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The Rock
A poem of gratitude #19: The Rock by Michael Romani Steadfast in the rock that is my messiah Sadly, I still fall victim to my worse desires Like Peter, I know that I would have lied If I falsely stated, … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Blame, Blasphemy, Broken, Chill, Confidence, Deny, Depth, Desire, Destination, Doubt, Fade, Faith, Garden of Gethsemane, Grace, Gratitude, Hesitation, Kingdom, Lie, Lord, Men, Messiah, Moment, Moon, Obedience, Olive, Peter, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Rock, Sacrifcice, Self, Shadow, Shame, Sin, Soul, Steadfast, Stray, Strength, Suffice, Temptation, Weak, Wholeness, Wisdom
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A Humble Path Past Conflict
Part of living a life with more gratitude might include less fight and conflict and greater humility. Poem #2 for this season of thankfulness: A Humble Path Past Conflict by Michael Romani With gratitude not as demanding Toward the God … Continue reading
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Tagged Alienation, Allow, Angle, Blame, Build, Co-Creative, Communicate, Conflict, Crucial, Demand, Destination, Divinity, Ear, Either/Or, Eye, Fascination, Find, Form, Gain, God, Grace, Grateful, Gratitude, Heal, Heart, Humble, Humility, Invite, Live, Need, Openness, Pain, Path, Peace, People, Petty, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Power, Reframe, Reject, Relate, Relationship, Release, Ritual, Share, Something, Spark, Strive, Stumble, Thankfulness, Theology, Thing, Three, Triangle, Tribe, Unity, Worship
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Rose’s Thorn
Halloween Poem #3 Rose’s Thorn by Michael Romani The rose’s thorn bled it’s blood Chosen to drag my soul through the mud Clever thought I in the transparency Lost in its morbid transcendency Condemned to the darkened dust Struggling in … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Blade, Blame, Blood, Blush, Clever, Condemn, Cost, Cruel, Danger, Defile, Drool, Dust, Eyes, Halloween, Lost, Lush, Morbid, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Rose, Shatter, Soul, Still, Stranger, Strong, Struggle, Thorn, Transparent, Tuth, Twist, Unkempt, Vicious, Wheel, World, Wrong
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Halloween Is Coming
October 1st. It must be a day for many things. But as the night comes to an end, felt like an old friend, I feel Halloween coming on… Halloween Is Coming by Michael Romani In the distance, I hear the … Continue reading
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Tagged Badlands, Beast, Blame, Blood, Card, Claw, Come, Darkness, Distance, Drum, Embrace, Evil, Guilt, Halloween, Heart, Hello, Hiss, Holiness, Light, Mask, Murder, Necklace, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Quench, Repentance, River, Serpent, Shame, Sin, Stay, Stench, Sundown, Tale, Trick, True Face, Unleash, Vain, Venom, Wash, Whisper
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Tradeau
Funny thing about pointing fingers, when you do, for your one finger pointed, three point back at the accuser most often. This truism seems to proven itself this time around. Tradeau by Michael Romani Well, would you look at … Continue reading
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Tagged Accuser, Blame, Brownface, Change, Did, Embrace, Evidence, Fact, Fascism, Finger Pointing, Heresy, Hypocrisy, Hypocritical, Interesting, Justin Tradeu, Lips, Narrative, Onion, Opinion, Past, Peel, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Racism, Rearrange, See, Time, Truism, Truth, What, Who, Youth
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Propagation
Continuing in the series on survival: Propagation by Michael Romani I pity the poor Mayfly Who have only one day To find their way to a mate Before the day is gone and it’s to late Love it seems can … Continue reading
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Tagged Anticipate, Arrive, Beauty, Best, Blame, Color, Complex, Coral, Date, Day, Diversity, Duty, Fight, Full Moon, Game, Late, Love, Mate, Mayfly, Pattern, Perevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polyp, Process, Propagation, Quest, Reason, Rival, Romance, Simple, Species, Survive
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Ten Generations Lesson
This poem is based in part on Genesis 6:5-14 and the lessons derived from the life of Noah and the ten generation curse that walked us from the Garden of Eden to the great flood. Ten Generations Lesson by Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged Blame, Flood, Garden of Eden, Generations, Genesis, Journey, Lesson, Poem, Poetry
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On the Importance of Forgiveness
Turns out that forgiving is the healthy thing to do, not just for others, but for yourself as well: On the Importance of Forgiveness by Michael Romani Emotional blockages put us ill at ease And this manifests itself in physical … Continue reading
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Tagged Acid, Anger, Animosity, Blame, Brain, Burdent, Communicate, Confession, Cycle, Disease, Drama, Emotional Blockage, Fire, Forgive, Forgiveness, Fright, Game, Give, God, Heal, Heart, Ill At Ease, Inflammation, Inner Child, Judgment, Learn, Let Go, Letting Go, Live, Mercy, Moment, Path, Pause, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realize, Serenity, Soul, Strain, Stress, Take, Temple, Trauma
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Inward Crash
The injuries from the military that are visible only scratch the surface of the totality. Inward Crash by Michael Romani There’s a loneliness in his memory Sitting and looking out to the sea Images explode, implode and won’t go away … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyss, Blade, Blame, Bullet, Choice, Chopper, Claim, Close, Conflict, Crash, Cry, Dark, Decision, Disturb, Duty, Explode, Fear, Finger Point, Friend, Good Solcier, Hades, Hard Decisions, Hell, Images, Implode, Inflict, Injury, Linger, Lonely, Lost, Lucid, Memory, Military, Overwhelm, Pain, Phantoms, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Resent, Sigh, Sniper, Soul, Strong, Tagged, Thunder, Tool, Under, Voice, War, Withdraw
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An Obsession of Shadow
The challenge for the 13th day of Na/GloPoWriMo is to write something spooky or somewhat creepy. To me, there is maybe nothing more creepy than the shadowed, dark side of human nature. An Obsession of Shadow by Michael Romani Hiding … Continue reading
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