Claire V. Bogdanos

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

GOODBYE ( 2020 ) 2020/02/21

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A  little  bit of heaven entered my life one day

Seems  so very long ago  and ever far away

And  through all the many  years he grew to be a man

He  learned to live a life complete  as most  persons can.

Well  that was yesterday  and he’s gone, by now  you  know

Never  seemed to me that he  would be the first to go

As  I  recall  every  moment of what  used to be

And  of the life  we  knew like  an  ancient  history.

But  he’s no longer here and  I miss his gentle touch

I  remember  his last words ” Mom I love you so much  ! ”

“GOODBYE”

 

A YEARNING ( 2020 ) 2020/02/19

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I’m  so  full of  rememberings

All  of the joys that  childhood  brings

With  love  and laughter  by the score

That  may  live on  forevermore.

How  marvelous  those dreams may be

A  part of our  heredity

A  yearning  for the days of  yore

To  be just  whom  we were before !

 

 

 

WELCOME ( 2020 ) 2020/01/22

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Oh,  for the days that  were and  are no more

And  those paths  that lead us to heaven’s  door

May  God be there  to greet each  as we come

With  an open heart  and the word welcome !

 

NEW CENTURY ( 2019 ) 2019/12/12

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Whomever  thought I would live to be

Alive  in  another  century

How  fast all the years have whizzed on by

With a  tender shrug and  a sad goodbye.

While  I’d  like to believe  it’s okay

Trying  to pursue  another  day

In  a world  I neither fit nor last

Since the  twentieth  century’s  passed !

AMEN.

 

WHAT USED TO BE ( 2019 ) 2019/11/29

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Oh  for the  days of what  might have been

With  memories of  remember  when,

As  the heart  recalls  the times  we knew

When  children were  as all  children do.

Their  names are tatooed  upon my brain

Like  loving words of an  old refrain

That  tugs on those  chains  of kindness past,

Of  the days  long gone  that did not last !

 

 

 

 

TIME’S RUN AWAY ( 2019 ) 2019/11/05

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 10:13 am
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There  is a joy the season brings

That dwells within rememberings

Of  times long  past and those to come

In  this old world so worrisome.

What  used to  be our yesterdays

Have  been recycled  to todays

And  we’ve recaptured  our best chance

To feel  again the  warm romance.

The world  that was,  has disappeared

To be  forgotten as we feared

Tis sad  that time  must runaway

To leave  but hours to  love and pray !

 

 

 

SAVED ( 2019 ) 2019/11/02

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What  I  leave behind,  of little  note

Are so many  words,  through life,  I wrote

Perhaps  some  few that you may here find

With  time through  memories,  shall  rewind

My  heart is true  and  oftimes  quite  sad

Because  I miss all  that I once  had

I  thank  the  Lord for the  gifts  He gave

And  the joys  we knew that each has  saved !

 

I’LL REMEMBER YOU ( 2019 ) 2019/10/27

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Oh  blessed Lord, see how my heart grieves

When  another of Your  children leaves

This  generation has missed so  much

No  love or kisses,  no  tender touch

A  prayer or  two for what  used to be

And  a hint  of things we’ll  never see.

I  beg You  Lord  to find him a  place

Help  him to rest  in  a  special  space

Show  him the  love  that  he’s  never known

Treat  him as if  the sky were his home

Answer  his queries best as  You can

Help  him  remember he  died a man !

TO MICHAEL WITH LOVE.

 

YOUR FRONT DOOR ( 2019 ) 2019/10/15

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I’m  looking through the window glass

Observing  as  my  life  rolls  past

Still  wondering where I  have  been

Or  if  I’ll pass this  way again ?

How  strange is life  when  one is  young

And from  the  heart,  love’s song  is sung

The  words still echo  on  my ear

They bring me calm  and soothe  my fear.

Be  kind  dear  Lord,  now  that  tis o’er

Too  soon  I’ll  knock on Your  front door !

 

 

SUMMER SKIES ( 2019 ) 2019/09/04

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Today  we rose to sunny  skies

While not  expecting  some surprise

The winds that blew seemed well behaved

Tree limbs and  branches all were saved.

Soon autumn will  reach our front door

And summer breeze will blow no more

Before too long the year shall  pass

Like shadows in the  looking  glass

Oh  Lord,  give  all the  pow’r  to rise

Once more to sight  sweet summer skies !

 

 

 

HEARTSTRINGS ( 2019 ) 2019/07/07

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I wish I were a  child  again

If  only to  remember when

We both were young, so long ago

And life was our own picture show.

We laughed and loved, it was such fun

For us  our world had just begun

Each moment  held a new surprise

It warmed our hearts and teared our eyes.

I’m  sorry  that it didn’t  last

But left  behind  its storied past

To still  tug on these old heartstrings

With sadness  that  forever clings !

 

NO CURTAIN CALL ( 2019 ) 2019/05/18

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 12:26 am
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Some memories of long ago

They are still here, they come and go

Without them, how could we move on

For sure, the meaning would be gone.

It’s odd, the thoughts that take us back

Remaining on the proper track

Remembering those days we knew

When all were safe and faith was too.

Opportunity winged on by

With no time left for second try

We’ll have to make the best of all

Because there is no curtain call !

 

 

RETROSPECT ( 2019 ) 2019/05/13

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Days come and go, they slip away

To morph into some yesterday

Where yesterdays forgotten lie

Reminding all of past goodbye.

Too sad that we cannot replace

Those memories of last embrace

As o’er the years of each regret

Somehow the pain we can’t forget.

Our vision dims, the picture fades

And we are here left with charades

That echo pain and misery

Of loving days that used to be !

 

 

LET US REMEMBER ( 2019 ) 2019/04/28

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Oh would that I could see my way

To finer times or better day

Recapturing moments escaped

And memories that we’ve  forsaked

Or that one might look forward to

Remembering how dreams come true

For joy’s composed of little things

That make us smile and lends us wings !

 

A BETTER PLAN ( 2019 ) 2019/03/28

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It happens every day I wake

My early morning “thankful” break

When I meet God  ’bout halfway there

And offer up a simple prayer.

There can be tears I must admit

Sometimes I  find it hard to quit

But even harder through the day

When I would rather run away.

That’s not an action worthy of

The special depths of mother love

I’ll have to learn as best I can

That God must have a better plan !

 

HAPPINESS AND CHEER ( 2019 ) 2019/03/10

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How softly falls the gentle rain

That trickles down the window pane

Reminding us that spring is due

Before the Lenten days are through.

As Easter wears her coat of green

And early buds burst on the scene

The trees prepare for all the guests

Who’ll need to gussy up their nests.

Oh what a joy for us to bear

With such great memories to share

As spring returns again this year

To spread its happiness and cheer !

 

 

THOSE ASHES ( 2019 ) 2019/03/09

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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 ?

 

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 !

 

 

 

NO REMEMBER WHEN ( 2019 ) 2019/02/07

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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 !

 

 

BY WAKING TIME ( 2019 ) 2019/02/06

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Oh sandman, sandman what shall we see

In tonight’s sleepy time fantasy

While each evening I prepare for bed

I pray I’ll have pleasant dreams ahead

If  I’m honest I cannot recall

Any of my dreams of old  at all

They seemed to disappear ere came dawn

And by waking time they were all gone !

 

AND USED TO BE ( 2019 ) 2019/01/26

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There are these photos on the wall

Of folks I barely know at all

There’s a few I had never met

And others that I shan’t forget.

Familiar faces from the past

All precious images that last

As life once was, grateful to see

When all were young and used to be !

 

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.

 

FOOLISH ERRANDS ( 2018 ) 2018/12/12

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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 !

 

 

HE RODE AWAY ( 2018 ) 2018/12/11

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Oh how I love those old time songs

Especially when ” she done him wrong “,

” Play it again Sam, just one more time “,

Or maybe a simple  ” Old Lang Syne ” ?

Never unkind or edgy or terse

Those pleasant tunes with their simple verse

True, most of it’s bush league, guaranteed,

As the dark stranger mounted his steed

” I’ll be back ma’am on another day “,

Turned his horse around and rode away !

 

REMINDS ONE OF JOHN WAYNE TYPE, EH ?

 

 

MEMORIES TO REMIND US ( 2018 ) 2018/11/12

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I hear the echo of the night

Secede to early morning’s light

Each day begins again anew

The world and I still miss you too.

As time moves on the vision fades

With faces lost in vast parades

While we who here remain behind

Have memories that will remind !

 

MEMORIES TO KEEP 2018 ) 2018/09/28

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One page of life too soon will close

Beyond our fingers and our toes

‘Twill pass again this way no more

Without a tally or a score.

We must accept the burning fact

That there will be no turning back

Despite the depth or max of pain

We shall not pass this way again.

The time has come  to file away

Those memories of yesterday

Let’s place them in our private space

That God and time will ne’er erase !

 

 

PEACE FOREVER MORE ( 2018 ) 2018/08/18

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It never once occured to me

When I was but a child of three

That memories of days gone by

Would crowd my head ere I should die.

Most instances are so complete

At times they knock me off my feet

Whoever dreamt that olden days

Would be the pleasure of old age ?

I thank You Lord, that You have cared

And softened all the blows we’ve shared

I pray whatever lies in store

Will grant me peace forever more !

 

 

6 / 6 / 44 ( 2018 ) 2018/06/07

Filed under: POEMS.....THOUGHTS.....MEMORIES — bogdanosclaire @ 11:25 am
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In memory of

All those we loved

Who died that day

So far away

When after all

We still recall

The price they paid

For bringing aid

And peace to those

Who never chose

To start this war

Whatever for !

 

 
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