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Thought For the Day: You Have All the Time You Need Until the Day You Die
“I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you’ll need right up to the day you die.” – William Wiley, artist (b. 1937)
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Tagged Death, Life, Priority, Thought For the Day, Time, William Wiley, Wish
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First Principles: Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death
“There is a just God who presides over the destines of nations … who will raise up friends to fight our battle for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chains, Courage, Death, Destiny, First Principles, God, Just, Liberty, Nation, Patrick Henry, Slavery, Vigilant
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Premonition
I had a premonition that things would not be going well It was not so much that anyone had all that much to tell After all dead men don’t talk much being as they’re dead But with a single look … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Angels Fear To Tread, Battle, Black, Courage, Daily Prompt, Dead Men, Death, Fear, Fight, Premonition, Wordpress
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Crashed
Crashed by Michael Romani If the world crashed to its end I’d still be beside you my friend If life was worse than death And I was certain there was nothing left Like Prometheus stealing God’s fire I would fight … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ashes, Chains, Connection, Crashed, Death, Fire, Friend, Heart, Life, Love, Prometheus, Rise
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The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny by Michael Romani She didn’t know how to die Only how to give away death The story revolves as to why Perhaps, it is all she had left The modality of a perfect nanny For two quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Children, Death, Die, Family, Grisly, Immigrant, Parents, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Red Flags, Return to Work, The Perfect Nanny, Travesty
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War Drums Beating
War Drums Beating by Michael Romani The war drums are beating There is no more retreating But for you, the battle is over You will be buried in clover Your fight is over my friend Your path has come to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Battle, Cared, Company, Death, End, Friend, God, Great Beyond, Missed, Other Side, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Reliance, Tears, True Born, War Drums, Warrior
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Finally
And finally the time approaches near When the clock ticks the ending of the year Every moment has been meant As cleverly as it has been spent But time is only something we borrow Seconds made up of happiness and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beginning, Daily Prompt, Death, Done, Ending, Finally, Forever, Minute, New Year, Seconds, Slipstream, Wordpress
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Monkey Play
https://flic.kr/p/tP6nNL Monkey Play by Michael Romani Seen from above as a thick carpet of green But then… things are never as they’re seen Each animal like monkeys in the canopy Clamber and cope as they pass tree to tree Red … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Amazon, Bald Ukari, Canopy, Death, Harpy Eagle, Life, Monkey, Play, Poem, Poetry, Red Howlers, Sloth, Spider Monkeys, Verdant
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Momento Mori
Momento Mori by Michael Romani Remembrance of death is something I embrace Every morning when I look at my mirrored face Trying so hard, it is my struggle to find peace The preacher whispers, forgiveness brings release But, it’s been … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Death, Military, Morality, Mortality, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Witness
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Dagger of Set
Dagger of Set by Michael Romani Erased from history Still there in the legacy The gods are angered And all of our lives endangered The dagger of Set Jagged edge of death It’s a curse we endure From which there … Continue reading
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Tagged Anubis, Catacombs, Dagger, Darkness, Death, Egypt, Egyptology, Heaven, Hell, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Set, Veil
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