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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 28: Swimming With Iguanas
The Day 28 challenge is to write a prose poem. I have chosen to use growing up on the Naval base in Cuba for a while as the base of the poem. Swimming With Iguanas by Michael Romani We were … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, Extended Family, Friendship, GTMO, Iguanas, Kids, Ohana, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prose Poem, Swimming With Iguanas, Windmill Beach
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 27: Tarot Under the Law
The challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 27 is/was one that I do not find myself happily doing. I have no idea what is up with this year’s series of challenges. But, this one is perhaps the worse ever. I believe as … Continue reading
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 26: Fisherman’s Wharf
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 26 challenge is to write a poem “that includes images that engage all five senses. Try to be as concrete and exact as possible with the “feel” of what the poem invites the reader to see, smell, touch, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcatrazz, Chocolate, Cioppino, Death, Ferry, Fisherman's Wharf, Hyde Street, Love, Memories, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Pier 39, Poem, Poetry, San Francisco, Sausalito, Sea Food, Sea Lions
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 25: Handle With Care
The Na/GloPoWriMo Day 25 challenge is to write a poem that takes the form of a warning label. Handle With Care by Michael Romani There in all that subterfuge misspoke Are the mirrors of the hearts we broke Token glimpses … Continue reading
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Tagged Graceless Games, Handle With Care, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Subterfuge, Warning Label
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Girding My Heart
Based on the Book of Psalms: Girding My Heart by Michael Romani With my whole heart I seek Him Guarding my life by the decision That is not just a frivolous whim But one made from the precision Of guarding … Continue reading
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Tagged Girding, Heart, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Psalms, Rebuke, Repentence, the Word
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Annihilation of Meaning
Annihilation of Meaning by Michael Romani Woman seeks to question meaning itself As something organic and from a shelf An encroachment consuming some entirely And leaving others grieving, angry and lonely The fixity of womanhood has its own complexity But, … Continue reading
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Tagged Annihiliation, Bontany, Complex, Curious, Disorder, Earth, Fixity, Hearth, Humanity, Meaning, Organic, Original Sin, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Woman
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Thorny Logic
Thorny Logic by Michael Romani There is a thorny logic of contortion Of how we approach art in its distortion It’s a shell game we call respect As we arbitrarily choose favor or neglect In a world where street creds … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Copeland, Balance, Credibility, Distortion, Legacy, Logic, Perceptions, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rap, Respect, Shell Game, Thorny
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 23: In A World Without God
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 23 and the challenge is to write something pertinent to the incorporation of spoken word overheard or part of the fabric of surrounding society. In that all language more or less falls under these broad categories, I selected … Continue reading
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