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Spoons Full of Memories
A good man was laid to rest today, as good a man as men are these days. I offer this attempt of a poem to honor his memory in a final salute of sorts. Master Sargent Charles Oliver Brooks, boss, … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Atone, Boss, Bugle, Bury, Ceremony, Company, Country, Depend, Depth, Faithful Servant, Family, Friend, Good, Good Nature, Heaven, Heroism, Home, Honor, Ice Cream, Legacy, Life, Lord, Master Sargent Charles O Brooks, Memorial, Memory, Mentor, Name, No Shame, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rest In Peace, Reverend, Salute, Sermon, Soul, Spoon, Taps, Taught, Touch, Tribute, Valor, Warrior, Wings, Words
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Hurts To Be Human
Another lousy day misspent… but hey.. a poem.. Hurts To Be Human by Michael Romani It hurts to be human It’s human to feel hurt Capturing this in the moment Filled with grief and torment The annals of our history … Continue reading
Nestled
History is to learn from. Not to be dwelt on. But to take the lessons learned into today so that we might build a better tomorrow. Nestled by Michael Romani Nestled behind an old chapel Rests with the bite of … Continue reading
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Tagged Antebellum, Apple, Benighted, Blind, Brutality, Build, Chapel, Compromise, Contrary, False, Family, Freedom, Gentry, History, Learn, Legacy, Lessons, Moonlight and Magnolias, Paradox, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Slavery, Southern Heritage, Tidewater, Tomorrow, Truth
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Neon Century
Neon came and mostly went in the 20th Century. Neon lights and even neon knights have made their mark. But, like some other things in this age of rapid change, their time appears to have come and gone. Neon Century … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Ambition, Artisan, Artistic, Beacon, Blue, Broadway, Candle, Carbon Dioxide, Century, City, Decline, Electric, Elements, Gas, Glass, Glow, Handcraft, History, Illuminate, Krypton, Legacy, Light, Mass Production, Memory, Mercury, Modern Age, Neon, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetic, Poetry, Swagger, Tradition, Tube, White, Xenon
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Faceless Portraits Transcending Time
As remarkable as it may seem, AI, that is to say, Artificial Intelligence is not only being ‘taught’ to do art but some of the pieces already done to date are fetching upwards of $450,000.00 for portraits that an art … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, AI, Algorithm, Anonymous Bid, Anthromorphize, Art, Bluster, Console, Contemporary, Contortion, Creation, Deceive, Deduced Pattern, Distinction, Distraction, Faceless, Heart, Heartless, High Bid, Legacy, Masquerade, Meaning, Mechanistic, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Portraits, Reveal, Sample, Soul, Spotlight, Story, Tantalize, Time, Trend, Visual Art
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Kermode White In Blues
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 23 sets out a challenge to write a poem about an animal or animals: Kermode White In Blues by Michael Romani Two white tigers, not in biology More in a thing of Chinese astrology Set about that day … Continue reading
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Tagged Astrology, Balance, Berry, British Columbia, China, Creator, Douglass Channel, Embrace, Family, First Nation, Fish, Ghost Bear, Greed, Gribbell Island, Habitat, Haunt, Hippopotamus, Home of the White Bear, Human, Imagine, Kermode Bear, Kitasoo, Land of Plenty, Legacy, Loss, Magic, Na/GloPoWriMo, Niche, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Rain Forest, Raven, Tiger, Trickster, Vancouver, Walk, zoo
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Breathe the Legacy
The Na/GloPoWriMo Day Four challenge is to write a sad poem. That’s easy enough to do this time around. Someone who is increasingly important to me beyond nearly all measure of my meager words recently lost someone. I can … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocate, Born, Brave, Breathe, Dare, Deep, Defense, Family, Footstep, Force, Fragrant, Heart, History, Hurt, Legacy, Liberty, Life, Live, Lost, Lost Child, Love, Modern World, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Right, Sad, Show, Soul, Speak Well, Steep, Step, Tender, Tough, Truth, Vancouver, Win, Woman
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Memory Inspires the Future
Slavery is wrong. It was wrong in the past. It is wrong in the present. It’s a wrong that will go into our future. That is until we stand together to vanquish this evil. I cannot stress enough that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Apology, Atrocity, Better, Consequence, Crimes Against Humity, Cultural Amnesia, Dignity, Dwell, Equa;ity, Evade, Forgive, France, Fratenrity, Free, Freedom, Future, Grievance, Guadaloupe, History, Humanism, Inspire, Isle, Legacy, Les Colons, Memory, Moving Forward, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reconciliation, Sidestep, Slavery, Slight, Stain, Sugar Factory
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