In the #crucible of terror – v8 #poetry #Ukraine #Russia #NATO #war #invasion #Putin #terror #Kyiv #UnitedStates #StandwithUkraine #VictoryforUkraine #Crimea #genocide #WarCrimes #Trump #Biden

Insanity of these minutes
The Attack of the Madman
releasing the dogs of war.
crucible of terror, pain,
history repeating…
 
Choice of the Madman
invasion, war, shelling, Shaheds,
tanks, fighter jets, on the move.
Attacking a sovereign nation
their neighbor, not their kin…
 
Ancient lines of kinship, language,
Sovereignty denied, Madman
genocide, terror in the streets,
launching chaos, Armageddon.
Lunatic on the march…
 
Dominoes poised, yet standing, defiant,
taunted by the Madman, this devil,
sabers rattling, dogs barking,
But he is encircled by Freedom.
He cannot stand in the end…
 
People are rising, stronger, resolute,
The world united against terror,
siding with the right against evil…
Night will soon end, victory…
Madman in the dock…
 
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Edited December 2, 2025
In the crucible of terror – v8
 
Edited December 1, 2024
In the crucible of terror – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-crucible-of-terror-v7.html
Edited February 25, 2023
In the crucible of terror – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v6.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
In the crucible of terror – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v4.html
merged February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v3.html
edited February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v2.html
February 25, 2022
In the crucible of terror
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror.html
February 24, 2022
Full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia
 
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, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
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poetry, Ukraine, Russia, NATO, war, invasion, Putin, Kyiv, terror, United States, Stand with Ukraine, Victory for Ukraine, Crimea, genocide, War Crimes, Trump, Biden,
 
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In the crucible of terror – v7 #war #Ukraine #Russia

Insanity of these minutes
the attack of the Madman
releasing the dogs of war;
crucible of terror, pain,
history repeating again.
 
Choice of the Madman
invasion, war, shelling,
tanks, fighter jets, on the move;
attacking a sovereign nation
their neighbor, not their kin.
 
Ancient lines of kinship, language,
sovereignty denied, Madman
genocide, terror in the streets,
launching chaos, Armageddon;
lunatic on the march.
 
Dominoes poised, yet standing, defiant,
taunted by the Madman,
sabers rattling, dogs barking,
but he is encircled by Freedom;
He cannot stand in the end.
 
People rising, stronger,
the world united against the terror,
siding with right against evil
night will soon end, victory;
Madman in the dock.
 
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Edited December 1, 2024
In the crucible of terror – v7
 
Edited February 25, 2023
In the crucible of terror – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v6.html
Edited February 21, 2023
Now more than ever – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-v3.html
February 21, 2023
Remarks by President Biden Ahead of the One-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Brutal and Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine, delivered in Warsaw, Poland
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/21/remarks-by-president-biden-ahead-of-the-one-year-anniversary-of-russias-brutal-and-unprovoked-invasion-of-ukraine/
&
February 21, 2023
Remarks by President Biden and President Andrzej Duda of Poland After Bilateral Meeting
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/21/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-andrzej-duda-of-poland-after-bilateral-meeting/
&
Edited February 20, 2023
Now more than ever – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-v2.html
February 20, 2023
Now more than ever
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-now-more-than-ever.html
after President Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv,
before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
&
February 20, 2023
Remarks by President Biden and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine in Joint Statement
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/20/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-zelenskyy-of-ukraine-in-joint-statement/
&
February 20, 2023
Statement from President Joe Biden on Travel to Kyiv, Ukraine
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-travel-to-kyiv-ukraine/
&
Edited January 18, 2023
We have made our choice – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-have-made-our-choice-v2.html
January 18, 2023
We have made our choice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-have-made-our-choice.html
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmyrto Kuleba
Interview by Mary Louise Kelly
On NPR’s Consider This
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1149167871
&
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v4.html
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v3.html
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v2.html
May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon.html
&
edited May 5, 2022
Under the shadow of the birds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/under-shadow-of-birds-v2.html
May 4, 2022
Under the shadow of the birds
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/under-shadow-of-birds.html
two C130s overhead
on Route 17
downtown Green Cove Springs
&
reposted April 1, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1510028769184124928
edited March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine-v2.html  
March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine.html
&
edited March 10, 2022
One shot away – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away-v2.html
edited March 8, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman-v2.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
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman.html
&
March 5, 2022
The man in the bunker
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker.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
One shot away
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away.html
March 3, 2022
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBoRwbidiq4
handcuff of MAD, Cold War
cannot have a shooting war with another nuclear power…
&
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
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v2
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/preview/6437456/7793324946138352974  
February 27, 2022
A run on the banks
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks.html
edited February 27, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v4.html
edits adding last stanza, about ICJ filing
edited February 26, 2022
Signs of the End Times – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times-v2.html
merged February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v3.html
edited February 26, 2022
The insanity of these minutes – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes-v2.html
edited February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v2.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
February 24, 2022
Full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia
 
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, and 2023. 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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An ally of Rage – v2

An ally of Rage,
the rise of a mob,
a false prophet of hate,
seeing righteous on bold sides…
 
A Beast in the body,
seeking to break out,
fed by the bile, poison,
words that he spouts…
 
An ally of Rage,
a megaphone of lies,
denying truth, the reality,
what we see with our eyes…
 
--------------  
Edited August 19, 2024
An ally of Rage – v2
 
August 13, 2024
An ally of Rage
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/an-ally-of-rage.html
August 13, 2024 X (formerly Twitter)
Post by @JoeBiden
https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1823409351874236879
about the march in Charlottesville, VA, and his decision
to run for the presidency based on Donald Trumps,
“there were fine people on both sides” comments
&
Edited August 9, 2024
The Mark of the Beast, the Charagma
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-mark-of-beast-his-charagma.html
#Revelation13:16
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,
to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads,,,"
August 8, 2024
Charagma
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/charagma-mark-of-beast.html
&
Edited August 9, 2024
Christ is the Word Alive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/christ-is-word-alive-v2.html
Based on #John1:1-14
Based on #1John1:1-10
August 8, 2024
Christ is the Word Alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/christ-is-word-alive.html
Edited August 8, 2024
The embodiment of Love – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-embodiment-of-love-v2.html
August 8, 2024
The embodiment of Love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-embodiment-of-love.html
August 8, 2024
We saw life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-saw-life.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, 202 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, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, 1 John 1, Jesus, Messiah, Savior, Word, Logos, Light, Life, Charagma, Mark of the Beast,
 
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An ally of Rage

An ally of rage,
a false prophet of hate,
seeing righteous on bold sides,
the rise of a mob…
 
A beast in the body,
seeking to break out,
fed by the bile,
the words he spouts…
 
An ally of rage,
a mouthpiece of lies,
denying truth, the reality,
what we see with our own eyes…
 
--------------
August 13, 2024
An ally of Rage
 
August 13, 2024 X (formerly Twitter)
Post by @JoeBiden
https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1823409351874236879
about the march in Charlottesville, VA, and his decision
to run for the presidency based on Donald Trumps,
“there were fine people on both sides” comments
&
Edited August 9, 2024
The Mark of the Beast, the Charagma
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-mark-of-beast-his-charagma.html
#Revelation13:16
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,
to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads,,,"
August 8, 2024
Charagma
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/charagma-mark-of-beast.html
&
Edited August 9, 2024
Christ is the Word Alive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/christ-is-word-alive-v2.html
Based on #John1:1-14
Based on #1John1:1-10
August 8, 2024
Christ is the Word Alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/christ-is-word-alive.html
Edited August 8, 2024
The embodiment of Love – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-embodiment-of-love-v2.html
August 8, 2024
The embodiment of Love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-embodiment-of-love.html
August 8, 2024
We saw life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-saw-life.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, 202 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, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, 1 John 1, Jesus, Messiah, Savior, Word, Logos, Light, Life, Charagma, Mark of the Beast,
 
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Like water chiseling stone

Persistently, slowly, relentlessly,
God changes our hatred into love,
even love for our enemies,
like water chiseling stone.
 
God softens our hard places,
our edges, the danger of our emotions;
God reshapes, God reforms our clay,
our bodies Into God’s image.
 
---------------
Edited January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling stone
 
Edited January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling rock – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/like-water-chiseling-rock-v2.html
January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling rock
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/like-water-chiseling-rock.html
Edited January 7, 2024
In His Ministry – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-his-ministry-v4.html
edited January 20, 2015
In His Ministry – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/in-his-ministry-v3.html
(editing version 1 again)
January 21, 2013
In His Ministry – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-his-ministry-v2.html
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
http://bcove.me/ugv9l9qy
Inaugural Address
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-barack-obamas-2013-inaugural-address-full-text-86497.html
&
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html
&
several poems written in 2009
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King
on the juxtaposition of the
80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 18, 2009
In His Ministry
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-his-ministry.html
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,
see http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/cornyn-holder-waterboard/
&
edited January 19, 2015
Changing the Wind – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/changing-wind-v3.html
(merging edits to original and version 2)
Edited July 22, 2013
changing the wind – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/changing-wind-v2.html
December 7, 2007
changing the wind
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/12/changing-wind.html
Based on the comments of Jim Wallis on
Speaking of Faith, November 29, 2007
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/jimwallis/index.shtml
He was talking about whether to change politicians
or change the wind, to change the public opinion
which guides politics. He used the example
of President Johnson’s statement to the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that it would
take 5 years for a voting rights bill but
it actually took 5 months to pass the Voting Rights Act,
after the March in Selma.
 
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, God, Christ, Savior, America, dream, faith, Family, hope, justice, love, prayer, Martin Luther King, MLK, Moses, Joshua, Obama, Biden, Trump,
 
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Like water chiseling rock – v2

Persistently, slowly, relentlessly,
God changes our hate into love,
even love for our enemies,
like water chiseling rock.
 
God softens our hard places,
our edges, the danger of our emotions,
God reshapes, God reforms our clay,
our bodies Into God’s image.
 
---------------
Edited January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling rock – v2
 
January 7, 2024
Like water chiseling rock
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/like-water-chiseling-rock.html
Edited January 7, 2024
In His Ministry – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-his-ministry-v4.html
edited January 20, 2015
In His Ministry – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/in-his-ministry-v3.html
(editing version 1 again)
January 21, 2013
In His Ministry – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-his-ministry-v2.html
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
http://bcove.me/ugv9l9qy
Inaugural Address
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-barack-obamas-2013-inaugural-address-full-text-86497.html
&
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html
&
several poems written in 2009
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King
on the juxtaposition of the
80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 18, 2009
In His Ministry
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-his-ministry.html
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,
see http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/cornyn-holder-waterboard/
&
edited January 19, 2015
Changing the Wind – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/changing-wind-v3.html
(merging edits to original and version 2)
Edited July 22, 2013
changing the wind – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/changing-wind-v2.html
December 7, 2007
changing the wind
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/12/changing-wind.html
Based on the comments of Jim Wallis on
Speaking of Faith, November 29, 2007
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/jimwallis/index.shtml
He was talking about whether to change politicians
or change the wind, to change the public opinion
which guides politics. He used the example
of President Johnson’s statement to the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that it would
take 5 years for a voting rights bill but
it actually took 5 months to pass the Voting Rights Act,
after the March in Selma.
 
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, America, Barack Obama, dream, faith, Family, God, hope, joy, Joshua, justice, love, Martin Luther King, MLK, Obama, prayer, President Obama, savior, Moses, Trump, Biden,
 
#poetry #America #BarackObama #dream #faith #Family #God #hope #joy #Joshua #justice #love #MLK #MLKDay #PresidentObama #Moses
 
 

The blood of the dead in Bucha – v3

The blood of the dead in Bucha,
Too many places to number,
like the brother of Cain, Abel,
blood crying out from the soil,
for judgment, for justice, for victory.
 
Never again we told them,
would genocide happen in Europe,
never again would evil be in control,
yet while we debate in the halls of power,
the Tyrant and his army exacting an awful toll.
 
The blood of the dead in Bucha,
Too many places to number,
other towns and cities ravaged,
shaking the conscience of humanity,
the continent, the world beyond.
 
Never again we told them,
We would not forget the slaughter,
but history is being repeated,
humanity shackled, hamstrung,
unable to stop the genocide,
the atrocities in Ukraine.
 
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Edited November 19, 2023
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v3
 
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2.html
Edited September 3, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/09/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine.html
April 11, 2014
crying for Crimea
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/crying-for-crimea.html
&
Edited February 25, 2023
In the crucible of terror – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v6.html
Edited February 21, 2023
Now more than ever – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-v3.html
February 21, 2023
Remarks by President Biden Ahead of the One-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Brutal and Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine, delivered in Warsaw, Poland
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/21/remarks-by-president-biden-ahead-of-the-one-year-anniversary-of-russias-brutal-and-unprovoked-invasion-of-ukraine/
&
February 21, 2023
Remarks by President Biden and President Andrzej Duda of Poland After Bilateral Meeting
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/21/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-andrzej-duda-of-poland-after-bilateral-meeting/
&
Edited February 20, 2023
Now more than ever – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-v2.html
February 20, 2023
Now more than ever
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-now-more-than-ever.html
after President Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv,
before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
&
February 20, 2023
Remarks by President Biden and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine in Joint Statement
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/20/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-zelenskyy-of-ukraine-in-joint-statement/
&
February 20, 2023
Statement from President Joe Biden on Travel to Kyiv, Ukraine
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-travel-to-kyiv-ukraine/
&
Edited January 18, 2023
We have made our choice – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-have-made-our-choice-v2.html
January 18, 2023
We have made our choice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-have-made-our-choice.html
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmyrto Kuleba
Interview by Mary Louise Kelly
On NPR’s Consider This
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1149167871
&
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v4.html
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v3.html
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v2.html
May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon.html
&
edited May 5, 2022
Under the shadow of the birds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/under-shadow-of-birds-v2.html
May 4, 2022
Under the shadow of the birds
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/under-shadow-of-birds.html
two C130s overhead
on Route 17
downtown Green Cove Springs
&
reposted April 1, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1510028769184124928
edited March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine-v2.html  
March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine.html
&
edited March 10, 2022
One shot away – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away-v2.html
edited March 8, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman-v2.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
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman.html
&
March 5, 2022
The man in the bunker
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker.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
One shot away
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away.html
March 3, 2022
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBoRwbidiq4
handcuff of MAD, Cold War
cannot have a shooting war with another nuclear power…
&
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
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v2
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/preview/6437456/7793324946138352974  
February 27, 2022
A run on the banks
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks.html
edited February 27, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v4.html
edits adding last stanza, about ICJ filing
edited February 26, 2022
Signs of the End Times – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times-v2.html
merged February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v3.html
edited February 26, 2022
The insanity of these minutes – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes-v2.html
edited February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v2.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, and 2023. 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, God, Christ, End Times, Second Coming, pandemic, war, drought, famine, fires,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #EndTimes #SecondComing #pandemic #war #drought #famine #fires
 
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poetry, Ukraine, Russia, NATO, war, invasion, Putin, fear, terror, death, Kyiv, Crimea, Balkans, Baltic, Belarus,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #NATO #war #invasion #Putin #fear #terror #death #Kyiv #Crimea #Balkans #Baltic #Belarus
 
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poetry, Ukraine, Russia, NATO, war, invasion, Putin, fear, terror, death, Kyiv, Lawrence O’Donnell, nuclear war, MAD
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #NATO #war #invasion #Putin #fear #terror #death #Kyiv #nuclearwar @Lawrence #MAD
 
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poetry, Ukraine, Russia, NATO, war, invasion, Putin, fear, terror, death, Kyiv, MAD
 
#poetry #Russia #NATO #war #invasion #Putin #fear #terror #death #Kyiv #MAD #SaveUkraine #StopPutinNOW
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poetry, birds, planes, war, Ukraine, Russia, preparedness,
 
#poetry #birds #planes #war #Ukraine #Russia #preparedness
 
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poetry, Russia, China, America, Ukraine, End Times, Armageddon, Revelations, war,
 
#poetry #Russia #China #America #Ukraine #EndTimes #Armageddon #Revelations #war
 
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poetry, Ukraine, Russia, NATO, war, invasion, Putin, Kyiv, terror, United States, Biden, Stand with Ukraine, @POTUS, Victory for Ukraine, Crimea, genocide, War Crimes,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #NATO #war #invasion #Putin #terror #Kyiv #UnitedStates #Biden #StandwithUkraine @POTUS #VictoryforUkraine #Crimea #genocide #WarCrimes
 
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Poetry, Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Ukraine, power, force, diplomacy, military, NATO, G7, America, war, invasion, sorrow, innocents, evil, aggression, Moscow, Kiev, invasion,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Crimea #Ukraine #power #force #diplomacy #military #NATO #G7 #America #war #invasion #sorrow #innocents #evil #aggression #invasion