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First Principles: Keep The Celestial Fire of Conscience Alive In Your Heart
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.” – George Washington (1748)
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Tagged Alive, Breast, Celestial Fire, Conscience, George Washington, Labor, Spark
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Short Form Poetry – Tercou – Big And Vicious
Tonight’s workshop: What is a Tercou • 8 line poem of 3 stanzas. • First 2 stanzas are tercets • Third stanza is a couplet • Syllable count is 5/4/5, 5/4/5, 8/6 • Rhyme scheme aba aba aa After some … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Alive, Category Four, Coast, Disaster, Fear, Hurricane Florence, Rain, Short Form Poetry, Survive, Tercou
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Things Done
I have read somewhere that 22 veterans a day take their own lives. That’s staggering to think on. Isn’t it? Things Done by Michael Romani The things we do to survive Are things done to stay alive I’m left wondering … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Ashes, Battle, Core, Dance, Day, Enough, Fight, Human Being, Lashes, Legend, Lost, More, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Survive, True North, Worth, Wrong
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Word Prompt – Angel
Better men than me have caved to adversity Losing their way in life’s forms of perversity But, I may be among the first to openly agree That the angel on my back gets the best of me As she speaks … Continue reading
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Cherish
May it come to be that I pass and perish Before ever I forget those that I cherish All the breathtaking moments held so close Among these are those felt when shared with those Who linger in my heart as … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Cherish, Daily Prompt, Love, Music, Wordpress
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Adrenaline Rush
Adrenaline Rush by Michael Romani Don’t think Just do it Don’t sink Nothing to it To be alive Free dive Into the deep Like tears we weep Hanging in the skies As we flow and glide Revealed before our eyes … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrenaline, Alive, Dive, Do It, Hanging, Impression, Mystery, Obsession, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reveal, Rush
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Thorny
Thorny – thorn – thorns: Tangled Up In Thorns Time is a river Not a forgiver Tangled up in thorns Tattooed in bugles and horns Played so loudly Lived so proudly Wrapped up so thorny Until I came to scorn … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Daily Prompt, Grateful, Humble, Survive, Thorns, Thorny, Thrive, Time, Wordpress
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A Sort of Jazzy Sonnet
A Sort of Jazzy Sonnet by Michael Romani Lost in an abstraction of truth I spent the morning with the jazz That I loved so much in my youth A rhythmic kick of funky pizzazz Filled with that subtle incongruency … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstraction, Alive, Incongruent, Jazz, Phrasing, Pocket, Poem, Poetry, So What, Sonnet, Take Five
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