“Lessons” in Courage: Poems for My Ukrainian Friends

By Lon Wartman

This book is a collection of poems about and for the people of Ukraine. I am a citizen of the United States of America and have never been to Ukraine. This doesn’t mean that I do not feel their pain and anger, their love for their country, their fortitude and courage. I admire them and have a deep feeling of compassion for them. The invasion by Russia of their mother land is beyond comprehension. In this day and age why would anyone wish this on an innocent people?

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781665567169

Lon Wartman

His thoughts profound, His words simple. He is a product of the western plains of Kansas where coyotes sing on starlight nights and dust boils over the plains on hot summer days. Where solitude reigns in lonesome refrains and neighbors are but the salt of the earth. His hobbies are photography and poetry; capturing moments in thought and time while portraying the beauty of the most simple of things. Long involved in the arts and politics his first book of poetry titled “365 Joyful Poems” was published in 2021. [e-mail] 1540 Symphony Hts. Monument Co. 80132

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LESSONS

in

COURAGE

Poems For My Ukrainian Friends

LON WARTMAN

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Published by AuthorHouse 09/16/2022

ISBN: 978-1-6655-6717-6 (sc)

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ISBN: 978-1-6655-6716-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022914478

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Contents

Dedication Page

Poet’s Comments/ Foreword/ Introduction

National Anthem of Ukraine

That Day The Music Died

Winters of Discontents

Don’t You Understand

600 Miles

Worlds Apart

The Winds of War

Dare We Compare

Spring Time

I Cry

Return to Me

Rivers of Blood

My Russian Friends

My Russian Friends-2

My Russian Friends-3

Super Powers

Will of The People

Let’s Ban War

I Need Music

I Write These Words

Mariupol, We Used To

Holes in My Words

Vengeance

Who will Paint This Pain

Vladimir

Leave Us

Ramifications

"What are You Going To Do?

Consequences

Vacant Responsibilities"

Fait Accompli

Maria

What Mothers Want

I Could Be

This Thing

Courage

Over My Dead Body

Bravery, Therapy for My Soul

Last Stands

What Do We Have to Lose

The Freedom Tree

Ploughs or Stones

Stay Strong

Honor

I Write of This Pain

The Refugee"

Who Do We Hold Responsible

Healing

Dear God I Plead

What is My Purpose?

A Cherished Word

Souls and Bodies We’ll Lay Down"

National Anthem of Ukraine

The Trident Symbol

Author’s Final Comments

Dedication Page

I dedicate these poems to the people of Ukraine. I am convinced that they will eventually win this war. They are a very strong willed nation fighting for and defending their right to freedom. I sincerely believe in their cause. This is a cause we freedom lovers should applaud.

Poet’s Comments/ Foreword/ Introduction

The poems in this collection concern the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the preservation of a courageous and freedom loving people. It is a collection of sad and dark poems. Poems that I was very reluctant to write. Poems that no one should ever have to