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For Those Beneath
Today is National Wreaths Across America Day, December 21, 2019… please remember in your thoughts and prayers, those who gave all that we might live free. Thank you! For Those Beneath by Michael Romani Sharing a bottle of mental … Continue reading
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In A Relative Theory of Violin
Happiest National Violin Day! In A Relative Theory of Violin by Michael Romani I know it’s all relative but who’s to argue But to play well one must add in divisions of two At least often, if you happen to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1922, Affinity, Architecture, Audience, Beauty, Beethoven, Ceremony, Choice, Complex, Count, Cry, Daydream, Disparate, Divisions, Encore, Fear, Fragments, Frame, Great Unified Theory of Everything, Influence, Inner Unity, Instrument, Japan, Joy, Kreutzer Sonata, Love, Math, Melody, More, Music, Name, Narrative, National Violin Day, Nobel Prize, Note, Photograph, Physics, Planet, Poem, Poetry, Positive, Relative, Relax, Score, Seams, Smile, Song, Sphere, Stress, Superlative, Tax, Theory, Uncle Albert, Universe, Violin, Voice
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Spoons Full of Memories
A good man was laid to rest today, as good a man as men are these days. I offer this attempt of a poem to honor his memory in a final salute of sorts. Master Sargent Charles Oliver Brooks, boss, … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Atone, Boss, Bugle, Bury, Ceremony, Company, Country, Depend, Depth, Faithful Servant, Family, Friend, Good, Good Nature, Heaven, Heroism, Home, Honor, Ice Cream, Legacy, Life, Lord, Master Sargent Charles O Brooks, Memorial, Memory, Mentor, Name, No Shame, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rest In Peace, Reverend, Salute, Sermon, Soul, Spoon, Taps, Taught, Touch, Tribute, Valor, Warrior, Wings, Words
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Ceremony
The Way of the Gods is one of great ritual Processes of discipline that become habitual The nature of kami is that of complex divinity One that blends the spirit of balanced ceremony With the worship of ancestors with dexterity … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Ancestor Worship, Ashes, Ceremony, Daily Prompt, Divinity, Generations, Habitual, Heritage, Humility, Kami, Purity, Security, Shinto, Ultimate Ancestors, Veneration, Way of the Gods, Wordpress
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Himalayan Purification
Himalayan Purification by Michael Romani Bursting before the storyteller’s eyes Played out across the pale Himalayan sky In their red and saffron robes, neat and attractive Are the Bhutanese monks, happy and quite festive Morning prayer les to Buddhist rituals … Continue reading
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Tagged Bhutan, Black Hats, Buddha, Buddhism, Ceremony, Dispute, Fire Gate, Himalaya, Jambay Lhankhang drup, Poem, Poetry, Purification, Ritual, Sacred
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