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Monthly Archives: June 2018
A Prophecy Begun…
To begin a series on the fall of Troy: A Prophecy Begun… by Michael Romani A mother’s cry pierces the palace night The black blood runs signally something is not right A baby boy is delivered into this wretched world … Continue reading
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Tagged Aprohdite, Death, Goddesses, Gods, Golden Apple, Helen, Herdsman, Paris, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prize, Prophecy, Trojan War, Troy, Zeus
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Thought For the Day: It Is Chiefly Through Books That We Engage With Superior Minds
“It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds.” – William Ellery Channing, clergyman and writer (7 Apr 1780-1842)
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Tagged Blessing, Books, Communion, Influence, Superior Minds, Thought For the Day, William E Channing
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First Principles: Falseness of the Tongue Leads To Falseness of the Heart
“He tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world’s believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785) … Continue reading
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Tagged Depravity, Falsehood, First Principles, Honesty, Integrity, Liar, Thomas Jeferson, Wiisdom
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First Principles: We Must Be Cautious Least Senators Become Citizens of the Capital and Not Their States
“Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state.” — George Mason (1788)
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Tagged Federal, First Principles, George Mason, Government, Priorities, Senators, State
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Thought For the Day: There Is Always Something To Do To Make This World A Better Place
“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world, I do think it’s not asking too … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Clothe, Comfort, Feed, Heal, Hunger, Nikki Giovanni, Personal, Save the World, Something, Thought For the Day
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Daily Prompt – Direction
With what seemed just a little bite Tony’s life entered a different direction It wasn’t so much a sudden insight But it a little more than a slight infection The hunger was intense and insatiable It knew no manners and needed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bite, Brains, Daily Prompt, Direction, Infection, Insatiable, Insight, Life, manners, Movies, Scream, Stains, Turned, Victims, Zombie
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Thought For the Day: People Only Have Their Kind of Love To Give; Not Our Kind
“The hardest-learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.” – Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (6 Jun 1913-1983)
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Tagged Hard, Kind, Learn, Lesson, Love, Mignon McLaughlin, People, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Congress Is Meant To Be Limited With Enumerated Powers
“If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions.” — James … Continue reading
Earthly Gnome
A poem for the element of Earth: Earthly Gnome by Michael Romani Grimble Gromble Plays as the piper At the gates of dawn Watching his fallacies crumble Hiding within the cypre Feeling as faithful as a swan As discarded images … Continue reading
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Tagged Dawn, Earth, Faithful, Fallacy, Foolishness, Gnome, Gold, Grimble Gromble, Home, Photograph, Piper, Poem, Poetry, Treasure, Wisdom
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Daily Prompt – Shade
… And so it goes With our best laid plans Unmade in the shade Only to be remade There in the shadows Of woman and man There is talk Of a walk Into complexity Away from simplicity Seeing things in … Continue reading
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Tagged Complexity, Daily Prompt, Dreams, Man, Photograph, Plans, Shade, Shadows, Woman
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 