They honor their forefathers,
their mother within culture,
They are the parents
of Ukraine’s nation-state...

They are honored on their currency,
their poets and their conscience,
Identity before sovereignty
for Ukraine’s nation-state...

They are not generals or presidents,
but leaders of culture,
Their words shine their identity
before Ukraine’s nation-state...

They are not Kozaks or Hetman -
they have been replaced by coinage -
but parents of their spirit,
Identity before sovereignty,
What it means to be Ukraine...

--------
Edited October 5, 2026
Identity before Sovereignty – v2
October 2, 2026
Identity before Sovereignty
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/identity-before-sovereignty.html
https://bank.gov.ua/en/uah
Faces on the Ukrainian hryvnia
(Lower denominations replaced by coins)
₴20: Ivan Franko (Writer, poet, and political activist)
₴50: Mykhailo Hrushevsky (Historian and political leader)
₴100: Taras Shevchenko (Poet, artist, and national icon)
₴200: Lesya Ukrainka (Poet and writer)
₴500: Hryhorii Skovoroda (Philosopher and poet)
₴1,000: Volodymyr Vernadsky (Scientist and philosopher)
₴2,000: Vasyl Stus (Dissident poet)
Edited September 27, 2026
They will rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/they-will-rise-v2.html
after Twelve Years of War
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
Edited September 27, 2026
They will rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/they-will-rise-v2.html
after Twelve Years of War
Edited September 19, 2026
Each night he flies – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/each-night-he-flies-v3.html
Taras Shevchenko, from his grave in Kaniv, Ukraine, above the Dnipro
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
December 27, 2024
Hybrid War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/hybrid-war.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, freedom, independence, history, glory

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava

#Living #History – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #sacrifice #remembrance #honor #heroes #martyrs #victims #defenders

They are not distant, a memory;
They are present, palpable, now...
They can touch, feel this
those who have fallen
all that has been lost
over days, these months...
over all the years,
the centuries of strife...

Sacred days on the calendar -
precious Moments of Silence -
We must remember each name,
each defender, each victim,
the martyrs of Ukraine,
alive in living history,
with them, always,
as close as breath...

-----------
Edited October 5, 2026
Living History – v2

September 28, 2026
Living History
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/living-history.html
October 1, 2026
Day of Defenders and Day of the Defenders of Ukraine
Edited February 19, 2026
You hold each of them so closely – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-hold-each-of-them-so-closely-v3.html
February 19, 2026
Every. Single. Day.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/every-single-day.html
Instagram post by Olena_Ivanenko_rij
https://www.instagram.com/stories/olena_ivanenko_rij/3835849990073791731/
“Хвилина памʼяті
згадувала братів за якими дуже сумую
кожен день 9:00 честь”
“A moment of remembrance, remembered the brothers I miss so much,
every day 9:00 honor.”
Edited February 18, 2026
to remember the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html
“to remember the dead is to appreciate the living”
Quote by defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025 in Lviv,
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/
where 2,000 participants remembered fallen combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh, who died May 29, 2024, days before her 26^th birthday on June 1, 2024.
Edited February 17, 2026
The present memory of that day – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-present-memory-of-that-day-v3.html
Memory of February 24, 2022, the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,
as described by a defender of Ukraine on February 25, 2025
Edited December 1, 2025
Sacred Days – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/sacred-days-v4.html
Edited September 6, 2024
Flying from every flagpole – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/flying-from-every-flagpole-v2.html
August 27, 2024
The Flag of their Independence
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-flag-of-their-independence.html
National Day of Remembrance – August 29, 2024
Ukraine Independence Day – August 24, 2024
Ukraine National Flag Day – August 23, 2024
Edited August 30, 2024
The dead do not yet rest in peace – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-do-not-yet-rest-in-peace-v2.html
August 29, 2014
Edited August 28, 2024
The whisper of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-whisper-of-dead-v2.html
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
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, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Day of Remembrance, Ilovaisk, Poltava, Independence Day, Holodomor, Defenders Day, National Anthem, defenders

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #sacrifice #remembrance #honor #heroes #martyrs #victims #defenders

Friday, October 02, 2026

The #Holodomor is now – v2 #Poetry #Ukraine #US #NATO #EU #Bucha #Irpin #Isium #Mariupol #terror #genocide #toretsk #Vuhledar #Rubizhne #Bakhmut #Avdiivka #ChasivYar #Soledar #Kherson #Kyiv #Odesa #BuchaMassacre #BuchaGenocide #Oleshky #Holodomor

Shame on us all,
for standing silent –
Genocide in Europe –
Starving a city, a people,
When we could stop this,
When we could act...

Writing these words in history
on days when we remember Babyn Yar,
The Holocaust, the same evil -
Genocide in Europe -
written in Ukraine right now...

Repeating, even though we promised
Genocide in Europe -
The Holodomor is now
not just in history
but written today in Oleshky...

“Never again!” we told them -
Genocide in Europe -
the same enemy, evil,
starving a whole people
the captives in Oleshky...

Our indifference is evil –
Genocide in Europe –
standing silent when we could act
when we could stop the deaths
the Holodomor in Oleshky...

Shout for justice, for relief –
Genocide in Europe –
If only Oleshky was a singularity...
We told them “Never Again!”...
but “Never Again” is now...

We stand silent, unmoved,
when we have the power to act
to end this starvation, this torture -
Genocide in Europe -
of a city, a people, a nation,
when evil is on the march...

--------
Edited October 2, 2026
The Holodomor is now – v2

Edited September 27, 2026
They will rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/they-will-rise-v2.html
after Twelve Years of War
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
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v7.html
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
December 27, 2024
Hybrid War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/hybrid-war.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
Edited November 11, 2024
Attrition – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/attrition-v3.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
A death sentence – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-death-sentence-2-v2_26.html
Written and posted October 12, 2024
In the crucible of war – 2 – v1
Typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-crucible-of-war-2-v1_25.html

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, country, people, US, NATO, EU, proxy, Bucha, Irpin, Izium, Mariupol, terror, genocide, Oleshky, Holodomor

#Poetry #Ukraine #US #NATO #EU #Bucha #Irpin #Isium #Mariupol #terror #genocide #toretsk #Vuhledar #Rubizhne #Bakhmut #Avdiivka #ChasivYar #Soledar #Kherson #Kyiv #Odesa #BuchaMassacre #BuchaGenocide #Oleshky #Holodomor