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Thought For the Day: You Can Preach A Better Sermon With Your Life Than With Your Lips
“You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.” – Oliver Goldsmith, writer and physician (10 Nov 1730-1774)
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First Principles: The Less Government Interferes With Private Pursuits, the Better For General Prosperity
“The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.” – Martin Van Buren
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Blood On Our Hands
Halloween poem #2 – mankind has the worse monsters and is seldom as kind as we might be if only we could. Blood On Our Hands by Michael Romani Our brutalities serve to shape us Though we wish to deny … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyss, Asylum, Atrocity, Belief, Better, Blood, Brother, Brutality, Certain, Creature of the Night, Cure, Dawn, Deny, Dignity, Doctor, Fail, Fatal, Forget, Forgivver, God, Halloween, Hands, Heavy, Heoes, Humane, Humanity, Killers, Laugh, Live, Memory, Monster, Night, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Push, Remake, Right, River, Seen, Shadow, Shape, Sister, Sleep, Stir, Toll, Unafraid, Vanity, Watch
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Letters In A Wall
Fairy tale endings do exist. You just have to believe in love with all of your heart and soul. Letters In A Wall by Michael Romani In a thread between the past And a whisper of the future Letters in … Continue reading
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Tagged Beacon, Beauty, Believe, Better, Broken, Crush, Dreams, Eternity, Fairy Tale, Family, Forward, Friend, Future, Happy, Head, Heart, Hips, Home, Kiss, Letters, Light, Lips, Love, Moment, Nurture, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Probable, Promise, Read, Right, Rush, Soul, Spoken, Thread, Together, Truth, Whisper
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First Principles: Peace Is Better Than War, War Is Better Than Tribute
“It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.” – James Madison (1816)
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Short Form Poetry: In Your Name
From the short form poetry workshop last night. It is a form called anaphora. These are the notes from the first notecard explaining the concept: “Anaphora is a poetic technique. From the Free Dictionary The first definition for anaphora is … Continue reading
Taking Stock
The Summer of 1969 was a defining moment in the life of America. The currents that led to it swept away many of the traditions of the past in that season of our discontent. Taking Stock by Michael Romani Bethel, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1969, America, Art, Assassination, Bethel, Better, Beyond, Bobby Kennedy, Brotherhood, Change, Choice, Clear, Defer, Different, Disaster, Discontent, Disillusion, Dream, Edge, Flood, Generation, Groove, Happening, Ignore, Illusion, Know, Lght, Loud, Music, Nation, Notoriety, Pain, Parents, Peace, Photograph, Pilgrim, Plan, Play, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Proud, Rain, Reverent, Revolution, Satisfy, Scream, Society, Storm, Strife, Summer, Tears, Thought, Transform, Vietnam, Voice, Wrath
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Ozone Care
Another of the Earth’s little protective systems is that fragile shield call the ozone layer. Ozone Care by Michael Romani Gliding through the ozone with good care Minding the healing of this protective layer The Earth, she is a living, … Continue reading
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Tagged Better, Care, Chain Reaction, Dry Land, Earth, Embrace, Glide, God, Heal, Human Race, Invisible Hand, Land Life, Layer, Mankind, Offer, Oxygen, Ozone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Protect, Truth
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Thought For the Day: Be Yourself
“Be yourself — it’s the one thing you can do better than anyone else.” – Ethel Merman
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Entanglement
Some folks talk about degrees of separation. Others of an overarching oneness. Entanglement by Michael Romani In entanglement we find our connection Though the miles apart make it hard for detection There is inside of you the very heart of … Continue reading
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Tagged Better, Big Bang, Celebration, Connection, Divine, Energy, Entanglment, Faith, Heart, Oneness, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Science, Separation, Sublime, Synergy, Together
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