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Like Dominoes Falling
On this the 18th day of Na/GloPoWriMo, the challenge is to write an elegy in which the sadness is based less on abstraction than concrete verbiage that helps a person feel the depth of sorrow felt. To that degree, I … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Do Not Wait For Leaders, Do What Needs To Be Done
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” – Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Albanian Missionary
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First Principles: God Has Planted the Love of Freedom In Every Human That Is Impatient of Oppression and Seeks Deliverance
“In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.“ – Phillis Wheatley
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Tagged Deliverance, Every, First Principles, God, Human, Impatient, Love of Freedom, Oppression, Pant, Phillis Wheatley, Plants, Principle
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In Remembrance of Notre Dame
In memory of the burning of Notre Dame 04/2019 and as originally posted on my Flickr account: In Remembrance of Notre Dame by Michael Romani Standing there in the center of the ancient cityGloriously symbolic in its early beloved pietyThe … Continue reading
I Am the Ocean
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 17 and the challenge is to write a poem from an unusual perspective. What if a drop of water thought it was the ocean itself?… I Am the Ocean by Michael Romani I am the ocean I am … Continue reading
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First Principles: To Be Good and Do Good Is the Entire Duty of Mankind
“To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.” – Abigail Adams
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Be Good, Do Good, First Principles, Heroes, Learned Women, Mankind, Philosophers, Statesmen, Whole Duty, Words
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Thought For the Day: Salt Water Cures Most Everything
“The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea.” – Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen), author (17 Apr 1885-1962)
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Tagged Anything, Cure, Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen, Salt Water, Sea, Sweat, Tears, Thought For the Day
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For the Love of Mom
The subject of Day 16 of Na/GloPoWriMo‘s challenge is to write a poem that uses the form of a list to defamiliarize the mundane. Far be it from me to ever really consider my mom or any mom that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor, Center, Devotion, Family, Live, Love, Memory, Mom, Mundane, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Pillar, Poem, Poetry, Tenancity, Treasure
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Thought For the Day: First We Shape Our Buildings, Then They Shape Us
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” – Winston S Churchill
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Tagged After, Buildings, Notre Dame Cathedral, Shape, Thought For the Day, Us, We, Wintson Churchill
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First Principles: The Bible Should Be Read and Applied To Our Daily Lives
“The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life … Continue reading
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