#Freezing in the #Darkness – v4 #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy #cold

Russia must be stopped,
their goal of death, of genocide,
erasure, destruction of Ukraine,
their cruelty on full display,
callous indifference to life,
to humanity, to the innocents…
 
Freezing in the darkness,
A long, brutal winter is upon us…
The temperatures have dropped
with no heat, no power, nothing truly,
but the ancient courage, the resolve,
of these brave, courageous people…
 
Millions in the dark, in the cold,
bitter temperatures plummeting,
lost in the geopolitics of the moment,
delays, hesitations, fears not to
torment the oppressor, the archers,
when the people stand in the breach…
 
Resolve their only hope, the unity of these people,
weathering on together, alone in their struggle,
because this is a fight for their nation’s survival…
The cold, nature itself, their enemy, the challenge,
because the world waited to assist them,
to fight against the face of evil…
 
The world must again unite to aid in recovery,
to restore what was destroyed, to prepare
for more terror, their crimes of genocide,
to join them on the wall, the ramparts,
to stand on guard with them, to defeat
their plans for evil, to rise as civilization
beside this noble nation…
 
-----------
Edited January 12, 2026
Freezing in the Darkness – v4
 
August 27, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/freezing-in-darkness.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 September 19, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike the Archers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-archers-v2.html
Edited September 17, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike Back – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-back-v3.html
Edited September 10, 2024
A just peace must rise – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-just-peace-must-rise-v4.html
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy

Freezing in darkness - v3

The aggressor must be stopped,

their cruelty on full display,

their goal of death, of genocide,

destruction of this nation,

callous indifference to life,

to humanity, to the innocents…

Freezing in the darkness,

the long brutal winter coming,

too soon the temperatures will drop,

with no heat, no power, nothing truly,

but the ancient courage, the resolve,

of this brave, courageous people…

Millions in the dark, in the cold,

bitter temperatures will plummet,

lost in the geopolitics of the moment,

the delays, the hesitations, the fears,

not to torment the oppressor, the archers,

when the people stand in the breach…

Resolve their only hope, the unity of this people,

weathering on together, alone in their struggle,

because this is a fight for their nation’s survival,

the cold, nature itself, their enemy, the challenge,

because the world waited to assist them,

to fight against the face of evil… 

The world must again unite, to aid in recovery,

to restore what was destroyed, to prepare

for more terror, their crimes of genocide,

to join them on the wall, the ramparts,

to stand on guard with them, to defeat

their plans for evil, to rise as civilization

beside this noble nation…

-----------
Edited September 23, 2024

Freezing in the Darkness – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/freezing-in-darkness-v2.html
Edited September 19, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike the Archers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-archers-v2.html
Edited September 17, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike Back – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-back-v3.html
Edited September 10, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
Edited September 10, 2024
A just peace must rise – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-just-peace-must-rise-v4.html
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.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, 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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy

Freezing in the Darkness – v3

The aggressor must be stopped,
their cruelty on full display,
their goal of death, of genocide,
destruction of this nation,
callous indifference to life,
to humanity, to the innocents…
 
Freezing in the darkness,
the long brutal winter coming,
too soon the temperatures will drop,
with no heat, no power, nothing truly,
but the ancient courage, the resolve,
of this brave, courageous people…
 
Millions in the dark, in the cold,
bitter temperatures will plummet,
lost in the geopolitics of the moment,
the delays, the hesitations, the fears,
not to torment the oppressor, the archers,
when the people stand in the breach…
 
Resolve their only hope, the unity of this people,
weathering on together, alone in their struggle,
because this is a fight for their nation’s survival,
the cold, nature itself, their enemy, the challenge,
because the world waited to assist them,
to fight against the face of evil…
 
The world must again unite, to aid in recovery,
to restore what was destroyed, to prepare
for more terror, their crimes of genocide,
to join them on the wall, the ramparts,
to stand on guard with them, to defeat
their plans for evil, to rise as civilization
beside this noble nation…
 
-----------
Edited September 23, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness – v3
 
Edited September 19, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike the Archers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-archers-v2.html
Edited September 17, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike Back – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-back-v3.html
Edited September 10, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
Edited September 10, 2024
A just peace must rise – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-just-peace-must-rise-v4.html
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.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, 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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy,
 
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Freezing in the darkness - v2

Freezing in the darkness,
the long brutal winter coming,
too soon the temperatures will drop,
with no heat, no power, nothing truly,
but the ancient courage, the resolve,
of this brave, courageous people…
 
Millions in the dark, in the cold,
bitter temperatures will plummet,
lost in the geopolitics of the moment,
the delays, the hesitations, the fears,
not to torment the oppressor, the archers,
when the people stand in the breach…
 
Resolve their only hope, the unity of this people,
weathering on together, alone in their struggle,
because this is a fight for their nation’s survival,
the cold, nature itself, their enemy, the challenge,
because the world waited to assist them,
to fight against the face of evil…

-----------
Edited September 10, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness – v2
 
Edited September 10, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
September 10, 2024
Let Ukraine Strike Back
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/let-ukraine-strike-back.html
Edited September 10, 2024
A just peace must rise – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-just-peace-must-rise-v4.html
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
&
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
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 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited May 22, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood.html
&
May 22, 2024
Free the hands of our ally – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/free-hands-of-our-ally-v3.html
Edited May 22, 2024
While their bombers are in the air
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/while-their-bombers-are-in-air.html
&
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
May 20, 2024
X post by Тетяна Denford
and my responses
&
May 22, 2024
The streets of Kharkiv run red with the blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with.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, 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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy

Praying someone in power…

Watching their videos, their anguish,
terror and devastation, unleashed,
posting words of despair, resolute,
against their crimes, their genocide…
 
Praying someone in power,
will stop, that they will listen,
that they would end this madness,
this moment, this now, today…
 
They have the power, responsibility,
their decisions have real meaning,
consequence now and in the future,
they must act wisely, compassionately,
 
Before it is too late…
 
I pray that they will wake up,
that the world will take action,
to end the madness, the terror,
starting right now, today…
 
-----------
August 27, 2024
Praying someone in power…
 
August 27, 2024
The Flag of their Independence
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-flag-of-their-independence.html
Ukraine National Flag Day – August 23, 2024
Ukraine Independence Day – August 24, 2024
August 27, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/freezing-in-darkness.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 27, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood-v2.html
after the attacks on Kyiv as well
August 25, 2024
Too close to the border
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/too-close-to-border.html
Edited August 20, 2024
Paralyzed by red-lines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/paralyzed-by-red-lines-v2.html
About US policy limiting the use of US provided weapons
inside Russia by Ukraine’s military.
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
&
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
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 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited May 22, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood.html
&
May 22, 2024
Free the hands of our ally – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/free-hands-of-our-ally-v3.html
Edited May 22, 2024
While their bombers are in the air
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/while-their-bombers-are-in-air.html
&
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
May 20, 2024
X post by Тетяна Denford
and my responses
&
May 22, 2024
The streets of Kharkiv run red with the blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with.html
May 22, 2024
X Post by Iryna Volchuk.
"The streets of Kharkiv run red with the blood of innocents, victims of the genocide being perpetrated by russia."
(Forwarded by me to POTUS)
&
May 20, 2024
Do the mothers in Russia know? – v7 (converting Ukrainian back to English)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/do-mothers-in-russia-know-v7.html
Edited May 20, 2024
Чи знають матері в Росії? – v6 (in Ukrainian)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v6.html
Edited May 20, 2024
Знают ли мамы в России? – v5 (in Russian)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v5.html
May 20, 2024
Do the mothers in Russia know? – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/do-mothers-in-russia-know-v4.html
(In English)
&
Edited/merged May 20, 2024
Free the hands of our ally – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/free-hands-of-our-ally-v2.html
Edited May 20, 2024
While the bombers are in the air – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/while-bombers-are-in-air-v2.html
Edited May 20, 2024
Blood of the innocents – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/blood-of-innocents-v2.html
Edited May 20, 2024
We grieve for the innocents – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/we-grieve-for-innocents-v2.html
&
Edited May 16, 2024
Чи знають матері в #Росії? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v3.html
(in Ukrainian)
Edited May 16, 2024
Знают ли мамы в России? – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v2.html
(in Russian)
&
May 15, 2024
Do mothers in Russia know?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/blog-post.html
(in English and Russian)
As of 5/15/2024, reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine,
#Russian military casualties, including deaths and loss of combat capability due to injuries.
- 1,510 personnel yesterday,
- 9,510 in the last week,
- 32,520 in the last 30 days,
- 87,850 in the last 3 months, and
- 486,940 over the course of the war...
&
May 13, 2024
Hasten Ukraine’s Victory
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/hasten-ukraines-victory.html
Edited April 29, 2024
No more half-measures - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/no-more-half-measures-v2.html
April 29, 2024
Defeated by half-measures
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/defeated-by-half-measures.html
April 29, 2024
Edited April 22, 2024
Ukraine cannot wait – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-cannot-wait-v3.html
April 4, 2024
a proxy bleeding
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-proxy-bleeding.html
Edited April 2, 2024
Ukraine must win – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-must-win-v3.html
Edited March 31, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v4.html
&
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.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, 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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy, Kharkiv, Kyiv,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy #Kharkiv #Kyiv

The Flag of their Independence

The flag of their independence,
their identity as a nation, a people,
red with the blood of the heroes,
stained with the blood of martyrs,
of far too many innocents lost…
 
The flag of their independence,
tied to this ancient people, their resolve,
standing in the gap where others do not,
a bulwark against the evil, the conquest,
terror, genocide unleashed against them…
 
The flag of their independence,
evoking their land, this promise,
their resolve, their courage will reap,
a harvest of justice, of recovery,
a just peace will surely rise…

-----------
August 27, 2024
The Flag of their Independence

Ukraine National Flag Day – August 23, 2024
Ukraine Independence Day – August 24, 2024
&
August 27, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/freezing-in-darkness.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 27, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood-v2.html
after the attacks on Kyiv as well
August 25, 2024
Too close to the border
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/too-close-to-border.html
Edited August 20, 2024
Paralyzed by red-lines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/paralyzed-by-red-lines-v2.html
About US policy limiting the use of US provided weapons
inside Russia by Ukraine’s military.
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
&
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
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 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited May 22, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood.html
&
May 22, 2024
Free the hands of our ally – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/free-hands-of-our-ally-v3.html
Edited May 22, 2024
While their bombers are in the air
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/while-their-bombers-are-in-air.html
&
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
May 20, 2024
X post by Тетяна Denford
and my responses
&
May 22, 2024
The streets of Kharkiv run red with the blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with.html
May 22, 2024
X Post by Iryna Volchuk.
"The streets of Kharkiv run red with the blood of innocents, victims of the genocide being perpetrated by russia."
(Forwarded by me to POTUS)
&
May 20, 2024
Do the mothers in Russia know? – v7 (converting Ukrainian back to English)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/do-mothers-in-russia-know-v7.html
Edited May 20, 2024
Чи знають матері в Росії? – v6 (in Ukrainian)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v6.html
Edited May 20, 2024
Знают ли мамы в России? – v5 (in Russian)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v5.html
May 20, 2024
Do the mothers in Russia know? – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/do-mothers-in-russia-know-v4.html
(In English)
&
Edited/merged May 20, 2024
Free the hands of our ally – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/free-hands-of-our-ally-v2.html
Edited May 20, 2024
While the bombers are in the air – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/while-bombers-are-in-air-v2.html
Edited May 20, 2024
Blood of the innocents – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/blood-of-innocents-v2.html
Edited May 20, 2024
We grieve for the innocents – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/we-grieve-for-innocents-v2.html
&
Edited May 16, 2024
Чи знають матері в #Росії? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v3.html
(in Ukrainian)
Edited May 16, 2024
Знают ли мамы в России? – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v2.html
(in Russian)
&
May 15, 2024
Do mothers in Russia know?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/blog-post.html
(in English and Russian)
As of 5/15/2024, reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine,
#Russian military casualties, including deaths and loss of combat capability due to injuries.
- 1,510 personnel yesterday,
- 9,510 in the last week,
- 32,520 in the last 30 days,
- 87,850 in the last 3 months, and
- 486,940 over the course of the war...
&
May 13, 2024
Hasten Ukraine’s Victory
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/hasten-ukraines-victory.html
Edited April 29, 2024
No more half-measures - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/no-more-half-measures-v2.html
April 29, 2024
Defeated by half-measures
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/defeated-by-half-measures.html
April 29, 2024
Edited April 22, 2024
Ukraine cannot wait – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-cannot-wait-v3.html
April 4, 2024
a proxy bleeding
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-proxy-bleeding.html
Edited April 2, 2024
Ukraine must win – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-must-win-v3.html
Edited March 31, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v4.html
&
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.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, 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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy

Freezing in the Darkness

Freezing in the darkness,
The long brutal winter coming,
Too soon the temperatures will drop,
With no heat, no power, nothing,
But the ancient courage, the resolve,
Of this brave, courageous people…
 
Millions in the dark, in the cold,
Bitter temperatures will plummet,
Lost in the geopolitics of the moment,
The delays, the hesitations, the fear,
Not to torment the oppressor, the archers,
When the people stand in the breach…
 
Resolve their only hope, the unity of this people,
Weathering on together, alone if they must,
Because this is a fight for their survival,
The cold, nature itself, their enemy, the challenge,
Because the world waited to assist them,
To fight against the face of evil…

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August 27, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness
 
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 27, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood-v2.html
after the attacks on Kyiv as well
August 25, 2024
Too close to the border
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/too-close-to-border.html
Edited August 20, 2024
Paralyzed by red-lines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/paralyzed-by-red-lines-v2.html
About US policy limiting the use of US provided weapons
inside Russia by Ukraine’s military.
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
&
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
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 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
Edited May 22, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood.html
&
May 22, 2024
Free the hands of our ally – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/free-hands-of-our-ally-v3.html
Edited May 22, 2024
While their bombers are in the air
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/while-their-bombers-are-in-air.html
&
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
May 20, 2024
X post by Тетяна Denford
and my responses
&
May 22, 2024
The streets of Kharkiv run red with the blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with.html
May 22, 2024
X Post by Iryna Volchuk.
"The streets of Kharkiv run red with the blood of innocents, victims of the genocide being perpetrated by russia."
(Forwarded by me to POTUS)
&
May 20, 2024
Do the mothers in Russia know? – v7 (converting Ukrainian back to English)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/do-mothers-in-russia-know-v7.html
Edited May 20, 2024
Чи знають матері в Росії? – v6 (in Ukrainian)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v6.html
Edited May 20, 2024
Знают ли мамы в России? – v5 (in Russian)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v5.html
May 20, 2024
Do the mothers in Russia know? – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/do-mothers-in-russia-know-v4.html
(In English)
&
Edited/merged May 20, 2024
Free the hands of our ally – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/free-hands-of-our-ally-v2.html
Edited May 20, 2024
While the bombers are in the air – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/while-bombers-are-in-air-v2.html
Edited May 20, 2024
Blood of the innocents – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/blood-of-innocents-v2.html
Edited May 20, 2024
We grieve for the innocents – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/we-grieve-for-innocents-v2.html
&
Edited May 16, 2024
Чи знають матері в #Росії? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v3.html
(in Ukrainian)
Edited May 16, 2024
Знают ли мамы в России? – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/v2.html
(in Russian)
&
May 15, 2024
Do mothers in Russia know?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/blog-post.html
(in English and Russian)
As of 5/15/2024, reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine,
#Russian military casualties, including deaths and loss of combat capability due to injuries.
- 1,510 personnel yesterday,
- 9,510 in the last week,
- 32,520 in the last 30 days,
- 87,850 in the last 3 months, and
- 486,940 over the course of the war...
&
May 13, 2024
Hasten Ukraine’s Victory
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/hasten-ukraines-victory.html
Edited April 29, 2024
No more half-measures - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/no-more-half-measures-v2.html
April 29, 2024
Defeated by half-measures
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/defeated-by-half-measures.html
April 29, 2024
Edited April 22, 2024
Ukraine cannot wait – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-cannot-wait-v3.html
April 4, 2024
a proxy bleeding
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-proxy-bleeding.html
Edited April 2, 2024
Ukraine must win – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-must-win-v3.html
Edited March 31, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v4.html
&
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.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, 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, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, terror, genocide, self-defense, winter, energy,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #strikethearchers #LetUkraineStrikeBack #winter #energy