She leaned forward – v2

There was a moment, set apart,
within these moments,
when you asked her
the essential question;
she reacted emotively,
seizing the opportunity,
to fully answer the question,
from her soul, from her heart….
 
She leaned forward, toward you,
a smile growing within her,
saying she believed, truly,
that there would be change,
that there would be freedom,
in Russia, her homeland,
that all the sacrifice, the pain,
in truth, all she had endured
would bear rich fruit…
 
Power in this moment, truly,
within the other moments,
the gracious space you created,
a well of open-ended questions,
knowing too the power, honor,
in giving her that sacred space,
to speak authentically from her heart,
that this moment didn’t pass…
 
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edited October 28, 2024
She leaned forward – v2
 
October 22, 2024
She leaned forward
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/she-leaned-forward_28.html
Rachel Maddow full interview
with Yulia Navalnaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuiVpoM-tmU
https://x.com/MaddowBlog/status/1848555804535713995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuiVpoM-tmU
https://x.com/MaddowBlog/status/1848555804535713995
https://x.com/MaddowBlog/status/1848555433851527311
&
Edited March 2, 2024
Alexey Navalny – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/alexei-navalny-v2.html
March 1, 2024
Post of Yulia Navalnaya
https://twitter.com/yulia_navalnaya/status/1763553407690788881
& 
Edited February 23, 2024
He was killed, he was murdered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/he-was-killed-he-was-murdered.html
&
Edited February 18, 2024
His hands will never be clean – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/his-hands-will-never-be-clean-v3.html
For all whose death Putin has caused
&
February 16, 2024
He was murdered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/he-was-murdered.html
on the torture/ death/ killing/ murder in prison of Alexey Navalny
 
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, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
 
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#poetry #Navalny #Putin #Ukraine #Russia #freedom #democracy #justice @YuliaNavalnaya @Maddow @navalny

She leaned forward

There was a moment,
Within these moments,
When you asked her
the essential question,
she reacted emotively,
seizing the opportunity,
to answer the question,
from her soul, from her heart….
 
She leaned forward,
A smile growing within,
Saying she believed,
That there would be change,
That there would be freedom,
In Russia, her homeland,
That all the sacrifice, the pain,
Truth, all she had endured…
 
Power in the moment,
With the other moments,
The gracious space created,
a well of open-ended questions,
knowing too the power, honor,
in giving her that sacred space,
to speak authentically from her heart,
that this moment didn’t pass…
 
-------------
October 22, 2024
She leaned forward
Rachel Maddow full interview
with Yulia Navalnaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuiVpoM-tmU
https://x.com/MaddowBlog/status/1848555804535713995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuiVpoM-tmU
https://x.com/MaddowBlog/status/1848555804535713995
https://x.com/MaddowBlog/status/1848555433851527311
&
Edited March 2, 2024
Alexey Navalny – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/alexei-navalny-v2.html
March 1, 2024
Post of Yulia Navalnaya
https://twitter.com/yulia_navalnaya/status/1763553407690788881
& 
Edited February 23, 2024
He was killed, he was murdered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/he-was-killed-he-was-murdered.html
&
Edited February 18, 2024
His hands will never be clean – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/his-hands-will-never-be-clean-v3.html
For all whose death Putin has caused
&
February 16, 2024
He was murdered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/he-was-murdered.html
on the torture/ death/ killing/ murder in prison of Alexey Navalny
 
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, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
 
poetry, murdered, killed, Putin, Ukraine, Russia, freedom, democracy, justice, Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, Rachel Maddow, Maddow,@navalny,
#poetry #Navalny #Putin #Ukraine #Russia #freedom #democracy #justice @YuliaNavalnaya @Maddow @navalny

She leaned forward

There was a moment,
Within these moments,
When you asked her
the essential question,
she reacted emotively,
seizing the opportunity,
to answer the question,
from her soul, from her heart….
 
She leaned forward,
A smile growing within,
Saying she believed,
That there would be change,
That there would be freedom,
In Russia, her homeland,
That all the sacrifice, the pain,
Truth, all she had endured…
 
Power in the moment,
With the other moments,
The gracious space created,
a well of open-ended questions,
knowing too the power, honor,
in giving her that sacred space,
to speak authentically from her heart,
that this moment didn’t pass…
 
-------------
October 22, 2024
She leaned forward
 
 
Rachel Maddow full interview
with Yulia Navalnaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuiVpoM-tmU
https://x.com/MaddowBlog/status/1848555804535713995
https://x.com/MaddowBlog/status/1848555433851527311
&
Edited March 2, 2024
Alexey Navalny – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/alexei-navalny-v2.html
March 1, 2024
Post of Yulia Navalnaya
https://twitter.com/yulia_navalnaya/status/1763553407690788881
& 
Edited February 23, 2024
He was killed, he was murdered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/he-was-killed-he-was-murdered.html
&
Edited February 18, 2024
His hands will never be clean – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/his-hands-will-never-be-clean-v3.html
For all whose death Putin has caused
&
February 16, 2024
He was murdered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/he-was-murdered.html
on the torture/ death/ killing/ murder in prison of Alexey Navalny
 
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, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, murdered, killed, Putin, Ukraine, Russia, freedom, democracy, justice, Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, Rachel Maddow, Maddow,@navalny,
 

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His hands will never be clean – v2 #Putin #Satan #Death

Stained with blood, so many, so many,
Permanent scars, a gash in his hands, on his body;
(Does it haunt him in the night, in the darkness?),
So many people, martyrs, innocents,
The list grows longer, every day,
His hands will never be clean.
 
He is death, evil, a little Satan, a devil,
A living specter, a terrorist, an embodiment,
Of the worst there is of man, of humanity,
Stripped of all empathy, of conscience,
Hiding in the bunker, with his demons,
Evil’s minions whispering to him, justifying death…
 
So many martyrs, so many innocents,
Crying from their tombs, from the grave,
The stain of their blood forever, on his hands,
Burned on this flesh, a scar, a memory,
Permanent, that will never fade away,
His hands will never be clean.

---------  
Edited February 18, 2024
His hands will never be clean – v2
 
February 16, 2024
His hands will never be clean
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/his-hands-will-never-be-clean.html
For all whose death Putin has caused
February 16, 2024
He was murdered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/he-was-murdered.html
on the death in prison of Alexei Navalny
 
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, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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#poetry @navalny #Navalny #murdered #killed #Putin #JusticeforNavalny #Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa @POTUS #Russia #RussiaIsATerroristState #freedom #democracy #justice #SlavaUkraini #PutinIsaWarCriminal

His hands will never be clean #Putin #Navalny #Ukraine

Stained with blood, so many, so many,
Permanent marks, a gash in his hands, on his body;
Does it haunt him in the night, in the darkness,
So many people, martyrs, innocents,
The list grows longer, every day,
His hands will never be clean.
 
So many martyrs, so many innocents,
Crying from their tombs, from the grave,
The stain of their blood forever,
Burned on this flesh, a scar, a memory,
Permanent, that will never fade away,
His hands will never be clean.
 
---------
February 16, 2024
His hands will never be clean
 
For all whose death Putin has caused
February 16, 2024
He was murdered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/he-was-murdered.html
on the death in prison of Alexei Navalny
 
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, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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#poetry @navalny #Navalny #murdered #killed #Putin #JusticeforNavalny #Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa @POTUS #Russia #RussiaIsATerroristState #freedom #democracy #justice #SlavaUkraini #PutinIsaWarCriminal

He was #murdered #Navalny #Putin

He hasn’t died,
He hasn’t passed,
This wasn’t natural causes,
No matter what they may say.
 
He was murdered,
He was killed dead,
By the one who feared him,
The truth that He spoke.
 
---------
February 16, 2024
He was murdered
 
on the death in prison of Alexei Navalny
 
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, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, @navalny, murdered, killed, Putin, Justice for Navalny, Ukraine, @ZelenskyyUa, @POTUS, Russia, Russia Is A Terrorist State, freedom, democracy, justice, Slava Ukraini, Putin Is a War Criminal,
 
#poetry @navalny #murdered #killed #Putin #JusticeforNavalny #Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa @POTUS #Russia #RussiaIsATerroristState #freedom #democracy #justice #SlavaUkraini #PutinIsaWarCriminal #Navalny