The #hiss of the #meat #poetry #wave #beach #sand #spirit #light #water #earth #fire #wind #air #sky #wood #metal #elements #mystery #hiss #sizzle #ocean #sea #land #susurration #sound #oscillation #imagination #bullets #war #meat

each cut on the slicer,
a sizzle, a hiss, a murmur...
the whiz each incoming round,
before the concussion,
hitting the front-line position...
each receding tide
pulled by the moon...
 
the hiss of the meat
its cohesion releasing,
quickly cut for commerce...
bullets before striking the ground...
Every wave returning
pulled back into the ocean
with a similar sound wave...
 
the incongruity of awareness
minds reeling in attention
visualizing a susurration...
the common reverberations...
the oscillation, waves of sounds -
capturing my imagination,
a symmetry, connecting the dots...
 
----------------
March 7, 2026
The hiss of the meat
 
This poem was scribbled right after I cut some prosciutto
at the deli counter last night. (And I had thought about the sound
when I had cut different kinds of ham in the past).
The sound of the meat being cut immediately
reminded me of the sound of bullets before impact in Ukraine
and the sound of receding tides, the susurration over the sand...
Edited March 23, 2024
A hiss, a sizzle, over the sand – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-hiss-sizzle-over-sand-v4.html
https://www.facebook.com/792593002/videos/630421232183869/
Edited March 6, 2026
Harrowing Moments – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/harrowing-moments-v3.html
October 2025 Post by Keti Leshkasheli, with bullets creating craters
in the ground right beside her and her unit…
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1132174128904695
Edited March 22, 2024
Focusing on one wave – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/focusing-on-one-wave-v4.html
Edited March 22, 2024
Almost silent over the sand – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/almost-silent-over-sand-v8.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, beach, sand, wave, spirit, light, water, wind, earth, fire, air, sky, elements, susurration, sound, oscillation, imagination, bullets, war, meat,
 
#poetry #wave #beach #sand #spirit #light #water #earth #fire #wind #air #sky #wood #metal #elements #mystery #hiss #sizzle #ocean #sea #land #susurration #sound #oscillation #imagination #bullets #war #meat

#Harrowing Moments – v3 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #Georgia #Georgian #fouryears #humansafaris

The truth is never pretty, but gut-wrenching,
anger of bullets, of terror, unending,
relentless, whizzing by, hitting ground,
dirt coming at them, the courageous,
those resolute against the fire,
The genocide of the Russian state…
 
We must not be complacent,
Neutral in our posture, our acts,
We are complicit in our inaction,
leaving them to the terror…
We must stand with the fighters,
all Defenders of Ukraine…
 
We must stand with the defenders,
We must give them military aid,
All those who fight evil,
Now, more than ever,
in the harrowing moments
When bullets fly…
 
--------  
Edited March 6, 2026
Harrowing Moments – v3
 
October 2025 Post by Keti Leshkasheli, with bullets creating craters
in the ground right beside her and her unit…
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1132174128904695
Edited March 6, 2026
civilian targets – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/civilian-targets-v2.html
Edited March 6, 2026
We have failed Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-have-failed-ukraine-v2.html  
“In just three days of fighting in the Middle East, more than
800 Patriot missiles were used — more than Ukraine has
received throughout the entire Russian full-scale invasion,
President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press briefing on March 5, 2026.”
New name/edited October 15, 2025
civilian targets
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/civilian-targets.html
reporting and documentary by Caolan Robertson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTnKYTxWOY
October 14, 2025
targets
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/targets.html
Edited September 1, 2025
our complacency is our complicity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/our-complacency-is-our-complicity_1.html
March 16, 2022 – Bombing of Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol
July 8, 2024 – Attack on Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital, Kyiv
April 4, 2025 – Shelling of the playground in Kryvyi Rih
July 10, 2025 - Human safari FPV drone targeting a one-year-old in Kherson
Edited August 30, 2025
the cost of our silence is measured in children’s lives – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-cost-of-our-silence-is-measured-in_30.html
Edited October 7, 2025
We must stand on the side of Freedom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/we-must-stand-on-side-of-freedom-v2.html
Edited November 29, 2024
the front will be everywhere – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-front-will-be-everywhere-v3.html
Quote: “На фронті будуть всі,
aбо фронт буде всюди”
“Everyone will be at the front,
or the front will be everywhere"
 
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, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, Georgia, Georgian, four years, human safaris,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #Georgia #Georgian #fouryears #humansafaris

#civilian #targets – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #Georgia #Georgian #fouryears #humansafaris

Nothing is “indiscriminate”,
the attacks, the chaos...
no accident, pure evil,
FPV drones hunting
Human safaris, genocide,
Double-tap attacks,
civilian targets, the elderly,
children in the crosshairs…
 
Ukraine is in the crosshairs
of cruel naked aggression…
Kherson is in the grip,
of relentless bombardment,
hiding from drones...
A frontline of terror
a land exposed to genocide,
with no end in sight…
 
Russia’s war crimes,
crimes against humanity,
Russia’s war of attrition
where human life means nothing,
even their meat assaults…
Cruelty at all costs…
They must be stopped,
They must be defeated…
 
--------  
Edited March 6, 2026
civilian targets – v2
 
Edited March 6, 2026
We have failed Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-have-failed-ukraine-v2.html  
“In just three days of fighting in the Middle East, more than
800 Patriot missiles were used — more than Ukraine has
received throughout the entire Russian full-scale invasion,
President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press briefing on March 5, 2026.”
New name/edited October 15, 2025
civilian targets
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/civilian-targets.html
reporting and documentary by Caolan Robertson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTnKYTxWOY
October 14, 2025
targets
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/targets.html
Edited October 13, 2025
Harrowing Moments – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/harrowing-moments-v2.html
Post of Keti Leshkasheli, with bullets creating craters
in the ground right beside her and her unit…
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1132174128904695
Edited September 1, 2025
our complacency is our complicity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/our-complacency-is-our-complicity_1.html
March 16, 2022 – Bombing of Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol
July 8, 2024 – Attack on Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital, Kyiv
April 4, 2025 – Shelling of the playground in Kryvyi Rih
July 10, 2025 - Human safari FPV drone targeting a one-year-old in Kherson
Edited August 30, 2025
the cost of our silence is measured in children’s lives – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-cost-of-our-silence-is-measured-in_30.html
Edited October 7, 2025
We must stand on the side of Freedom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/we-must-stand-on-side-of-freedom-v2.html
Edited November 29, 2024
the front will be everywhere – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-front-will-be-everywhere-v3.html
Quote: “На фронті будуть всі,
aбо фронт буде всюди”
“Everyone will be at the front,
or the front will be everywhere"
 
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, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, Georgia, Georgian, four years, human safaris,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #Georgia #Georgian #fouryears #humansafaris

#spitting a #curse #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #John8 # John1 #John3 #BookofJob #Messiah #faith #believe #Pharisees #Jews #Word #scripture #identity #bastard

spitting a curse
calling Christ a bastard
calling the light darkness
when the Word was alive
standing before them
in the courts of the Temple
proving the scripture
was revealed in Him...
 
challenging Christ
The exchange became heated
They picked up stones
to kill the Son of God...
Speaking plainly His identity,
“Before Abraham was, I Am.”
Giving no quarter, no refuge,
Their lies, their blasphemy...
 
-----
March 6, 2026
spitting a curse
 
Based on John 8:41b
Based on John 8:58-59
Based on John 8:19-59
Edited/ rewrite/ new name March 6, 2026
In the presence of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/in-presence-of-light.html
Based on John 1:1-14
Based on John 8:1-59
Based on John 3:5-21
Based on the Book of Job
Based on Exodus 3:14
Based on Matthew 18:1-7
Men’s Thursday Morning Bible Study
North Hills Church
March 6, 2026
They chose the darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/they-chose-darkness.html
Based on John 1:1-14
Based on John 8:1-59
Based on John 3:5-21
Edited March 5, 2026
Dropping stones, picking up stones – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/dropping-stones-picking-up-stones-v2.html
Based on John 8:1-59
 
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, Matthew 18, John 8,  John 1, Book of Job, Messiah, faith, believe, Pharisees, Jews, Word, scripture, identity, bastard,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #John8 # John1 #John3 #BookofJob #Messiah #faith #believe #Pharisees #Jews #Word #scripture #identity #bastard

in the #presence of #light #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #John8 # John1 #John3 #BookofJob #Messiah #faith #believe #Pharisees #Jews

as the beginning was written,
Christ’s story unfolding,
God himself, light,
entered this world...
 
in the presence of light
God speaking to them,
They chose the darkness,
leading others to destruction...
 
Light stood among them,
offering them salvation,
But they mocked the truth,
believing the lies of the flesh...
 
God stood in the courts of the Temple,
the long-prayed-for Messiah...
Christ spoke plainly,
stating who He is...
 
They believed the lies of Satan,
judgment ripe within them...
They rejected Christ Jesus
standing in their midst...
 
-----
Edited/ rewrite/ new name March 6, 2026
In the presence of light
 
Based on John 1:1-14
Based on John 8:1-59
Based on John 3:5-21
Based on the Book of Job
Based on Exodus 3:14
Based on Matthew 18:1-7
Men’s Thursday Morning Bible Study
North Hills Church
March 6, 2026
They chose the darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/they-chose-darkness.html
Based on John 1:1-14
Based on John 8:1-59
Based on John 3:5-21
Edited March 5, 2026
Dropping stones, picking up stones – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/dropping-stones-picking-up-stones-v2.html
Based on John 8:1-59
 
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, Matthew 18, John 8,  John 1, Book of Job, Messiah, faith, believe, Pharisees, Jews,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #John8 # John1 #John3 #BookofJob #Messiah #faith #believe #Pharisees #Jews

We have #failed #Ukraine – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #history #fouryears #invasion

We have abandoned our ally,
We have left them to the madman,
to the dead souls of their people,
To the brutality of Russia, the devils,
Ancient promises abandonment,
Left to the dread of the skies...
 
Terror knows no calendar, no pause...
Hell is raining down on them...
Four years of war and counting,
three centuries, truly, twelve years...
We have not given them what they need
To defeat this reign of evil...
 
Our lives have been unaffected,
while we hesitated, while we paused,
while their nation bleeds in pain...
We have failed Ukraine, these people,
We have not protected them from evil...
Choosing to limit what we give
Fearing endless escalation...
 
We have turned a blind eye to genocide
To the daily drone and missile attacks...
They have had to fight alone,
We have called it “resilience”,
But what choice have we given them
When they fight for survival...
 
We force them to fight alone,
without the air defenses needed,
without the Patriot missiles...
in a war for survival...
When we could have armed them to win
To defeat the one same evil...
 
We must continue to advocate, to cry out
For Hell still rains down on them
We must arm them to more than survive...
when we had the means to help them...
We must finally stand with Ukraine
To defeat the madman in the bunker...
 
--------  
Edited March 6, 2026
We have failed Ukraine – v2
 
“In just three days of fighting in the Middle East, more than
800 Patriot missiles were used — more than Ukraine has
received throughout the entire Russian full-scale invasion,
President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press briefing on March 5, 2026.”
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”
A voice against injustice
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-voice-against-injustice.html
Poems about Ukraine and the book, The Poet of Ukraine,
about the life and poetry of the Bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko,
which I read after Hurricane Helene,
from 9/29/2024 to 10/15/24
 
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, four years, invasion,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #history #fouryears #invasion

At the end of ourselves – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

Beyond our pain and sorrow
We are so stubborn...
not giving in, trusting in God
at the end of ourselves,
our struggles, our trials,
We hope for healing
that only comes from God...
 
We must submit, we must trust,
We must lay our brokenness
our whole lives, transparent,
on the altar of God...
God, in His mercy and grace,
will give us wholeness and healing.
God will repair our broken hearts...
 
-----
Edited March 6, 2026
At the end of ourselves – v2
 
Based on Psalm 34:18
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
March 3, 2026
Powerless to change
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/powerless-to-change.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
Based on Matthew 19:16-30
North Hills Church sermon
Based on Habakkuk 2:2-5
Griggs Memorial Baptist Church sermon
Based on Psalm 34:18
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
 
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, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

They chose the #darkness #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #John8 # John1 #John3 #BookofJob #Messiah #faith #believe #Pharisees #Jews

Light stood among them,
offering them salvation
But they chose the darkness
believing the lies of the flesh...
 
God stood with them,
the long-prayed-for Messiah.
Christ spoke plainly,
stating who He is...
 
They believed the stories
judgment ripe within them...
They rejected Christ Jesus
standing in their midst...
 
-----
March 6, 2026
They chose the darkness

Based on John 8
Based on John 1
Based on John 3
Based on the Book of Job
Based on Exodus 3:14
Based on Matthew 18
Men’s Thursday Morning Bible Study
North Hills Church
Edited March 5, 2026
Dropping stones, picking up stones – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/dropping-stones-picking-up-stones-v2.html
Based on John 8
 
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, Matthew 18, John 8,  John 1, Book of Job, Messiah, faith, believe, Pharisees, Jews,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #John8 # John1 #John3 #BookofJob #Messiah #faith #believe #Pharisees #Jews
 

Powerless to change – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

We are powerless to change,
to repent, to find healing on our own...
We are transformed only in faith and
through the love of Christ Jesus...
 
On our own, we are lost,
We are beyond redemption,
Yet, in Christ we have life
We have life in abundance...
 
We must bring out lives,
our brokenness, our sorrow...
We must lay ourselves
on the altar of God...
 
Heal us, Lord, God, we pray,
We are utterly broken...
We despair in our pain,
the struggles we carry...
 
We are powerless to change,
So we come to You, Lord Jesus,
We admit we need You,
There is no other way...
 
We confess we are broken,
but we trust Your infinite love,
We know You have saved us,
that You are with us now...
 
-----
Edited March 6, 2026
Powerless to change
 
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
Based on Matthew 19:16-30
North Hills Church sermon
Based on Habakkuk 2:2-5
Griggs Memorial Baptist Church sermon
Based on Psalm 34:18
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
February 26, 2026
Defiant
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/defiant.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 5, Day 3, "Are you willing?”
and discussion at Samson Society
February 26, 2026
we are unwilling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/we-are-unwilling.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 5, Day 3, "Are you willing?”
Edited February 21, 2026
if you are willing – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/if-you-are-willing-2-v2.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 5, Day 3, "Are you willing?”
February 12, 2026
paralyzed, frozen
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/paralyzed-frozen.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 4, Day 2, "Worry: Living in Fear."
 
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, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

Dropping stones, picking up stones – v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #John8 # John1 #John3 #BookofJob #Messiah #faith #believe #Pharisees #Jews

Dropping Stones...

Aware of their sins, their condemnation,
not fulfilling the Law of Moses...
Aware of His birth, His history,
denying the Messiah before them...
 
Dropping stones, picking up stones,
standing defiant, in judgment...
Arguing His identity with God,
forgetting the lessons of Job...
 
In the presence of light,
They chose darkness, the flesh,
the lies they puffed up before Him,
denying every Word He spoke...
 
Foolishly debating God,
leading others to damnation...
Called out directly in the Temple courts,
“Before Abraham was, I Am.”

Picking up stones... 
 
-----
Edited March 5, 2026
Dropping stones, picking up stones – v2
 
Based on John 8
Based on John 1
Based on John 3
Based on Book of Job
Based on Exodus 3:14
Based on Matthew 18
 
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, Matthew 18, John 8,  John 1, Book of Job, Messiah, faith, believe, Pharisees, Jews,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #John8 # John1 #John3 #BookofJob #Messiah #faith #believe #Pharisees #Jews

across the divide – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

Speak across the circle
across the divide, the distance...
Share your journey with others
to get to the other side...
 
Be open, transparent,
in sharing your own story...
Others will hear their journey
in the words that you share...
 
There is hope in community,
in freely sharing, in being present...
We are not meant to walk alone
but to share in each other’s burdens...
 
So, take a risk, be open,
Share freely with others...
Your story is not unique,
It is just part of your journey...
 
-----
Edited March 6, 2026
across the divide – v2
 
Based on 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 4, "Let Others into Your Journey.”
March 3, 2026
We hear God’s whisper
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-hear-gods-whisper.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 2, "Self-Will Versus God’s Will”
March 3, 2026
At the end of ourselves
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/at-end-of-ourselves.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
March 3, 2026
Powerless to change
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/powerless-to-change.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
 
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, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

We have failed #Ukraine #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #history #fouryears #invasion

Left to the madman, to the dead souls,
To the brutality of Russia, the devils,
Ancient promises abandonment,
Left to the dread of the skies...
 
Hell is raining down on them
Four years of war and counting,
We have not given them what they need
To defeat this reign of evil...
 
We have failed Ukraine
We have not protected them from evil
Choosing to limit what we give
Fearing endless escalation...
 
They have had to fight alone,
We have called it resilience,
But what choice have we given them
When they fight for survival...
 
We force them to fight alone
In a war for survival,
When we could have armed them to win
To defeat the one same evil...
 
Hell still rains down on them
When we had the means to help them
We must finally stand with Ukraine
To defeat the madman in the bunker...
 
 
--------  
March 6, 2026
We have failed Ukraine
 
“In just three days of fighting in the Middle East, more than
800 Patriot missiles were used — more than Ukraine has
received throughout the entire Russian full-scale invasion,
President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press briefing on March 5, 2026.”
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”
A voice against injustice
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-voice-against-injustice.html
Poems about Ukraine and the book, The Poet of Ukraine,
about the life and poetry of the Bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko,
which I read after Hurricane Helene,
from 9/29/2024 to 10/15/24
 
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, four years, invasion,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #history #fouryears #invasion

We hear God’s #whisper – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

Such pleasure, such delight,
We feel overwhelming joy,
Letting go and trusting God...
When we are silent, attentive,
or bursting into our thoughts,
the word of caution, of conscience,
“Go another way”...
We hear God’s whisper, His power,
the Spirit speaking within us,
to stop, to listen, to turn,
to follow God’s will...
 
We are convicted, caught off guard,
When we still ourselves and are open
We can receive His guiding...
God calls us to stop, to turn,
to change, to repent,
to confess our brokenness
our need for His love...
God wants to heal us,
to conform our steps,
But God wants us to choose Him
to walk in His light...
 
-----
Edited March 6, 2026
We hear God’s whisper – v2
 
Based on Romans 12:2
Based on Galatians 5:1
Based on Matthew 6:33
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 2, "Self-Will Versus God’s Will”
March 3, 2026
At the end of ourselves
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/at-end-of-ourselves.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
March 3, 2026
Powerless to change
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/powerless-to-change.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
 
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, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

We must #Admit – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

We must be courageous
We must be authentic
to begin the process
to begin to heal...
 
We must admit
We must commit
to be brutally honest
to hold nothing back...
 
We must confess
We must be transparent
to be changed, to be healed,
to walk with our Father...
 
We must be real
We must stand in the dock
to defeat Satan’s lies
to defeat our brokenness...
 
-----
Edited March 6, 2026
We must Admit – v2
 
Based on Romans 7:18
Based on 1 John 1:8
Based on Psalm 51:3
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
March 3, 2026
across the divide
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/across-divide.html
Based on 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 4, "Let Others into Your Journey.”
March 3, 2026
We hear God’s whisper
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-hear-gods-whisper.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 2, "Self-Will Versus God’s Will”
March 3, 2026
At the end of ourselves
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/at-end-of-ourselves.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
March 3, 2026
Powerless to change
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/powerless-to-change.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
 
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, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

Dropping stones, picking up stones #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #John8 # John1 #John3 #BookofJob #Messiah #faith #believe #Pharisees #Jews

Aware of their sins, their condemnation
not fulfilling the Law of Moses
Aware of his birth, his history,
denying the Messiah before them...
 
Dropping stones, picking up stones,
standing defiant, in judgment,
Arguing His identity with God
forgetting the lessons of Job...
 
In the presence of light,
They chose darkness, the flesh,
the certainty they puffed up before them,
denying the Word He spoke...
 
Foolishly debating God,
Leading others to damnation,
Called out directly in the Temple courts,
“Before Abraham was, I Am.”
 
-----
March 5, 2026
Dropping stones, picking up stones
 
Based on John 8
Based on John 1
Based on John 3
Based on Book of Job
Based on Exodus 3:14
Based on Matthew 18
 
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, Matthew 18, John 8,  John 1, Book of Job, Messiah, faith, believe, Pharisees, Jews,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #John8 # John1 #John3 #BookofJob #Messiah #faith #believe #Pharisees #Jews 

We must #Admit #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

We must admit
We must commit
to be brutally honest
to hold nothing back...
 
We must confess
We must be transparent
to be changed, to be healed,
to walk with our Father...
 
We must be real
We must stand in the dock
to defeat Satan’s lies
to defeat our brokenness...
 
-----
March 4, 2026
We must Admit
 
Based on Romans 7:18
Based on 1 John 1:8
Based on Psalm 51:3
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
March 3, 2026
across the divide
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/across-divide.html
Based on 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 4, "Let Others into Your Journey.”
March 3, 2026
We hear God’s whisper
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-hear-gods-whisper.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 2, "Self-Will Versus God’s Will”
March 3, 2026
At the end of ourselves
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/at-end-of-ourselves.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
March 3, 2026
Powerless to change
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/powerless-to-change.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
 
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, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

42 and rising #poetry #driving #speed #radar #speeding

crisis averted
driving on Tanner
30 on the radar
but suddenly higher
42 and rising...
Checking the dash,
then the rearview mirror...
tapping the brakes
to catch their attention,
distance widening
before the stop sign...
 
--------------
March 3, 2026
42 and rising
 
 
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, driving, speed, radar, speeding,
 
#poetry #driving #speed #radar #speeding

across the divide #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #share

Speak across the circle
across the divide
Share your journey with others
to get to the other side...
 
Be open, transparent,
sharing your story
others will hear their path
in the words you share...
 
There is hope in community,
in freely sharing,
We are not meant to walk alone
but to share in each other’s burdens...
 
So, take a risk,
Share freely with others
Your story is not unique,
It is just part of your journey...
 
-----
March 3, 2026
across the divide
 
Based on 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 4, "Let Others into Your Journey.”
March 3, 2026
We hear God’s whisper
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-hear-gods-whisper.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 2, "Self-Will Versus God’s Will”
March 3, 2026
At the end of ourselves
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/at-end-of-ourselves.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
March 3, 2026
Powerless to change
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/powerless-to-change.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
 
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, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

We hear #God’s #whisper #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

When we are silent, attentive,
or bursting into our thoughts,
the word of caution, of conscience,
“Go another way”...
We hear God’s whisper,
the Spirit speaking within us,
to stop, to listen,
to follow God’s will...
 
God calls us to stop,
to change, to repent,
to confess our brokenness
our need for His love...
He wants to heal us
to conform our steps,
but God wants us to choose Him
to walk in His light...
 
-----
March 3, 2026
We hear God’s whisper
 
Based on Romans 12:2
Based on Galatians 5:1
Based on Matthew 6:33
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 2, "Self-Will Versus God’s Will”
March 3, 2026
At the end of ourselves
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/at-end-of-ourselves.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
March 3, 2026
Powerless to change
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/powerless-to-change.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
 
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, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

At the end of ourselves #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

Beyond our pain and sorrow
not giving in, trusting in God
at the end of ourselves,
our struggles, our trials,
hope for healing
that only comes from God...
 
We must submit, we must trust,
We must lay our brokenness
on the altar of God...
God, in His mercy,
will give us wholeness and healing.
God will repair our broken hearts...
 
-----
March 3, 2026
At the end of ourselves
 
Based on Psalm 34:18
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
March 3, 2026
Powerless to change
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/powerless-to-change.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
Based on Matthew 19:16-30
North Hills Church sermon
Based on Habakkuk 2:2-5
Griggs Memorial Baptist Church sermon
Based on Psalm 34:18
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
 
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, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

#Powerless to #change #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

We are powerless to change,
to repent, to find healing,
Only in faith and
the love of Christ Jesus...
 
Alone we are lost
beyond redemption,
In Christ we have life
life in abundance...
 
We bring out lives,
our brokenness, our sorrow,
We lay ourselves
on the altar of God...
 
Heal us, Lord, God,
We are utterly broken,
We despair in our pain,
the struggles we carry...
 
We are powerless to change,
so we come to You, Lord Jesus,
We admit we need You,
there is no other way...
 
We confess we are broken,
but we trust Your love,
We know You have saved us,
that You are with us now...
 
-----
March 3, 2026
Powerless to change

re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".

Based on Matthew 19:16-30
North Hills Church sermon
Based on Habakkuk 2:2-5
Griggs Memorial Baptist Church sermon
Based on Psalm 34:18
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 6, Day 1, "The Gift of Desperation”
February 26, 2026
Defiant
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/defiant.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 5, Day 3, "Are you willing?”
and discussion at Samson Society
February 26, 2026
we are unwilling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/we-are-unwilling.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 5, Day 3, "Are you willing?”
Edited February 21, 2026
if you are willing – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/if-you-are-willing-2-v2.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 5, Day 3, "Are you willing?”
February 12, 2026
paralyzed, frozen
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/paralyzed-frozen.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 4, Day 2, "Worry: Living in Fear."
 
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, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

#Taras saw this #future – v3 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Taras bled the nation’s colors,
He sang the song of Ukraina...
So much a part of Ukraine,
its heart beating 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 Ukraine’s victory…
 
Taras wept for Ukraine,
in his Dream, in his Testament...
He saw, he knew her weakness,
the weakness of her leaders
submitting to the Moskals,
ransoming her legacy, her destiny…
 
Taras knew serfdom, the yoke
of sin and subjugation by the Tsar...
But he foresaw his beloved people,
united in this great struggle...
He foresaw Ukraine’s victory
over Moskal’s horde…
 
So, sing songs of the Kobzar,
Read his cry for freedom,
join with his prophecy, glory...
His words a prayer over Ukraina
Rising from war's ashes...
Hope, in her victory’s song…
 
--------  
Edited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
 
Edited February 5, 2026
Taras saw this future – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/taras-saw-this-future-v2.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”
Edited October 17, 2024
peace in his spirit – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/peace-in-his-spirit-v2_26.html
after poem, “peace in his spirit”,
based on the poem, “To Marko Vovchok”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
about Maria Markovich
Edited October 3, 2025
Sing to me, Taras – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/sing-to-me-taras-v3.html
a prayer to Taras Shevchenko
Edited September 30, 2025
Channeling Taras – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/channeling-taras-v6.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
written 1/24/1859
New/edited and posted October 16, 2024
The Great Grave has been opened
typed October 16, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-great-grave-has-been-opened.html
after poem, “The Great Grave has been opened”,
based on the poem, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
taking his poem into the Ukraine / Russia War
and the bravery of the people of Ukraine now
Written and posted September 29, 2024
A voice against injustice
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-voice-against-injustice.html
Poems about Ukraine and the book, The Poet of Ukraine,
about the life and poetry of the Bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko,
which I read after Hurricane Helene,
from 9/29/2024 to 10/15/24
 
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,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Людина в бункері – v5 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #Ukrainian #freedom #independence #history #invasion #fouryears #1000Days #NATO #Putin #fear #death #Kyiv #Crimea #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

Він ізгой, острів,
Ізольований від світу
від реальності, наслідків,
людина в бункері
лютить, неконтрольований...
 
Він божевільний, сатана,
керує геноцидом, вбивствами,
пригнічує власний народ,
байдужий до різанини
на межі ядерної війни....
 
Він масовий вбивця,
Людина в бункері
самотній, ховається, віддалений,
божевільний, ізгой,
що стоїть проти нашого світу...
 
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відредаговано 3 березня 2026 р.
Людина в бункері – v5
 
edited March 3, 2026
The man in the bunker – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-man-in-bunker-v4.html
As version 3 was translated by Google Translate
Into Ukrainian and back to English
March 3, 2026
The man in the bunker – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-man-in-bunker-v3.html
edited March 6, 2022
The man in the bunker – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker-v2.html
March 5, 2022
The man in the bunker
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker.html
March 5, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman.html
February 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/dhakar_puneet/status/1498385709627224065
Ukraine Ambassador to United Nations
extracts of his speech to the General Assembly
#nuclearwar
‘This war was not provoked. It was chosen by someone right now
that is sitting in the bunker. We know what happened to the person
who sat in the bunker in Berlin, in May, 1945,’
said Ukraine’s U.N. envoy Sirgiy Kyslytsya .
March 4, 2022
International law means nothing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/international-law-means-nothing.html
March 4, 2022
A brutal heartless murderer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-brutal-heartless-murderer.html
March 1, 2022
Gripped by this moment of conflict
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/gripped-by-this-moment-of-conflict.html
edited February 28, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v5.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks-v3.html
February 25, 2022
The insanity of these minutes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes.html
February 25, 2022
In the crucible of terror
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror.html
February 25, 2022
Signs of the End Times
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times.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, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, invasion, four years, NATO, Putin, fear, death, Kyiv, Crimea,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #Ukrainian #freedom #independence #history #invasion #fouryears #1000Days #NATO #Putin #fear #death #Kyiv #Crimea #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

The Man in the Bunker – v4 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #Ukrainian #freedom #independence #history #invasion #fouryears #1000Days #NATO #Putin #fear #death #Kyiv #Crimea #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

He is an outcast, an island,
Isolated from the world
from reality, consequences,
the man in the bunker
rages, uncontrolled...
 
He is insane, a Satan,
directing genocide, murder,
oppressing his own people,
indifferent to the massacre
on the brink of nuclear war....
 
He is a mass murderer,
The Man in the Bunker
lonely, hiding, distant,
insane, an outcast,
standing against our world...
 
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edited March 3, 2026
The man in the bunker – v4
 
As version 3 was translated by Google Translate
Into Ukrainian and back to English
edited March 3, 2026
The man in the bunker – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-man-in-bunker-v3.html
edited March 6, 2022
The man in the bunker – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker-v2.html
March 5, 2022
The man in the bunker
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker.html
March 5, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman.html
February 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/dhakar_puneet/status/1498385709627224065
Ukraine Ambassador to United Nations
extracts of his speech to the General Assembly
#nuclearwar
‘This war was not provoked. It was chosen by someone right now
that is sitting in the bunker. We know what happened to the person
who sat in the bunker in Berlin, in May, 1945,’
said Ukraine’s U.N. envoy Sirgiy Kyslytsya .
March 4, 2022
International law means nothing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/international-law-means-nothing.html
March 4, 2022
A brutal heartless murderer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-brutal-heartless-murderer.html
March 1, 2022
Gripped by this moment of conflict
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/gripped-by-this-moment-of-conflict.html
edited February 28, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v5.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks-v3.html
February 25, 2022
The insanity of these minutes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes.html
February 25, 2022
In the crucible of terror
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror.html
February 25, 2022
Signs of the End Times
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times.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, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, invasion, four years, NATO, Putin, fear, death, Kyiv, Crimea,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #Ukrainian #freedom #independence #history #invasion #fouryears #1000Days #NATO #Putin #fear #death #Kyiv #Crimea #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState