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LETTER: Maple Ridge writer pens poetic ode to Ukraine

West will triumph in war with Russia, local letter writer says
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A woman stands before the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in Russian-Ukrainian War, on Ukrainian Volunteer Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 14, 2023. (Andrew Kravchenko/Associated Press/with permission)

Dear Editor,

I realize part of my poem is some what graphic, but then so is war…. I also sent a copy of my poem to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, as I wanted to bolster his spirit and give him hope. I am also going to send my poem to Prime Minister Trudeau, and his defense minister, and foreign affairs minister. Canada and its people stand with Ukraine and its people.

Ukraine’s Resolve

Putin’s War on Ukraine

Is absolutely insane

Russia gather up your military

And get out of Ukraine territory

If not NATO will invoke article five

And Russian troops will not get out alive

Their flattened troops will be spread on the ground

And will be unrecognizable to be found

Ukraine’s military and its democratic allies will prevail

While Putin’s military and its communist allies will fail

Yip, yip, hooray for the West

Which is better than all the rest

Linda Meyer, Maple Ridge

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