Claire V. Bogdanos

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

OUR DANCING SHOES ( 2019 ) 2019/02/14

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When I was but a child of three 

My nana made costumes for me 

Because I danced upon the stage 

At such a very early age. 

It was the time of childhood stars 

And “black and whites” bout men from Mars 

Now my grandpa, he sure could tap 

He’d dance till dawn if people clapped. 

It seemed so natural to me 

To imitate what I did see 

For years I danced my heart away 

And if I could, I would today !    

 

AT THE AGE OF 2 ( 1933 ) I BEGAN TAP LESSONS WITH

THE SWIFT SISTERS ON WASHINGTON ST.  HOBOKEN, NJ

MY SISTER  ( 9 YEARS YOUNGER )  STUDIED WITH BEN

BLUE AND RUBY KEELER AT JOURNAL SQUARE, J.C. STUDIO

ALL MY SONS STUDIED WITH BETTY BYRD HOCTOR IN

HOHOKUS, N.J. FOR THEIR EARLY YEARS AND MOVED ON TO

FRED KELLY’S STUDIO ON KINDERKAMACK ROAD IN ORADELL

FOR ADVANCED LESSONS. HE WAS GENE KELLY’S BROTHER !

THEY ALL DANCED AND STILL DO !

 

 

 

SPECIAL TRUST ( 2019 ) 2019/02/09

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 4:41 am
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I’d like to take this time to say

Thanks to you who helped share my day

And all who left while others stayed

Became my friends or passed away.

I’ll miss you all and hope you know

My prayers are with you as you go

Each one of you has taught me this

That life’s comprised of tears and bliss.

What matters most, as time rolls by

That we, in hope, good sense apply

For friendship is a crucial must

A gift of love and special trust !

 

 

 

NO REMEMBER WHEN ( 2019 ) 2019/02/07

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:58 am
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I cannot bear this sadness

It tears my heart to bits

I need no cloak of gladness

This garment never fits.

 

There is no real contentment

I shall not rest in peace

I can’t forget resentment

Until I find release.

 

There is no happy ending

We’ll never meet again

No sense in my pretending

There’s no remember when !

 

 

NOT WITH FEAR ( 2019 ) 2019/01/31

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:31 am
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Now I have lived so many years

Years filled with hope and thick with tears

Times when I thought that I was done

And others that were full of fun.

I’ve known the wars and tragedy

And lost those who were dear to me

I left my heart on foreign shore

For those that I shall see no more.

Sometimes  I’ve wondered how I could

Because my heart’s not made of wood

My thanks to God, I’ve come this far

I’m battle weary but unscarred.

I sense that I’ve withstood the test

And hope I’ve given all my best

The end for sure draws ever near

I face my God but not with fear !

 

AMEN.

 

 

 

 

WE CANNOT MEND ( 2019 ) 2019/01/28

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 3:38 am
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Of all our days now passing by

That bring us closer to the end

With standards that our faith apply

To witness and to be a friend,

This is the method each must try

To God above, a message send .

What ere Your will, we shall rely

Upon You Lord, we all depend

For all are Yours and as we cry

Without Your love, we cannot mend !

 

 

 

HAPPINESS IS UP TO YOU ( 2019 ) 2019/01/23

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:20 am
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Oh, how I wish that I had been

The apple on old Adam’s tree

I’d shake my leaves and tuck them in

To keep his idle hands off me.

I’d tell him not to take a bite

Before the troubles could begin

When he and Eve, out of some spite

Took Satan’s dare right on the chin.

Oh, sad the day man was denied,

Remembering in all you do

That God to us has never lied

Your happiness is up to you !

 

 

I’M MINDFUL ( 2019 ) 2019/01/21

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That sometimes love may waste away

When it can find no place to stay

To learn at last life’s saddest part

Trying to piece a broken heart !

 

ENDLESS FAITH ( 2019 ) 2019/01/14

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 1:25 am
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Too many dreams have gone astray

Or run aground along the way

Too many hopes have disappeared

In clouds of rising silent fear

Think positive in all you do

Your endless faith will see you through !

 

IT’S CALLED SADNESS ( 2019 ) 2019/01/11

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 4:26 am
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There’s an instant lonesomeness in the whispering of the winds

That fills the heart with loneliness before each day begins

There is a moment of darkness that dims all of our sights

A prelude to the blindness that precedes life’s true delights !

 

THE JOY OF LOVE ( 2019 ) 2019/01/09

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 3:49 am
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There is a joy that loving brings

With laughter and a smile that sings

A twinkle that does cause the eyes

To shine and light the darkest skies.

Keep positive in all you do

Remember lessons taught to you

Thank God each day for every gift

Beg Him to all your spirits lift

Take care you are divorced from spite

Continue prayers both day and night !

 

 

 

 

LIVE LONG TOO ( 2019 ) 2019/01/08

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 3:13 am
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There is an oak outside my door

That stretches up ten stories more

There is no way that I can see

The sidewalk to the left of me.

This ancient tree is truly old

Devoid of nicks and is not bald

Her branches spread this way and that

She wears them like a giant hat .

And when it rains the ground is dry

Because her leaves are piled so high

Oft do I think, about those trees

That gently sway into the breeze

I’d like to know what I can do

To be that free and live long too !

 

 

 

 

I’LL VISIT AGAIN ( 2019 ) 2019/01/07

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 2:08 am
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Well my dear, I saw an old friend today

With her soft pink skin and her hair of gray

Her eyes so clear framed by those gentle curls

She must have been the prettiest of girls.

As we sat there together I could see

That she struggled hard to remember me

She was a stranger that I knew so well

There’s no point to the oldtime tales retell.

I’m sorry that my dear friend has moved on

But I’ll visit again ere we’re both gone !

 

TO ROSA,  GOD BLESS !

 

DAY OF RECKONING ( 2019 ) 2019/01/04

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 1:12 am
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I thank You Lord, for all my dreams

And all my silly hare-brained schemes,

For all the joy that I have known

In spite of all life’s sadness shown.

Like those whose paths have crossed with mine

Adding to that,  past valentines,

A birthday message gone astray

Or those I’ve loved who went away,

Remember Lord that I’m still here

My day of reckoning grows near !

 

AMEN.

 

 

SPECIAL CROSS ( 2018 ) 2018/12/30

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 5:54 am
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Lord, how much longer must we wait

To meet our Maker, seal our faith

What vision is it we need see,

Embrace our hearts and set us free ?

What battle more than we shall dare

Or journey far that all may share,

Where in the end of win or loss

Each faces his own special cross !

 

 

 

 

IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY ( 2018 ) 2018/12/25

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 8:47 am
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Have you heard the bells on Christmas Day

When the old familiar carols play

Their sounds all echoing on the air

How I’ve wished that we could all be there.

Let the music and voices be raised

To our God on high singing His praise

Though those we love may be far away

Please send them our love this Christmas Day !

 

 

THE LIGHT OF GOD ( 2018 ) 2018/12/21

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 3:31 am
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There is a light from up above

That glows with God’s unending love

And smiles upon we here below

Who daily dream and pray and grow.

It emanates from moon and stars

From sun to sun clear out to Mars

And finally as life’s end nears

We are all forced to face our fears.

That special light moves within reach

Of principles our Lord did teach

Stretch out to grab that blessed light

And clutch it close til last goodnight !

 

PLEASANTRIES ( 2018 ) 2018/12/20

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For those of you who came to stay

And others who just went away

Some traveled far and wandered wide

And searched in vain the other side

But friends remember golden days

And cover them with sugar glaze !

 

AMEN.

 

COME LIVE WITH ME ( 2018 ) 2018/12/18

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 9:17 pm
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Oh blessed Lord, come live with me

Invade my heart eternally

Help me to keep my life in line

And with your aid, I will be fine.

Oh Lord God, hear my simple plea

There is no place I’d rather be

Than safe with You each day to rise

Forever more in Paradise !

 

 

 

THE RISING OF THE SUN ( 2018 )

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:48 am
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Sometimes the words get in the way

Of all those thoughts we have to say

Like all the angels in the skies

Whose wings do bid us sweet goodbyes

Or shutters closed ‘gainst bitter cold

Burst open for each sunshine’s role

Like evening prayer before we sleep

Filled with our promises to keep

Our lives in order,  should He come

Before the rising of the sun !

 

 

HOWEVER LONG ( 2018 ) 2018/12/17

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:01 am
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There is a numbness I can feel

Somehow I think it can’t be real

It just won’t leave, try as I may

However long do feelings stay ?

 

TO THOSE WHO CARE ( 2018 ) 2018/12/15

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 6:52 am
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The wheels of justice do turn round and round

Until the pendulum of life has found

All of the many strengths that each displays

In the intensity of God’s clear gaze.

He is not fooled by acts of ignorance

In order to achieve one’s recompense

Our God who reigns above is wise and fair

Rewarding all who care enough to share !

 

YOUR LAST CHANCE ( 2018 ) 2018/12/14

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 1:22 am
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One day you’re here and then you’re gone

While every other soul moves on

The time’s arrived when you are done

Tis soon an end to all begun.

There really is no second chance

Except for that last parting glance

So soak it up, the final perk

Tighten your belt and get to work !

 

 

YOUR PRAISE ( 2018 ) 2018/12/13

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 3:47 am
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Thank you, dear Lord for the strength and the will

To keep hope alive when the option’s nil

When the journey’s o’er and our lives are done

We’ll sing Your praise with each Angelus rung !

 

 

 

FOOLISH ERRANDS ( 2018 ) 2018/12/12

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:46 am
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The skeletons of life parade

Across the doorway of the mind

Where most decisions have been made

And chances, good and bad do wind.

The time is now, let us declare

The love of God is on our side

Before we channel, let’s beware

This cannot be a foolish ride !

 

 

I’VE CRIED AND CRIED ( 2018 ) 2018/12/09

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 10:21 am
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It’s been awhile since you’ve been gone

I find it hard to carry on

My days are long, the hours unwind

To seek the peace I cannot find.

A part of me has lost its way

The rest seems to have gone astray

I heard those last words that you said

They are imbedded in my head

O’er every word, I’ve cried and cried

My son, for you, I would have died !

 

 

 

HUMAN DIGNITY ( 2018 ) 2018/12/08

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:48 am
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So many words are ever sweet

And rest in bundles at my feet

Syllables echoed on my ear

The sound of which I yearn to hear.

I do enjoy the accolades

Of ages past, forgotten days,

When men of words would have their sway

And you and I might nod “hooray”

For those of old much braver be

To speak for human dignity !

 

 

ONE MORE CHANCE ( 2018 ) 2018/12/06

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 3:51 am
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There are some memories I keep

That intrude on my deepest sleep

They form a wall seems made of stone

That forces me to walk alone.

Tis not what keeps me up at night,

In hours twixt darkness and the light

Which is the time I fear the most

When lonliness turns into host.

Oh for the chance once more to be

A child of faith at Jesus’ knee

Forgive me Lord, all of my sin

Hear me dear God and let me in !

 

 

WHAT DO I SEE ? ( 2018 ) 2018/12/05

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:54 am
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I look around, what do I spy

The naked limbs of barren trees

With leaves in piles about sky-high,

Leftover ice from last night’s freeze,

Snapshots of early morning find

Still crusted on the window’s ledge

A lacy pattern left behind

By remnants of the autumn sedge.

The winter has its own brigades

An army of invading knaves

Of frost and snow and ice cascades

That from the bitter cold here saves !