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Missing You On Thanksgiving Day
In memory of my sister, Michele. One of the most cherished parts of my life. I didn’t miss your birthday this year I just silently did my best to hide my tears Stumbled on your photos this day This thanksgiving … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Beauty Queen, Birthday, Blessed, Cherish, Company, Family, Friend, Little Brother, Love, Memory, Mentor, Michele Krier, Missing You, Older, Photograph, Photos, Poem, Poetry, Silent, Sister, Soldier, Stumble, Taught, Tears, Thanksgiving Day, Year
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In Gratitude for Community
A poem in gratitude for community #14: In Gratitude for Community by Michael Romani Thinking back on the days of birds singing Always certain of what my life would be bringing Dragon flies buzzing along a cool pond breeze And … Continue reading
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Tagged Bird, Blessed, Breeze, Bring, Community, Connection, Course, Direction, Dragonfly, Familiar, Family, Feeling, Friend, Friends, Gratitude, Humble, Lemonade, Life, Memory, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pond, Reeling, Self, Shade Tree, Shelf, Sing, Social Ties, Source, Time
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Memories In An Elephant’s Trunk
A poem of gratitude #11: Memories In An Elephant’s Trunk by Michael Romani With gratitude I share my words While overhead there are flying birds Puzzling along these thoughts contemporary Wondering how much is too temporary Unlike elephants who read … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Being, Better, Birds, Butterfly, Change, Contemporary, Day To Day, Deep, Define, Elephant, Falling Star, Find, Forward, Friend, Gone, Good, Gratititude, Heart, Hold On, Honest, Learn, Light, Lost, Love, Memory, Miracle, Morning, Nature, Night, Pass, Path, Photograph, Picnic, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Puzzle, Read, Realize, Rearrange, Refine, See, Share, Shine, Soul, Star, Sunrise, Surprise, Temporary, Trunk, Truth, Ways, Whole, Wild, Wonder, Words, World
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Given To the Fire
Halloween Poem #24: https://flic.kr/p/s4ZNhr Given To the Fire by Michael Romani Gazing on the precious cross Given to the fire with a toss One soul stood itself alone But, oh so, very lost and alone As if her heart were … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyss, Alone, Atone, Aware, Battle, Begun, Best, Breath, Brutal, Candle, Close, Cross, Curse, Damned, Death, Destination, Dies, Embrace, End, End of Days, Eyes, Face, Fatal, Fire, Friend, Friends, Give, God, Goodbye, Halloween, Heart, Humanity, Immortality, Incarnate, Invoke, Kiss, Know, Life, Light, Love, Night, Offering, Pain, Pale, Peace On Earth, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Protection, Remorse, Run, Salvation, Sin, Soul, Squander, Stone, Suffering, Tear, Today, Vain, Wander, Whisper, Wisdom, Wolf, Wolf of God, Won
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Darkness Quenches Light
Halloween Poem #18 Darkness Quenches Light by Michael Romani Among the demons there is history Some might strangely call it legacy Where troubled hearts are in need of friends And if you’re safe, it just depends Quintessential in the rarified … Continue reading
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Tagged Bitter, Bleed, Burn, Conquer, Cracked, Darkness, Demon, Depend, Eden, Electric, End, Fall, Final, Friend, Halloween, Heal, Heart, Hide, History, Intention, Invention, Irony, Legacy, Light, Lost Soul, Love, Mad, Mankind, Melody, Monster, Need, Opposite, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Quench, Rare, Reveal, Sacred, Safe, Sane, Savage, Scar, Science, Soothe, Strange, Summation, Tears, Thunder, Transform, Trouble, Twist, Vain, Vital, Vital Spark, Whiskey, Wind, World, Wound
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Death Under the Moon
Halloween Poem #16: Death Under the Moon by Michael Romani With our demons friended All light has ended We walk in the darkness Keenly aware of our harshness Such is the power and insistence That good gives way without resistance … Continue reading
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Tagged Aware, Conceit, Creature, Dark, Daylight, Death, Deliver, Demon, End, Feed, Fog, Freed, Friend, Fright, Full Moon, Glory, Good, Halloween, Harshness, Hide, Kiss, Know, Light, London, Miss, Moon, Mortal, Nerve, Night, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Ravage, Resist, Reveal, Satisfy, Shine, Story, Truth, Walk, Wrath, Youth
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Letters In A Wall
Fairy tale endings do exist. You just have to believe in love with all of your heart and soul. Letters In A Wall by Michael Romani In a thread between the past And a whisper of the future Letters in … Continue reading
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Tagged Beacon, Beauty, Believe, Better, Broken, Crush, Dreams, Eternity, Fairy Tale, Family, Forward, Friend, Future, Happy, Head, Heart, Hips, Home, Kiss, Letters, Light, Lips, Love, Moment, Nurture, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Probable, Promise, Read, Right, Rush, Soul, Spoken, Thread, Together, Truth, Whisper
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Ode To A Mad Dog
Read between the lines and realize that some things just need to be said regardless… Ode To A Mad Dog by Michael Romani In the depths of a duty of silence Is the observed, held with vigilance That there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Ally, Contempt, Decision, Depth, Dig Deep, Duty, Field, Fine, Friend, Hip, Honor, Keep, Kowtow, Laugh, Lead, Leave, Lines, Lip, Mad Dog, Man, Moment, Observe, Ode, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precipice, Read, Resign, Respect, Said, Service, Shoot, Show, Silence, Sleep, Standard, Surface, Toward All, Tyrant, Vigilance, Warrior, Weep, Worship, Yield
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Spoons Full of Memories
A good man was laid to rest today, as good a man as men are these days. I offer this attempt of a poem to honor his memory in a final salute of sorts. Master Sargent Charles Oliver Brooks, boss, … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Atone, Boss, Bugle, Bury, Ceremony, Company, Country, Depend, Depth, Faithful Servant, Family, Friend, Good, Good Nature, Heaven, Heroism, Home, Honor, Ice Cream, Legacy, Life, Lord, Master Sargent Charles O Brooks, Memorial, Memory, Mentor, Name, No Shame, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rest In Peace, Reverend, Salute, Sermon, Soul, Spoon, Taps, Taught, Touch, Tribute, Valor, Warrior, Wings, Words
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Like Brothers
The things done in the military grows most men’s units in whatever force into something like family. Most of us ended fighting for our brothers and sisters more than ideals or nations. Some of us carry the memories of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Back, Battles, Beer, Brothers, Caution, Count On, Crime, Danger, Day, Distance, Do It, Done, Doubt, Fallen, Family, Fight, Forever Faithful, Friend, Giving up, God, Head, Joke, Laugh, Live, Longer, Memory, Miles, Military, Mother, Movie, My Time, Need, Nothing to Say, Odds, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Push Past, Race, Remember, Resistance, Ring, Semper Fi, Sigh, Sisters, Smile, Sonds, Stronger, Tears, Toss, Twin, Weight, Years
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 