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Category Archives: Poetry and Poems
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite
Light pollution and tricks of manmade light are dulling out the nighttime sky almost irreverently. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite by Michael Romani Looking up to heavens with naked eye Cosmic specks no longer glitter the sky Even outside the dense … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Days, Blunder, Cosmic Speck, Diamond, Dim, Divine, Dream, Dystopia, Glitter, Gone, Heavens, Humanity, International Space Station, Just, Lament, Light Pollution, Mad Hatter, Magic, Mountain, Nake Eye, Nature, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remember, Rim, Satellite, Sensation, Shine, Shooting Stars, Sky, Space X, Spirituality, Stars, Technology, Text Alerts, Tragic, Twinkle, Urban Center, Wish, Wonder
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Cultivating Kindness III
The Lord shows His kindness is His Yes, His No and His Wait. All things that happen, happen with purpose. It’s important in our growing to consider this perspective no matter how personally unsettling things get or are. Cultivating Kindness … Continue reading
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Tagged Atmosphere, Clear, Community, Compassion, Compromise, Cross, Cultivate, Darkness, Discipline, Effort, Experience, Family, Fear, Find, Forgive, Genuine, Gift, God, Integrity, Kind, Kindness, Lesson, Lord, Love, Obedience, One, Path, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Promise, Reflect, Repent, Seek, Sense, Sin, Smile, Sublime, Truth, Walk Back, Warning
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Straight Up, No Chaser
I am so far down right now that my chin up is just going to have to wait for some other day. Straight Up, No Chaser by Michael Romani Straight up, no chaser I know I can’t replace her I … Continue reading
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Tagged Beast, Beautiful, Beauty, Better Man, Chaser, Down, Dream, Fire, Good Enough, Heart Break, Hide, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shame, Sorrow, Straight Up
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At the Corners of My Soul
Ever miss someone even if the way they broke up with you leaves full of doubt, self loathing and more questions than answers? At the Corners of My Soul by Michael Romani Picking at the corners of my soul Searching … Continue reading
Seemed So Easy
Isn’t it funny how differently two people can see the same events? Seemed So Easy by Michael Romani It seemed so easy Putting band aids on the pain Ignoring the tear drops Though they fell like rain It was there … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazing, Annoy, Band Aids, Best Friend, Call, Charm, Contradictions, Deep, Differnces, Disarm, Easy, Guitar, Heart, Ignore, Imperfections, Jokes, Look, Note, Observances, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Real, Seem, Sgrong, Song, Speak, Star, Strum, Subtle, Tear Drops, Unique, Void, Washed Away, Wrong
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Dragged Down
Little something that fell together while I was playing guitar tonight… Dragged Down by Michael Romani Feeling less than fulsome Dragged down something awesome Drinking to oblivion stage side Letting my rage riff on a free ride At the turn … Continue reading
Cultivating Kindness II
One of lessons that is maybe too hard to learn for some is that in the face of harshness, sometimes the very best response is to show the same merciful kindness that God has shown us. It is a hard … Continue reading
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Tagged Capacity, Character, Child of God, Defense, Depend, Disparage, Friends, God, Harsh, History, Kind, Lesson, Light, Love, Mature, Mercy, Mind, Model, Nature, Peace, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Reasson, Response, Righteous, Strong, Tendency, Trouble, Wrong
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Finding Restorative Balance
Lately, though taking quite a hit in my life, I have also found through the good times and lessons given and learned some hints at new approaches for my health and peace. For that, I will always be eternally grateful. … Continue reading
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Tagged Address, Balance, Beautiful, Being, Bliss, Calm, Cause, Changes, Clarity, Conditiion, Convention, Corrective, De-Stress, Deliberate Intention, Distract, Effect, Embrace, Find, Fluid, Focus, Gratitude, Happiness, Health, Improve, Joy, Life, Mind and Body, Moment, Mystery, Overwhelm, Pauses, Peace, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Reconnect, Reinvention, Relax, Restorative, See, Slow and Steady, Tai Chi, Thoughtfulness, Time and Space, Treasure, Wonderful, Yoga
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Cultivating Kindness I
When life gets down to the fundamentals, isn’t kindness what we most need? Like so many say, be that change. Cultivating Kindness I by Michael Romani In this world, filled with sin And perhaps too much blindness One clarion thought … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Biblical, Blind, Christ, Clarion, Compassion, Connection, Cultivate, Depend, Easy Going, Eyes, Fogiving, Follow, Friend, Generous, Gentle, Harshness, Hear, Holy Spirit, Indwell, Kindness, Light, Living, One Another, Outflow, Part, Path, Patient, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Remember, Selfish, Service, Sin, Surprise, Tender, Thought, True, True Friend, Warm Heart, World
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Hot Sauce
Scribbled tales tell more than most would want to know, right? Hot Sauce by Michael Romani Layers of texture Provide the details The hot sauce of conjecture Told in a scribbled tale It’s a portrait of a community But also … Continue reading
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Tagged Common, Community, Conjecture, Deep, Destination, Downtown, Eseence, Eyes, Family, Fascination, Good, Graffiti, Grief, Hot Sauce, Layer, Los Angeles, Magic, Neon, Nostalgia, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Revelation, Scribble, Secret, Seek, Shimmer, Sisterhood, Star, Sunrise, Tale, Texture, The Hood, Tragic, Whisper
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