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Tag Archives: Ego
Making Moments Memories
Making Moments Memoriesby Michael DoyleIt’s the momentsNot selfies that we needIn these times that aren’t contentBut from these, we can be freedLike mental orgasmsCrept up on with enthusiasmNot the dull day of egoThat add up to practically zeroOne photo after … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Amuck, Banality, Beauty and Kindness, Center, Complete, Connection, Content, Criminalize, Days, Dies, Direction, Disorder, Dull Day, Ego, Endless, Endure, Enthusiasm, Equal, Ever After, Every Breath and Sigh, Every Life, Exterminate, Eyes, Family, Finality, Freed, Friends, Grab Us A Memory, Grasp, Holy, Humanity, Ignore, Intimacy, Joy Thieves, Laugh, Laughter, Less Is More, Life More Livable, Life Reveals, Lifeless, Living In Memory, Memories, Mental Orgasms, Moments, Music, Need, Onslaught, Opened, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Sacred, Scenes of Beauty, Self, Selfies, Smile, Steal, Tears, Timeless, Times, Times of Humor, Tiny Moments, True, Unforgettable, Vital, Wonder, Words, Zero
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Forgiveness Is…
Forgiveness Is…by Michael DoyleForgiveness is…Giving up on the thoughtOf some mythical better pastForgiveness is…Where reduction of negativity is soughtBecoming free from the pain that shouldn’t lastForgiveness is…Giving up on all the rageFor a return to a more moral communityForgiveness is…The … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Becoming Free, Better Past, Capacity, Ego, Emotion, Finding Peace, Forgiveness, Free, Healing, Heart, Injury, Last, Let Go, Long Run, Moral Community, Moving Past, Myth, Need, Needed, Negativity, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Reduction, Return, Reveal, Rise Above, Soul, The Light, Thought, To Find, To Live, To Love, Turning of the Page, Wrongs Done
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In the Example of the Okapi
In the Example of the Okapiby Michael DoyleUnique in our awesomenessWe are known by our awkwardnessIt’s not to be living in arroganceBut to live God’s thumbprint in confidenceStewarding the space between our earsLiving to our best in all of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrogance, Aware, Awesomeness, Brokenness, Chains, Confidence, Contemplation, Doubt, Ears, Edge, Ego, Example, God, God's Thumbprint, Good, Habit, Heaven, Insecurity, Life, Living, Love of Self, Maturity, Okapi, Paths, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Positivity, Redemption, Sake, Searching Hearts, Shake, Space, Steward, Strife, Surety, Thumbprint, Years
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Soul Shift – Deplorable
Sort of a beginning exploration into the dark side possible outcome of mankind’s transition toward half believing we understand the implications of quantum theories. Soul Shift – Deplorable by Michael Romani Father forgive us, we know not what we do … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Believe, Biology, Blur, Borders, Boundary, Con, Concern, Connectivity, Control, Cost, Crisis, Dark Side, Dead, Deny, Deplorable., Dreams, Ego, Element, Eternity, Expendable, Explore, Fade Out, Faithful, Flee, Flow, Forgive, Fracture, God, Guess, Hope, Humanity, Ignorance, Indefensible, Know, Living, Lost, Mankind, Morality, neew, Occur, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Present, Quantum, Relative, Rope, Rumor, Science, Seek, Shift, Simplicity, Soul, Spirituality, Strive, Superlativee, Technology, Theory, Time, Toward, Understand
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Twelve Hands of Humility
In a spirit of gratitude toward all the good that surrounds my life with grace, poem #8 for this season: Twelve Hands of Humility by Michael Romani There are 12 hands on the clock of humility Each having its own … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Authenticity, Being, Bliss, Child, Clear, Clock, Creative, Cultivate, Curiosity, Demand, Detachment, Discern, Distance, Door, Ego, Family, Find, First Step, Flow, God, Good, Grace, Gratitude, Grow, Hands, Heart, Humility, Infinite, Innocence, Integrity, Invite, Journey, Know, Lesson, Letting Go, Love, Meaning, Moment, Necessity, Openness, Pain, Patience, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resistance, Self, Spirit, Spirituality, Spontaneity, Tolerance, Truth, Twelve
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Boy Genius
Inspired by and dedicated to the vexatious life of Erik Satie. Boy Genius by Michael Romani Reeling out of control Unable to console The boy genius fights Taking confront in his nights Sideways bit of swagger Sliced into like a … Continue reading
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Tagged Antagonistic, Blow By Blow, Boy, Capacity, Circumscribed, Confront, Connect, Console, Contrl, Correct, Cruelty, Dignity, Dream, Drink, Ego, Empathy, Erik Satie, Fail, Fame, Fight, Genius, Glory, Harrow, Human, Love, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Serenity, Shame, Shameless, Show, Slice, Steps, Story, Superior, Swagger, Think, Vanity, Wordless
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Desert Skies
There are times that I truly miss driving through the deserts of the American West. I learned and saw and lived a lot there. Desert Skies by Michael Romani Life for all its anguish is ours It belongs to no … Continue reading
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Tagged Anguish, Answer, Artists, Assume, Black Train, Blind, Budge, Clue, Company, Dare, Desert, Dream, Dreamers, Ego, Empty, Forgive, Give, Glory, Hunt, Life, Love, Paint, Patterns, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognize, Risk, Seam, See, Sing, Skeleton, Skies, Sky, Story, Surrender, Teem, Track
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Ego Push
After giving a poetry reading tonight covering some of the classics from Swinburne to Shakespeare and from Burns to Longfellow, I watched part of a martial arts movie. Watching the movie and thinking on the differences between the realities I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Burns, Ego, Fantasy, Hell, Hollywood, Home, Karma, Legacy, Longfellow, Martial Arts, Shakespeare, Soul, Swinburne
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