#Together #United - v2 #poetry #Разом #об'єднані #United #together #Ukraine #Ukrainians #victory #unity #memory #honor #freedom #independence #glory #peace

Her nation, her people
those who support Ukraine
those who believe in freedom
for this ancient land
Together united
Standing against evil
for as long as it takes
to achieve victory...
 
Ukraine stands together
Every child of this land
for liberty, for freedom
for a just peace to rise
for the prisoners to return
for the children to come home
a vast sea of wheat
under her sky at rest...
 
Together, united,
with one common purpose
Living as one people
holding onto culture,
to the memory of each one fallen
that which makes them Ukraine
For as long as it takes
until a just peace comes...
 
----------
Edited July 8, 2026
Together United – v2
 
July 2, 2026
United Together
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/united-together.html
July 2, 2026
Разом об'єднані
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/blog-post.html
Edited July 7, 2026
Marching to their death – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/marching-to-their-death-v2.html
New Russian soldiers have about a 20-minute life expectancy 
on the front lines in Ukraine. 
Edited July 4, 2026
In the Harrowing Hours
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-harrowing-hours-ukraine-kyiv-shahed.html
Russian attacks on Kyiv apartment buildings
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
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, Разом, об'єднані, United, together, Ukraine, Ukrainians, victory, unity, memory, honor, freedom, independence, glory,
 
#poetry #Разом #об'єднані  #United #together #Ukraine #Ukrainians #victory #unity #memory #honor #freedom #independence #glory #peace

#human #touch - v2 #poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice #medics #combat

With their caring hands they touch them,
They are with them in their trauma
in their fear, in their anguish,
as they are shattered, bleeding,
in the trenches, in the battle,
in the mud, under the smoke,
carrying their own kit, the weight,
of the injured in their hands,
those blown up, shot, by Russia,
giving aid and comfort to
their brothers and sisters in arms...
 
They too are exhausted
by the blood, the carnage,
by the trauma before them
by the nightmares, the burden
that they carry each day with them
aware of every death,
every life lost,
knowing this war will not end
neatly, or quickly, continuing
soldiering onward, offering
the healing of human touch...
 
Combat medics stand in the vanguard
with their comrades on the frontlines
not in a rear position, safe,
facing the same dangers,
bleeding, dying for their country,
standing in the gap created
by Russia’s war of genocide,
bloodied yet unbowed,
touching the wounded and dying,
on the line for Ukraine,
answering freedom’s call...
 
-------
Edited July 7, 2026
human touch - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/human-touch-v2.html  
combat medics on the frontlines in Ukraine
Edited July 7, 2026
sisters in arms – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/sisters-in-arms-v4.html
This poem was originally written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
July 2, 2026
Разом об'єднані
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/blog-post.html
July 2, 2026
Together United
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/together-united.html
March 7, 2025
Sisters in arms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms.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, love, International Women’s Day, Arm Women Now, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, women, daughters, Stand with Ukraine, sacrifice, medics, combat,
 
#poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice #medics #combat

In these #Harrowing #Hours #Ukraine #Kyiv #shahed #missiles #terror #genocide #shelter #sleep #night #PTSD

Day after day, year upon year,
in these harrowing hours
in the watches of the night
Safety too far to run to,
an oasis for only some...
Sheltering in place, their homes,
hunkered down in their corridors
when terror, when the Shaheds come...
 
Constantly on alert,
Their sounds now so familiar -
the roar of the missiles,
the whine of the drones,
taunting them from their rest -
awake on their mats...
holding their breaths
when sleep will not come...
 
A nation, a people on guard
in these harrowing moments,
a bag at the ready
ever ready to run
to head for shelter
Unless there is no time
for safety, for escape,
when the Moskals come...
 
They are a people on edge,
exhausted in their spirits
by years of war, terror,
holding onto humanity
waiting in their bathtubs,
with clothes to be presentable,
Just in case...
Hoping sleep will come...
 
----------
Edited July 7, 2026
In these Harrowing Hours
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-these-harrowing-hours.html
Russian attacks on Kyiv apartment buildings
July 2, 2026
Marching to their death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/marching-to-their-death.html
New Russian soldiers have about a 20-minute life expectancy 
on the front lines in Ukraine. 
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, serfdom, muse, prison, Crimea, Snake Island,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland
 
Poetry, Ukraine, Kyiv, Shahed, missiles, terror, genocide, shelter, sheep, night, PTSD,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #Kyiv #shahed #missiles #terror #genocide #shelter #sleep #night #PTSD
 
Poetry, death, Russia, soldiers, meat grinder, Ukraine,
 
#poetry #death #Russia #soldiers #meatgrinder #Ukraine

human touch #poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice #medics #combat

With their hands they touch them,
They are with them in their anguish,
in the trenches, in the battle,
carrying their own kit, the weight,
of the injured in their hands,
those blown up by Russia,
giving aid and comfort to
their brothers and sisters in arms...
 
They too are exhausted
by the trauma before them
by the nightmares, the burden
that they carry each day with them
knowing this war will not end
neatly, or quickly, continuing
soldiering onward, offering
the healing of human touch...
 
Combat medics in the vanguard
with the soldiers on the frontlines
not in a rear position, safe,
bleeding, dying for their country
standing in the gap created
by Russia’s war of genocide
touching the wounded and dying,
answering freedom’s call...

 
-------
Edited July 7, 2026
human touch
 
combat medics on the frontlines in Ukraine
Edited July 7, 2026
sisters in arms – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/sisters-in-arms-v4.html
This poem was originally written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
July 2, 2026
Разом об'єднані
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/blog-post.html
July 2, 2026
Together United
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/together-united.html
March 7, 2025
Sisters in arms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms.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 all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
  
poetry, love, International Women’s Day, Arm Women Now, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, women, daughters, Stand with Ukraine, sacrifice, medics, combat,
 
#poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice #medics #combat

#sisters in #arms – v4 #poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice #patriotism

On the front lines, in the trenches,
bandaging the wounded,
rising in the ranks to leadership,
defending their country,
fighting for its right to exist...
They stand with their brothers
the best daughters of Ukraine...
May we honor their call...
 
There is metal in their words
in their lives, their choices,
for they sacrifice their dreams,
in fidelity to their country,
standing in the breach,
suffering with their nation,
giving their lives for their people,
but never losing themselves...
 
They are sisters in arms, together,
warriors in this battle, united,
standing beside brothers in arms,
joined together, as one people,
to defeat Russia’s evil, this terror,
fighting valiantly, courageously,
against twelve years of genocide,
for their nation to survive...
 
They may be in body armor, on the front,
but they have never lost their womanhood,
their femininity, their beauty, power...
They choose to sacrifice, to give,
living for their country, their people,
unsure of the future, in this struggle,
But they stand sure in their purpose,
their call, to stand vigilant, on point,
as the tip of Ukraine’s spear...

 
-------
Edited July 7, 2026
sisters in arms – v4
 
Edited because a defender asked me to write about
women fighting in defense of Ukraine, in response to me sharing my poem,
“Разом об'єднані “, “Together United”:
“Thank you so much. It is very important to write about women warrior.
It’s a big part of our defence.”
This poem was originally written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
Edited April 4, 2025
sisters in arms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/sisters-in-arms-v3.html
Edited March 8, 2025
sisters in arms – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms-v2.html
March 7, 2025
Sisters in arms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms.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, love, International Women’s Day, Arm Women Now, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, women, daughters, Stand with Ukraine, sacrifice,
 
#poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice

#Marching to their #death – v2 #poetry #death #Russia #soldiers #meatgrinder #Ukraine

They punched their ticket
for the madman, the tyrant,
sealing their fate, their future -
a body bag...
 
They are marching to their death
to certain annihilation...
They will last less than a half hour
on the contact line...
 
They are Dead Souls walking -
lives without value -
marching into this battle
meat for the grinder
soon to be spit out...
 
----------
Edited July 7, 2026
Marching to their death – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/marching-to-their-death-v2.html
New Russian soldiers have about a 20-minute life expectancy 
on the front lines in Ukraine. 
Edited July 4, 2026
In the Harrowing Hours
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-harrowing-hours-ukraine-kyiv-shahed.html
Russian attacks on Kyiv apartment buildings
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, serfdom, muse, prison, Crimea, Snake Island,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland
 
Poetry, Ukraine, Kyiv, Shahed, missiles, terror, genocide, shelter, sheep, night, PTSD,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #Kyiv #shahed #missiles #terror #genocide #shelter #sleep #night #PTSD
 
Poetry, death, Russia, soldiers, meat grinder, Ukraine,
 
#poetry #death #Russia #soldiers #meatgrinder #Ukraine

while they were shooting up #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #GreatCommission #Matthew28 #SouthAfrica #missionary #drugs #heroin

speaking words of love
of God, bearing witness,
there on the streets, in the slums,
down in the trenches with them
while they were shooting up
the poison in their veins...
living the Great Commission,
kneeling where they are...
 
the image so stark, so jarring,
their pain so evident, so raw,
knowing how desperately they need freedom
even as they are receiving liquid evil
bound in the chains of their addiction
in these shackles of bondage...
knowing they need Jesus
to live, to be free...
 
living the Great Commission
while they were shooting up...
speaking God’s word of salvation
to the last, the least, the lost,
crouching down with them
in their living reality...
bringing them Jesus
His light to save the world...
 
------ 
July 6, 2026
 
Faith Renewed Church
Testimony by missionary to South Africa
graphic image of missionaries talking
with heroin addicts, one with the needle
on the ground, the other with the needle in his leg...
 
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, Great Commission, Matthew 28, South Africa, missionary, drugs, addiction, heroin,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #GreatCommission #Matthew28 #SouthAfrica #missionary #drugs #heroin

In the Harrowing Hours #Ukraine #Kyiv #shahed #missiles #terror #genocide #shelter #sleep #night #PTSD

in the harrowing hours
in the watches of the night
safety too far to run to,
an oasis for only some...
hunkered down in their corridors
when terror, when the Shaheds come...
 
their sounds now familiar -
the roar of the missiles,
the whine of the drones,
awake on their mats...
holding their breaths
when sleep will not come...
 
a people on guard
in harrowing moments,
a bag at the ready
ever ready to run
to head for shelter
when the Moskals come...
 
a people exhausted
by years of war, terror,
holding onto humanity
waiting in their bathtubs,
with clothes to be presentable,
Hoping sleep will come..
 
----------
Edited July 4, 2026
In the Harrowing Hours Harrowing Hours
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-harrowing-hours-ukraine-kyiv-shahed.html
Russian attacks on Kyiv apartment buildings
July 2, 2026
Marching to their death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/marching-to-their-death.html
New Russian soldiers have about a 20-minute life expectancy 
on the front lines in Ukraine. 
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, serfdom, muse, prison, Crimea, Snake Island,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland
 
Poetry, Ukraine, Kyiv, Shahed, missiles, terror, genocide, shelter, sheep, night, PTSD,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #Kyiv #shahed #missiles #terror #genocide #shelter #sleep #night #PTSD
 
Poetry, death, Russia, soldiers, meat grinder, Ukraine,
 
#poetry #death #Russia #soldiers #meatgrinder #Ukraine

#United #together #poetry #Разом #об'єднані #United #together #Ukraine #Ukrainians

Her nation, her people
Those who support Ukraine
Those who believe in freedom
For this ancient land
United together...
Let's stand against evil
As long as it takes
To achieve victory...
 
----------
July 2, 2026
United Together
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/united-together.html
July 2, 2026
Разом об'єднані
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/blog-post.html
July 2, 2026
Together United
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/together-united.html
Edited July 7, 2026
Marching to their death – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/marching-to-their-death-v2.html
New Russian soldiers have about a 20-minute life expectancy 
on the front lines in Ukraine. 
Edited July 4, 2026
In the Harrowing Hours
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-harrowing-hours-ukraine-kyiv-shahed.html
Russian attacks on Kyiv apartment buildings
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
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, Разом, об'єднані, United, together, Ukraine, Ukrainians,
 
#poetry #Разом #об'єднані  #United #together #Ukraine #Ukrainians

#Разом #об'єднані #United #together #Ukraine #Ukrainian

Її нація, її народ
Ті, хто підтримує Україну
Ті, хто вірить у свободу
За цю давню землю
Разом об'єднані
Стіймо проти зла
Стільки, скільки потрібно
Щоб досягти перемоги...
 
----------
July 2, 2026
Разом об'єднані
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/blog-post.html
July 2, 2026
Together United
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/together-united.html
Edited July 7, 2026
Marching to their death – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/marching-to-their-death-v2.html
New Russian soldiers have about a 20-minute life expectancy 
on the front lines in Ukraine. 
Edited July 4, 2026
In the Harrowing Hours
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-harrowing-hours-ukraine-kyiv-shahed.html
Russian attacks on Kyiv apartment buildings
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
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, Разом, об'єднані, United, together, Ukraine, Ukrainians
 
#poetry #Разом #об'єднані  #United #together #Ukraine #Ukrainians

Together united #Разом #об'єднані #United #together #Ukraine #Ukrainians

Her nation, her people
Those who support Ukraine
Those who believe in freedom
For this ancient land
Together united
Standing against evil
As long as it takes
To achieve victory...
 
----------
July 2, 2026
Together United
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/together-united.html
Edited July 7, 2026
Marching to their death – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/marching-to-their-death-v2.html
New Russian soldiers have about a 20-minute life expectancy 
on the front lines in Ukraine. 
Edited July 4, 2026
In the Harrowing Hours
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-harrowing-hours-ukraine-kyiv-shahed.html
Russian attacks on Kyiv apartment buildings
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, serfdom, muse, prison, Crimea, Snake Island,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland
 
Poetry, Ukraine, Kyiv, Shahed, missiles, terror, genocide, shelter, sheep, night, PTSD,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #Kyiv #shahed #missiles #terror #genocide #shelter #sleep #night #PTSD
 
Poetry, death, Russia, soldiers, meat grinder, Ukraine,
 
#poetry #death #Russia #soldiers #meatgrinder #Ukraine
 
Poetry, Разом, об'єднані, United, together, Ukraine, Ukrainians,
 
#poetry #Разом #об'єднані  #United #together #Ukraine #Ukrainians

#Marching to their #death #Russia #soldiers #meatgrinder #Ukraine

punching their ticket
for the madman
sealing their fate - 
a body bag...
 
marching to their death
certain annihilation 
less than an hour
on the contact line...
 
Dead Souls walking
into this battle 
meat for the grinder
soon spit out...
 
----------
July 2, 2026
Marching to their death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/marching-to-their-death.html
New Russian soldiers have about a 20-minute life expectancy 
on the front lines in Ukraine. 
July 2, 2026
Harrowing Moments
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/harrowing-hours.html
Russian attacks on Kyiv apartment buildings
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, serfdom, muse, prison, Crimea, Snake Island,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland
 
Poetry, Ukraine, Kyiv, Shahed, missiles, terror, genocide, shelter, sheep, night, PTSD,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #Kyiv #shahed #missiles #terror #genocide #shelter #sleep #night #PTSD
 
Poetry, death, Russia, soldiers, meat grinder, Ukraine,
 
#poetry #death #Russia #soldiers #meatgrinder #Ukraine

Harrowing Hours #Poetry #Ukraine #Kyiv #shahed #missiles #terror #genocide #shelter #sleep #night #PTSD

too far to run to,
an oasis for only some,
hunkered down in their corridors
when the Shaheds come...
 
the whine of the missiles,
the whizz of the drones,
awake on their mats
when sleep will not come...
 
a bag at the ready
ever ready to run
to head for shelter
when the Moskals come...
 
a people exhausted
by years of war, terror,
holding onto humanity
Hoping sleep will come...
 
----------
July 2, 2026
Harrowing Moments
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/harrowing-hours.html
Russian attacks on Kyiv apartment buildings
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
June 30, 2022 – Liberation of Snake Island
June 30, 1941 – Act of Restoration of the Ukrainian State
1721 – Muscovy taking the name Russia
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
This poem was inspired by a note on February 3, 2026, from Oleksandra Moskalenko,
Willem F. Duisenberg Fellow, University of Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Studies,
on LinkedIn, “Shevchenko appears to us almost a prophet,
someone who foresaw this war and believed in our victory.”
Several of his poems speak to that to me, including “The Dream”,
“The Great Grave”, and “To Marko Vovchok”
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, serfdom, muse, prison, Crimea, Snake Island,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland
 
Poetry, Ukraine, Kyiv, Shahed, missiles, terror, genocide, shelter, sheep, night, PTSD,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #Kyiv #shahed #missiles #terror #genocide #shelter #sleep #night #PTSD

Breaking the #chains of #empire - v2 #tyrant #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland

Slowly, but then all of a sudden

Loosing the grip of the tyrant...

Breaking the chains of empire

fetters on their hearts...

Grains falling into the hourglass

faithful steps unfolding...

that which was planned for centuries

coming to vivid life...

A dream of freedom, legacy,

reclaiming their ancient glory...

They stand resolute, united

in this their victory...

Attrition is by inches

leading to a tipping point...

Will is stronger than size 

in their current fight...

Breaking the chains of empire

making them bleed with a thousand cuts...

Freedom is inevitable

when their work is done...

---------- 

Edited July 1, 2026

Breaking the chains of empire - v2

June 30, 2022 – Liberation of Snake Island

June 30, 1941 – Act of Restoration of the Ukrainian State

1721 – Muscovy taking the name Russia

Edited June 24, 2026

Resolve personified – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html 

Edited March 3, 2026

Taras saw this future – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html 

This poem was inspired by a note on February 3, 2026, from Oleksandra Moskalenko,

Willem F. Duisenberg Fellow, University of Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Studies,

on LinkedIn, “Shevchenko appears to us almost a prophet, 

someone who foresaw this war and believed in our victory.”

Several of his poems speak to that to me, including “The Dream”,

“The Great Grave”, and “To Marko Vovchok”

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland

#Taras saw this #future – v4 #prophet #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland

Taras shed blood for his nation’s colors,
He sang the song of Ukraina...
He was so much a part of Ukraine,
Her heartbeat was ever within him,
though he was far from her,
He was forever Ukraine ...
 
He flew to her from his prison,
His thoughts were ever with her...
His words are prophetic, prescient,
Taras saw this future, this moment...
He is the Kobzar, the Prophet,
He foresaw the victory of Ukraine...
 
Taras wept for Ukraine,
in his Dream, in his Testament...
He saw, he knew her weakness,
the weakness of her leaders
who obeyed the Moskals,
ransoming her legacy, her destiny…
 
Taras knew serfdom, the yoke
of sin and enslavement by the Tsar...
But he foresaw his beloved people,
united in this great struggle...
He predicted the victory of Ukraine
over Moskal’s horde…
 
So, sing songs of the Kobzar,
Read his cry for freedom,
join with his prophecy, glory...
His words are a prayer over Ukraina,
Rising from the ashes of war...
Hope, in her victory’s song…
 
--------  
Edited June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
 
This poem was inspired by a note on February 3, 2026, from Oleksandra Moskalenko,
Willem F. Duisenberg Fellow, University of Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Studies,
on LinkedIn, “Shevchenko appears to us almost a prophet,
someone who foresaw this war and believed in our victory.”
Several of his poems speak to that to me, including “The Dream”,
“The Great Grave”, and “To Marko Vovchok”
June 30, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/breaking-chains-of-empire.html
June 30, 2022 – Liberation of Snake Island
June 30, 1941 – Act of Restoration of the Ukrainian State
1721 – Muscovy taking the name Russia
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, serfdom, muse, prison, Crimea, Snake Island,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Breaking the #chains of #empire #tyrant #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea #SnakeIsland

Slowly, then all of a sudden
the grip of the tyrant...
Breaking the chains of empire
the fetters on their hearts...
 
Grains falling into the hourglass
faithful steps unfolding
that which was planned for centuries
coming to vivid life...
 
A dream of freedom, legacy,
reclaiming their ancient glory...
Standing resolute, united
in this their victory...
 
Breaking the chains of empire
bleeding with a thousand cuts...
Freedom is inevitable
when their work is done...
 
----------
June 30, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/breaking-chains-of-empire.html
June 30, 2022 – Liberation of Snake Island
June 30, 1941 – Act of Restoration of the Ukrainian State
1721 – Muscovy taking the name Russia
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
This poem was inspired by a note on February 3, 2026, from Oleksandra Moskalenko,
Willem F. Duisenberg Fellow, University of Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Studies,
on LinkedIn, “Shevchenko appears to us almost a prophet,
someone who foresaw this war and believed in our victory.”
Several of his poems speak to that to me, including “The Dream”,
“The Great Grave”, and “To Marko Vovchok”
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, serfdom, muse, prison, Crimea,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #Crimea