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First Principles: Ours Is A Noble Inheritance Gained By the Blood and Sweat Of Our Ancestors
“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors.” – Justice Joseph Story (1833)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged American Youth, Ancestors, Blood, Bought, First Principles, Forget, Justice Joseph Story, Noble Inheritance, Suffer, Toil
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Children of the Night
Once on a full moon’s howling… Children of the Night by Michael Romani Shackled in darkness and chains Life batters at us while we refrain Toys of love have rules of their own With all the goodbyes that leave us … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Batter, Blood, Chains, Children of the Night, Consume, Darkness, Deadly, Doom, Drip, Full Moon, Goodbye, Howl, Hunted, Light, Man, Moon, Music, Offense, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rules, Savage Beast, Shackle, Shadow, Skin, Snarl, Toys of Love, Walking Wounded, Wolf
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Daily Prompt – Innocence Lost
Seems like a theme this year so far for this coming Halloween doesn’t it? I guess it’s been on mind lately that some of our worse horrors are self inflicted by mankind. On Innocence Lost (In War) by Michael Romani … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Accept, Alone, Better, Blood, Boys, Choice, Daily Prompt, Damaged Heart, Death, Dream, First Breath, First Kill, God's Plan, Halloween, Hero, Inflicted, Innocence, Lost, Love, Men, Moment, Night, Poor Excuse, Pray, Scar, Sin, Sleep, Sorrow, Spill, Together, Unholy Monster, Zero
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Seventeen Years To This Day
On 9/11/2001, cowards struck and killed many innocent people for wrongs mostly imagined, some perhaps real. But, none of these directly attributable to 99% who died that day. Let’s never, ever forget this. Seventeen Years To This Day by Michael … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged 9/11, Blood, Blood Lust, Cowards, Forget, Helter Skelter, Heroes, History, Innocents, Legacy, Moment, Pentagon, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Regret, Sacred Ground, Torment, Twin Towers
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Ways of Freedom
From time to time, it seems necessary to think on choices made and principles kept. Ways of Freedom by Michael Romani “Times march on”, says the old soldier Remembering back on times bolder But some things are best and better … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ashes, Blood, Chains, Freedom, Heritage, Kingdom, Legacy, Liberty, Masses, Old Soldier, Patriot, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price Paid, Progress, Regression, Security, Tears, Tradition, Tyranny, Violence
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Daily Prompt – Copper
Nothing can tarnish the mountains of copper canyon Except, perhaps, their memory if we abandon The beauty of this bronze mineral so malleable Flexed to the point we were no long able Thin stacks of this stamped into the pennies … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Blood, Bronze, Canyon, Copper, Daily Prompt, Desert, Eco-Friendly, Empire, Flex, Gold and Silver, History, Memory, Microcosm, Rivers, Sierra Madre Occidental, Tarnish
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The Return of Prince Paris
Second in the new series on the fall of Troy: https://flic.kr/p/rBqriP The Return of Prince Paris by Michael Romani Paris asks for the gates of Troy To be part of the games that he enjoys Staking his life that he … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Blood, City Streets, Crown, Disguise, Games, Gates, Gods, Hector, Paris, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prince, Troy, War, Wrestling
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 