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Hope Over Fear
Based in part on 2 Peter 1:4: Hope Over Fear by Michael Romani Precious promises hold the key To the divine nature in you and me Each of these bringing comfort to our souls And in our worse moments, these … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged 2 Peter, Anxiety, Blessing, Book of Genesis, Capability, Certain, Challenge, Comfort, Console, Courage, Dignity, Divine, Endless Joy, Faith, Fear, Forget, God, Granite, Great, Happiness, Heir, Honesty, Hope, Humble Servant, Infinite, Legacy, Majesty, Miracle, Persevere, Photograph, Pilgrimage, Poem, Poetry, Promise Keeper, Promises, Reliable, Rely, Remain, Sand, Shadow, Shift, Simple, Spoke, Step By Step, Trial, Trust
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You Can’t Own (A Child of God)
As we stand perched on the edge of a new month, this poem is dedicated to the brave souls who fought together as brothers and sisters in Jones County, Mississippi, dedicated to the proposition that each person is equal before … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Amen, Brave, Child of God, Complicit, Die, Duplicity, Echo, Equal Before God, Fight, Free, Freedom, God, Head, Heart, History, Jones County, Legacy, Legend, Liberty, Light, Linger, Living History, Mississippi, Odd, Own, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Right, Sacred, Simple, Soul, Tear, Trust, Truth, Try, Twenty First Century
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Rabbit In A Snow Storm
In Winter, a bunny will take calculated risk to get supper. This is despite knowing the cold winds and snow. This is done despite knowing others are hungry too. Life can be like that… Rabbit In A Snow Storm … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid, Best, Breath, Breathe, Bunny, Climb, Cling, Cold, Comfort, Death, Dreaming, Eyes, Faith, Find, Fix, God, Hero, Hesitation, Hurt, Ideas, Jester's Crown, Killing Me, Laugh, Little Girls, Meaning, Nero, Never, New Norm, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Rabbit, Sing, Sleep, Snow Storm, Snowy Skies, Struggle, Things, Tomorrow, Warm, Will Power, Winter, Words
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Three Card Monte
Mostly shills or marks, there’s something wrong with the world today… Three Card Monte by Michael Romani We see it play out on the street Where each of us should gladly greet Our neighbors not as strangers but friends God … Continue reading
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Tagged Con, Confidence Game, Despearate, False Confidence, False Star, God, Mark, Poem, Poetry, Providence, Reason, Season, Separate, Shill, Shrewd, Three Card Trick, World
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Samson (XI)
Continuing in this humble retelling of the story of Samson and Delilah as originally set out in The Book of Judges: Samson XI by Michael Romani XI Delilah torments and taunt her precious Samson Desiring the secrets that make him a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bliind, Book of Judges, Cast, Chain, Confess, Cunning, Cut, Deception, Delilah, Dungeon, Fear, God, Hair, Humble, Humility, Lie, Lock, Love, Nazirite, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pride, Prince, Samson, Secret, See, Self-Reliance, Servant, Shorn, Sleeping Potion, Trust, Voice, Vow
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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 (XI)
Continuing in a series of poems depicting the story of Samson and Delilah as told in the Book of Judges: Samson (XI) by Michael Romani Staying their course, steady to fight For their land and what is right Even if … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Bind, Book of Judges, Brute, Care, Consequence, Correction, Death, Delilah, Direction, Enemy, Extraordinary, Fail, Feign, Forsake, God, Hebrew, Jew, Lead, Legacy, Lovers, Noble, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prince, Promised Land, Right, Romance, Samson, Servant, Snare, Stern, Surrender, Weakness, Will, Zion
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Samson (X)
Continuing in the retelling of the story of Samson and Delilah as told in The Book of Judges: Samson (X) by Michael Romani X It is as it must That God’s wrath is just To watch his people die Or leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Judges, Devotion, Dignity, Envy, False Choice, God, Injury, Living God, Lord, Nation, Negotiate, Night, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pure, Right, Samson and Delilah, Shame, Sorrow, Starve, Storm, Tomorrow, Truth, Witness, Wonder, Wrath, Wrong, Zion
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Samson IX
Continuing the story of Samson and Delilah as told in the Book of Judges: Samson (IX) by Michael Romani In the rocky passage of history There are signs of Divine certainty When God’s voice has spoken clear Stilling waters and calming … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Judges, Chosen, Dagon, Dan, Evil, Freedom, God, Good, History, Israel, Jawbone, Nation, Nazirite, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Samson and Delilah, Submit, Vows
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Thought For the Day: In the Sight of God There Is No Color Line
“[I] resolved that I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. … I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so … Continue reading
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Tagged Booker T Washington, Cultivate, Degrade, God, Hate, Heart, Narrow, No Color Line, Pity, Race Prejudice, Resolve, Soul, Spirt, Thought For the Day, Up From Slavery
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