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Father’s Day With My Daughters 2019
Two hours isn’t nearly long enough, but, at least it was some time. Father’s Day With My Daughters (2019) by Michael Romani Some dads find it fine to have bragging rights In that they’ve done in spending sleepless nights But, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, Angel, Better, Bragging Rights, Cherish, Daddy, Daughters, Dream, Empathy, Father's Day, Gift, Hug, Human Being, Life, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Sleepless Nights, Trouble, Ultra Sound, Voice
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Nuzzle and Nudge
Father’s Day is approaching. Due to lack of funds, I’ve not seen the girls but twice since June 10 of last year. We won’t even really get into the 73 times that the Court ordered telephonic visitation has been interfered … Continue reading
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Tagged Altar, Calvary, Children, Chocolate, Comfort, Cradle, Daughters, Embrace, Fairy Dust, Falter, Father's Day, Fort, God, Humanity, Humility, Imagination, Interstellar Sailor, Love, Moments, Moonbeam, Nudge, Nuzzle, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Redeem, Sacrifice, Serve, Sincre, Space, Time, Tomorrow, Transform, Vanity
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Joy In the Gifts of Hard Times
The challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 7 is to write a poem about gifts and joy. Above this challenge was a bit about how poetry can prove quite the therapeutic tool. I can see this easily from my own life. From this … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Abundance, Agony, Alive, Believe, Bleak, Celebrate, Circumstance, Clarity, Concieve, Dark, Daughters, Day, Depend, Despair, Devotion, Difficulty, Each Day, Earth, Employ, Faith, Family, Find, Focus, Gift, Gifts, Good, Good Friends, Grasp, Gratitude, Hand, Happenstance, Hard Times, Heaven, Hope, Joy, Key, Little Girls, Love, Moments, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nature, Negate, Out of Control, Passing Moment, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Rejoice, Salvation, Seasons, Situation, Soul, Spiral, Sublime, Support, Survive, Thankful, Today, World, World Turned Upside Down
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Dream Big Ghazal
Poem A Day #4 is to be of the Ghazal poetry form. Ghazals were originally popularized and written by such notables as Rumi and Hafiz of Persia. Through the influence of Goethe (1749–1832), the ghazal became very popular in Germany … Continue reading
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Tagged Babe Ruth, Courage, Daughters, Discourage, Distance, Dream Big, Dreams, Edison, Encourage, Father, Focus, Ghazal, Goethe, Home Run King, Little Girls, Locus, Love, Music, Nighttime, North Star, Nurture, Poem A Day, Poetry, Promise, Right Thing, Rumi, Science, Sing, Sleep, Star
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Daily Prompt – Craft
Out under the street lights I’ve spent one too many nights Chasing the neon gods of rock Pursuing my craft instead of small talk Like a street busker playing Thinking the magic would be staying Until one day I put … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Basement, Craft, Daddy, Daily Prompt, Daughters, Divorce, Guitar, Magic, Mouse, Neon gods, Nights, Play, Rock, Shaking, Small Talk, Street Busker, Street Lights, Tear, Visitation
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Redemption Of A Clown
Some things just aren’t funny. Like someone who abuses their power and position to coerce others into things otherwise unimaginable to them. Less funny still is when that same comedian thinks he can excuse away his or her lewd and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Acceptance, Boys, Care, Clown, Comedian, Contemplation, Daughters, Doubt, Lady, Match, Mothers, Neglect, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Reconciliation, Redemption, Repentance, Respect, Sisters, Talk, Toys, Walk, Watch, Women
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Daily Prompt – Size
A tear drop is painted on the wall It’s the many details behind the fall Telling its secrets to all who will see Of hope lost and grief in travesty Large or small, it’s the size of an ocean A … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Daughters, Details, Fall, Grave, Grief, Hope, Loss, Ocean, Overwhelmed, Size, Surf, Tear Drop, Travesty, Wall
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Narcissism
There are self imposed cages Filled with private passions And with your little rages Oh, I could detail this for pages On your lack of compassion Your narcissism in all its stages But what in the end would it benefit … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefit, Cages, Compassion, Daily Prompt, Daughters, Father, Grace, Narcissism, Pages, Place, Rages, Self Imposed, Stages, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Premature
I laughed with a shake of my head Never count me out as done or dead I smiled my quiet denouncement At the premature announcement And she sought to find me unfit As a father, unworthy of even a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged Counted Out, Daily Prompt, Daughters, Father, Laugh, Love, Premature, Still Standing, Unfit, Wordpress
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