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Monthly Archives: December 2019
For Those Beneath
Today is National Wreaths Across America Day, December 21, 2019… please remember in your thoughts and prayers, those who gave all that we might live free. Thank you! For Those Beneath by Michael Romani Sharing a bottle of mental … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
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Sweater Weather Dues
Originally meant for December 20th, National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day! Sweater Weather Dues by Michael Romani Tell me now Was it just a trick of the light That led me somehow To see things differently that night They tell me … Continue reading
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Tagged Anticiption, Better, Celebration, Convention, Cross, Destiny, Dream, Dues, Eyes, Fit, Gone, Guitar, Happiness, Holiday, Joy, Judgment, Knit, Melody, Menaing, Mood, National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day 2019, Neck, Nervous Wreck, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rudolph, See, Smile, Soul, Strings, Surprise, Sweater, Tacky, Touch, Tradtiion, Trick of the Light, Weather
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Ruined Absolution
This poem was meant for December 19, 2019. This is, among other observances, National Emo Day.. So Happy that… In my own confessional, I am struggling a bit these last few days with my upcoming birthday, Christmas almost here and … Continue reading
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Tagged Absence, Absolution, Afraid, Angst, Bangs, Beautiful, Brithday, Burn, Care, Chemical Romance, Christmas, Compression, Confession, Confessional, Contemplate, Dark, December 19 2019, Die, Do It Or Die, Embrace, Emotional, Escape, Expression, Fall, Fraught, Glance, Hair, Happy, Hollywood, Human Being, Ink, Inspiration, Intropective, Jet Black, Life, Little Girls, Love, National Emo Day, Nothing, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Question, Ruin, Savage, Sigh, Silence, Skinny Jeans, Sleeve, Smile, Something, Sonic Attack, Sorrow, Stride, Structure, Sunday, Taste, Tee Shirt, Tenderness, Thin, Think, Violence, Violin, Want, World, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: Christmas Is Not In the Outward Show but In the Inner Glow
“Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It’s lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It’s higher thought and a greater plan. It’s glorious … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Dream, Fire, Glory, Good Will, Greater Plan, Heart, Higher Thought, Inner Glow, Joy, Light, Lights, Man, Outward, Secret, Show, Soul, Thought For the Day, Tinsel, Vital, Wilfred Peterson
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First Principles: The Eternal Difference Between Right and Wrong Does Not Fluctuate, It Is Immutable
“The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.” – Patrick Henry
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Difference, Eternal, First Principles, Fluctuate, Immutable, Patrick Henry, Right and Wrong
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First Principles: Christianity Is the Only True and Perfect Religion
“Christianity is the only true and perfect religion.” – Benjamin Rush
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Tagged Benjamin Rush, Christianity, First Principles, Perfect, Religion, True
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Thought For the Day: You Can Give Without Loving, But, You Can Never Love Without Giving
“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
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Tagged Give, Giving, Love, Loving, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thought For the Day, Without, You
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First Principles: No Book Deserves To Be So Unceasingly Studied and So Profoundly Meditated On As the Bible
“No book in the world deserves to be so unceasingly studied, and so profoundly meditated upon as the Bible.” – John Quincy Adams
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Tagged Bible, Book, Deserve, First Principles, John Quincy Adams, Meditate, Study, World
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Thought For the Day: Christmas Is Not A Time Or A Season But A State of Mind
“To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on … Continue reading
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Tagged Born, Calvin Coolidge, Cherish, Christmas, Gleam, Good Will, Hope, Mercy, Peace, Savior, Season, Spirit, Star, State of Mind, Thought For the Day, Time, World
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Lechon Americano
Happy Roast Suckling Pig Day!! Lechon Americano by Michael Romani Sipping down a San Miguel You with your port and ale Thinking back on yesterday So many memories seem throwaway I was three or maybe four And while the Philippines … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Apple, Baby, Celebration, Center Stage, Chielf, Crisp, Family, Feast, Happy Roast Suckling Pig Day, Hypocrisy, Inspiration, Lechon, Memory, Mouth, Mt Santa Rita, National Dish, Page, Philippines, Photograph, Pig, Poem, Poetry, Roast, San Miguel, Senorita, Taste, Toast, Uneasy, Yesterday
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