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Thought For the Day: It’s Older Men That Send Younger Men To Fight Wars
“I hate with a murderous hatred those men who, having lived their youth, would send into war other youth, not lived, unfulfilled, to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Older Men, Pride, Purpose, Thought For the Day, War, Younger Men
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First Principles: Stay Strong Even In Distress
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brave, Conduct, Conscience, Death, Distress, Firmness, First Principles, Little Minds, Love, Principles, Reflection, Shrink, Smile, Stout Heart, Strength, Thomas Paine, Troubles
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A Prophecy Begun…
To begin a series on the fall of Troy: A Prophecy Begun… by Michael Romani A mother’s cry pierces the palace night The black blood runs signally something is not right A baby boy is delivered into this wretched world … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Aprohdite, Death, Goddesses, Gods, Golden Apple, Helen, Herdsman, Paris, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prize, Prophecy, Trojan War, Troy, Zeus
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Thought For the Day: There Is Little To Gain In Worrying About Our Birth Or Our Death
“As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.” – Federico García Lorca, poet, playwright, and painter (5 Jun 1898-1936)
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Tagged Birth, Burden, Death, Federico Garcia Lorca, Life, Thought For the Day, Worry
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Taken Breath
A poem based on a Memorial Day dance and a reality for far too many: Taken Breath by Michael Romani Whisper has it that it took away your breath The day they called to inform you of my death Seems … Continue reading
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Tagged Airman, Coastie, Comfort, Confession, Death, Death's Embrace, Freedom, Love of Family, Marine, Memorial Day, Memory, Patriotism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Sacred Ground, Sailor, Service, Soldier, Taken Breath, Tombstone, Whisper
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 26: Fisherman’s Wharf
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 26 challenge is to write a poem “that includes images that engage all five senses. Try to be as concrete and exact as possible with the “feel” of what the poem invites the reader to see, smell, touch, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcatrazz, Chocolate, Cioppino, Death, Ferry, Fisherman's Wharf, Hyde Street, Love, Memories, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Pier 39, Poem, Poetry, San Francisco, Sausalito, Sea Food, Sea Lions
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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
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Tagged Angels Fear To Tread, Battle, Black, Courage, Daily Prompt, Dead Men, Death, Fear, Fight, Premonition, Wordpress
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