Singing the Blues!

BAD BABY BLUES

(A poem-song, Written on February 19, 2017, while listening to

¨The 10 all-time best Bob Dylan Lyrics¨, on YouTube¨.)

A time to write songs;

Time to sing;

Time to experience life;

This is our pulse we live. 

Bad Lad Blues

Sing deep into our souls.

Take these lyrics.

Sing out your song.

A need for redemption;

Rebelliousness let go;

Rebelliousness expressed;

Take these words and strum, strum, strum them on.

Bis: Mortality smiles down

       In grace and compassion,

       Leaving reflections

       On memories from the past.

Let me reach out to you,

Now that you're on the peak.

Let us sing out our affliction

'Til this cumbersome life's through.

A need to convert wrongdoers;

No one is free of sin;

So we sing out all together

Sharing our deep thoughts from within.

A time to write songs;

Time to sing;

Time to experience life;

This is our pulse to be lived.

This is our only pulse to live.

                  By: Karla

A POEM FOR TODAY! A POEM FOR A BETTER DAY!!!

SANCTUARY

(Written on January 28, 2017, in a difficult year and preparing for Lent, Easter and Pentecost).

What can be said to you

That has not already been said,

About the concerns of life,

In dreams, or while knowing what has been pled?                                                                    

The pains and hopes held deep within the soul;

The need to reach each proposed goal?

The aspirations beyond fragility;

Beyond material temples, the possibilities of what can be…

Resting in higher levels,

Wondering at the power of devils,

Or beings beyond daily dimensions, or preoccupation;

How to calm complicated, intense impatience?

Solace embraces the being,

In observing such immense existence;

Holding within the augury, intuitively, of divine assistance.

                      By: Karla

A Vision for a HAPPY VALENTINE´S DAY!!!

A valentine is a card or gift given on Valentine's Day.

VALENTINE

I closed my eyes,

And saw a choir of brilliant shinning Angels;

Lights upon lights breaking through the dark,

With the eye of God crying within…

A single tear was shed,

Yet it expressed

All the emotions

Of all of creation, all of humanity…

A kaleidoscope gyrated and turned

More than a thousand times in what seemed an empty space.

The Angels flew in, within and about

The lights of red, orange, yellow, green

Pure white, silver, blue amidst the ominous black.

Violet vibrations then took over,

Opening into the fathomless mysteries

Of the immense universe,

Palpating mercy, pulsating abundant life,

And manifesting the great power of true love.

             By: Karla

Rain down kindness!

RAINY DAY BLUES

(A song-poem for today with much rain, thinking in my first appointment 
with Dr. Carabin in PAMI in La Clinica Moravia the other day when I 
told him I no longer feel alone in life).

It´s a rainy day.

What can we do?

Gonna stay inside;

Sing the blues again to you.

Gonna live with hope,

In spite of all these hard times and pains;

While our spirits rise,

Yet it still pours and rains.

We may suffer trials,

We´ve seen tough troubles, and many time much gloom.

But now  know we´re no longer all alone.

And that ole´ persistent sun, in its kindness,

Has always come through and shone

On through!

            By: Karla

AT five years from the death of Padre Hernan Etchepare!

DYING WISH

(On January 26, 2017, five years from the date of the death of Padre Hernan Etchepare, who organized the ¨Café Literario de la Editorial San Pablo¨, I was thinking about him and composing this poem and Elsa, who organized and directed the Café with Padre Hernan called me and asked me what I was presently doing.  Quite a coincidence especially since Elsa hadn´t called me for quite some time before this!!!)

DYING WISH

His wish was unity,

With good and peace for all.

For all beings to be well and free.

For humanity´s growth in spring, summer, even winter and fall!

 The goal was a better world,

Sublime promises for all;

Not wealth, beauty or fame.

To live true liberation, not guilt or blame;

Altruistic feelings albeit;

Desiring a world some call the ¨promised land¨.

The surprise is how we now sing and have formed an energetic band.

His last wish was for his Poets;

That they would still gather, make projects, recite…

Celebrate life, birthdays, and continue to write.

           By: Karla

Otra Poesia para los tiempos actuales! Practice your English!

CENTER STAGE

(Written on Saturday February 20, 2016, while watching the Movie ¨The American President¨).

This is your time

To get what you want;

To do your best;

Leave to destiny the rest.

The whole world hangs on a thread;

Issues are pressing;

Incriminating;

The moon is red.

Catastrophe is lurking;

The extraordinary announces its course.

Soul searching gets us to the source.

Ah, do you not hear the drummings, predictory,

Of a higher, promised victory?

Make your voice be heard!

You are on a roll.

Hesitation takes its toll!

Take a stand!  Go for it all!

       By: Karla