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Scorpion’s Sting
Danger is the stranger that leaves us curious enough to look closer… Scorpion’s Sting by Michael Romani We stain our souls In our house of pain Nothing left to console As we flail against the strain Venom of the scorpion … Continue reading
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Tagged Blunder, Broken, Case, Console, Curious, Danger, Deserve, Embrace, House of Pain, Looking Glass, Observe, Outgun, Outplay, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Scorpion, Shatter, Shun, Soul, Spoke, Sting, Strain, Stranger, Trap, Truth of Claws, Vein, Venom, Wonder
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The Truth of the Present
It’s so easy to believe these are the bad ole days as modern day snake oil salesmen tell us of how horrible things are and that they’re bound to get worse. But is that true? Or, is the doom … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, Accountable, Age, al-Qeada, Armada, Asymmetry, Baton, Begun, Brave, Broken, Bungle, Calamity, Capable, Catastrophe, Cause, Cave, Change, Chicken Little, Choice, Coca Cola, Complicity, Conspire, Data Mine, Destruction, Devil, Doom and Gloom, Foothold, Gain, Goat, God, Gunpowder, History, Humanity, Imprint, Innocence, Kings, Law of the Jungle, Legacy, Living History, Logic Bomb, Manage, Manipulate, Mankind, Mery, Motivation, Mutual Destruction, Mystery, Nuclear, Obesity, One, Oppenheimer, Optimism, Orchestrate, Pages, Pain, Peace, People, Pessimism, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Power, Present, Prevail, Rare, Save, Self Defeat, Sown, Spoken, Starvation Line, Sugar, Terrorism, Tire, Tragedy, True Peace, Truth, Unity, Vanity, Veil, War, World
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Broken Sparrow Down
A few couplets were spotted dancing across the page….Dedicated to those who recognize that suicide is among the top reasons for death in the United States and work so diligently to lower these numbers and give up to the tired, … Continue reading
Who Do You Say That I am?
Based in part on Matthew 15:16: Who Do You Say That I Am? by Michael Romani Sometimes stigmatized by the visual Here in this age of consuming digital I see what my eyes choose to see Wondering if it’s with … Continue reading
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Tagged Acuity, Alone, Apart, Approval, Blind, Book of Matthew, Broken, Certainty, Clear, Confidence, Crack, Creativity, Deflection, Digital, Disguise, Distraction, Eye, Eyes, Fall, False Assumption, Foolishness, God, Gravity, Heart, Hide, Imperfection, Impression, Jacked Up, Jesus, Kindness, Knee Jerk Reaction, Levitate, Lost, Love, Measure, Mind, Mirror, Negativity, One Half, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presumption, Promise, Recall, Renew, Rust, Soul, Stigma, Stone, Strong, Toss, Treasure, Trouble, Trust, Visual, Warrior, Weak, Wisdom
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Morning Broken
Having a bit of a go at it in life these days. Six more medical tests scheduled by mid March. At that point, maybe we have a game plan? Let’s hope so. Morning Broken by Michael Romani Early morning, barely … Continue reading
Samson VIII
Continuing in an effort to put a version of the Samson and Delilah story from the Book of Judges into verse, I present Part VIII. Perhaps, I should have made this shorter? Samson (VIII) by Michael Romani Amidst un-princely questions of … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Adversary, Appease, Beg, Blame, Book of Judges, Broken, Burn, Consequence, Contest, Daughter, Design, Desire, Dishonor, Driven, Embrace, Enemies, Enemy, Enmity, Family, Fire, Flee, Folly, Forgiven, Gain, God's People, God's Will, Good, Heresy, History, Impure, Jew, King, Knees, Lion, Loss, Love, Nazarite, Peace, Persevere, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Price, Pride, Providence, Purity, Rage, Riddle, Samson and Delilah, Sanctuary, Seek, Shame, Sign, Steeple, Strife, Taran, Tears, Tunic, Two Peoples, Vain, Vow, Wager, Wisdom, Wolf, Wood, Worship, Wrath, Zion
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Through A Window
Lessons we learn in life, sometimes they cut us like a knife… Through A Window by Michael Romani Broken shadows seen through a window Hopeful promises shine like a rainbow Taken further than dreams often carry A true born love … Continue reading
Broken
It is what it is… Broken by Michael Romani When to myself a danger I’m perhaps better as a stranger Love can be funny that way I have too many dragons to slay Fixed hard to this reality Beginning to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Believe, Broken, Capable, Child, Conceive, Conception, Connection, Courage, Danger, Deception, Doubt, Dragons, Dream, Eternity, Eventuality, Fly, Free, Greed, Imperfection, Key, Know, Love, Man, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Puzzle, Real, Reality, Reveal, Self-Perception, Sought, Spoken, Stranger, Wisdom, Wish
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