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There’s the Deep of That
Common culture often sees child’s play as an expression of something basic. Modern psychology suggests that it is otherwise. I am inclined to agree. There’s the Deep of That by Michael Romani There is as it seems A world that … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Agency, Arbritrary, Archetype, Building Blocks, Child's Play, Choice, Confide, Culture, Deep, Discern, Dreams, Expression, Face, Hype, Impose, Joy, Learn, Photograph, Place, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Predesign, Preference, Psychology, Push Back, Reference, Refine, Seems, Smile, Step, Voice, Zillion
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Seeking Wisdom
Sometimes it seems hard to find wisdom in these times we live in. Seeking Wisdom by Michael Romani In this day of the endless age We find our best truth isn’t from the sages But, as we still seek out … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, Age, Change, Culture, God, History, Kingdom, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Seek, Strange, Test, Truth, Wisdom
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Leading Toward Significance In Free Verse
Poem A Day #12 is to be written in Free Verse. The word prompt is ‘echo’. Free Verse is: From https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/free-verse and https://literarydevices.net/free-verse/: “Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech. A regular pattern of sound or … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Animal, Baby, Chimp, Civil, Closet, Cognitive Revolution, Culture, Early History, East Africa, Free Verse, Games, Great, Handprint, Hominid, Homo Sapiens, Human, Lead, Mankind, Memory, Milkwood, Mother, Mystery, Poem, Poem A Day, Poetry, Science, Secret, Separated, Signature, Significance, Skeleton, Thread, Time, Uncivil, Vers Libre
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Thought For the Day: All Children – Born and Unborn – Are Made In the Holy Image of God
“Let us work together to build a culture that cherishes innocent life. And let us reaffirm a fundamental truth: All children — born and unborn — are made in the holy image of God.” – Donald Trump
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Tagged All Children, Born, Build, Cherish, Culture, Donald Trump, Fundamental Truth, God, Holy Image, Innocent Life, Thought For the Day, Together, Unborn, Us
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Thought For the Day: Education Is the Passing of A Society’s Soul From Generation To Generation
“What is education? Properly speaking, there is no such thing as education. Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. Whatever the soul is like, it will have to be passed on … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture, Education, Generation, GK Chesterton, Society, Soul, Teach, Thought For the Day, Transition, Truth
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Points of Consideration
Tonight on election eve, it seems we have some things to think about in the US. This is how my side sees it. It wouldn’t be my side if I didn’t tend to agree, ya know? Points of Consideration by … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Achievement, Aggrievement, Choice, Choices, Complain, Conformity, Consequences, Conservative, Consideration, Contradiction, Culture, Dedication, Direction, Dissent, Diversity, Education, Election, Enormity, Erosion, Forget, Free Market of Ideas, Free Speech, Freedom, God, Health Care, Identity Politics, Nation, One Size Fits All, Pain, Patriotism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Progressive, Reflection, Regret, Rule of Law, Socialism, Stratification, Struggle, Together, Tradition, Trample, Unity, Values, Victim, Voice
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Thought For the Day: We Must Work Together To Create A Culture That Embraces the Dignity of Life
“We must … work together to create a culture in our country that embraces the dignity of life, that creates deep and meaningful human connections, and that turns classmates and colleagues into friends and neighbors.” – Donald Trump … Continue reading
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Tagged Connection, Create, Culture, Dignity of Life, Donald Trump, Embrace, Friends, Humanity, Neighbors, Thought For the Day, Together
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Legends Persist
Legends persist throughout our culture. They always have. I believe they always will. https://flic.kr/p/pC38by Legends Persist by Michael Romani Choking on the information age Where everything is instantly all the rage Be it Britney Spears or history The internet is … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Confucius, Culture, Folktale, Habit, Historical Fact, History, Influence, Information Age, Internet, Jesus, Legends, Mulan, Mythic Figures, Persist, Poem, Poetry, Robin Hood, Shakespeare, Story, Sublime, Sun Tzu, William Tell
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First Principles: Some Assimilation of Culture, Law and Tradition Is Required To Remain One People
“The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the Language, habits and principles which they bring with them. Whereas by an intermixture with our people, they, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Assimilation, Culture, Customs, Diversity, First Principles, George Washington, Immigration, Law, One People
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Na/GloPoWriMo 12: Pukka Shell Haibun
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 12’s challenge is to write a Haibun based on the environment we grew up in. I came up with this: Pukka Shell Haibun by Michael Romani A shark’s tooth attached to pukka shell necklace becomes replaced by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Califoria, Coastal, Culture, Dependent, Geography, Global, Haibun, Hawai'i, Military, Na/GloPoWriMo, Ocean, Poem, Poetry, Pukka Shell, Scotland
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 