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God Is After You
Based in part on Psalms 23:6 God Is After You by Michael Romani I seek in repentance to make my turn To live a better life as I have learned Desired by the blessings from above Surrendering to the ways … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Blessing, Chains, Discourage, Embrace, Follow, Fruit, Gift, Glory, God, Goodness, Heartbreak, Heels, Keys, Learn, Lesson, Lies, Mercy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Psalms, Receive, Repentance, Shatter, Sheep, Stumble, Surrender, Tears, Trail, Tribute, Truth, Victory, Word of God, Years
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Storybook Love
Once upon a time is as real now as it ever was and all dependent on just how much we’re willing to believe. Is it enough to make it all come true? Storybook Love by Michael Romani In the storybook … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Family Is the Main Source of Education For Children
“The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
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Tagged Character, Child, Critically, Education, Family, Father, Goal, Group, Humanity, Intelligence, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother, Think, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Honest Persons Feel No Pleasure Over Controlling Fellow Citizens
“An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.” – Thomas Jefferson (1813)
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Tagged Displeasure, Exercise of Power, Fellow Citizens, First Principles, Honest, Persons, Thomas Jefferson
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Stubbed Toe Pride
Pride and stubbed toes often go together in the most unlikely but problematic combinations. Stubbed Toe Pride by Michael Romani With all the stubbed toes aside It’s hard to run when filled with pride Strong words said as accusations fly … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Accusations, Challenge, Correction, Cost, Detail, Direction, Discern, Dust, Eternity, Hope, Invitation, Learn, Levity, Lost, Murmur, Parse, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Reveal, Share, Stumbed Toe
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Thunder Road
Robert Mitchum wrote and starred in a movie way back in the 1950s that spoke to the ways of moonshiners and their dispute with the Revenue men. It touched on many topics that each could be made their own poems. … Continue reading
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Tagged Back Woods, Backs, Breeze, Code, Drive, Family, Honor, Living, Mile, Moon, Moonshine, Obstacle, Old, Persistence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remnant, Robert Mitchum, Scrapple, Tale, Tax, Thunder Road, Trees, Unforgiving, Veteran, Whippoorwills, Wink
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Thought For the Day: There Are No Limits To What Can Be Done Where Credit For It Doesn’t Matter
“There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Accomplish, Credit, Limit, Mankind, Person, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day
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Forever Valentines
We believe we do the choosing. My experience tells me it’s more that the moments choose us and when this happens there is no refusing only an eternal yes. Forever Valentines by Michael Romani We live in isolation Until we … Continue reading
Impulsive Inclinations
Seems a common characteristic in humanity that we have this propensity toward self destruction. This was brought to mind in a movie that I was watching earlier today. Impulsive Inclinations by Michael Romani In our life’s traveling Some find themselves … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Drink, Imprecision, Impulse, Incline, Life, Meaning, Overthinking, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Self Destruction, Self Taught, Trick of Light
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