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Mean Street Struggles
Mean Street Strugglesby Michael DoyleThe top tier of all artistryHas the flow found in living free.The struggle and hustle of the cityHas the habit of instilling its vibrancyThat grinds against the boneIn a way that makes each soul its own.New … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Another Day, Artists, Before, Bone, Cinema, Closer To Love, Corruption, Differently, Disruption, Door, Fight, Flow, Forgotten, Fragments, Full Price, Ghost, Glimpses, Greater, Grinds, Habit, History, Ideals, Illumination, Imagination, Immigrants, Learn, Living Free, Mean Street, More, Neighborhood, New York City, Opportunities, Own, Perception, Poetry and Poems, Primeval, Push and Shove, Revere, Reverent, Rival, Scenery, Second Generation, Seen, Soul, Store, Struggle and Hustle, Struggles, Sum of Sacrifice, Survival, Survivors, Sympathy, The City, Top Toer, Tribabl, True Mystery, Up and Coming, Visitor
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First Principles: A Free Government Is A Complicated Piece of Machinery, the Nice and Exact Adjustment of Whose Springs, Wheels, and Weights, Is Not Yet Well Comprehended By the Artists of the Age, and Still Less By the People
“A free government is a complicated piece of machinery, the nice and exact adjustment of whose springs, wheels, and weights, is not yet well comprehended by the artists of the age, and still less by the people.” – John Adams
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Tagged Adjustment, Age, Artists, Complicated, Comprehended, First Principles, Free Government, John Adams, Machinery, Springs, The People, Weights, Wheels
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Desert Skies
There are times that I truly miss driving through the deserts of the American West. I learned and saw and lived a lot there. Desert Skies by Michael Romani Life for all its anguish is ours It belongs to no … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Anguish, Answer, Artists, Assume, Black Train, Blind, Budge, Clue, Company, Dare, Desert, Dream, Dreamers, Ego, Empty, Forgive, Give, Glory, Hunt, Life, Love, Paint, Patterns, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognize, Risk, Seam, See, Sing, Skeleton, Skies, Sky, Story, Surrender, Teem, Track
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#Pennies For Dollars
#Pennies For Dollars by Michael Romani There is something off Hollow and desperate In the context collapse That keeps the music separate From the artistic soul And given to the corporate behemoths Who steal the control While trading pennies for … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Authenticity, Corporate Greed, Culture Clash, Exploitation, Money, Music Business, Photograph, Poem, Poetry
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The Timeless
Daphne Arts has put together an interesting installation of its artists’ work. Some of it is monochromatic; some is not. All of it is striking. While it’s memorable, I think Ally said it best. I do not recall her exact … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Ally Romani, Artists, Daphne Arts, Delirium, Destruction, Free Fall, Geometric, Hallunication, Installation, Mirrored, Monochromatic, Photographs, Photos, Second Life, The Timeless, Virtual
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 