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Monthly Archives: May 2017
Represent
Represent by Michael Romani In the flowing stream of conscience You empty out your mind Putting pen to prescience Leaving no thought behind You end up in that somewhere With no idea of where you’re going It will be whittled … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Poetry and Poems
Tagged Art, Brand, Photographs, Poetry, Prescience, Prototype, Represent, Storyboard, Stream of Conscience
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Thought For the Day: We Can Each Change the World For the Better
“I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my presence. Even on this small stage we have our two sides, and something might be done by throwing all one’s weight on the scale of … Continue reading
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Tagged Better, Change, Charity, Difference, Kindness, Peace, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World, Tolerance
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Thought For the Day: Write To Express, Not to Impress
“If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good.” – Thornton Wilder For an interesting interview with Wilder see:https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4887/thornton-wilder-the-art-of-fiction-no-16-thornton-wilder
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Tagged Express, Impress, Interview, Thornton Wilder, Writing
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First Principles: Our Sacred Rights Are Written By the Hand of the Divinity
“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and … Continue reading
Never Ceasing
Based on a sermon this morning that is itself based on Lamentations 3:22-23: Never Ceasing by Michael Romani With faithfulness never ceasing My love of God is always increasing Feeling the fullness of God’s grace Hoping it’s reflected on my face … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Faithfulness, Flickr, Holy Living, Lamentations, Pentecost, Poetry, Redeemed, Service, Unceasing Prayer
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Wait For the Approval of All
“Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till al commend.” – Alexander Pope
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Tagged Alexander Pope, Approval, Don't Wait, Poet, Thought For the Day, True Merit
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Behind Every Window
Behind Every Window by Michael Romani Behind every tainted window There’s a tattered story Lessons in shattered love And sometimes of glory New York’s inner city blues Played out in a myriad of hues On streets filled with passion But … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Poetry and Poems
Tagged Air Pollution, Cancer, Compassion, Homeward, New York, Page, Poetry, Prayer, Solution, Souls, Story, Window
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Once Upon A Wishing Well
Once Upon A Wishing Well by Michael Romani Life is not a fairy tale With moonlit wishing wells But a path we must make our own Walking together or alone This I know inside my soul And this knowledge takes … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ally Romani, Complete, First Hello, Poetry, Priceless, Promise, Serenity, Soul, True Love, Wishing Well
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For My Country
For My Country by Michael Romani They burned my love Upon a pyre I saw her ashes Scatter on the fire The licks of flame… Still call out her name… Some gave blood And some gave all Buried there … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ashes, Battle, Country, Kingdom, Patriotism, Poetry, Pyre
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First Principles: On the Importance of Accountability
“[M]an is not made to be trusted for life, if secured against all liability to account.” – Thomas Jefferson (1823)
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Tagged Accountability, First Principles, Judiciary, Thomas Jefferson, Trust
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 