Flickr Photos
Tag Archives: Family
Short Poetry Workshop – Crystalline – Crystalline Hope (Small Town Life)
Indiana is filled with small towns and with these people of the earth who remind us of what it means to be neighbors and community. Crystalline Hope (Small Town Life) by Michael Romani Down the way on a country highway … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Brick, Byway, Carousel, Community, Corn, Country, Crystalline, Family, God, Honest, Hope, Life, Photograph, Short Poetry, Silos, Small Town, Town Square, Workshop
Leave a comment
Daily Prompt – Hero
When I was much, much younger I felt a certain kind of empty hunger Wishing that I would not become a zero Instead I strove to become a hero Picking out who I wanted very much to be I modeled … Continue reading
Daily Prompt – Distant
The end of a long day fishing has finally arrived As the captain thinks on how he has survived Always eking a humble living from the sea Respecting the ocean with all of its majesty Spotting the distant lighthouse on … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Blessed, Daily Prompt, Distant, Family, Fishing, Gratitude, Home, Lighthouse, Love, Majesty, Safe, Sea, Shore, Shown, Unspoken, Wife
Leave a comment
What Did Mary Know?
Based on Luke 2:52: What Did Mary Know? by Michael Romani Sweet Mother Mary was there from the start With love of a mother that would never depart Providing in part the example for His humanity A study in relationship of … Continue reading
Living God’s Will
Based in part on 1 Thessalonians 4:3: Living God’s Will by Michael Romani Knowing with thankfulness all that He gives Given in love as He breathes and as He lives Reclaimed from chaos through His grace All the truthfulness as I … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Conforming, Family, Glory, Grace, Gratitude, Inspiration, Living God's Will, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sacred, Sanctification, Talk, Thessalonians, Transformation, Truth, Walk
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Nothing Is Dearer To A Father Than His Daughters
“To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” – Euripides, playwright (c. 480-406 BCE)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Daughter, Dear, Elder, Euripides, Family, Father, Father's Day, Love, Thought For the Day
Leave a comment
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Thin
There’s a thin line between thunder And the lightning that strikes, she thought Between the water that pulls you under And the gasping breath reached for and sought There’s a thin line between love and what’s mine Selfishness and desire … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Breath, Daily Prompt, Family, Grumble, Lightning, Love, Mumble, Possession, Pulled Under, Thin, Thunder, Valentine, Water, Wordpress
Leave a comment
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Pedigree
In the name of my heritage, I have been to hell and back In all ways fighting for the light and never fading black In the name of my jaded pedigree, golden cause of legacy I often cite my family’s … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Daly Prompt, Fading Black, Family, Hell and Back, Heritage, History, Legacy, Pedigree, Wordpress
Leave a comment
First Principles: Patriotism Is As Much A Virtue As Justice
“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.” – Benjamin Rush (1773)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Benjamin Rush, Civic Duty, Family, First Principles, Justice, Natural Affection, Patriotism, Society, Virtue
Leave a comment
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 