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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Alien Invasion
I thought I’d try something a little different. Let me know what you all think, please? Alien Invasion by Michael Romani We look up into the skies Beholding the infinite stars And we believe we are alone We need to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alien, Alienation, Earth, Infinite, Invasion, Natural Rights, Negative, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Stars
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Two Years Before the Mast – Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana’s memoir of a two year sea voyage from Boston to California in 1834. It was published in 1840. The book was purposefully and deliberately written in sympathy for the treatment of the … Continue reading
How Nightcomers Are Born
How Nightcomers Are Born by Michael Romani Legends be damned, it is just who they are Casted aspersions as living reflections of the night Festered inside the wicked, burning wounds That lay open unhealed too long before they scar These … Continue reading
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Tagged Coven, Horror, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Wicked, Witch, Wounded
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Prickle
A prickle of fear was felt At the hand, he had been dealt Approaching the horrors of hell house Was making him as timid as a mouse….
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Daily Prompt, Fear, Hell House, Horror, Photograph, Prickle, Wordpress
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First Principles: The Art of Government Is In Honestly Doing One’s Duty
“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” —Thomas Jefferson (1774), in the Rights of British America
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Tagged Credit, Duty, First Principles, Government, Honesty, Mankind, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Redistribution of Wealth Makes A Nation Poorer
“…(R)eshuffling wealth by programs of tax and subsidy merely enriches some at the expense of others; the nation as a whole becomes poorer. Private enterprise capitalism is, in fact, the answer for anyone who really does have a preferential option … Continue reading
Quintessential Jazz I
As part of the musical education of my daughters, I am making certain that they are exposed to music that I believe is essential to understanding modern music. In that, I have taken some time to compile three musical play … Continue reading
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Tagged American Music, Genre, Jazz, Jazz Age, Music, Playlist, Syncopation
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Flood Protection
Luke 6:47-49 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+6%3A47-49&version=NIV Flood Protection by Michael Romani Beyond the shallows of the surface There is a life lived with Holy purpose Applying the words we have read Keeping these thoughts in my head It gives me that special flood … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Do, Holy, House of Prayer, Journey, Light, Living Deeper, Luke, New Testament, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Sermon, Truth
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California Dreamin’
California Dreamin’ by Michael Romani Still pictures form in my mind and remind me Of how much California is like living poetry Tip to tip in every trip a driven fascination It’s a macrocosm at every turn of Californication Us … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – After Blenheim – Robert Southey
English poet Robert Southey wrote After Blenheim in 1796 as an anti-war poem. The poem is based on that famous 1704 battle of that took place during the War of Spanish Succession. In this poem, two small children are playing when one … Continue reading
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Tagged After Blenheim, Harvard Classics, Loss, Robert Southey, Romantic Poetry, Victory, War, War of Spanish Succession
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 