Tag Archives: Elegance

Happy Lunar New Year!

January 29, 2025, marks the new year for the lunar calendar for China and many other Asian nations. It is also referred to as the Spring Festival. This is the Year of the Snake. We have to love a tradition … Continue reading

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In A Less Than Perfect World

In A Less Than Perfect Worldby Michael DoyleI look out into my living roomIt gives me hope instead of gloomTo see my daughters study by preferenceAnd not out of some required deferenceMaybe I did one or two things rightTo be … Continue reading

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In the Elegance of You

In the Elegance of Youby Michael DoyleWhether dressed in red or blueThe lady I wish to dance with is youNot just for today or a few more tomorrowsBut in always in all days in joy and in sorrowHolding you close … Continue reading

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To London, Across the Sea

A further retelling of Dracula in poetic form: To London, Across the Sea by Michael Doyle In a tested game of chess A knight is menacing a queen The losing side will confess What this really means A voyage has … Continue reading

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Venice – Piazza San Marco

Venice, Italy is one of the beautiful and historical places in the world that we could all use some familiarity.   This is a look at Piazza San Marco. Venice – Piazza San Marco by Michael Doyle Through the Bacino … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: To Live Content With Small Means; To Let the Spiritual, Unbidden and Unconscious, Grow Up Through the Common — This Is My Symphony

“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study … Continue reading

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A Christmas Wedding

Keeping on a Christmas theme: A Christmas Wedding by Michael Romani In the city that never sleeps There’s a story that keeps About a dash of whirlwind romance Between two lovers caught in a winter’s dance Christmas magic wrapped in … Continue reading

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Elegance

There is something about a slow dance Embraced in your arms, I have no chance You might say I’m happily in happenstance A special sort of willing victim of circumstance Caught up in the web you’ve weaved in your spell … Continue reading

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