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Daily Prompt – Eccentric
Another waking up Saturday morning feeling eccentric Slow drips of caffeine sips making my world concentric Love to say I was feeling the part of a royal descendent But, I will say that my path some times seems transcendent Laughing … Continue reading
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Tagged Caffiene, Concentric, Daily Prompt, Decendent, Dust, Eccentric, Elephant, Legacy, Saturday, Smile, Tamale, Transcendent, Wake Up
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Thought For the Day: There Are Years That Ask Questions and Years That Answer Them
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” – Zora Neale Hurston, folklorist and writer (7 Jan 1891-1960)
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Tagged Answer, History, Questions, Thought For the Day, Time, Years, Zora Neale Hurston
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First Principles: Foreign Influence Is A Baneful Foe To Republican Government
“History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged Experience, First Principles, Foe, Foreign Influence, George Washington, Government, History, Republic
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Handwritten Passages
Everyone has their own writing style. Largely, mine is to first write by hand and then transcribe this to the electronic keyboard. Others do things differently. This is a little bit about that. Handwritten Passages by Michael Romani Writing by … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Anticipation, Brand, Contemplation, Deception, Existential Dread, Formed, Hallucinatory Grief, Handwritten, Mythos, Paradox, Passages, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relief, Sacred Story, Shed Glory, Struggle, Transformation, Transitiion, Truth, Uncertainty, Unresolved Mystery, Voice
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Daily Prompt – Existential
There is something in the existential moment When we realize life consists of daily torment But still it’s the very best deal that is offered Dreams of immortality are not even proffered With a the straightness of anyone’s best face … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Bridge Too Far, Daily, Daily Prompt, Days, Deal, Death, Deny, Dreams, Embrace, Existential, Gaily, Immortality, Moment, Pain, Push, Real, Steal, Straight Face, Torment, Truth
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First Principles: Absent Freedom of Thought and Speech There Is No Wisdom or Public Liberty
“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” – Benjamin Franklin (1722)
Thought For the Day: The Crack In Everything Let’s the Light Get In
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen, musician and writer (21 Sep 1934-2016)
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Tagged Crack, Everything, In, Leonard Cohen, Light, Thought For the Day
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Daily Prompt – Marble
In between the squawks, grunts and slew of garbles I do believe that somehow I found my lost marbles Somehow in the middle of all that crossed talk When I finally learned to do the cross walk I think that … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged Cross, Crossed, Daily Prompt, Debt, Garble, Human Being, Keepsies, Marble, Right, Second Sight, Sin, Smile, Son, Talk, Truth, Walk
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Believe A Gender; Believe the Evidence
“Even liberals should concede that in America one is innocent until proven guilty. Particularly with 36-year-old allegations that are impossible to corroborate.” – Star Parker “The role of the press should be verification, not validation. Rape is a devastating crime. … Continue reading
First Principles: Mankind Is Most Content When Best Employed
“When Men are employ’d they are best contented. For on the Days they work’d they were good-natur’d and chearful; and with the consciousness of having done a good Days work they spent the Evenings jollily; but on the idle Days … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Contentment, Employed, First Principles, Mankind, Troubled, Unemployed
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