Ivan Franko

A sculpture of Ukrainian Poet Laureate Ivan Franko, at The Cultural Gardens of Cleveland's Ukrainian Garden

Poem by Ivan Franko

SEMPER IDEM

Swim against the tide,

Press against the goad,

Dauntless unto death,

Bear thy heavy load.

Justice against force,

War to help the weak,

For a people cowed,

Liberty to speak.

None so far has forged

Sword for senseless hand

To destroy for aye

Freedom from the land.

There is yet no fire

Can consume in flame

Deeds by spirit wrought—

Only man's weak frame!

April 3,1880

[Tessa]

nicely captured. Like the yellow in the background

[Maggiemae]

Awe inspiring poem! He is living forever, like this!

[cglist]

Nicely framed!

[Cindy Rez]

Nice shot and great poem!!

[Danielle Greenwood]

Great capture Jim

[carol white]

Inspiring words,a very nice shot.Like the colour contrast!!

[Country Lady]

I like the yellow background with the copper color

[bkb in the city]

Great shot. I love seeing and learning about new things on 365

[stephanie dp]

the yellow flowers frame the statue very nicely.

[Cathy]

Been missing you here on 365... hope you are OK.

[Jim]

@calm Thanks Cathy. I'm fine, and glad to be back. I was becoming overwhelmed at work and needed to take some time to catch up!

[Cathy]

@yentlski I totally understand! Hope you got a chance to catch your breath so you can do something more fun... like photography!