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Our Finest Hour
At this stage of American history, we advanced onto the world stage having no real choice but to fight a war on multiple fronts in World War II and rather self consciously becoming a, if not the, world leader in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 1940, Accommodation, Admiral Nimitz, Admiral Yamamoto, Air Craft Carrier, All-American, Allied Commander, Allies, America, American History, American Pride, Appeasement, Atom Bomb, Back, Battle, Battle of Britain, Battle of Midway, Beast, Berlin, Blitzkrieg, Break, Brunt, Capacity, China, Christian Civilization, City, Conflagration, Consideration, Converge, Countries, D-Day, Dead, Death Camps, Decision, Decisive, Decisively, Defeaat, Demoralize, Destructive, Devour, Dictator, Die, Direction, Domination, Drums, Dwight Eisenhower, Dynamics, Emperor, Endure, Engage, Expansion, FDR, Finest, Finest Hour, Fire Side Chat, Fourth, Free World, Freedom, General MacArthur, Germany, Halt, Hard Fought, Harry S Truman, Heart, Hiroshima, History, Hitler, Horror, Hour, Impossible, Industrial Ability, Infamy, Institution, Internal, International, Internationalist, Isolationist, Italy, Japan, Japanese, Jewish, June, Knockout Blow, Know, Last, Lend Lease Act, Luftwaffe, Manhattan Project, Mantle of Leadership, Materials, Merge, Might, Nagasaki, Nation, Navy, Nazi, Neutrality, Non-Aggression Pact, Normandy, North Atlantic, Obligations, Occupy, Okinawa, Opinion Poll, Organic, Pacific, Pacific Fleet, Paris, Past, Pearl Harbor, Permanent Sense, Philippines, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precedent, Predictability, Prinicples, Priority, Productivity, Reality, Revelation, Royal Air Force, Ruins, Russians, Secret, Secure, Self Conscious, Shadow, Shoulders, Shudder, Siege, Skies, Smoulder, Soviet Union, Stalin, Standing, Standing Army, Strategic, Stubborn, Supplies, Surrender, Sustain, Symbolic, Territorial Aggression, Thug, Treaty of Versailles, Turning Point, Two Prong, Typhoon of Steel, Unstoppable, Vain, VE Day, Victory, War, Will, Win, Winston Churchill, World, World Affairs, World Leader, World War II, Wrong
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Ruined Absolution
This poem was meant for December 19, 2019. This is, among other observances, National Emo Day.. So Happy that… In my own confessional, I am struggling a bit these last few days with my upcoming birthday, Christmas almost here and … Continue reading
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Tagged Absence, Absolution, Afraid, Angst, Bangs, Beautiful, Brithday, Burn, Care, Chemical Romance, Christmas, Compression, Confession, Confessional, Contemplate, Dark, December 19 2019, Die, Do It Or Die, Embrace, Emotional, Escape, Expression, Fall, Fraught, Glance, Hair, Happy, Hollywood, Human Being, Ink, Inspiration, Intropective, Jet Black, Life, Little Girls, Love, National Emo Day, Nothing, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Question, Ruin, Savage, Sigh, Silence, Skinny Jeans, Sleeve, Smile, Something, Sonic Attack, Sorrow, Stride, Structure, Sunday, Taste, Tee Shirt, Tenderness, Thin, Think, Violence, Violin, Want, World, Yesterday
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Commit Freedom To Memory
Yesterday, December 15, 2019, was Bill of Rights Day! I was semi-astonished when I didn’t find anyone making reference to this. I was busily recovering from a long walk without a coat taken on Saturday. By the way, … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Bill of Rights Day, Birth Right, Breath, Confluence, December 15 1791, Die, Distinction, Extinction, Flag, Flickr, Freedom, Fundamental, God, Government, Guarantee, History, Hour, Influence, Light, Limit, Lord, Memory, Natural Law, Overseer, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Principles, Rule of Law, Rules, Sentiment, Steeple, The People, Truth, World, Worth
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Thankfulness For the Armor of God
A poem in gratitude for our creator #18: Thankfulness For the Amor of God by Michael Romani When I look into the mirror It no longer takes a seer To see that I am not the enemy But am still … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Armor, Battle, Blind, Captive, Clever, Creator, Dark, Devil, Die, Dream, Enemy, Face, False, Fight, God, Grace, Gratitude, Greed, Ground, Guard, Harsh, Heart, Holy, Humility, Leader, Light, Lion, Lose, Mature, Me, Mirror, Need, Patient, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Prowl, Remind, Remorse, Saving Grace, Scheme, Seer, Self, Simple, Step By Step, Stubborn, Submit, Thanks, True, Truth, Whisper, You, Youth, Zion
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A Pale Death
Halloween Poem #17: A Pale Death by Michael Romani The end of days descends Like a fog from hell that ascends On us all a thick as it can be As we dance away our sanity Lilith asks for one … Continue reading
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Tagged Bittersweet, Breath, Charm, Comfort, Core, Death, Death's Door, Demon, Die, Dignity, Embrace, End of Days, Evil, Fatal, Flee, Fog, Foul, Glow, Grace, Guide, Halloween, Haunt, Heart, Hell, Kiss, Knees, Lilith, Linger, Lord's Prayer, Lost, Man, Memory, Moment, Monster, Mortality, Pale, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Stab, Star, Trap, Wild, Wish
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Dracul’s Prey
The real Dracul was as deadly perhaps as the Bram Stoker monster. But what if they were one in the same? Dracul’s Prey by Michael Romani The clan of the dragon Is one founded in corruption Dracul meaning the dragon … Continue reading
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Tagged Abandon, Blood, Blood Bath, Bram Stoker, Century, Conception, Corrupt, Dare, Darkness, Deception, Die, Dracul, Dragon, Drain, Empire, Evill, Find, Hunt, Isolation, Killer, Light, Live, Monster, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Predation, Prey, Seduce, Tale, Tell, War, Wicked
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First Principles: Keep Hope That Light and Liberty Will Continue To Advance
“I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821)
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Tagged Advance, Believe, Die, First Principles, Hope, Labor, Liberty, Light, Lost, Steady, Thomas Jefferson
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Razor’s Edge
Another poem from another life lived an lifetime ago about who I was then and wondering how it is that I managed to turn things around maybe for the better. At least, I like to think so? This one is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Annihilation, Beg, Bright Light, Chorus, Crowd, Die, Double Down, Drink, Fade To Black, Grime, Guitar, Heart, Kicks, Licks, Live, Long Haul, Look, Madness, Memories, Moonlight, Music, Night, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Prayer, Razor, Ride, Rock, Rock N Roll, Rumble, Show, Spotlight, Star, Survive, Sweat, Think, Thrash, Thunder, Toast, Toss, Tough, Violation
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Thought For the Day: If Dogs Do Not Go To Heaven, Then When I Die I Want To Go Where They Went
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” – Will Rogers
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Die, Dogs, Heaven, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thought For the Day, Went, Where, Will Rogers
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