While Congress prances all around
Our troops lay dying on the ground
But little care do they eschew
That comforts any other view
There is a God we must believe
Who soon our honor will retrieve !
PLEASE PASS THIS ON.
A FATHER’S LOVE ( 2019 ) 2019/11/26
Once was a man that I had known
When I was young and not full grown
Long time ago and far away
Another life, another way.
He was a man of honest pride
Direct and sweet, sincere inside
I miss him still and ever will
He holds that place none else can fill.
And if I live one hundred years
Or have to face one thousand fears
There is no one I’ll ever meet
Who shall my father’s love unseat !
VICTORIOUS ( 2019 ) 2019/06/19
This man reviled by all the press
Who came on board to fix the mess
His name will live in history
He saved this nation for the free
And time alone shall tell the tale
So many stories to regale
Have faith that in the end we’ll see
His name will mark our victory !
PRINCIPLES ( 2019 ) 2019/05/06
How I’d like to think we’re all the same
That we all possess the selfsame aim
That our instincts tell us what’s correct
And the principles we must expect,
That we live our lives in manner strong
In a place in which respect belongs,
That we honor truth and liberty
In a world wherein all men are free !
HOMAGE ( 2019 ) 2019/03/17
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 ?
TRUST IS A VIRTUE (2019) 2019/03/14
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 !
“IF I BE ALIVE” ( 2019 ) 2019/02/28
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 !
FIND SOME HAPPY END ( 2019 ) 2019/02/02
Have we remembered to say “Thank You”
For all of the kindness that You do
And for the blessings that we receive
Like words of wisdom which we believe.
At times this old world is harsh and crude
And by action, arrogant and rude
Somehow folks assume they make the rules
While the balance of us are all fools.
How sad to think that this is the way
That most of our world reacts today
Let us pray that God does comprehend
And helps us to find some happy end !
GOD IS THERE FOR YOU ( 2018 ) 2018/11/02
I pine for you my precious child
You weathered life both harsh and mild
When you were young you were so sweet
You truly were your mommy’s treat.
An angel child from heaven sent
Where helping others was your bent
Along the way your life it changed
Your ideas all, how far they ranged.
From deep sea diving to the ice
You did it all and made it nice
Good husband, father, brother too
Your great big world was fond of you.
You never lost your faith in God
Especially when life got hard
We’ll pray that God is there for you
And that His love will follow through !
NO SECRETS HERE ( 2018 ) 2018/11/01
It matters not where you are from
The lower class or high income,
The price has always been the same
A sense of honor, your good name !
Respect for elders, kindly deeds
Concern for others and their needs
The fact that truth is scoring high
Why would another tell a lie ?
If words are all that one has got
What else is there if one is not ?
Tis sad to note that common man
Has more to hide than less to plan
God knows us all and what we do
No secrets here, not me, not you!
WE MUST BELIEVE ( 2018 ) 2018/03/23
We are the home of heroes, every color, every size
But who are those now making this effort to minimize ?
It’s been our own courageous patriots who’ve built this land
A place where citizens can work together hand in hand
This homeland where the people have the freedom and the choice
To fly the flag, sing the song, say the pledge or raise their voice !
WE MUST BELIEVE ( 2017 ) 2017/12/05
We are the home of heroes, every color, every size
But who are those now making this effort to minimize ?
It’s been our own courageous patriots who’ve built this land
A place where citizens can work together hand in hand
This homeland where the people have the freedom and the choice
To fly the flag, sing the song, say the pledge or raise their voice !
I PROMISE YOU ( 2017 ) 2017/08/26
I love you Mom, you’ll always be
My whole life through, a part of me.
All that I know and learned from you
Those lessons taught honest and true,
A kindly heart and pleasant way
The smile that starts and ends each day
A will to speak with joy and ease
The need to help, an aim to please.
These are the rules you set in place
I promise you, I will embrace !
DOWN TO A MAN ( 2017 ) 2017/03/31
Our lives are cast in many ways
With results for all of our days
No one may change what has begun
For history’s been set and done.
We hope and pray we do not fail
And of our strengths we shall avail
So each will do the best he can
To fill that role down to a man !
SOTTO – VOCE ( 2016 ) 2016/05/18
Speak softly now, oh my sweet soul
And we shall make it to our goal
Let kindness be the guide we use
While arrogance must we refuse.
For who is there will bear the pain
Of impudence again, again
The folly of impatient fools
Will put to waste all proper rules.
Beware my dear we have small choice
Tis better far speak sotto voiced !
AMERICAN ( 2016 ) 2016/03/10
I see the flag that flies o’erhead
Red, white and blue as truth be said
This banner that forever waves
Our dignity and honor saves.
How proudly should we all observe
Respect for truth while valor serve
I’m glad to do all that I can
Because I am American !
DIGNITY ( 2016 ) 2016/01/16
How sweet life was just years ago
Before we each began to grow
Into the adults we now are
Although a few have gone too far.
Where did our faith and fairness go
And when will truth and justice show,
The coddled mass lacks common sense
How can they share in our defense ?
With hands outstretched await their turn
And ne’er a thought their bread to earn
So foolish they all seem to be
To sacrifice their dignity !
THE CODE ( 2015 ) 2015/12/18
There is this fact that I have found
To keep my feet upon the ground
We’re all the same from inside out
We think, we feel and move about
There is a code that matches few
To thine ownself be ever true !
HEROES, HEROES EVERYWHERE ( 2015 ) 2015/12/05
I’m sure we have heroes everywhere
Even if we do not know their names
We’re so positive that they do care
Always ready to preserve our aims.
They have faith and heart and courage too
Belief in all of our true ideals
No matter what others say or do
These are passions that a hero feels !
THE AMERICAN CEMETERY ( 2015 ) 2015/11/11
On the cliffs above that sandy beach
Learn a lesson only sight can teach
It’s a vast stretch of a foreign land
That belongs to us, in our command
And each time I’m there my heart does cry
For buried men who cannot reply.
Ten thousand erect markers still stand
So faraway from their own homeland
On American soil by that beach
That’s as far as they would ever reach !
VALUES ( 2015 ) 2015/02/23
One fact I’ve learned
Respect is earned
The truth is just
And builds our trust
Deceit is cruel
And breaks the rule
A lie is worse
And brings a curse.
COURAGE AND HONOR ( 2015 ) ( in honor of ) 2015/01/02
We’ve lost a man who knew the way
To help the public every day
So smart and kind and honest too
A man of honor tried and true.
He had the courage to speak out
Without the need to rant and shout
He was well loved with great esteem
Perhaps he’s gone to join God’s team !
WITH GLORY ( 2014 ) 2014/12/16
I’ve thought about so many things
The way that love grows giant wings
Those heroes who throughout the years
Engaged our minds, dispelled our fears
With all this joy deep in the heart
Which is, we’re sure our truest part.
While all the mess we leave behind
Like so much fuss that is unkind
And all this madness we now know
Fades into silence as we grow
Our glory showing God respect
And faith that we shall not neglect !
SIMPLE JOYS ( 2014 ) 2014/11/08
I try to keep myself quite occupied
And free from traits of vanity and pride
Preferring to embrace those simple joys
Of loving kindness, happiness and poise !
For in my life this is what I have found
Tis best to keep one’s feet upon the ground
Forsake the envy hiding in each heart
And grateful thank the Lord for His new start !
FORGOTTEN FAITH ( 2014 ) 2014/05/10
How many hopes have gone astray
And lost their dreams along the way
How many lives have come undone
And lost their values one by one ?
How many ways have we forgot
To do the right and worry not
We are bereft and lost and cold
How will our future world unfold ?
This we have lost and must demand
The law of God and faith of man !
TIME TO CHANGE ( 2013 ) 2013/10/07
I feel like an empty vessel with contents nearly gone
Who rises to each morning and another chance coupon
To bring purpose to our lives that we can’t afford to waste
Forsaking hollow treasures we have gathered in our haste
As our minds collect false wisdom and store it all away
Into some far crevasse where it can crumble and decay.
Time has come at last to place erudition on the plate
Help to change our sad condition ere it would grow too late
Then begin anew once more face the final challenge here
Giving God His due respect with our gratitude sincere.
EMANCIPATION PART 3 ( 1949 ) 2013/08/22
They left her on the edge of space
To seek another resting place
Avow that sweet is freedoms cry
Yet truer still than words imply
To careless cast off bonds is wrong
For chains of love to life belong.
When caution seals our tongue in cheek
Some prudence tells that pride is weak
Hours and minutes however lost
With wishing can our strengths exhaust.
Small matter from whose lips it’s heard
I’ll never comprehend this word
For freedom simply means to me
To flee responsibility.
EMANCIPATION PART 2 ( 1949 )
Seeing in the distance clearly
Future bought on terms too dearly
So dismal are hopes that echo
In some shadow of time ago
To free each lover of this care
While nature may that course impair.
Last remnant of deserted whims
When concert played among her limbs
A loud and far too vibrant call
Descending with unwanted pall
Upon one holy truth denied
That scope and mystic need implied
There dealt a blow that carried dread
As all her aging children fled.
Claire V. Bogdanos 