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WordPress #Daily Prompt – Symphony
Transposed Score For a Broken Symphony by Michael Romani There in the notes is the sound Seen for all that it might be Taken around and around In a score for a broken symphony …
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Tagged Broken, Daily Prompt, Music, Photo, Poem, Score, Symphony, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: The Sea Holds Wonder Forever
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” – Jacques Cousteau The day before yesterday, I took the girls to see the dolphin show at the Indianapolis Zoo. It is something that my … Continue reading
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Tagged Enchantment, Eternal, Jacques Cousteau, Ocean, Sea, Spell, Wonder
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Great American Songbook II: Further Standards to Live By
Part II of the playlist of the Great American cannon that I had previously put up for the enjoyment of all. 50 more to enjoy on your quiet evenings.:
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Tagged Cannon, Composers, Great American Songbook, Jazz, Playlist, Pop Singers, Standards
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Saint John Baptist – William Drummond
The Harvard Classics contains a volume entitled English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. Within this volume is a series of poems by the Scotch poet William Drummond. Drummond’s most important works are the Cypresse Grove and his poetry. His poetry is both … Continue reading
A Nice Place To Visit
In the continuing promise to my eldest daughter, a poem based on the Twilight Zone Season 1, Episode 29, A Nice Place To Visit: A Nice Place To Visit by Michael Romani Resounding dissonance introduces us to Henry Francis Valentine Hard at … Continue reading
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Tagged A Nice Place To Visit, Afterlife, Crime, Gamble, Heaven, Hell, Justice, Twilight Zone
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WordPress – #Weekly Photo Challenge – Texture
Existence In Balance – Cyclical Spin Vortex
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Tagged Existence, Second Life, Texture, Vortex, Weekly Photo Challenge, Wordpress
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WordPress # Daily Prompt – Fog
Operatic Castle View The early morning view of the castle grounds lay obscured under a bluish fog. It was only matched the uncertainty of the young prince within the castle’s wall. What right did he have to assume the throne … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Fog, Operatic Castle View, Photograph, Second Life, Story, Wordpress
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First Principles: The World Is Borrowed From Our Children
“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.” – John James Audubon A lot of modern day environmentalists and the like love to pretend that early … Continue reading
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Tagged Borrow, Conservation, Environment, First Principles, Give, John J Audubon, Nature, Protection, World
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Thought For the Day: Painting Is Poetry
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” – Leonardo da Vinci There is a lot to be said for the beauty of God’s creation. If anyone were to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Feelings, Leonardo da Vinci, Painting, Poetry, Seen, Thought For the Day, Verse
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 
First Principles: The Establishment Clause Served to Prevent A National Church
“The real object of the Amendment was, not to countenance, much less advance Mahommedianism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects, and to prevent any national ecclesiastical establishment, which should give to … Continue reading →