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Ukraine Rain - the Holodomor 1932-33

The Ukraine rain fell long and hard
From clouds above on high,
But what were shed 
Were tears of red
To spill on fields awry.

As storms of rage passed o'er the land
A horseman through it rode.
A black horse day
Of wild dismay
As floods of red rain flowed.

Beneath the yellow and the blue
The Ukraine rain poured on,
It steeped the ground
For miles around
And harvest yield was gone.

As people cried and people died,
The pain of rain aflame;
With nought to eat
The yellow wheat
Was plundered beyond shame

And all about the crippled souls
Would weep through blood red eyes
As once again
The Ukraine rain
Screamed down from blood red skies.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022




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Date: 3/1/2022 4:50:00 AM
This is so sad. Wonderful rhyme scheme and flow. Take care and may God bless you and keep you.
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Alan Jeeves
Date: 3/1/2022 6:25:00 AM
Quite so, Valerie. That particular part of the world has seen many sad times and, no doubt, are to see many more. Thank you for looking in and reading 'Ukraine Rain', you comments are most welcome. Kind regards, Alan
Date: 2/25/2022 1:45:00 AM
They say history repeats itself and here we are again. Well written Alan, it's a sad day for humanity. Tom
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Alan Jeeves
Date: 2/25/2022 5:19:00 AM
Yes Tom, here we are in 2022 with little learned from the past. How strange that if I mention the Holocaust most people know what I am talking about yet, if the Holodomor is spoken of very few know of that. It is estimated (by Anne Applebaum in her book 'Red Famine') that c.4 million Ukrainians died in 1932/33. Thanks for your interest Tom. Kind regards, Alan.

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