#Fly #Taras #TarasShevchenko #poetry #Ukraine #unity #prayer

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#General #Frost is watching #poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

Moscow has been sleeping
St. Petersburg waking from deep slumber
Suddenly seeing urgent attacks
wave upon wave...
 
The stillness has been shattered
with every drone strike...
General Frost is watching
for what will come next...
 
Life will change radically
as the energy sector is struck...
The war will come home
as the mercury descends...
 
The distance has been removed,
Russia’s ancient line of protection,
Ukraine’s missiles and drones
will plunge them into darkness...
 
------
July 24, 2026
General Frost is watching
 
Robert Brovdi’s promise in his interview...
Robert “мадяр” Brovdi, (spelled “Magyar” (Hungarian) and “Madyar” (Ukrainian))
Commander of the Unmanned Systems of Ukraine
Interview by Caolan Robertson
“This Man is Destroying Putin’s Empire”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DA7EXbf_d4Edited July 23, 2026
Magyar’s Birds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/magyars-birds-v2.html
Edited November 2, 2025
General Frost, General Winter – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/11/general-frost-general-winter-v3.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter and its role in
the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII,
and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than invading
 
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, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, power, heat, gasoline, drones,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter

Why do You love us so? #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #surrender #praise #worship #prayer #pray

It makes no sense to me
Your choice to live as a man,
to enter the darkness
to live, to walk,
to serve, to heal,
to sacrifice, to die in our place,
Your choice to climb our cross...
 

Why do You love us so,

Why did You come

to open Paradise,

to give us hope here

while we walk here

in the darkness of this world,

while we curse Your holy name?

 

In the end it is love,
Your love, Lord, God,
that is why You love us...
It is nothing we deserve,
nothing we can offer...
You love us because
You are Love, Lord...
 
-------------
July 23, 2026
Why do You love us so?
 
Praise songs before the sermon
Faith Renewed Church, July 19, 2026
Edited July 23, 2026
pour out your praise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/pour-out-your-praise-v2.html
praise and intense prayer by whole congregation
Faith Renewed Church, May 31, 2026
May 28, 2026
Surrender - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/surrender-2.html
Song, “I Surrender All”,
led by the praise team
and Creative Pastor, Adam Rogers
Faith Renewed Church
May 18, 2026
Believe – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/believe.html
Based on Matthew 9:27-31
Sermon, “Your Faith”
Faith Renewed Church
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, admit, trust, believe, surrender, praise, worship, prayer, pray,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #surrender #praise #worship #prayer #pray

#drinking these #words of #Jesus – v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #love #John15 #friend #disciple #master #abide

like nectar poured from heaven,
like water to those who thirst...
coming in communion with scripture
drinking these words of Jesus
dripping from His lips...
prayed over the disciples
sensing the tension, the fear,
in the upper room...
sharing of the cup
eating of the bread
Falling down in worship
in cleaving to Christ’s command
to love as He loved us,
walking humbly in the world...
 
immersed in the living word,
dipping our bodies, our souls,
into these living waters...
pausing to breathe deeply
of the promises in His words,
the command to love one another
to abide in Christ’s love...
offered in these words
in the hot upper room,
but more by His example,
His choice to climb the cross...
Being prepared to see our neighbor
our brothers and sisters as worthy
of our love, our very lives...
 
--------------
Edited July 23, 2026
drinking these words of Jesus
 
sermon, “I have called you friends”
sermon series, “Written in Red”
John 15:9-17
Matthew 26:48-50
1 Corinthians 15:33
Proverbs 13:20
Acts 4:13
James 2:23
Exodus 33:15
Faith Renewed Church
July 13, 2026
Falling at Your Throne
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/falling-at-your-throne.html
Faith Renewed Church
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 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, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, prayer, love, John 15, friend, disciple, master, abide,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #love #John15 #friend #disciple #master #abide

pour out your #praise – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #surrender #praise #worship #prayer #pray #sing

Pour out your oil,
Pour out your praise
to the One who saved you,
who raised you from the grave...
 
Bow down before Him,
Sing out your praise
to the One who saved you,
who raised you from the grave...
 
Pour out glory,
Pour out your praise,
to the One who saved you,
who raised you from the grave...
 
Bow down in worship,
Come to His throne, His altar
before the One who saved you,
who raised you from the grave...
 
-------------
Edited July 23, 2026
pour out your praise – v2
 
no sermon (unplanned), just praise
and intense prayer by whole congregation
Faith Renewed Church
May 31, 2026
May 28, 2026
Surrender - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/surrender-2.html
Song, “I Surrender All”,
led by the praise team
and Creative Pastor, Adam Rogers
Faith Renewed Church
May 18, 2026
Believe – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/believe.html
Based on Matthew 9:27-31
Hebrews 11
Matthew 13:58
Mark 6:5-6
Mark 11:22-24
Sermon, “Your Faith”
Faith Renewed Church
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, admit, trust, believe, surrender, praise, worship, prayer, pray,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #surrender #praise #worship #prayer #pray 
#sing

#Magyar’s #Birds – v2 #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Brovdi #Magyar #Birds #Madyar #drones

From nothing they created
from necessity, improvisation...
Innovating constantly,
becoming a threat...
 
Magyar’s Birds of Prey
Learning in real-time...
Innovating faster, ever,
The enemy cannot keep up...
 
Swarms of locusts,
speedboats of revenge...
Righteous retribution
swooping down on them...
 
Magyar’s Birds of Prey
hunting the aggressors...
Pulling no punches
bringing their end...
 
Another "200" flashes on a counter,
another enemy neutralized...
The killing zone expanding -
The Age of the Drone...
 
Magyar’s Birds of Prey
rule the sea, the sky...
There is no place for refuge,
Russia has no place to hide...
 
Crimea has been cut off,
The peninsula is now an island...
There is no way in and
only one way out...
 
Magyar’s Birds of Prey
flying ever deeper...
Everywhere in Russia
is now a target...
----------------
Edited July 23, 2026
Magyar’s Birds – v2
Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, (“Madyar” in some spellings)
Commander of the Unmanned Systems of Ukraine
Interview by Caolan Robertson
“This Man is Destroying Putin’s Empire”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DA7EXbf_d4
July 23, 2026
The change agent – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-change-agent-v2.html
Mykhailo Fedorov, taking asymmetrical warfare to the next level
July 20, 2026
Joining in Protest
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/joining-in-protest.html
Protests across Ukraine
to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov as Minister of Defense
Edited, new name July 20, 2026
Hear the cries of your Future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hear-cries-of-your-future.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 16, 2026
In the crucible of war – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-crucible-of-war-v3.html
Edited July 11, 2026
Innovation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, peace, honor, Fedorov, Zelenskyy, Brovdi, Madyar, Magyar, drones, birds,

#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Brovdi #Magyar #Birds #Madyar #drones

The change agent – v2 #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi #Drapatyi #Sternenko #Magyar

 
Fedorov is the face, the fulcrum
He is the catalyst, the innovator,
the critical change agent
forming a strategy for victory
away from attritional war...
 
Asymmetric warfare, innovation,
A rising drone army on sea, on the land,
and drones in their azure sky
relentlessly stalking the enemy,
beyond the front lines...
 
Taking the war to Russia,
on the Black and Azov Seas,
widening the no man’s land
giving time for allies
for sanctions to work...
 
Magyar’s Birds are flying beyond
the Urals, striking everywhere...
attacking Moscow’s means
of war, of funding, its economy...
Making Crimea a peninsula...
 
Six months is not enough
to implement radical transformation,
but the tide has been turned...
Ukraine is on the offensive
and Russia is on the back foot...
 
---------------- 
Edited July 23, 2026
The change agent – v2
 
Mykhailo Fedorov, taking asymmetrical warfare to the next level,
Making critical reforms in the Ukrainian military
July 20, 2026
Joining in Protest
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/joining-in-protest.html
Protests across Ukraine to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov as Minister of Defense
Edited, new name July 20, 2026
Hear the cries of your Future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hear-cries-of-your-future.html
Edited July 17, 2026
hand-written signs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hand-written-signs-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 16, 2026
In the crucible of war – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-crucible-of-war-v3.html
Edited July 11, 2026
Innovation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html
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 June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.html
May 24, 2026
The Eyes of the Defenders – Version 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-eyes-of-defenders-version-3.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, peace, honor, NABU, Maidan, Fedorov, Zelenskyy, Syrskyi, Drapatyi, Magyar,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi #Drapatyi #Sternenko #Magyar

#Magyar’s #Birds #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Brovdi #Magyar #Birds #Madyar #drones

From nothing they rose up
from necessity, improvisation...
Innovating constantly,
becoming a threat...
 
Swarms of locusts,
speedboats of revenge...
Righteous retribution
swooping down on them...

Magyar’s Birds of Prey
hunting the aggressors...
Pulling no punches
bringing their end...

Another "200" flashes on a counter,
another enemy neutralized...
The killing zone expanding -
in The Age of the Drone...

Magyar’s Birds of Prey
rule the sea, the sky...
There is no place for refuge,
Russia has no place to hide...

----------------
Edited July 22, 2026
Magyar’s Birds
Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, (“Madyar” in some spellings)
Commander of the Unmanned Systems of Ukraine
Interview by Caolan Robertson
“This Man is Destroying Putin’s Empire”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DA7EXbf_d4
July 20, 2026
The change agent
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-change-agent.html
Mykhailo Fedorov, taking asymmetrical warfare to the next level
July 20, 2026
Joining in Protest
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/joining-in-protest.html
Protests across Ukraine
to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov as Minister of Defense
Edited, new name July 20, 2026
Hear the cries of your Future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hear-cries-of-your-future.html
Edited July 17, 2026
hand-written signs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hand-written-signs-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 16, 2026
In the crucible of war – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-crucible-of-war-v3.html
Edited July 11, 2026
Innovation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html
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 June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.html
May 24, 2026
The Eyes of the Defenders – Version 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-eyes-of-defenders-version-3.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, peace, honor, Fedorov, Zelenskyy, Brovdi, Madyar, Magyar, drones, birds,

#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Brovdi #Magyar #Birds #Madyar #drones

His #Birds #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi #Brovdi #Magyar #Madyar #drones

Swarms of locusts,
speed  boats of revenge,
righteous retribution
swooping down on them...

His Birds of Prey
hunting the aggressors...
pulling no punches
bringing their end...

"200" flashes on the counter,
another enemy killed...
The killing zone expanding
The cult of the drone...

His Birds of Prey
rule the sea, the sky...
There is no place for refuge,
There is no place to hide...

----------------
July 21, 2026
His Birds
Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, “Madyar”
Commander of the Unmanned Systems of Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/his-birds.html
July 20, 2026
The change agent
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-change-agent.html
Mykhailo Fedorov,
taking asymmetrical warfare
to the next level
July 20, 2026
Joining in Protest
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/joining-in-protest.html
Protests across Ukraine
to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov
as Minister of Defense
Edited, new name July 20, 2026
Hear the cries of your Future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hear-cries-of-your-future.html
Edited July 17, 2026
hand-written signs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hand-written-signs-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 16, 2026
In the crucible of war – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-crucible-of-war-v3.html
Edited July 11, 2026
Innovation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html
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 June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.html
May 24, 2026
The Eyes of the Defenders – Version 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-eyes-of-defenders-version-3.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, victory, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, peace, honor, remembrance, Fedorov, Zelenskyy, Brovdi, Magyar, 
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi #Brovdi #Magyar #Madyar #drones

The change agent #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi

Fedorov is the fulcrum

the catalyst, the innovator,

the critical change agent

forming a strategy for victory

not attritional war...

Asymmetric warfare

A rising drone army

on sea, on the land,

and drones in their azure sky

relentlessly stalking the enemy...

Taking the war to Russia,

on the Black and Azov Seas,

widening the no man’s land

giving time for allies

for sanctions to work...

Six months is not enough

to implement innovation

but the tide has been turned

Ukraine is on the offensive

and Russia is on the back foot...

---------------- 

July 20, 2026

The change agent

Mykhailo Fedorov,

taking asymmetrical warfare

to the next level

July 20, 2026

Joining in Protest

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/joining-in-protest.html 

Protests across Ukraine

to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov 

as Minister of Defense

Edited, new name July 20, 2026

Hear the cries of your Future 

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hear-cries-of-your-future.html 

Edited July 17, 2026

hand-written signs – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hand-written-signs-v2.html 

Edited July 17, 2026

The enemy has no idea – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html 

Edited July 16, 2026

In the crucible of war – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-crucible-of-war-v3.html 

Edited July 11, 2026

Innovation – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html 

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 June 30, 2026

Taras saw this future – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.html 

May 24, 2026

The Eyes of the Defenders – Version 3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-eyes-of-defenders-version-3.html 

May 22, 2024

In the crucible of history

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html 

About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,

and the Ukrainian people

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 

Poetry Where You Live. 

Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, victory, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, peace, honor, remembrance, NABU, Maidan, Fedorov, Zelenskyy, Syrskyi, 

 

#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi

Joining in #Protest #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi

Stopping daily, the nation gathers,

Grabbing cardboard signs

For their fallen, for defenders,

Those still held by Russia...

Standing together at 9:00 am

For a Moment of Honor...

But gathering again

With new signs of protest

Over an unwise decision

In the heat of conflict,

Forced to choose sides,

A tragic choice...

Joining in protest,

The young, the veterans,

Chanting slogans, praying,

Singing the national anthem...

In the middle of war standing

For what they believe...

Yearning for that future

When they will be at peace

Seeing a victory in

Innovation over attrition,

The risk of meat assaults,

The loss of each human life...

We pray now for wisdom

For a change to the decision

For the cost of war to fall

On the aggressor, not the victim

For unity to rise once more

For the defeat of the enemy...

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July 20, 2026

Joining in Protest

Edited, new name July 20, 2026

Hear the cries of your Future 

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hear-cries-of-your-future.html 

Protests across Ukraine

to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov 

as Minister of Defense

Edited July 17, 2026

hand-written signs – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hand-written-signs-v2.html 

Edited July 17, 2026

The enemy has no idea – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html 

Edited July 16, 2026

In the crucible of war – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-crucible-of-war-v3.html 

Edited July 11, 2026

Innovation – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html 

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 June 30, 2026

Taras saw this future – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.html 

May 24, 2026

The Eyes of the Defenders – Version 3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-eyes-of-defenders-version-3.html 

May 22, 2024

In the crucible of history

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html 

About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,

and the Ukrainian people

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 

Poetry Where You Live. 

Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, victory, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, peace, honor, remembrance, NABU, Maidan, Fedorov, Zelenskyy, Syrskyi, 

 

#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi

Hear the cries of your #Future #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi

Their protests are expanding,
their demands are escalating...
Hear the cries of your Future
to the leaders of Ukraine...
 
Like Maidan in their youth,
their protests for NABU last year...
the cardboard signs they hold at 9:00 am...
Replaced with protest signs at 9:01 am...
 
Their protests are louder, strident,
while the Rada is empty
Their demands are escalating -
Their future is in the breach...
 
A 21st-century war...
demands a 21st-century leader...
Innovation will save them
for an enduring peace...
 
They protest for justice,
for reforms to the system...
The Soviet way of war
will not defeat the Russians...
 
You must reinstate Minister Fedorov!
Now, President Zelenskyy!
Listen to your Future
Protesting, crying in the street!
 
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Edited, new name July 20, 2026
Hear the cries of your Future
 
July 18, 2026
The cries of Your future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-cries-of-your-future.html
Protests across Ukraine
to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov
as Minister of Defense
Edited July 17, 2026
hand-written signs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hand-written-signs-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 16, 2026
In the crucible of war – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-crucible-of-war-v3.html
Edited July 11, 2026
Innovation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html
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 June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.html
May 24, 2026
The Eyes of the Defenders – Version 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-eyes-of-defenders-version-3.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

 
Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, victory, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, peace, honor, remembrance, NABU, Maidan, Fedorov, Zelenskyy, Syrskyi,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi

Joining in #Protest #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi

Joining in Protest

#Ukraine #Fedorov 

After I type this poem, I suspect the edited version will have an additional stanza at the end.

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. All of my poems are at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The #cries of your #Future #protesters #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #truth #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi

Their protests expanding,
their demands escalating...
The cries of your Future
to the leaders of Ukraine...
 
Like Maidan in their youth,
their protests for NABU last year...
the hand-made signs
they hold at 9:00 am...
Now, new ones at 9:01 am...
 
Their protests louder, strident,
while the Rada is empty
Their demands are escalating -
Their future in the breach...
 
A 21st-century war...
demands a 21st-century leader...
Innovation will save them
for an enduring peace...
 
Their protests for justice,
for reforms to the system,
The Soviet way of war
will not defeat the Russians...
 
Reinstate Minister Fedorov!
Now, President Zelenskyy!
Listen to your Future
crying in the street!
 
---------------- 
July 18, 2026
The cries of Your future
 
Protests across Ukraine
to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov
as Minister of Defense
Edited July 17, 2026
hand-written signs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hand-written-signs-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 16, 2026
In the crucible of war – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-crucible-of-war-v3.html
Edited July 11, 2026
Innovation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html
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 June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.html
May 24, 2026
The Eyes of the Defenders – Version 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-eyes-of-defenders-version-3.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, victory, glory, truth, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, peace, honor, remembrance, NABU, Maidan, Fedorov, Zelenskyy, Syrskyi,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #truth #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi