#angels in the #temple #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #admit #angels #2Kings6 #Matthew21

a presence palpable, an army,
though my vision was clouded,
sensing their hands in prayer
resting on every shoulder...
 
angels in the temple
saints who love us
praying for us, touching,
our bodies, our souls...
 
we cannot see them
but I felt them with us
guardians of our hearts
seeking our good...
 
just for those moments
as he prayed this scripture
love surrounding each saint,
worshiping, in prayer...

================
April 14, 2026
angels in the temple
 
Based on 2 Kings 6:15-18
Based on Matthew 21:12-17
Sermon, “A House of Prayer”
North Hills Church
April 14, 2026
but some doubted
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/but-some-doubted.html
Based on Matthew 28:17b
Sermon at Griggs Memorial Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
April 11, 2026
trapped in chains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/trapped-in-chains.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1, “An Important Decision”.
Samson Society meeting
April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-they-see-jesus.html
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2 (Bodhana)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, faith, pray, prayer, confession, trust, believe, forgive, change, admit, angels, 2 Kings 6, Matthew 21,
 
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#Ukrainian #Angels – v4 #poetry #Ukraine #Russia #murder #genocide #terror #warcrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #justice #NeverForget #NeverForgive #ArmUkraine #sanctions #SanctionRussia #children #angels #innocents

We must step into the shoes of parents,
facing the truth of their terror,
our children lying in coffins,
from their constant brutal attacks,
their targeting of homes, of hospitals,
human safaris, relentless,
stripping our nation of her children,
our children in the hell of their evil,
blown up, torn apart, bloodied,
pulled from the rubble of their homes,
the places where they felt safe…
 
We ache in our spirits, we stop at the images,
all the children taken from Ukraine, their parents,
those kidnapped, stolen, those attacked
in their beds, in the streets, relentless,
premeditated murder by Russia,
drones, missiles, glide bombs…
Ukrainian Angels, innocent children,
A mountain of stuffed animals,
like shoes, glasses piled at Auschwitz,
talismans, too many to number,
so painful to count the loss…
 
Where are the allies, their resolve?
Enormity of the loss, aching pain,
It is too much to fathom, we cry out,
agony of their terror unending…
Some will argue about how
The war started, about escalation,
complicity of leaders, of allies,
of Vladimir Putin, the monster, but
Arguing is a distraction, a lie,
dulling our resolve, our empathy,
that denies the awful cost…
 
Each one of these precious children,
Ukrainian Angels, genocide,
the martyrs, the heroes,
all the innocent children, victims,
taken by monsters, evil,
murdered by the aggressors…
They cry out for justice…
Never Forgive, Never Forget…
Like Nazi hunters, relentless…
They will be avenged,
as long as it takes…
 
----------
Edited January 8, 2026
Ukrainian Angels – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/ukrainian-angels-v4.html
In response to a post by General Keith Kellogg, July 16, 2025
https://x.com/generalkellogg/status/1945430450870116750
about the innocent children murdered by Russia
Edited August 30, 2025
the cost of our silence is measured in children’s lives – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-cost-of-our-silence-is-measured-in_30.html
March 16, 2022 – Bombing of Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol
July 8, 2024 – Attack on Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital, Kyiv
April 4, 2025 – Shelling of the playground in Kryvyi Rih
July 10, 2025 - Human safari FPV drone targeting a one-year-old in Kherson
Edited August 28, 2025
Дети – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/v4.html
Edited July 16, 2025
Ukraine endures – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/ukraine-endures-v2.html
Address to Ukrainians by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, July 15, 2025
https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1945005500203986997
United24 Media post on Ukrainian history
https://x.com/United24media/status/1945117118724182472
Video of 1,000 years of Ukrainian statehood
https://x.com/choucroute_67/status/1945060835732115919
Happy Ukrainian Statehood Day, July 15, 2025
Happy Day of the Baptism of Rus-Ukraine
Edited July 12, 2025
Unrelenting Terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/unrelenting-terror-v2.html
Khrystyna Boychuk, an Officer in, National Guard of Ukraine, called for more weapons for Ukraine
Edited May 19, 2025
They must each be avenged – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/they-must-each-be-avenged-v3.html
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
April 30, 2025
War Crimes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/war-crimes.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, 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, war, terror, genocide, Russia, premeditated murder, Stand With Ukraine, justice, drones, Ukraine Recovery Conference, Arm Ukraine, sanctions, children, angels,
 
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#Dance – v6

She is held within the trunk, her branches,
even though her form may be hidden, silent…
She reveals herself to a few lucky ones,
drawn to her aura, her captured dance,
seeing how she spins effortlessly…
Stopping to see her movement,
though the dawn yet calls me,
her dance in mid-step, a snapshot,
moving in her spirit, in her soul…

Her body is in motion, eternally
yet static, anchored to this earth
her feet in the hard-packed sand,
rooted in the coral underneath
standing in their front yard…
But she is moving ever, silently,
slower, faster, spinning, performing,
twirling in her spirit, in her soul…

She is a dancer frozen, alive,
as Eisenstaedt would have caught her
in mid-twirl, in a jump, airborne,
not “At the barre”, but in motion,
displaying her femininity, her power...
She is rising, dancing yet posing, freezing,
a perfect plié, a pirouette, a leap,
ascending, in her spirit, in her soul…
 
Her lines may be hidden,
her supple body covered
under a bulky uniform of bark,
obscured by a hedge of branches…
But her body is still moving,
dancing, performing,
twisting, turning, alive,
human, in her spirit, in her soul…

------------------
Edited September 1, 2025

Dance – v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/dance-v6.html

October 28, 2021
dance
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dance.html
seemingly dead tree across from our unit

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, and 2025. 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 #Florida #StAugustine #cedar #dance #dancer #ballet #waltz

#Dance – v5

Held within the trunk, her branches,
her form may be hidden, silent,
but she revealed herself to some of us,
drawn to her captured dance,
seeing how she spins effortlessly.
Stopping to see her movement
her dance in mid-step,
in her spirit, in her soul.

Her body in motion, eternally
yet static, anchored to the earth
her roots in the hard-packed sand,
in the coral underneath
standing in their front yard;
but she is moving ever, silently,
slower, faster, spinning,
in her spirit, in her soul.

A dancer frozen, alive,
as Eisenstaedt would have caught her
in mid-twirl, in a jump, airborne,
not “At the barre”, but in motion,
displaying her femininity.
dancing yet, posing, freezing,
a plie, a pirouette, a leap, ascending,
in her spirit, in her soul.

Her lines may be hidden,
her supple body covered
under a bulky uniform of bark,
obscured by a hedge of branches;
but her body is still moving,
dancing, performing,
twisting, turning, alive,
in her spirit, in her soul.

--------------------
Edited August 31, 2025
Dance – v5

October 28, 2021
dance
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dance.html
seemingly dead tree across from our unit
edited October 23, 2021
The Dance of the Pelicans – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html

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poetry, God, creation, Florida, St. Augustine, angels, branches, Maleficent, wings, cedar, dance, dancer, ballet, waltz,

#poetry #God #Florida #StAugustine #cedar #dance #dancer #ballet #waltz

#Ukrainian #Angels – v3

We ache in our spirits, we stop at the images,
all the children taken from Ukraine, their parents,
those kidnapped, stolen, those attacked
in their beds, in the streets, relentless,
premeditated murder by Russia,
drones, missiles, glide bombs…
Ukrainian Angels, innocent children,
A mountain of stuffed animals,
like shoes, glasses piled at Auschwitz,
talisman, too many to number,
so painful to count the loss…
 
Where are the allies, their resolve?
Enormity of the loss, the aching pain,
it is too much to fathom, we cry out,
agony of their terror unending…
Some will argue about how
the war started, about escalation,
complicity of leaders, of allies,
of Vladimir Putin, the monster, but
Arguing is a distraction, a lie,
dulling our resolve, our empathy,
that denies the awful cost…
 
Each one of these precious,
Ukrainian Angels, genocide,
the martyrs, the heroes,
all the innocent children,
taken by the monsters, evil,
murdered by the aggressors…
They cry out for justice…
Never Forgive, Never Forget…
Like Nazi hunters, relentless…
They will be avenged,
as long as it takes… 

 
----------
Edited July 17, 2025
Ukrainian Angels – v3
 
In response to post by General Keith Kellogg, July 16, 2025
https://x.com/generalkellogg/status/1945430450870116750
about the innocent children murdered by Russia
Edited July 16, 2025
Ukraine endures – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/ukraine-endures-v2.html
Address to Ukrainians by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, July 15, 2025
https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1945005500203986997
United24 Media post on Ukrainian history
https://x.com/United24media/status/1945117118724182472
Video of 1,000 years of Ukrainian statehood
https://x.com/choucroute_67/status/1945060835732115919
Happy Ukrainian Statehood Day, July 15, 2025
Happy Day of the Baptism of Rus-Ukraine
&
Edited July 15, 2025
Delay is Murder – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/delay-is-murder-v2.html
President Trump’s announced delay on Sanctions on Russia
Edited July 12, 2025
May aid finally come – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/may-aid-finally-come-v2.html
Maksym Furyk, Veteran of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, warned of war in NATO
Edited July 12, 2025
Unrelenting Terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/unrelenting-terror-v2.html
Khrystyna Boychuk, an Officer, National Guard of Ukraine, called for more weapons for Ukraine
Edited May 19, 2025
They must each be avenged – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/they-must-each-be-avenged-v3.html
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
April 30, 2025
War Crimes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/war-crimes.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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#Ukrainian #Angels – v2

All the children taken from them,
premeditated murder by Russia,
drones, missiles, glide bombs,
Ukrainian Angels, innocents,
too many to number,
so painful to count…
 
Some will argue about how
the war started, and escalation,
complicity of leaders, of allies,
of Vladimir Putin, the monster,
Arguing is a distraction
that denies the cost…
 
Ukrainian Angels, genocide,
all the innocent children,
murdered by the aggressors…
They cry out for justice,
Never Forgive, Never Forget,
like Nazi hunters, as long as it takes…

 
----------
Edited July 16, 2025
Ukrainian Angels – v2
 
In response to post by General Keith Kellogg, July 16, 2025
https://x.com/generalkellogg/status/1945430450870116750
about the innocent children murdered by Russia
Edited July 16, 2025
Ukraine endures – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/ukraine-endures-v2.html
Address to Ukrainians by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, July 15, 2025
https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1945005500203986997
United24 Media post on Ukrainian history
https://x.com/United24media/status/1945117118724182472
Video of 1,000 years of Ukrainian statehood
https://x.com/choucroute_67/status/1945060835732115919
Happy Ukrainian Statehood Day, July 15, 2025
Happy Day of the Baptism of Rus-Ukraine
&
Edited July 15, 2025
Delay is Murder – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/delay-is-murder-v2.html
President Trump’s announced delay on implementing
Sanctions on Russia, on July 14, 2025
Edited July 12, 2025
May aid finally come – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/may-aid-finally-come-v2.html
Twitter post by @yes_ukraine, July 11, 2025
https://x.com/yes_ukraine/status/1943694534304489629
Maksym Furyk, Veteran of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, warned of war in NATO
Edited July 12, 2025
Unrelenting Terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/unrelenting-terror-v2.html
and Twitter post by @yes_ukraine July 11, 2025
https://x.com/yes_ukraine/status/1943644762117931019
Khrystyna Boychuk, an Officer, National Guard of Ukraine, called for more weapons for Ukraine
Edited May 19, 2025
They must each be avenged – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/they-must-each-be-avenged-v3.html
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
April 30, 2025
War Crimes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/war-crimes.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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#Ukrainian #Angels #children #Ukraine

All the children taken,
murdered by Russia,
Ukrainian Angels,
too many to number,
so painful to count…
 
Some will argue about
how the war started,
the complicity of leaders,
of allies, of Vladimir Putin,
but that denies the cost…
 
Ukrainian Angels,
all the innocent children,
murdered by the aggressors…
They cry out for justice,
Never Forgive, Never Forget,
as long as it takes…

 
----------
July 16, 2025
Ukrainian Angels
 
In response to post by General Keith Kellogg
 
About the innocent children murdered by Russia,
July 16, 2025
&
Edited July 15, 2025
Delay is Murder – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/delay-is-murder-v2.html
President Trump’s announced delay on implementing
Sanctions on Russia, on July 14, 2025
Edited July 12, 2025
May aid finally come – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/may-aid-finally-come-v2.html
Twitter post by @yes_ukraine, July 11, 2025
https://x.com/yes_ukraine/status/1943694534304489629
““If Ukraine doesn’t stop Russia right now, on the front line in Ukraine, tomorrow they will come to your homes, and your sons will have to fight them back”, said Maksym Furyk, Veteran of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, during the discussion panel “No Security - No Recovery”, organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and YES on the occasion of #URC in Rome”
Edited July 12, 2025
Unrelenting Terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/unrelenting-terror-v2.html
and Twitter post by @yes_ukraine July 11, 2025
https://x.com/yes_ukraine/status/1943644762117931019
“During the discussion "No Security – No Recovery", organized by Victor Pinchuk Foundation and YES on the occasion of #URC in Rome, Khrystyna Boychuk, Officer, National Guard of Ukraine, called for more weapons for Ukraine and more decisive support of European states: “We cannot hold the front line forever. Ukrainians will keep fighting, but if you want the front line to stay where it is, your time has come. We need weapons, we need equipment, we need technologies, air defense, we need responsibility. Shared responsibility.”
Ukraine Recovery Conference (July 9 – July 11, 2025) #URC #URC2025
Edited May 19, 2025
They must each be avenged – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/they-must-each-be-avenged-v3.html
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
April 30, 2025
War Crimes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/war-crimes.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, war, terror, genocide, Russia, premeditated murder, Stand With Ukraine, justice, drones, Ukraine Recovery Conference, URC, Arm Ukraine, sanctions, children, angels,
 
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