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Set’s Blinding of Horus
Egypt has some fascinating legends from long ago. Some get slightly retold as time goes on. Set’s Blinding of Horus by Michael Doyle Few know the whole of the story A tale needed in all of its glory In a … Continue reading
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Tagged Attempt, Bad Reputation, Beasts, Black, Blind, Bow, Cause, Chase, Coronation, Creation, Darkness, Desert, Destiny, Detail, Doubt, Egypt, Family, Fate, Fight, Foolish, Glory, Gods, Gratitude, Heart, History, Horus, Immsrse, Isolation, Just, Keep, King, Know, Legacy, Legend, Less, Love, Man, Manifest, Mankind, Nation, Negation, Night, Nile, Nimble, Noble, Osiris, Own, Papyrus, Paradise, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Promise, Raise, Righteous, Rule, Rumor, Salvation, Self-Glory, Set, Shake, Sing, Sky, Slay, Song, Story, Strife, Struggle, Surrender, Tale, Tender, Test, Throne, Time, Toast, Token, Transformation, Tremble, Unholy, Vain, Wealth, Weep, Weight, Willow, World, Worship, Wrought
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First Principles: In the Country of the Blind the One-Eyed Man Is King
“In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.” – Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
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Tagged Blind, Country, Desiderius Erasmus, Eye, First Principles, King, Man, One
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First Principles: As the President Bears No Resemblance To A King So the Senate Has No Similarity To Nobles
“As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles. First, not being hereditary, their collective knowledge, wisdom, and virtue are not precarious. For by these qualities alone are they … Continue reading
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Tagged Collective, First Principles, Hereditary, King, Knowledge, Nobles, Office, Power, Precarious, President, Qualities, Resemble, Senate, Tench Coxe, Vice, Virtue, Wisdom
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Once Upon A Night In Bethlehem – I
Based in part on Micah 5:2: Once Upon A Night In Bethelhem – I by Michael Romani From Bethlehem will come the king With all the joy that this will bring It’s of His glory that we all will sing … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Bethlehem, Bite, Branch, Bring, Caravan, Cheer, Christian, Context, Crush, Disarray, Faith, Fall, Flow, Glory, His, History, Holy, Holy Star, Holy Ways, Humanity, Humble, Joy, Justice, King, Light, Live, Micah, Morn, News, Night, Nothing, Paradise, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prophecy, Rest, Right, Roots, Satan, Sing, Something, Sordid, Story, Sublime, Troubles, Westward, Witness, World, Year
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Disintegration Apology
As God reminds me often, I am indeed a work in progress. I do my best to be a good or at least decent man. But, I am fairly flawed, right? Disintegration Apology by Michael Romani In the midst of … Continue reading
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Tagged Apology, Candy Store, Disintegration, Fail, Flaw, Hope, Integration, Jester, Kid, King, Lack, Lost, Love, Love Song, Make Up, Mystery, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Tear Drops, True, Void, Want, Work In Progress
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First Principles: American Colonies Had Long Been Stopped From Abolishing Slavery Or Even Limiting It By Great Britain
“…. (A) disposition to abolish slavery prevails in North America, that many of Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and that even the Virginia Assembly have petitioned the King for permission to make a law for preventing the importation … Continue reading
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Tagged Abolish, Benjamin Franklin, Disposition, First Principles, King, Law, Liberty, North America, Pennsylvania, Petition, Repeal, Slavery, Slaves, Virginia
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Samson VIII
Continuing in an effort to put a version of the Samson and Delilah story from the Book of Judges into verse, I present Part VIII. Perhaps, I should have made this shorter? Samson (VIII) by Michael Romani Amidst un-princely questions of … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Adversary, Appease, Beg, Blame, Book of Judges, Broken, Burn, Consequence, Contest, Daughter, Design, Desire, Dishonor, Driven, Embrace, Enemies, Enemy, Enmity, Family, Fire, Flee, Folly, Forgiven, Gain, God's People, God's Will, Good, Heresy, History, Impure, Jew, King, Knees, Lion, Loss, Love, Nazarite, Peace, Persevere, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Price, Pride, Providence, Purity, Rage, Riddle, Samson and Delilah, Sanctuary, Seek, Shame, Sign, Steeple, Strife, Taran, Tears, Tunic, Two Peoples, Vain, Vow, Wager, Wisdom, Wolf, Wood, Worship, Wrath, Zion
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Price of Pride
Love of power breed ambition and that’s really not what we need in leaders. What we need is those who have vision and come to serve the people. Yet, that’s rarely the way of those interested in politics is it? … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, Blade, Bring, Claim, Dark, Dark Secret, Death, Deception, Defile, Denial, Desert, Dust, End, Evil, False, Fatal, Feel, Fend, Fustration, Glory, Greet, Hell, Immortality, Key, King, Knowledge, Left, Madness, Mortal, Mortality, Mystery, Mystic, Nowhere, Oracle, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Price, Pride, Reaper, Sanskrit, Secret, Serve, Smile, Soul, Spell, Sun, Think, Trouble
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Creed of Worse Behavior
Doesn’t matter color of skin. It matters the quality of your soul. Creed of Worse Behavior by Michael Romani In a sense of worse behavior Seeking desperately for a savior Tossing his hat into the ring Turns out it’s more … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavior, Boots, Boxing, False God, Fighter, Friend, Inspiration, King, Legend, Love, Photograph, Place of Nation, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Redemption, Ring, Saviior, Shade, Skin, Soul, Throne, Treachery
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Warrior Unknown
More light of truth shines on the valor of the few than ever before in history. Yet, as always, the unknown warriors are those who more than often make the rulers who they are. Warrior Unknown by Michael Romani It … Continue reading
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Tagged Conpiracy, Evil, Gilded Pages, History, King, Legacy, Love, Pew, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rule, Sarilege, Taverns, Throne, Tongue, Treachery, Truth, Unknown, Valor, Warrior, Wisdom of Sages
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