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A Young Girl Becoming
In thinking of my eldest daughter as she starts edging her way toward adolescence: A Young Girl Becoming by Michael Romani Sometimes her world is mind numbing As a young girl busily becoming Everything that she’s meant to be In … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Comes Off, Connection, Daughter, Distress, Emotions, Empathy, Excitement, Father, Gone, Helpless, Hoping, Hurt, Interaction, Life's Song, Limitlessness, Making Her Way, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pre-Adolescent, Senses, Served, Shimmer, Shy, Social Media, Sympathy, Wisdom, World, Young Girl
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Learning and Knowing Jesus
Based in part on Philippians 3:10: Learning and Knowing Jesus by Michael Romani That we might know Him Moving this out past whim The questions start to run How to tell about the one What might one start to tell About … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adam, Authority, Believe, Calvary, Congregration, Divinity, Faith, Father, Galilee, Good Book, Holy Ghost, Inspiration, Jesus, Knowing, Learning, Logos, Mystery, Paradigm, Philippians, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Savior, Son, Trinity
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The Great Fall
Based in part on The Great Wall movie… The Great Fall by Michael Romani There is that nameless order There on every life’s border There are changes to behold And with them, new stories to be told Though the greatest … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Children, Defend, Father, Grace, Nameless Order, Paper Lanterns, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poor In Spirit, Protect, The Great Wall, Time, Trust, Wisdom
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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
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Inevitable Fall
Despite best intentions, life happens as it happens. Inevitable Fall by Michael Romani This moment is and has been inevitable It was always looking for me My position is less than unenviable I have exhausted every possibility I have struggled … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Fall, Father, Harm, Illusion, Inevitable, Intentions, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Protect, Truth
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Narcissism
There are self imposed cages Filled with private passions And with your little rages Oh, I could detail this for pages On your lack of compassion Your narcissism in all its stages But what in the end would it benefit … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Benefit, Cages, Compassion, Daily Prompt, Daughters, Father, Grace, Narcissism, Pages, Place, Rages, Self Imposed, Stages, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Premature
I laughed with a shake of my head Never count me out as done or dead I smiled my quiet denouncement At the premature announcement And she sought to find me unfit As a father, unworthy of even a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Counted Out, Daily Prompt, Daughters, Father, Laugh, Love, Premature, Still Standing, Unfit, Wordpress
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 17: Wrapped Around Her Little Finger
The Na/GloPoWriMo Day 17 challenge is to “write a poem re-telling a family anecdote that has stuck with you over time”. There is not a person on this Earth (or any other for that matter), who knows me and … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Daughters, Family, Father, Little Finger, Love, Magical, Na/GloPoWriMo, Perfect Fit, Poem, Poetry, Wrapped
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Quartet
Suddenly found in a quartet of contemplation I find myself with four points left of inspiration Points of reference found in yesterday and today The other points of perspective along the way Are those of only now and what was … Continue reading
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Tagged Contemplation, Daily Prompt, Daughters, Dreams, Family, Father, Inspiration, Laughter, Love, Points of Reference, Quartet, Song, Tomorrow, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Restart
It’s those sleepless moments along the way When I lie awake before restart of the day Flowing to the windmills in my simple mind Looking at my eyelids and hoping to find Some logic behind all my false reason Some … Continue reading
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Tagged Complication, Daily Prompt, Daughters, Dawn, Eyelids, Father, Logic, Pillow, Reason, Resart, Season, Sleepless, Windmills, Window, Wordpress
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 