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The Very Best of Something
Out there in the Hundred Acre Woods, there are a lot of tales to be told. Some happy and filled with joy. Some are bittersweet such as the feelings that come at childhood’s end… The Very Best of Something by … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Foot, Best of Me, Bittersweet, Bouncy, Childhood, Childhood's End, Complete, Cry, Daydream, Doing Nothing, Dream, End, Enthusiasm, Family, Family of Choice, Favorite Place, Friend, Gone, Good, Goodbye, Heart, Hello, Hundred Acre Woods, Imaginary, Life, Me and You, Memory, Montage of Images, Nowhere, Optimism, Photograph, Picnic, Poem, Poetry, Pot Full of Honey, Real, Sendoff, Share, Smile, So Long, Something, Sweet, Tackle Life Head On, Talk, Those, Thought, Trouncy, Two, Very Best, Yesteryear
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A Study On Passover
Some have accused me of being a fool for God…. To them, I reply. Why yes, thank you, I am… but I am your fool. Dedicated to God and to serving my fellow humanity. It matters not how little … Continue reading
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Tagged Day, Destination, Donkey, Egypt, Evening, Family, Feast, God, History, Hosanna, King of Kings, Legacy, Memory, Messiah, Mount Olive, Pages, Palm Leaves, Palm Sunday, Passover, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prophecy, Proverb, Sacred, Sermon on the Mount, Slavery, Study, Talk, Tribulation, Unfold, Unleavened Bread, Walk
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Skeletons In Our Closet
In biology, we are taught that there is an almost linear path of the forms of mankind. Reality is it was a bit messier. Six species of man existed probably concurrently or at least overlapping. One still stands…. Is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Anthropology, Back, Biology, Book, City, Clean Line, Closet, Cousins, Descent, Die Out, Explanation, Eyes, Fallacy, Family, Fossil, Fratricide, Homo Sapiens, Humanity, Incrimination, Invent, Linear Path, Memory, Neanderthal Man, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretentious, Pride, Rise, Sibliings, Singular, Skeleton, Species, Supress, Test, Tests, Think, Tree, Vanity, Whisper, Wish
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Time Well Spent
In this age of global interconnection, we face a modern paradox. At the same time that we are more connected than ever, we are also increasingly polarized and alienated from one another. What might have been and can still be … Continue reading
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Tagged Algorithm, Alienation, Alternative, Balance, Belong, Biometric Sensor, Common, Communicate, Community, Conception, Connect, Dialog, Disconnect, Dividing Line, Ethics, Facebook, Family, Focus, Fogot, Free Speech, Friends, Gatekeeper, Generation, Global, Global Community, Google, Happy, Humanity, Imperative, Inform, Interconnection, Interface, Internet, Isolate, Learn, Life, Local, Modern, Monologue, Narcissism, Offer, One, Opinion, Paradox, Peel, People, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Profit, Profit Motive, Reach, Repent, Screen Time, Self, Skin, Social Media, Strand, Time, Transform, Twitter Revolution, Tyranny, Unintended Consequence, Virtual Onion
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Wishing The Maybe
Do you ever have moments where you stop and pause and think on things like maybe things might have been different or maybe this or that? I do. Those are the moments to be quiet and listen in. Trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged Balance, Borrow, Bought, Chess, City, Compassion, Consider, Could, Deliberate, Dragon, Eye, Family, Fool, Gift, God, Good, Hesitate, Hiding Seek, Late Night, Let It Be, Lines, Maybe, Moment, Morality Play, Nothing, Outcast, Photograph, Pity, Plain View, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Relive, Remembrance, Rule, Sky, Sleep, Society, Sought, Think, Throwaway, Tomorrow, Travesty, Treasure, Truth, Wish, Yesterday
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Samson VIII
Continuing in an effort to put a version of the Samson and Delilah story from the Book of Judges into verse, I present Part VIII. Perhaps, I should have made this shorter? Samson (VIII) by Michael Romani Amidst un-princely questions of … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Adversary, Appease, Beg, Blame, Book of Judges, Broken, Burn, Consequence, Contest, Daughter, Design, Desire, Dishonor, Driven, Embrace, Enemies, Enemy, Enmity, Family, Fire, Flee, Folly, Forgiven, Gain, God's People, God's Will, Good, Heresy, History, Impure, Jew, King, Knees, Lion, Loss, Love, Nazarite, Peace, Persevere, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Price, Pride, Providence, Purity, Rage, Riddle, Samson and Delilah, Sanctuary, Seek, Shame, Sign, Steeple, Strife, Taran, Tears, Tunic, Two Peoples, Vain, Vow, Wager, Wisdom, Wolf, Wood, Worship, Wrath, Zion
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Flying Solo
Since mankind began, there has been the hero’s journey. A man starts with just his dreams and builds his world or fails. Those with heart prevail. That then is the trick to this tale. Flying Solo by Michael Romani Long … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrive, Band of Thieves, Company, Conquer, Crime, Day, Determine, Dice, Dignity, Dream, Easy, Escape, Every, Family, Fight, Fly, Free, Freedom, Hero's Journey, Joyride, Key, Kinship, Knees, Man, Might, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power Chord, Prevail, Promise, Rebel, Resist, Sight, Solo, Some, Soul, Stars, Steady, Streets, Survival, Syndicate, Tale, Tight, Trick, Will To Survive
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Treasure From A Book
Last of the poems inspired by watching that wonderful tale, Paddington 2. Maybe, in some ways, I am still a child at heart. But, I think everyone should watch this movie! Treasure From A Book by Michael Romani Every train comes … Continue reading
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Tagged Child At Heart, Death, Discern, Double, Family, Follow, Friend, Friends, Gate, Last Breath, Learn, Legacy, Legs, Lesson, Long Walk, Love, Nothing, Open Mind, Paddington 2, Paddington Bear, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Risk, Smile, Tears, Train, Trouble, True Heart, Worthwhile, Write
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