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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Trill
He wasn’t Bojangles, but, he loved to dance This ragamuffin from the south of France When he lifted his voice with his subtle trill All the ladies said it said it did thrill There was nothing really much to say … Continue reading
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Tagged Bojangles, Daily Prompt, France, Music, Ragamuffin, Romance, Thrill, Trill, Wordpress
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First Principles: Wise Men Seek After Truth
“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged First Principles, Illusions, Liberty, Lies, Painful Truth, Patrick Henry, Salvation, Siren Song, Struggle
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Let It Roll
Isaiah 42 Let It Roll by Michael Romani All these obsessive intentions Play into the one contention That things slip through our hands For a reason that I don’t understand A quiet voice whispers to me Boy, you gotta let … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Blame, Blind, Control, Fire, Friend, Illusion, Intention, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Roll, Whisper
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War Drums Beating
War Drums Beating by Michael Romani The war drums are beating There is no more retreating But for you, the battle is over You will be buried in clover Your fight is over my friend Your path has come to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Battle, Cared, Company, Death, End, Friend, God, Great Beyond, Missed, Other Side, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Reliance, Tears, True Born, War Drums, Warrior
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Dominate
In this work-a-day world where everyone competes It is as true as light that we’ll have victories and defeats And always someone who wants to rule and dominate Thinking that makes them the winner to compensate For darker losses that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bull, Bully, China Shop, Compensate, Competes, Daily Prompt, Defeat, Dominate, Lacking, Peace, Strife, Tested, Victory, Wordpress, Work-A Day
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Thought For the Day: Weakness Is Provocative
“Mr. Obama … came to office saying, and apparently believing, that a more deferential America would be better respected around the world. He will finish his term having disproved his own argument. The real lesson of the last four years … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Defense, Deferential, Isolationism, Lead From Behind, Obama, Provocative, Respect, Strength, Thought For the Day, Wall Street Journal, Weakness
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First Principles: Be Deliberate In Planning and Implementing Laws
“In planning, forming, and arranging laws, deliberation is always becoming, and always useful.” – James Wilson
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Tagged Constitution, Deliberation, First Principles, Forming, James Wilson, Law, Laws, Legislation, Planning, Utility
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Tardy
Funny how, isn’t it now How time passes so slowly You’d think you didn’t know me But, there it is somehow Apologies given entirely tardy Words said that tend to scar me I need to breathe to live But your … Continue reading
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Tagged Apology, Consequence, Daily Prompt, Funny, Jokester, Respect, Scar, Tardy, Walk Away, Wordpress, Wounds
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Thought For the Day: Fiction Can Be Useful
“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.” – Paul Theroux, novelist (b. 1941)
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Tagged Fantasy, Fiction, Life, Paul Theroux, Second Chance, Thought For the Day
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