domingo, 28 de julio de 2019

A Happy Birthday poem for John Bucktel

DREAMS LEFT BEHIND
Burning bridges.
Building houses.
Squashing fires.
Taking time to love.
Hoping to learn to laugh.

There is no time,
Not enough space,
For all the dreams,
Left behind.

More than was dreamed of.
More than could be thought.

Comin' up!
What is now, is what we now got...

A song or poem,
A way to go,
And enough dreams
To leave a bunch 'come true
To be left behind!

      Love,
      Karla






viernes, 26 de julio de 2019

Happy Birthday poem for Jess Bucktel

BELIEF
Let the seed grow!
Let her grow on her own!
Once she is planted,
Watered and fed,
Light does its job.
She'll find a purpose;
Going forth as she's led.

Let the seed grow!
Let that plant be!
The seed of love;
A growth to set us free.

We are the choices that we make.
Ground to break! Ground to break.


     Best wishes and love,
     Karla

miércoles, 15 de mayo de 2019

PREPARATION FOR PENTECOST!!! 2019


PASS OVER

(Written on Sunday, May 28, 2017)
It is said, ¨no one is a prophet in his own family or own country¨!
Shall we leave it at that?
How to resolve issues with those who are nearest?
Exceptions exist.
¨Do not throw beautiful pearls at dirty pigs¨;
¨Those who leave all will discover more by one hundred percent¨.
A passionate fire burns not to be consumed!
Making a change in life, not being what was expected…
Facing old age,
Keep exercising; add vegetables, spices like thyme and sage,

With more realistic goals,
Taking each step as it goes;
No longer searching for answers from the stars.
It´s here beside us, at our feet, all around,
Right here on the ground!

Contemplating silence in the dark night.
Waking to walk on and plead for love and thankfulness,
Tender mercies!

Fortitude not so much in great strength,
But in recognizing weaknesses.
                      By: Karla


jueves, 4 de abril de 2019

An Easter-Thanksgiving letter for 2019!!!


An Easter Turkey
It is closer to Easter than to Thanksgiving yet the other day, John sent me a picture of a live turkey that showed up outside his window at work in Boston.  He laughed about it.  It inspired me to write the following ¨prose poem¨!  I finished the second part after a telephone conversation with one of my sisters in which she mentioned the treatments ¨Mindfulness¨ and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.  She says, ¨The best scientific evidence available shows these are the best treatments currently available¨.
As an early Thanksgiving,
I got a song of Thanks held deep within.
Wanna let it go.
Let it be.  Let it show!
You´ve got good seeds in your heart and soul.
The time has come to let it grow.

                             ¨What if God were one of us¨
I want to thank you all for being there when I was in great need
And for your support although sometimes not perceived fully.
I always felt deeply inside that we were pulling forward for one another as a family,
As sisters and brothers, friends and relatives.
There is much to be said.
Much to be simply understood.
Much to be accepted as it is.
It is my hope that a bond can develop between the contemplation and rejoicing of Eastertime and the satisfaction and fulfillment of Thanksgiving.
Conversion brings forth the fertilizer and care that prepares us to grow.
New therapies, medicines and techniques will help to make a positive conversion possible!
I hope you all remember fondly past Easters, past Thanksgivings and that you all have a truly beautiful, pleasant and joyful Easter and Thanksgiving this year!
And as an added note the following comes from my writings on January 13, 2019:
Mirrored Couplet
Besides having a place in which to develop, a body needs to define each entities´ skills, gifts and ¨dons¨.  A detailed definition of each individual´s abilities helps all grow as a whole and be able to function better.  And introspective analysis helps to see weaknesses or points to be improved.  Feedback is also important.
The spiritual body has a place occupied principally in thoughts.  Time for a body is regulated by a conductor and felt and exercised one to another.  A tempo.  In relationship!  When we meditate, pray, do spiritual exercises and other elevated activities it puts us in time and in tune with the environment and other beings. It helps conduct the positive energy. This is why good positive music is so important, useful and necessary.  Music is in everything and the proper music always makes for better union and wellbeing.  Thoughts produce a musical tone also.  It inspires and elevates, brings about good vibrations and communicates in a deep and intimate way, even when we don´t understand all of the lyrics. The spirit expertly delegates impulses and emanates energy, knowledge and wellbeing to make favorable conditions the best and help produce harmony.   The Spirit comes from within and is a natural force that finds its own conduction through inner knowledge in good will and positive thoughts.  It then takes form in a physical place.  My place is Amor.  Your´s is Roma.  Like a mirror, we see more clearly face to face.
Thank you!
I thank you for being there in some place and for hearing me!
Who sees:
LO  VE!!!

domingo, 13 de enero de 2019

My Grandparents talked about getting a taste of something good!


A TASTE OF SOMETHING GOOD (January 8, 2019)

Like a good wine.
Fresh spices.
What is expected!
Bringing out the best!
Aiming high,
A tempo!
Quit while ahead.
Fulfill dreams.
Live fully!
Know enough to enjoy.
Be as one.
Share a meal!
Expect more.
True Love…
Miracles.

             By: Karla

Two short poems to start the New Year!


NEVADA (15 diciembre, 2018)

Las hojas vuelan
Como plumas
De pájaro,
Soltándose en la brisa,y cayéndose.
Son poesías, Canciones,
En los interiores de los necesitados,
Cubriéndolo todo
En pureza y en un arco iris de blanco.


                Por: Karla

COUPLETS (December 29, 2018)
Poetry comes out of this:
Quiet moments,
A little loneliness.
Much contemplation.
A feeling of wellbeing,
Having wished for the best,
And with much prayer for everyone.

Songs come from another place…
Straight from the heart.

There is a fine line
Between poetry and song.
When one becomes the other,
They are like you and me, 
Couplets.
Yet distinct entities,
Filling loneliness in a special way.
We are different,
Yet become complements.
                

                  By: Karla
                  


sábado, 29 de diciembre de 2018

Without Guilt! Without Excuses!


NEW YEAR RESOLUTION

(December 27, 2018)
THE PROMISES OF CHRISTMAS!
                               ¨The Greatest Love of All¨ (popular song)
After expecting a promised Christmas conversion of mankind most of my life, I found a major breakthrough today!
It wasn´t me!  Of course I had nothing to do with it!  It was my daughter.  She had been supporting her feelings and pressures lately and had been letting off a little steam, but today, symbolically during Christmas time, she blew up and made an exceptional speech.  She had a very firm and serious talk with her father, and let him know things had to change!  As the daughter, she has an important position and she told him she could not tolerate his aggressive attitudes anymore, specifically towards her mother (me).  You will have to imagine the details of this and the steps that lead up to this (He has had many pressures and problems lately, family illnesses and such), but what is necessary to know is that there is a major pivoting point gyrating towards better treatment and reconciliations within the whirlwinds of disasters.  I could have prayed, fussed and complained, done anything all to little avail, yet it only took a few magic words from the indicated person to turn things around!
My resolution for 2019 is to facilitate the process, to recognize my own debilities, errors and emissions (which I also have), and while I don´t allow mistreatment, I need to help contribute to solutions, not make more problems or aggressions.  And to keep believing that through love, comprehensions and diplomacy we can make it happen! And at the same time ¨Let it be¨!  ¨IT¨!!!  ¨THE GREATEST LOVE¨!!!
The little girls, the small children are the best experts!  Older people get set in their ways, while youth and the young at heart hold much promise.  We must hear their laughter!  We must extract laughter from them!  We must listen to them!
Despite all of our faults and also because of our good points, we brought our daughter up with love, much love.  Now she is an adult with a great capacity to help reconcile difficult matters for all of us in our circle of family and friends.  What a Blessing!
The big question these days for many and I believe the root of society´s problems is ¨What do women expect from men¨?
Considering this, it seems reasonable to expect that a good, respectful, loving treatment should be made by all-each unto another.  Just as a person treats well another, so they should be treated well.
Actually, we have been praying and working towards a better way of life for a long, long time (at least I have turned my head inside out over this matter!  Happily, now I want to announce a major breakthrough and opening of a door of Faith! 
May 2019 be a year of Blessings!  2020 a year of preparation for a celebration and 2021 (as you know) is the year to celebrate 100 years of the creation of the LEGION OF MARY!!!  You should know that I am busy preparing songs to sing to celebrate in spite of all the problems that must be faced and cannot be ignored!
                                      Animo!  Blessings to you!  Go for it!  Let it Be! 
                                                           Karla Wagener (In You Tube)