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Tilting Mental Windmills
On bad days, I awake wondering if maybe Don Quixote wasn’t on to something in his belief of pursuing impossible dreams. Other days, I dare to dream these. Tilting Mental Windmills by Michael Romani Captured frames from your window Map … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Awake, Better, Beyond, Blink, Blur, Bound, Brain Fog, Brave, Brave New World, Cherish, Collaborator, Cornucopia, Corridor, Curious, Cut, Dare, Daze, Deception, Decisions, Don Quixote, Door, Early, Embrace, Everyone, Experience, Fear, Feeling, Feign, Flow, Fragments, Frames, Glory, Grip, Hands, Hope, Humanity, Impossible Dreams, Join, Kung Fu, Last, Late, Learn, Life, Life After Death, Lose, Map, Mental, Mind, Moment, Musician, Pain, Perception, Photograph, Plead, Poems, Poetry, Pose, Preference, Puzzle, Riff, Story, Subject, Surly, Tears, Thrill, Tilt, Time, Together, Too Far, Twenty First Century, Walk, Will, Win, Windmills, Window, Wonder, World
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First Principles: The Battle Is Not Just the Strong; But, to the Vigilant, Active and Brave
“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” – Patrick Henry (1775)
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Tagged Active, Battle, Brave, First Principles, Patrick Henry, Sir, Strong, Vigilant
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To Bring the Stars Closer
There are those who walk into our lives to not simply touch and fadeaway. There are those who from the moment met leave an indelible trace in your heart and soul. It is to this which has left me so … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Amaze, Attitude, Beautiful, Beauty, Belong, Brave, Bring, Change, Choose, Close, Closer, Compassion, Contentment, Control, Curl, Curled, Dare, Deep, Desire, Detail, Doubt, Dream, Duty, Embrace, End, Essence, Eyes, Fall, Fascination, Feel, Fools, Forgive, Forgotten, Friend, Give Up, God, Good Man, Grace, Gratitude, Harm, Heart, Heaven, Here, Hold, Hope, Illusion, Important, Inner, Inner Fire, Inspire, Latitude, Live, Look, Love, Lover, Lyric, Magic, Magnificence, Man, Mystery, Night, Obligation, Passion, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Pray, Purpose, Right, Risk, Serve, Significance, Silence, Sing, Sky, Sleep, Soul, Stars, Tears, Time, Token, Touch, Trace, Treasure, Truth, Violence, Watch, Ways, Weep, Well, Will, Wish, Woman, Wonder, Wonderful, World, Worth
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Hole Inside My Gospel
I know that I’m not the only one who is a believer. Nor am I the only one amazed at the things he does despite believing, right? Still…. Hole Inside My Gospel by Michael Romani Like so many among the … Continue reading
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Tagged About, Believe, Better Man, Bliss, Blow, Bluff, Brave, Bubble, Calling, Compel, Confidence, Crumble, Day, Disappear, Doubt, Example, Fade, Fallen, Father, Fear, Find, Fire, Gospel, Hard, Hide, His, Hole, Hope, Inspire, Know, Live, Love, Muse, Night, Pardon, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Pride, Razzle Dazzle, Right, Safe, Secret, Shadow, Soul, Stay, Struggle, Stuff, Stumble, Tale, Tear, Trouble, Wall, Will, Wish, World, Write
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Like Sand Becomes A Pearl
On December 7, 1941, the then Japanese Empire attacked America killing some 2,400 people and bringing the US into World War II. Today is remembered in the US as National Pearl Harbor Day of Remembrance. Like Sand Becomes A … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Attack, Avoid, Beauty, Begun, Brave, Brilliant, Circumvent, December 7 1941, End, Events, Eye, Fight, Forge, Friends, Gallantry, Give, God, Hate, Infamy, Inspiration, Irritation, Japan, Legacy, Lesson, Light, Lives, Memory, Nations, Oyster, Pearl, Pearl Harbor, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognize, Remember, Remembrance, Right, Sand, Soul, Tragedy, Tragic, Transform, Two, War, Wise, Won, World, Yamamoto
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Thankful For God’s Love and Mercy
Based in part on 1st Samuel: Thankful For God’s Love and Mercy by Michael Romani Giving thanks for all at all times Expressed in my thousand rhymes Always seeking wisdom in my prayers Walking this world without false airs Surely … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Samuel, Adoration, Air, Better, Blessed, Brave, Children of God, Conquer, Constant, Courage, Cross, Depth, Dignity, Divinity, Embrace, Every Day, Face, Faith, Find, Forgiven, Forward, Given, God, Goodness, Gratitude, Heaven, Hesitate, Holy, House, Humanity, Humility, Inventory, Lord, Love, Mercy, Ministry, Offer, Pause, Photograph, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Prevail, Problems, Pure, Purity, Puzzle, Rhyme, Sequence, Show, Sin, Small, Song, Soul, Spirit, Steadfast, Step, Still, Strength, Tale, Teach, Thanks, Time, Together, Toward, Walk, Way, Ways, Win, Wisdom, Wonder, Wrongs
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Ghosts of Bedlam
Halloween Poem #30 (the blog got messed up yesterday and I had to get it fixed by WordPress help – special thank you to the nice person who helped me!!) Ghosts of Bedlam by Michael Romani Sometimes staying the course … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Bedlam, Behind, Bleed, Brave, Burn, Conspire, Contrive, Course, Cure, Dignity, Discover, Doctor, Dollars, Doom, Dose, Dream, Fire, Ghosts, Gone, Halloween, Hallucinate, Hell, Help, Hope, Impure, Leech, Lie, Life, Mad, Medicate, Medicine, Mind, Muddle, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Procedures, Recover, Remorse, Sake, Score, Soul, Strong, Survive, Truth, Wish, Wordpress, Wrong
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Pick Up Sticks
Canines and mankind have a relationship that has recently been discovered to be much older than thought for most of my life. The estimate I heard today on an audiobook about animal behavior placed this friendship back over 100,000 years … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid, Apache, Bag, Boy, Brave, Canine, Coyote, Creatures, Cry, Dark, Evil, Fear, Harshness, Hell, Howl, Illusion, Innocent, Light, Lucifer, Mankind, Night, Petroglyph, Photograph, Pick Up, Poem, Poetry, Satan, Shade, Sinner, Sky, Sticks, Sunlight, Tale, Trick, Wall, Winner, Wolf
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Thought For the Day: You’re Braver Than You Believe and Stronger Than You Seem and Smarter Than You Think
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A. A. Milne
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Tagged AA Milne, Believe, Brave, Promise, Remember, Seem, Smart, Strong, Think, Thought For the Day, You
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