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Skyscrapers Out of Gossamer
Gossip is the insipid breeding ground from which must wickedness is born. https://flic.kr/p/KaZiDx Skyscrapers Out of Gossamer by Michael Romani Past affections become reshaped into their own hardened melody Layers of self composed invective write a cheat sheet rhapsody Projection … Continue reading
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Tagged Accusation, Anticipation, Benediction, Brave, Caricature, Cheat Sheet, Cherish, Claws, Clean House, Complexity, Conclusion, Desolation, Free, Gossamer, Gossip, Gratitude, Hardended Melody, Hope, Invective, Lesson, Let Go, Love, Melody, Mental Aggravation, Microcosm, Passive Aggression, Past Affections, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rhapsody, Sarcasm, Self Isolation, Self Loathing, Side, Simplicity, Skyscraper, Smile, Snakes In Grasses, Strife, Support, Third Act, Trouble, Warm, Wicked
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Los Feliz Memories
For the good and bad of it, Hollywood has had a tremendous influence on global entertainment. https://flic.kr/p/qJsrzn Los Feliz Memories by Michael Romani Cinematic ghosts are conjured back into existence As half remembered legends draped in persistence A séance draws … Continue reading
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Tagged Angle, Cinema, Corner, Cosmic Firmament, Creative, Gloss, Gossip, Heartaches, Hollywood, Hourglass, Incendiary, Investigation, Legend, Lore, Los Feliz, Manson, Nostalgia, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Seance, Tomorrow, Votex, Yesterdays
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Eloquence of the Nothing Said
Sometimes whispers speak fairly loudly. Eloquence of Nothing Said by Michael Romani There’s an eloquence In the nothing said Sweet hand of Providence Rested upon his head Whispers of sacred not Abides the man who believes Wrapped in a simple … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Brinksmanship, Dirty Tricks, Eloquence, Grieve, Love, Nothing, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Politics, Providence, Sacred, Thought, Trifle, Truth, Whisper, Wish
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The Knights Shall Ride
Long ago in the days ole, there were knights unafraid to serve the will of king and nation for the cause of the righteous….. The Knights Shall Ride by Michael Romani In times of darkness Able men of the light … Continue reading
God Is After You
Based in part on Psalms 23:6 God Is After You by Michael Romani I seek in repentance to make my turn To live a better life as I have learned Desired by the blessings from above Surrendering to the ways … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Chains, Discourage, Embrace, Follow, Fruit, Gift, Glory, God, Goodness, Heartbreak, Heels, Keys, Learn, Lesson, Lies, Mercy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Psalms, Receive, Repentance, Shatter, Sheep, Stumble, Surrender, Tears, Trail, Tribute, Truth, Victory, Word of God, Years
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Stubbed Toe Pride
Pride and stubbed toes often go together in the most unlikely but problematic combinations. Stubbed Toe Pride by Michael Romani With all the stubbed toes aside It’s hard to run when filled with pride Strong words said as accusations fly … Continue reading
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Tagged Accusations, Challenge, Correction, Cost, Detail, Direction, Discern, Dust, Eternity, Hope, Invitation, Learn, Levity, Lost, Murmur, Parse, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Reveal, Share, Stumbed Toe
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Thunder Road
Robert Mitchum wrote and starred in a movie way back in the 1950s that spoke to the ways of moonshiners and their dispute with the Revenue men. It touched on many topics that each could be made their own poems. … Continue reading
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Tagged Back Woods, Backs, Breeze, Code, Drive, Family, Honor, Living, Mile, Moon, Moonshine, Obstacle, Old, Persistence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remnant, Robert Mitchum, Scrapple, Tale, Tax, Thunder Road, Trees, Unforgiving, Veteran, Whippoorwills, Wink
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Impulsive Inclinations
Seems a common characteristic in humanity that we have this propensity toward self destruction. This was brought to mind in a movie that I was watching earlier today. Impulsive Inclinations by Michael Romani In our life’s traveling Some find themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged Drink, Imprecision, Impulse, Incline, Life, Meaning, Overthinking, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Self Destruction, Self Taught, Trick of Light
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One
All life began from one cell. Sometimes cells mutate in less than desirable ways. One by Michael Romani A cell Four and a half billon years ago A cell Divided into two Then as though compelled And having nowhere else … Continue reading
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Tagged Cell, Fight, Life, Love, Mutation, One, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason To Live, Strength, Unity
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In the Valley of the Wolf
Based on the reintroduction of wolves into some select wilderness areas: In the Valley of the Wolf by Michael Romani In a mixed experiment Between purpose and accident There is a blend On which side it might depend One side, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha, Ancestral Home, Biology, Canis Lupus, Clearing, Cold, Fear, Freedom, Generation, Greeting, Harmony, Howl, Lost Connection, Mtyhology, Night, Personality, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Privilege, Resonant, Riparian, Shadow, Social, Solitary, Valley, Veneration, Winter's Day, Wolf, Wolves
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