Claire V. Bogdanos

Acceptance,Knowledge,Love,New Chapter,Process,Wisdom,

A MOTHER’S LOVE ( 2019 ) 2019/04/01

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How much is it I loved you, like flowers loved the gentle rain

As soldiers loved the glory of those great battles won or gained

How can I explain God’s miracles and that which I’ve now learned

The fervor of His majesty into our hearts has been burned.

There is no other answer and to seek one would be in vain

For all we pray, we know there is not a chance we’ll meet again

I’ve promised you my darling, we shall not e’er run out of time

As long as you remember why and for whom we’ve been consigned !

 

 

 

DO WE DARE ( 2019 ) 2019/03/31

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 10:58 am
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My heart is full, I cannot bear

The loss of ones no longer there

My day begins with hope and prayer

Away, the gloom of dark despair.

With those now gone, we shall compare

A memory that all may share

Tis now, by chance won’t seem unfair

We’ll carry on,  but do we dare !

 

 

 

 

HIS FINAL CALL ( 2019 ) 2019/03/30

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 7:52 am
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Whate’er we hear or see each day,

Integrity gets in the way

Truth comes at last, who is the Beast

That rules the world and all its Least ?

We certainly are gone quite mad

In truth, most citizens are sad

Hyenas rule at every gate

The Just are cowed and much irate.

Salvation seems quite overdue

How shall we know when dreams come true

Perhaps to pray as we’ve been told

Remembering God’s promise old

Each are His children one and all

Awaiting on His final call !

 

 

 

KINDER DAYS ( 2019 ) 2019/03/29

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 11:00 am
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When I was young and quite naive

There were these myths I did believe

I’ve learned the moon’s not made of cheese,

Be sure to say “thank you” and “please”

The world has changed, I understand

But overall, life can be grand.

There is one thing I’d like to say

“A nightlight keeps the dark away”

Each happy ever after starts

When we shoo anger from our hearts

Let’s try again to learn new ways

To fill our lives with kinder days !

 

 

 

BECAUSE OF YOU ( 2019 ) 2019/03/28

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:29 am
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The world outside is dark and grim

I beg You Lord, please let me in

It matters not what I shall eat

Or whom it  is that I may meet.

Tis only in the shadow of

Your all consuming constant love

That all my hopes and dreams can be

Some part of life’s reality

I promise now that I will do

What e’er You wish that pleases You !

 

AMEN.

 

TRY TO REMEMBER ( 2019 ) 2019/03/27

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 1:13 am
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Oh dearest friend, I feel your grief

I wish to proffer some relief

You close your eyes to bar the strife

That’s happening within your life.

An agile mind that used to be

Now chained by its infirmity

Oh dearest one, you’ve come this far

Try to remember who you are !

 

 

PIECE OF CAKE ( 2019 ) 2019/03/26

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 7:49 am
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For God and Country, so it goes

How does it end, seems no one knows

We are a nation thus conceived

Of all the values we believed

We are a country young at heart

In which each one must play a part.

We can’t pretend that we are free

It must be with great certainty

The task at hand is guaranteed

To make us strong and to succeed

We shall not fail nor will we break

We’ll stay the course, God’s piece of cake !

 

PARADISE ( 2019 ) 2019/03/24

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Once was a place called Paradise

It existed longtime ago

We knew it was special and nice

There is this book that told us so.

We often wonder, growing old

If admission there is still free

Or does it take a journey bold

For simple folk like you and me ?

Who knows what is tomorrow’s share

The most we can do is to guess

And beg our Lord to take us there

It’s the key to our happiness !

 

NO DUE DATE ( 2019 ) 2019/03/23

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 7:35 am
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The past, it was, but is no more

It tip-toed out of my back door

And left behind so much regret

Twill take a lifetime to forget.

Though I don’t think it ever will

Until my heart at last lies still

I miss you now, it won’t abate

A mother’s love has no due date !

 

 

 

HOMAGE ( 2019 ) 2019/03/17

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 6:16 am
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The lonesome whistle of the train

Keeps singing to my tired brain

The trip is long and nears its end

I’m ever weary, oh my friend

And what if we should never die

How could we then embrace goodbye ?

 

THE LORD AWAITS ( 2019 ) 2019/03/16

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 8:10 am
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I thought my heart was in a bind

Because true love I could not find

No matter what I came up blank

Nothing was left on which to bank.

I’ve often wondered what went wrong

Why did it take so very long

My life’s been filled with true regret

There’s been no happy ending yet.

And chances are there never will

My stars are crossed, romance is nil

At last I am too old to care

Thank God my Lord awaits me there !

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SPEAK SOFTLY ( 2019 ) 2019/03/15

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 4:07 am
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I hear the wind, it stirs the trees

And whispers softly to the breeze

Please help me Lord because I’m lost

It matters not what e’er the cost

For I am old, prepared to die

And learning how to say goodbye !

 

TRUST IS A VIRTUE (2019) 2019/03/14

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When I was but a little child 

And life was newer, sweeter, mild 

My mother taught me many things 

About the joy that kindness brings 

And why respect’s a two way street 

When often strangers chance to meet 

The earth is precious needing care 

With trust the virtue all must share ! 

 

BE ALWAYS THERE ( 2019 ) 2019/03/13

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 3:47 am
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There is a God, I know He lives

With all the blessings that He gives

He is my Saviour and my Friend

Who’ll stick with me until the end.

I have no fear, He’ll be with me

Until I reach Eternity

I often wonder how He knows

About my fingers and my toes,

My every thought and every deed

My hopes, my dreams and every need

God is the answer to each prayer

I beg You Lord, be always there !

AMEN.

 

 

THOSE ASHES ( 2019 ) 2019/03/09

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:24 am
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Hark, what is it that I now hear

The sound of sleigh bells on my ear

Their ringing sounds so ever sweet

Oh how I pray they do repeat.

The tinkling of the bells anon

Reminding all that time moves on

Twill come and go and leave behind

Those ashes of another kind !

 

WHERE IS THE END OF SADNESS ?

 

HE LOST HIS WAY ( 2019 ) 2019/03/07

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 1:46 am
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Old Solomon, he was a king

Who did possess most everything

He was the wisest of all men

None would e’er be alike again.

His instructions came from above

Conerning God and His great love

For forty years he ruled replete

His job, God’s Temple to complete.

This task achieved in seven years

And lauded by both prayer and tears

Oh sad end for King David’s son

He’d lost his way and was undone !

 

 

 

JUST CARRY ON ( 2019 ) 2019/03/06

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 2:30 am
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Oh sad this time that’s now begun

Without an option, no not one,

There’ll be no babies that you’ll see

Upon your lap or on your knee.

You’ll never walk the marriage aisle

To see your daughters’  precious smile

Behind each veil the world may see

Such scenes will ever hide from thee.

We’re all so sorry you are gone

There’s no choice left but carry on !

 

AN ANGEL’S PROMISE ( 2019 ) 2019/03/05

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:19 am
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The angels up in heaven cry

For all the babies that will die

Ere all their lives have yet begun

In agony as one by one

They feel the thrust of surgeon’s knife

Before the ending of each life.

Our dearest Lord,  have mercy on

These tiny victims that are gone

Help all who’ve suffered from the crimes

To rise again in kinder times

There find the promise of God’s love

And help from angels up above !

 

 

ETERNAL LOVE ( 2019 ) 2019/03/04

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 3:19 am
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Outside my window I can spy

A flock of birds exiting by

The day is crisp, the air is sweet

Perhaps the winter’s in retreat.

Can you hear water dripping down

It makes this happy joyful sound

And melts into a drip, drip, drop

That seems somehow to never stop.

What if tomorrow does not come

To all of us but only some

Tis time to thank our God above

For sharing His eternal love !

 

 

 

LIFE’S SYMPHONY (2019) 2019/03/01

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:20 am
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I hear the music in my head

With words not always quite as clear

Since I arise from my small bed

All full of love and void of fear.

The world around us is a joy

Its grandeur overwhelms me so

Like all the comforts we employ

With all the treasure God may show.

The length of time and how we knew

However long, His mystery

No matter now what e’er we do

None may escape life’s symphony !

 

 

“IF I BE ALIVE” ( 2019 ) 2019/02/28

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 1:44 am
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There was a man that I used to know

He was my gardener long ago

A man of honor and good intent

Who said exactly just what he meant.

True, I knew he was a man of God

And back in those days that was not odd

He went about his work with great ease

His goal in life was to help and please.

A kindly man full of deep respect

Not an inch of ground did he neglect

His parting words I can still recall

They never changed, no not once at all.

He taught me a lesson that does survive

” See you tomorrow, if I be alive ” !

 

THANK YOU, JOHN ATANASIO !

 

 

 

A SKY FULL OF CLOUDS (2019) 2019/02/27

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 1:19 am
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Across the meadows of the sky

The scattered clouds are drifting by

Like puffs of cotton hung in space

All seeming to be out of place

The clouds diminish one by one

Until the skies of day are done !

 

AN EARFUL OF CHEER (2019) 2019/02/26

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 2:30 am
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Mocking bird, mocking bird, sing me your song

Help keep me amused through all the day long

Sing me a garrulous tune with your notes

Including for me, your mocking bird quotes,

Love your clear whistle each morning I hear

Wishing me well with an earful of cheer !

 

MY NEXT GOAL (2019) 2019/02/24

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:12 am
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Of all the joys I’ve ever known

The ones I treasure as my own

Are those that I have always spent

Enclosed under God’s earthly tent !

Days when I’m sure I can’t go on

Because the pain is never gone

It tries my patience and my faith

But love of God keeps my heart safe.

And if I keep believing thus

Another day is one more plus

I must have hope to stir my soul

And make tomorrow my next goal !

 

EXPECTATIONS (2019) 2019/02/23

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:39 am
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The wind is in the willows

The birds are on the wing

While lazing here on pillows

My heart begins to sing.

The year is growing older

Before long twill be spring

My will is growing bolder

In spite of winter’s sting.

My faith begins increasing

In every way it may

With all my fears releasing

The burden of each day !

 

 

THE GIFT OF LIFE (2019) 2019/02/22

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:24 am
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Oh gentle beast, I see you there

Alone close by your hidden lair

The winter’s been and is half gone

Tis soon the season will march on.

Those little ones who have survived

Must learn right now to keep alive

To run and hide and secret be

Escaping this  hostility.

Oh what a lesson life does teach

To all who would adulthood reach

In fact, we know the truth is cruel

This gift of life’s not meant for fools !

 

 

 

 

A LOVELY DAY (2019) 2019/02/20

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 2:45 am
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The sun has risen o’er the eaves

As shards of light do patterns weave

And all the limbs and branches seen

Cast shadows on each window screen.

Oh let the joy of morning sun

Enter each window one by one

To spread the light and share the heat

That sunshine brings when e’er we meet !

 

YOUR WILL IMPART ( 2019 ) 2019/02/17

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 3:13 am
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It is quite tiresome when one stops to think

The world outside waits trembling on the brink

We may all wish there was another way

To blink our tears and sadnesses away.

But how can we effect a change indeed

When most struggle with this same care or need

Oh faint of heart, who lack the push to start

Back up your strength and all your will impart !