The #whisper of the #dead – v4 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #tragedy #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #Dnipro #Kharkiv #Odesa #Zaporizhia #Kyiv #Lviv

The whisper of the dead,
snap of the flags in breezes,
their breath across the way, the path,...
Each cemetery is not silent…
 
The cries of the dead, their groans,
cry out for aid, for justice,
for help for their people,
for this madness to end…
 
The whisper of their dead
breathes life into movement
snap of the flags, praying,
crying out for aid, for justice…
 
May their cries be answered,
More aid must be given, fully…
May justice come quickly…
A just peace must rise…
 
----------
Edited June 25, 2026
The whisper of the dead – v4
 
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter) post by United24 Media
Edited July 18, 2024
The whisper of the dead
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-whisper-of-dead.html
Edited July 17, 2024
The cries of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead_17.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, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, Kyiv, Lviv,
 
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The #whisper of the #dead – v3 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #tragedy #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #Dnipro #Kharkiv #Odesa #Zaporizhia #Kyiv #Lviv

The whisper of the dead,
snap of the flags in breezes,
their breath across the way, the path,
Their cemetery is not silent…
 
The cries of the dead, their groans,
cry out for aid, for justice,
for help for their people,
for this madness to end…
 
The whisper of their dead
breathe life into movement
snap of the flags, praying,
crying out for aid, for justice…
 
May their cries be answered,
More aid should be given, fully…
May justice come quickly…
A just peace will rise…
 
----------
Edited December 2, 2025
The whisper of the dead – v3
 
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter post by United24 Media
Edited August 28, 2024
The whisper of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-whisper-of-dead-v2.html
Edited July 18, 2024
The whisper of the dead
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-whisper-of-dead.html
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html  
Edited July 17, 2024
The cries of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead_17.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, and 2025. 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, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, Kyiv, Lviv,
 
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The dead do not yet rest in peace

A truth across time and space,
while the battle still rages,
the murmur of the fallen,
still rises from the earth…
 
The dead do not yet rest in peace,
while bombs above them are falling,
they cry out for their homeland,
this place that they love…
 
Glory to the heroes,
to all of them that have fallen,
may victory come to their precious land,
may a just peace rise in Ukraine…
 
Amen

----------
August 29, 2024
The dead do not yet rest in peace
 
National Day of Remembrance
August 29, 2014
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter) post by United24 Media
Edited August 28, 2024
The whisper of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-whisper-of-dead-v2.html
edited August 27, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v4.html 
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
Edited July 18, 2024
The whisper of the dead
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-whisper-of-dead.html
Edited July 17, 2024
The cries of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead_17.html
&
Edited July 10, 2024
The grit of your people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-grit-of-your-people-v2.html
July 8, 2024
Speech of Ukrainian tennis player
Elina Monfils (@ElinaSvitolina)
https://x.com/U24_gov_ua/status/1810346843143876804
on her victory at Wimbledon,
overcoming the pain of the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
July 8, 2024
Words of Sergiy Kyslytsya,
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations,
https://x.com/SergiyKyslytsya/status/1810379672225546408
on the ignominy of Russia being the President
of the UN Security Council tomorrow
on the day the Security Council addresses the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
Edited July 2, 2024
This madness must end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/this-madness-must-end-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the power of these words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-power-of-these-words-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
A just peace must rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-just-peace-must-rise-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2024
Making 1945 Happen – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/making-1945-happen-v2.html
Merged June 24, 2024
Extending 1938 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/extending-1938-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, 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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, Kyiv, Lviv, Day of Remembrance, Ilovaisk,
 
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The whisper of the dead – v2

The whisper of the dead,
snap of the flags in breezes,
breath across the way, the path,
their cemetery not silent…
 
The cries of the dead
cry out for aid, for justice,
for help for their people,
for this madness to end…
 
The whisper of the dead
breathe life to movement
snap of the flags, praying,
crying out for aid, for justice…
 
May their cries be answered,
more aid be given, fully,
may justice come quickly,
a just peace will rise…
 
----------
Edited August 28, 2024
The whisper of the dead – v2
 
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter post by United24 Media
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
Edited July 18, 2024
The whisper of the dead
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-whisper-of-dead.html
Edited July 17, 2024
The cries of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead_17.html
&
Edited July 10, 2024
The grit of your people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-grit-of-your-people-v2.html
July 8, 2024
Speech of Ukrainian tennis player
Elina Monfils (@ElinaSvitolina)
https://x.com/U24_gov_ua/status/1810346843143876804
on her victory at Wimbledon,
overcoming the pain of the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
July 8, 2024
Words of Sergiy Kyslytsya,
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations,
https://x.com/SergiyKyslytsya/status/1810379672225546408
on the ignominy of Russia being the President
of the UN Security Council tomorrow
on the day the Security Council addresses the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
Edited July 2, 2024
This madness must end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/this-madness-must-end-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the power of these words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-power-of-these-words-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
A just peace must rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-just-peace-must-rise-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2024
Making 1945 Happen – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/making-1945-happen-v2.html
Merged June 24, 2024
Extending 1938 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/extending-1938-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, 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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, Kyiv, Lviv,
 
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The whisper of the dead

The whisper of the dead,
snap of the flags in breezes,
breath across the way,
their cemetery not silent…
 
The cries of the dead
cry out for aid, for justice,
for help for their people,
for this madness to end…
 
The whisper of the dead
breathe life to movement
snap of the flags, singing,
crying out for aid, for justice…
 
May their cries be answered,
May more aid be given,
May justice come quickly,
May a just peace prevail…
 
----------
Edited July 18, 2024
The whisper of the dead
 
Edited July 17, 2024
The cries of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead_17.html
July 16, 2024
The cries of the dead
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead.html
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter post by United24 Media
&
Edited July 10, 2024
The grit of your people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-grit-of-your-people-v2.html
July 8, 2024
Speech of Ukrainian tennis player
Elina Monfils (@ElinaSvitolina)
https://x.com/U24_gov_ua/status/1810346843143876804
on her victory at Wimbledon,
overcoming the pain of the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
July 8, 2024
Words of Sergiy Kyslytsya,
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations,
https://x.com/SergiyKyslytsya/status/1810379672225546408
on the ignominy of Russia being the President
of the UN Security Council tomorrow
on the day the Security Council addresses the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
Edited July 2, 2024
This madness must end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/this-madness-must-end-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the power of these words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-power-of-these-words-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
A just peace must rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-just-peace-must-rise-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2024
Making 1945 Happen – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/making-1945-happen-v2.html
Merged June 24, 2024
Extending 1938 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/extending-1938-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, 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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, Kyiv, Lviv,
 
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They are forced to wait – v2 #Ukraine

They are forced to wait,
to persevere in injustice,
to shoulder this burden,
while we are at peace…
 
They are in the vanguard,
but they are unassisted,
standing against the tide,
of terror, of genocide…
 
They are alone, unaided,
under the weight of delay,
they are forced into the gap,
where we would not go…
 
They are forced to wait,
while we fiddle, we dither,
the world on fire, ablaze,
while we are at peace…
 
----------
Edited July 18, 2024
They are forced to wait – v2
 
July 17, 2024
They are forced to wait
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/they-are-forced-to-wait.html
&
Edited July 17, 2024
The cries of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead_17.html
July 16, 2024
The cries of the dead
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead.html
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter post by United24 Media
&
Edited July 10, 2024
The grit of your people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-grit-of-your-people-v2.html
July 8, 2024
Speech of Ukrainian tennis player
Elina Monfils (@ElinaSvitolina)
https://x.com/U24_gov_ua/status/1810346843143876804
on her victory at Wimbledon,
overcoming the pain of the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
July 8, 2024
Words of Sergiy Kyslytsya,
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations,
https://x.com/SergiyKyslytsya/status/1810379672225546408
on the ignominy of Russia being the President
of the UN Security Council tomorrow
on the day the Security Council addresses the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
Edited July 2, 2024
This madness must end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/this-madness-must-end-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the power of these words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-power-of-these-words-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
A just peace must rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-just-peace-must-rise-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2024
Making 1945 Happen – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/making-1945-happen-v2.html
Merged June 24, 2024
Extending 1938 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/extending-1938-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, 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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, Kyiv, Lviv,
 
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They are forced to wait

They are forced to wait
To persevere in injustice
To shoulder this burden
While we are at peace…
 
They are in the vanguard
But they are unassisted
Standing against the tide
Of terror, of genocide…
 
They are alone, unaided
Under the weight of delay
They are forced in the gap
Where we would not go…

----------
July 17, 2024
They are forced to wait
 
Edited July 17, 2024
The cries of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead_17.html
July 16, 2024
The cries of the dead
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead.html
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter post by United24 Media
&
Edited July 10, 2024
The grit of your people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-grit-of-your-people-v2.html
July 8, 2024
Speech of Ukrainian tennis player
Elina Monfils (@ElinaSvitolina)
https://x.com/U24_gov_ua/status/1810346843143876804
on her victory at Wimbledon,
overcoming the pain of the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
July 8, 2024
Words of Sergiy Kyslytsya,
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations,
https://x.com/SergiyKyslytsya/status/1810379672225546408
on the ignominy of Russia being the President
of the UN Security Council tomorrow
on the day the Security Council addresses the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
Edited July 2, 2024
This madness must end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/this-madness-must-end-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the power of these words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-power-of-these-words-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
A just peace must rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-just-peace-must-rise-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2024
Making 1945 Happen – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/making-1945-happen-v2.html
Merged June 24, 2024
Extending 1938 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/extending-1938-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, 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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, Kyiv, Lviv,
 
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The cries of the dead - v2

The cries of these dead
in the snap of the flags
whispers across the way,
the cemetery not silent…
 
The cries of the dead
cry out for aid, for justice,
for help for their people,
for this madness to end…
 
The cries of the dead
breathe life to movement
the snap of the flags
cry out for aid, for justice…
 
May their cries be answered,
May more aid be given,
May justice come
May peace prevail…

----------
Edited July 17, 2024
The cries of the dead – v2
 
July 16, 2024
The cries of the dead
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-cries-of-dead.html
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter post by United24 Media
&
Edited July 10, 2024
The grit of your people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-grit-of-your-people-v2.html
July 8, 2024
Speech of Ukrainian tennis player
Elina Monfils (@ElinaSvitolina)
https://x.com/U24_gov_ua/status/1810346843143876804
on her victory at Wimbledon,
overcoming the pain of the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
July 8, 2024
Words of Sergiy Kyslytsya,
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations,
https://x.com/SergiyKyslytsya/status/1810379672225546408
on the ignominy of Russia being the President
of the UN Security Council tomorrow
on the day the Security Council addresses the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
Edited July 2, 2024
This madness must end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/this-madness-must-end-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the power of these words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-power-of-these-words-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
A just peace must rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-just-peace-must-rise-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2024
Making 1945 Happen – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/making-1945-happen-v2.html
Merged June 24, 2024
Extending 1938 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/extending-1938-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, 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.
 
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The cries of the dead

The cries of the dead
In the snap of the flags
The whisper across the way,
The cemetery not silent…
 
The cries of the dead
Cry out for aid, for justice,
For help for their people,
For this madness to end…
 
The cries of the dead
Breathe life to the movement
The snap of the flags
Cry out for aid, for justice…
 
May aid be given,
May justice come…
 
----------
July 16, 2024
The cries of the dead
 
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter post by United24 Media
&
Edited July 10, 2024
The grit of your people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-grit-of-your-people-v2.html
July 8, 2024
Speech of Ukrainian tennis player
Elina Monfils (@ElinaSvitolina)
https://x.com/U24_gov_ua/status/1810346843143876804
on her victory at Wimbledon,
overcoming the pain of the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
July 8, 2024
Words of Sergiy Kyslytsya,
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations,
https://x.com/SergiyKyslytsya/status/1810379672225546408
on the ignominy of Russia being the President
of the UN Security Council tomorrow
on the day the Security Council addresses the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
Edited July 2, 2024
This madness must end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/this-madness-must-end-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the power of these words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-power-of-these-words-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
A just peace must rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-just-peace-must-rise-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2024
Making 1945 Happen – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/making-1945-happen-v2.html
Merged June 24, 2024
Extending 1938 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/extending-1938-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, 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.
 
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The grit of your people – v2

In your actions on the world stage,
we see the same fortitude, resolve,
an ability to stay focused, determined,
to prevail in the face of horror
repeating each day, in your cities,
in your homeland, in the grind,
the battle to save your nation,
to stand united, resolute…
 
Your ability to rise above the carnage,
the terror, the chaos, all of this is
so emblematic of the resolve,
bravery, the courage, the grit,
of all the people of Ukraine,
through all these years, a decade,
of Russian terror and genocide…
 
The world, the West must change,
in this moment, the existential threat,
the wanton destruction, crimes,
we must rise to the challenge,
that you all have faced, resolute,
to provide you with the shield,
the sword to defend yourself…
 
Hope rises to the skies, to heaven,
triumphant, surely, for it must,
From the grit of your people,
from the resolve of your nation,
we can see a hopeful future,
you will achieve victory and
a just peace will surely rise…
 
----------
Edited July 10, 2024
The grit of your people – v2
 
July 8, 2024
The grit of your people
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-grit-of-your-people.html
July 8, 2024
Speech of Ukrainian tennis player
Elina Monfils (@ElinaSvitolina)
https://x.com/U24_gov_ua/status/1810346843143876804
on her victory at Wimbledon,
overcoming the pain of the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
July 8, 2024
Words of Sergiy Kyslytsya,
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations,
https://x.com/SergiyKyslytsya/status/1810379672225546408
on the ignominy of Russia being the President
of the UN Security Council tomorrow
on the day the Security Council addresses the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
Edited July 2, 2024
This madness must end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/this-madness-must-end-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the power of these words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-power-of-these-words-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
A just peace must rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-just-peace-must-rise-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2024
Making 1945 Happen – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/making-1945-happen-v2.html
Merged June 24, 2024
Extending 1938 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/extending-1938-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, 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.
 
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The grit of your people

In your actions on the world stage,
we see the same fortitude,
an ability to stay focused, determined,
to prevail in the face of horror
repeating each day, in your towns,
in your homeland, in the grind,
the battle to save your nation…
 
Your ability to rise above the carnage,
the terror, the chaos, all of this is
so emblematic of the resolve,
the bravery, the courage the grit,
of all of the people of Ukraine
we have seen for all these years
of Russian terror and genocide…
 
The world, the West must change,
in this moment, the existential threat,
we must rise to the challenge,
that you all have faced, resolute;
From the grit of your people,
we can see a hopeful future,
you will achieve victory and
a just peace will rise…
 
----------
July 8, 2024
The grit of your people
 
July 8, 2024
Speech of Ukrainian tennis player
Elina Monfils (@ElinaSvitolina)
https://x.com/U24_gov_ua/status/1810346843143876804
on her victory at Wimbledon,
overcoming the pain of the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
July 8, 2024
Words of Sergiy Kyslytsya,
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations,
https://x.com/SergiyKyslytsya/status/1810379672225546408
on the ignominy of Russia being the President
of the UN Security Council tomorrow
on the day the Security Council addresses the attack on
Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv
&
Edited July 2, 2024
This madness must end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/this-madness-must-end-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the power of these words – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-power-of-these-words-v2.html
Edited June 29, 2024
A just peace must rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-just-peace-must-rise-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2024
Making 1945 Happen – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/making-1945-happen-v2.html
Merged June 24, 2024
Extending 1938 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/extending-1938-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, 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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, Kyiv,
 
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