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First Principles: There Is No Graver Error Than To Rest Our Nation On Favors From Other Nations
“There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favors from Nation to Nation. ‘Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.” – George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 … Continue reading
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Tagged Calculation, Cure, Discard, Error, Expectation, Experience, Favor, First Principles, Foreign Nations, George Washington, Illusion, Pride
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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 – Doppelganger
We can search in every valley and up every peak Believing that each of us is special and very unique And we are to a certain point in the essence of our being But then again if you search enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Being, Composition, Daily Prompt, Doppelganger, Essence, Illusion, Implication, Infinite Monkey Problem, Punditry, Search, Unique, Unwise, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Vague
Feeling a little vague, I lay back in a worn out daze Wondering through life like some kind of maze Wandering through life like I’m lost in the haze Watching the smoke that always follows my blaze Half forgetting the … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Blaze, Blind, Boundaries, Broken Heart, Daily Prompt, Daze, Dive, Dreams, Ember, Gold, Haze, Illusion, Jim Morrison, Life, Maze, Mosh Pit, Unfold, Vague, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Talisman
As near as I can remember and is recollected There are visions that are too often connected When expecting the somewhat unexpected There is often a talisman of sorts to be expected With expanded horizons we find a cosmic dream … Continue reading
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Tagged Connection, Daily Prompt, Dream Catcher, Dreams, Illusion, Memories, Paradigm, Reality, Subconcious, Talisman, Visions, Wordpress
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Let It Roll
Isaiah 42 Let It Roll by Michael Romani All these obsessive intentions Play into the one contention That things slip through our hands For a reason that I don’t understand A quiet voice whispers to me Boy, you gotta let … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Blame, Blind, Control, Fire, Friend, Illusion, Intention, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Roll, Whisper
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Carve
Carved there out of the mists of time Are the heroes and legends sublime Out here in the neon nights Lit up under the signs and lights Are those of us who seek for truth I, for one, have done … Continue reading
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Tagged Carve, Clarity, Compassion, Courage, Daily Prompt, Illusion, Neon Nights, Sublime, Time, Truth, Wordpress
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First Principles: Better to Give Up Everything Than Embrace Dishonor Or Immorality
“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you … Continue reading
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Tagged Appearances, Fame, First Principles, Honor, Illusion, Immoral, Integrity, Money, Morality, Thomas Jefferson
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Age
The things that keep me up at night .. and tosses My soul around as I see society focused on losses Instead of seeing things in terms of dreams unfulfilled To be pushed hard for, chased, pursued and willed No, … Continue reading
