Two poems I wrote almost a year ago, not thinking the war between the Ukraine and Russia would still be waging.
Painting:Title: Russian Dancers
Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date: 1899 via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/
Russian Dancers
DON’T TRUST PUTIN
Whirl and stamp, heel, toe high
Stamp those boots, drown out lies.
Hear truth before it dies
Don’t trust Putin.
Mother Russia blushes
Her Boots are made to stamp
Ukraine caught in her clamp
Don’t trust Putin.
Don’t listen to the news
Open your eyes, look
The man’s an evil crook
Don’t trust Putin.
© willowdot21.
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painting by Franz Marc, killed at Verdun in 1916.
THE EASTERN WINDS
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 
Jan 22, 2023 @ 15:04:21
It is unimaginable, isn’t it? Money and power hold the cards to the future of mankind.
Jan 22, 2023 @ 16:16:44
Yes just so daunting and not so far from home in this shrinking world 🌍💜
Jan 22, 2023 @ 15:14:35
beautiful poem and I so agree, we need to be with them to the end and beyond
Jan 22, 2023 @ 16:17:38
We can’t and won’t forget them 💜
Jan 22, 2023 @ 16:35:12
Oh, my goodness, Willow. I remember the top poem. I can’t believe it’s been a year that Ukraine has been at war. It just breaks my heart.
Jan 22, 2023 @ 16:19:36
It’s terrible isn’t it Colleen ! Yes the top one was part of Tuesday Tanka 💜💜
Jan 22, 2023 @ 21:26:15
🇺🇦 ❤️ All we can do is watch our politicians make a mess of things.
Jan 22, 2023 @ 20:34:19
Sadly that is so true 💜
Jan 22, 2023 @ 21:14:29
I know. It’s just sad. 😦
Jan 22, 2023 @ 21:15:39
It is 💜
Jan 22, 2023 @ 16:50:35
I liked both the Putin put-down and the rousing Ukrainian song.
Jan 22, 2023 @ 16:23:21
Oh! That man is so evil! …yes it’s a great song isn’t it 💜💜
Jan 22, 2023 @ 20:25:28
Great poems Willow and thanks so much for sharing that song.
Jan 22, 2023 @ 20:47:15
Thank you J. T. I am so upset by all the suffering and that song is great isn’t it 💜
Jan 22, 2023 @ 21:09:59
Oh, this resonated with me. Your poetry is as important today as when you wrote it. Thank you for including the paintings. They are perfect. Franz Marc was one of 5 modern artists in Nazi Germany whose art Eric Carle was lucky to see, from his art teacher. It changed Carle’s life and art. You know his children’s book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear- the blue horse was a ‘nod’ to Franz Marc and his famous painting Large Blue Horses. I love that story!
Jan 22, 2023 @ 21:19:00
I re posted the poems and the paintings because nothing has changed in the year in fact things seem to be even worse. I pray for peace daily but Putin is so entrenched in what he wants. I must look that book up thank you for mentioning it 💜
Jan 23, 2023 @ 15:53:54
You are so right!
Jan 23, 2023 @ 17:27:31
It only we could find a solution
Jan 23, 2023 @ 19:40:39
Yes!
Jan 23, 2023 @ 08:01:17
It’s both hard to believe it was nearly a year ago and hard to believe it will ever end. It is truly beyond cruel
Jan 23, 2023 @ 09:34:18
It’s an abomination , I feel like comparing Putin to a World War Two Megalomaniac but I have been warned not too…. Okay I think he is worse!
Jan 23, 2023 @ 17:34:49
Gosh, I remember these, sis. Who would have thought this would still be going on….?
Jan 23, 2023 @ 17:36:42
It’s heartbreaking isn’t it 💜
Jan 23, 2023 @ 17:42:40
Truly xx
Jan 23, 2023 @ 17:48:03
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