the suffering of Ukraine – v2

His North Star, his center,
all he ever was, truly,
his reason for being, his calling,
his hopes and his dreams
all encapsulated, captured,
from beginning to end, eternal,
was his love for his homeland,
the suffering of Ukraine…
 
this was the well he pulled from,
the palette from which he would paint
the central purpose of justice,
freedom from want, from hate,
with every word he spoke,
the martyr for his people
was the love of his homeland,
the suffering of Ukraine…
 
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Edited October 30, 2024
the suffering of Ukraine – v2
 
after poem, “the suffering of Ukraine”,
based on the Dedication to “The Kobzar”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited October 30, 2024
Sing to me, Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/sing-to-me-taras-v2.html
a prayer to Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Channeling Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/channeling-taras-v2_26.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
&
Written and posted October 1, 2024
Known almost in whispers
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/known-almost-in-whispers_23.html
how the poems of Taras Shevchenko weren’t published
in books but were shared in secret
&
Written and posted September 30, 2024
Diaspora
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/diaspora.html
about the 24 years Taras Shevchenko
spent away from Ukraine in his youth and imprisonment,
like the Babylonian Exile in Israel
&
Edited October 29, 2024
A voice against injustice – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-voice-against-injustice-v2.html
about the life and poetry of the Bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko
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
&
Edited September 25, 2024
I hear Taras’ whisper to me… - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/i-hear-taras-whisper-to-me-v2.html
about Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko,
Robert Burns, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Nikolai Gogol…
Robert Frost and Mary Oliver…
 
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