This poem is in support of all those in the Ukraine and was inspired by Jane Dougherty’s poem, On Days of Wind . Please read Jane’s poem. I have borrowed the painting Jane used which is a painting by Franz Marc, killed at Verdun in 1916.
The washing hangs abandoned
In the Ukraine, blooded and singed
Cowering not from the wind but from the bombs .
It is tethered to a line, an invisible line
Everyone has forgotten and it stays Abandoned in the cold wind and snow.
It’s a symbol of the people
Made refugee
Hanging between life and death
Bombarded by those with no conscience
Empty promises of safe passage
Hanging on the invisible line
We must not dessert them.
© willowdot21
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willowdot21 
Mar 07, 2022 @ 15:55:01
Beautiful, gripping, grim, but honest.
Mar 07, 2022 @ 15:56:15
Thank you Alice I find this all so saddening.🇺🇦🇬🇧💜
Mar 07, 2022 @ 15:59:53
It is, the ordinary people in both countries are te victims, neither started this war. Both will suffer for years.
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:08:27
Yes indeed and the Russian people are being lied to. Most believe Ukraine are the aggressor which is just not true .Putin is evil.
Mar 07, 2022 @ 17:25:56
Yes, he is.
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:28:27
Indeed
Mar 07, 2022 @ 15:59:38
Thanks for the mention, Willow. It’s begun in earnest, hasn’t it? Yet there are still people slagging off Zelensky, the Ukranians, and calling them the aggressors.
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:05:03
Miss information is rife the Russians are being spoon fed shit and kept in the dark. It’s called mushroom management. I feel so sorry for the refugees life must be unbearable. 💜
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:10:50
The Russians have been tampering with elections, manipulating social media and spooning the world fake news for years. Some, including Trump and the Tory party have colluded with them. But not enough people think it’s wrong.
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:13:57
I certainly do and looking at all the corruption and collusion I am praying for a draft to send the house of cards to crumble!
Mar 07, 2022 @ 18:53:19
There’s a feeling like that all over here too.
Mar 07, 2022 @ 19:07:45
🤞🤞🤞🤞
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:08:26
A lovely poem for a tragic truth.
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:08:46
My heart is bleeding 💔
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:08:58
Same here
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:10:28
I know 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:11:18
Wonderful lines for the times 💙💛
Mar 07, 2022 @ 16:14:41
Thank you Paula my heart just bleeds.🇬🇧🇺🇦💜
Mar 07, 2022 @ 17:52:50
This is poignant 💜🙏🏼
Mar 07, 2022 @ 17:55:41
Thank you Sis 💜
Mar 07, 2022 @ 18:27:25
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Mar 07, 2022 @ 21:57:18
Explicit and powerful words Willow … Your introduction stanza is a superrb piece of poetic imagery .. ☮🤗🌏💛💙
Mar 07, 2022 @ 22:29:47
Thank you Ivor my heart is bleeding 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Mar 07, 2022 @ 22:56:06
You have a gift for expressing these concerns. This is very good (sad, but very good).
Mar 08, 2022 @ 07:09:51
Thank you so much Dan ,it’s written from the heart. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Mar 08, 2022 @ 02:34:46
Beautiful poem Willow. A heartfelt poem expressing the feelings of most of us.
Mar 08, 2022 @ 07:07:45
It’s such a terrible situation 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Mar 08, 2022 @ 07:15:12
Very true my friend
Mar 08, 2022 @ 08:58:15
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Mar 08, 2022 @ 09:56:22
Thank you for spreading my poem
Mar 08, 2022 @ 11:20:14
Oh my, this is very heart rending, Willow.
Mar 08, 2022 @ 12:37:21
The whole situation is Robbie 💜 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Mar 16, 2022 @ 12:57:19
Heart rending! Oh my… May God bless the world.
Mar 16, 2022 @ 13:47:31
Yes indeed Isha I do agree 💜
Mar 18, 2022 @ 22:51:59
May I use this poem for my blog as I’m doing a series on Ukraine. This would be fitting.
Mar 18, 2022 @ 22:57:02
Hello,yes you may use it as a reblog and credit to me/ my blog. It is a poem close to my heart at the moment.💜🇺🇦🇬🇧
Mar 23, 2022 @ 06:19:18
Thank you for the link
May 05, 2022 @ 13:53:58
Hi, willow! This is so powerful, and so beautiful!
I hope your ok! Missing you on my blog! Xoxo
May 05, 2022 @ 14:28:25
Hi Carol Anne sorry I have had to take a little break from comments I will be back tomorrow I hope. I was just drowning and have just had to spend sometime relaxing. I am not avoiding you 💜💜💜💜💜☺️☺️☺️
May 05, 2022 @ 16:55:57
Oh don’t worry Willow, I didn’t think you were avoiding me LOL 😉
May 05, 2022 @ 17:06:33
Good because I wasn’t 💜