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A Witness of Fireflies, Parts I & II
A Witness of Fireflies by Michael Romani I Formless and void in the darkness The spirit of God removed the harshness God said let there be light – and there was light Seeing the good; He separated day from night … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Belief, Chile, Complexity, Conscience, Deception, Deep Space, Fireflies, Formation, Formless, Galaxy, Gravity, Light, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Science, Shine, Telescopes, Truth, Void
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Skewed
Invisibly standing under a pale light moon Reading the past into my future like a rune I think of things done and that I’ve viewed And see quite clearly how much of it is skewed Somewhere in a life borne … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Abyss, Daily Prompt, Doors of Perception, Experience, Heaven and Hell, Invisible, Knowledge, Man, Moon, Open, Perennial Sense, Philosophy, Rune, Sacramental Vision, Skewed, Tale, Theology, Truth, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Forest
Life is a journey with twisted turns and not a test Still there are lessons to learn by walking its forest Life is not a race but growth that forms slowly The best of which happens almost incrementally In hoping … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Distrubance, Forest, Foundation, Friend, Growth, Incremental, Journey, Lessons, Mend, Test, Travel, Truth, Wordpress, Wounds
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Thought For the Day: Like A Stained Glass Window At Night, A Person’s Truest Beauty Shines From the Light Within
“People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist and author (8 … Continue reading
First Principles: Be Unshakeable In Telling the Truth
“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Depravity, First Principles, Habit, Heart, Integrity, Lie, Resolution, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue, Truth
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Mohala Tutu Pele
Mohala Tutu Pele by Michael Romani With great and sudden power Pele arrives announcing Like a blossoming flower Passionately pronouncing That as mother of her family She breathes within her fragility Creation as one within destination Freely taking while giving … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Acacia Koa, Ancestor, Deity, Eruption, Geology, Hawai'i, Hula, Islands, Laka, Lehua Tree, Lineage, Mohala, Myth, Ocean, Paradise, Pele, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Regeneration, Sacred, Tutu, Volcano
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Rebel
Having done almost nothing consequential Hillary approached wishing to be presidential Her party groomed her with soft platitudes But not enough to make up for her attitudes While an outsider came along to Trump her Leaving her in a frenzied … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged American Ghost, Attitudes, Consequential, Daily Prompt, Duty, Elite, Fools, Gratitude, Hillary Clinton, Indulgence, Land of the Free and the Brave, Make America Great Again, Patriotism, Platitudes, Presidential, Rebel, Save, Serve, Trump, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: No Two Persons Have Read the Same Book
“No two persons ever read the same book.” – Edmund Wilson, critic (8 May 1895-1972)
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Tagged Book, Edmund Wilson, Experience, Individuals, Opinions, Perspective, Read, Reading, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Moderate Taxes Produce Greater Revenue Than Excessive Taxation
“If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787) … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Collection, Consumption, Customs, Duties, First Principles, Moderation, Revenue, Taxes, Treasury
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Thought For the Day: Life Is Like A Ten-Speed Bike
“Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.” – Charles Schulz, cartoonist (1922-2000)
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Tagged Bike, Charles Schulz, Gears, Life, Ten-Speed, Thought For the Day, Unused, Used
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