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Monthly Archives: October 2019
Thought For the Day: The World Is Dangerous Not Because of Evil People but Because of People Not Doing Anything About It
“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” – Albert Einstein
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First Principles: Extravagant Spending of Public Money Is An Evil Exceeding the Value of the Money To the People Taxed For It
“The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.” – Chester A. Arthur
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Darkness Quenches Light
Halloween Poem #18 Darkness Quenches Light by Michael Romani Among the demons there is history Some might strangely call it legacy Where troubled hearts are in need of friends And if you’re safe, it just depends Quintessential in the rarified … Continue reading
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Tagged Bitter, Bleed, Burn, Conquer, Cracked, Darkness, Demon, Depend, Eden, Electric, End, Fall, Final, Friend, Halloween, Heal, Heart, Hide, History, Intention, Invention, Irony, Legacy, Light, Lost Soul, Love, Mad, Mankind, Melody, Monster, Need, Opposite, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Quench, Rare, Reveal, Sacred, Safe, Sane, Savage, Scar, Science, Soothe, Strange, Summation, Tears, Thunder, Transform, Trouble, Twist, Vain, Vital, Vital Spark, Whiskey, Wind, World, Wound
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A Pale Death
Halloween Poem #17: A Pale Death by Michael Romani The end of days descends Like a fog from hell that ascends On us all a thick as it can be As we dance away our sanity Lilith asks for one … Continue reading
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Tagged Bittersweet, Breath, Charm, Comfort, Core, Death, Death's Door, Demon, Die, Dignity, Embrace, End of Days, Evil, Fatal, Flee, Fog, Foul, Glow, Grace, Guide, Halloween, Haunt, Heart, Hell, Kiss, Knees, Lilith, Linger, Lord's Prayer, Lost, Man, Memory, Moment, Monster, Mortality, Pale, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Stab, Star, Trap, Wild, Wish
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Thought For the Day: What You Do Speaks So Loud That I Cannot Hear What You Say
“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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First Principles: The People Are Responsible For the Character of Their Congress, Senate and President
“Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption.” – James A. Garfield
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Dracula’s Bride
Halloween Poem #12: Dracula’s Bride by Michael Romani The master does not want as she has given Feasted into blood, never to be forgiven An eternal kiss shared in the late night As betrayer of truth and hater of light … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Betrayer, Blood, Breath, Bride, Burn, Candle, City, Death, Dracula, Eternal, Fate, Feast, Fly, Forgiven, Give, Good, Graveyard, Halloween, Hate, Horror, Kiss, Light, Master, Night, Night Creatures, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Poison, Pride, Remember, Scorpion, She, Shout, Slay, Soul, Spider, Sting, Truth, Unreason, Voice, Web, Wedding Gift, Wicked, Yesterday
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Death Under the Moon
Halloween Poem #16: Death Under the Moon by Michael Romani With our demons friended All light has ended We walk in the darkness Keenly aware of our harshness Such is the power and insistence That good gives way without resistance … Continue reading
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Tagged Aware, Conceit, Creature, Dark, Daylight, Death, Deliver, Demon, End, Feed, Fog, Freed, Friend, Fright, Full Moon, Glory, Good, Halloween, Harshness, Hide, Kiss, Know, Light, London, Miss, Moon, Mortal, Nerve, Night, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Ravage, Resist, Reveal, Satisfy, Shine, Story, Truth, Walk, Wrath, Youth
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Thought For the Day: The Soul Becomes Dyed With the Color of Its Thoughts
“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
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First Principles: A President of the United States Should Be Mindful That He Serves His Party Best Who Serves His Country Best
“The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.” – Rutherford B. Hayes
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