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Tag Archives: Future
Article 19 (The Burden of Secularism)
I have been reading through a series of works by Yuval Noah Harai that seems topical and a historian’s blend of philosophy and history projecting into humanity’s future. It’s been challenging and is spawning a few poems that are often … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Article 19, Ashes, Bad Impression, Billions, Blindspot, Capable, Catechism, Citizens, Compassion, Constraint, Creed, Dictatorship of the Majority, Dignity, Dissent, Dogma, Drag, Earth, Echo, Elite, Enslave, Equality, Ethics, Extermination, Failure, Fragments of Faith, Fraud, Free Thought, Freedom, Future, Global, God's Law, Godless, Gulag, Hierarchy, History, Hypocrisy, Ideals, Ignorance, Industrialiization, Legacy, Liberty, Lies, Marxism, Masses, Mercy, Misery, Modernization, Moral Compass, Oppression, Optimism, Pessimism, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Progressive, Reality, Responsibility, Seculariism, Self Expression, Self Righteous, Shadow, Slogan, Society, The Fall, Tolerance, Truth, Truth Seeking, Vanity, Youth, Yuval N Harai
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Tea Leaf Sarabande
A sort of a kitchen sink sort of a poem… or maybe more of a tea cup’s worth of observations…. Tea Leaf Sarabande by Michael Romani Reading future in leaves of tea Broken lines filled with symmetry Trolls they say … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Back, Circle, Dance, Destiny, Dread, Firelight, Forget Me Not, Fork, Future, Ghost Story, Heartache, Heather, Indecision, Lake, Leaf, Magic, Now, Path, Peak, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Present, Promise, Radiance, Resent, Sarabande, Shadow, Silence, Solitary, Storm, Strong Hand, Symmetry, Tea, Troll, Understand, Whisper, Willow, Words
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Revelations No. 2
Based in part on 1 Cor 15:24 : Revelations No. 2 by Michael Romani Caught up in the end days thundering Lost up in speculation and wondering We find ourselves looking for redemption Seeking this out in our stark contemplation … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Alpha, Contemplation, Death, Defeat, Destination, Divine, End Days, Faith, Final Days, First, Full Circle, Future, Heed, History, Jesus, Keys of the Kingdom, Kingdom, Last, Legacy, Lesson, Lord, Omega, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Redemption, Restore, Revelation, Righteous, Ruin, Salvation, Second Adam, Seeker, Service, Shield, Sorrow, Speculation, Steadfast, Thunder, Tomorrow, Truth, Wonder, Word
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Your Knight and Vagabond
Conversation starter kept on a echo of same things said. Mostly, I suppose cause it’s what’s stuck in my head lately. How does one move beyond square one when to move requires another to have the confidence needed to make … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alone, Belong, Connection, Dance, Drama, Faith, Fear, Find, Future, Good Enough, Hand, Hard, Home, Hope, Knight, Know, Light On, Love, New World, North Star, Pain, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Reason, Shadow, Side By Side, Sorrow, Sorry, Special, Step, Story Book, Strength, Strong, Sympathy, Together, Tomorrow, Truth, Vagabond, Wish
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Good News of Great Joy
Based in part on Luke 8:1-12 : Good News of Great Joy by Michael Romani Mankind cannot but help but glory In thinking on all the Christmas story From ancient tales to Charlie Brown It’s a tale told covering sacred … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Beautiful, Blessed, Book of Luke, Charlie Brown, Christmas, Christmas Story, Clarity, Faithful, Favor, Fear, Future, Glory, Good, Good News, Grace, Grow, Hallelujah Chorus, Heaven, Holy, Hope In Christ, Humble, Inspire, Joy, Keys, Kingdom, Known, Learn, Little Drummer Boy, Love, Manger, Mercy, Moments, Noble, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Rejoice, Repent, Righteous, Sacred Ground, Salvation, Savior, Security, Sin, Speak, Talk, Tidings, Truth, Walk, Warmth, Wonderful
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Electric Tragedy
Electronic based music seems to have had its zenith in yesterday. Not sure why. From Progressive Rock to New Wave to Ambient to some forms of music these days that can only be considered regressive, it’s an interesting fixture in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambience, Beethoven, Confession, Electornic, Electric, Embryo, Future, Futurist, Induction, Instruction, Nature, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Post-Industrial, Reconstruction, Sublime, Sunset, Synth Pop, Time, Tragedy, Work
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On Coming Home Again
Is death just returning home again? Some say so. I don’t know. On Coming Home Again by Michael Romani It’s a matter of fact There’s no going back Only moving ever forward Hoping this moment takes us toward The new … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Accept, Accumulation, Aground, Alone, Atone, Aybss, Day, Death, Die, Edge, Eternity, Fact, Family, Forward, Future, Gentle, Going Back, Happiness, Home, Loss, Mercy, Midnight, New World, Night, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sorrow, Still, Surrender, Terms, Tombstone, Tomorrow, Toss, Toward, Twilight, Worms
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Thought For the Day: Duty, Honor, Country, Service and Sacrifice Are the Hallmarks of Veterans
“My estimate of him was formed on the battlefields many, many years ago, and has never changed. I regarded him then, as I regard him now, as one of the world’s noblest figures; not only as one of the finest … Continue reading
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Tagged Achieve, Admire, Adversity, American Citizen, Battlefield, Birthright, Character, Country, Courage, Courage Under Fire, Douglas MaArthur, Duty, Eulogy, Example, Faith, Future, History, Honor, Hope, Military, Modesty In Victory, Mortality, Noble, Patience, Patriotism, Posterity, Rally Points, Sacrifice, Service, Thought For the Day, Virtue
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Daily Prompt – First
Seems to me at first glance That a lot is left to chance When you study the past You find what didn’t last Wondering how it connects Into the future and directs The paths yet to be Flowing into our … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Book, Chance, Confluence, Connections, Dail Phone, Daily Prompt, Directions, First, Future, Glance, Infinity, Influence, Path, Standalone, Study, Watch
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Thought For the Day: We Pay Our Debt To the Past In the Inheritance We Pay the Future
“We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.” – John Buchan, poet, novelist, and politician (26 Aug 1875-1940)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Debt, Future, Inheritance, John Buchan, Past, Pay, Thought For the Day, We
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