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Chance Encounter
For most of us, it seems from time to time that life is often a string of circumstances in which we try our best to make sense of it all… Chance Encounter by Michael Romani Like anonymous walls Meeting in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alibis, Alienation, Alone, Association, Blue Dollar, Chance, Circumstances, Connection, Encounter, Gap, Heart, Life, Love, Mourn, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resonance, Scars, Squalor, Stars, Stumble, Telephone, Together, Wall
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Thought For the Day: It Is Best To Speak The Language That Goes To the Heart of Others
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel laureate (1918-2013) … Continue reading
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Tagged Head, Heart, Impossible, Language, Nelson Mandela, Possible, Talk, Thought For the Day, Understand, Understood
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No Longer Fearing Now
It is written and, to a degree, I agree that the opposite of fear is love: No Longer Fearing Now by Michael Romani Sitting here now; somehow No longer fearing now Each heart is a burning ground Magnified in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels Tears, Burning Ground, Fallen World, Fear, Glory, Heal, Heart, Heaven, Love, Magnification, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Scars, Unleaven Bread, Victory
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If You Are Real
If You Are Real by Michael Romani Whispered words fluttered past my mind Now filled with wonder, I turned to find A curious blend of a bit of everything Of the things that make my heart sing I don’t say … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream, Friend, Heart, Kiss, Lover, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Real, Whisper, Wonder
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Morning Dew
Morning Dew by Michael Romani She smiled as she sweetly told me Telling me, it wasn’t to scold me That there is a sad sense of cliché In nearly every thing that I say I smiled back that there was … Continue reading
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Tagged Cliche, Heart, Memories, Mettle, Morning, Morning Dew, Petals, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Say, Scold, Season, Smile, Sunrise, True, Twinkle
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Thought For the Day: Nature Never Betrays Those Who Love Her
“Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.” – William Wordsworth (7 Apr 1770-1850)
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Tagged Heart, Light, Nature, Nature Lovers, Teach, Thought For the Day, William Wordsworth
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First Principles: Be Unshakeable In Telling the Truth
“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading
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Tagged Depravity, First Principles, Habit, Heart, Integrity, Lie, Resolution, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue, Truth
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Sleeve
I have next to nothing in my pockets And still even less up my sleeve Yet, I’m not afraid to talk it There is time enough to grieve Better still there is time to believe And in so doing yet, … Continue reading
Girding My Heart
Based on the Book of Psalms: Girding My Heart by Michael Romani With my whole heart I seek Him Guarding my life by the decision That is not just a frivolous whim But one made from the precision Of guarding … Continue reading
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Tagged Girding, Heart, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Psalms, Rebuke, Repentence, the Word
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 18: Love Revealed
Yesterday’s poetry challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 18 was to take a poem from someone else, flip it upside down in responsive lines and then make it your own. I don’t spend a lot of time in revision. But, okay. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessed, Completely, Deeply, Eternal, Felt, Heart, Known, Love, Love Revealed, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rooftop
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 