Tag Archives: Life

To Live By Faith

Luke 17:5-6 To Live By Faith by Michael Romani Life comes hard to deal its hand Striking harder than we understand Living in faith to our very best Ever hopeful that we will pass the test Even the apostles prayed … Continue reading

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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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Living Your Best Today

Based on large part on Isaiah 50:4-7: Living Your Best Today by Michael Romani We find ourselves in our prayers Feeling like we’re walking stairs Labored in our efforts to remain and be Everything in all of our possibilities Hoping for … Continue reading

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Sisters In Life

Sisters in this life, that life and even Second Life have this innate need to bond more than clash.  Someone suggested this the topic of a poem.   Sisters In Life by Michael Romani Despite all the clashes; despite all … Continue reading

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Stumbling Blocks

Based in part on Genesis 35:4: Stumbling Blocks by Michael Romani So many things cause me to stumble Too many things that make me crumble I need to castaway all of these things Readying myself for the things God brings … Continue reading

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Daily Prompt – Direction

With what seemed just a little bite Tony’s life entered a different direction It wasn’t so much a sudden insight But it a little more than a slight infection The hunger was intense and insatiable It knew no manners and needed … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: There Is Little To Gain In Worrying About Our Birth Or Our Death

“As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.” – Federico García Lorca, poet, playwright, and painter (5 Jun 1898-1936)     

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Thought For the Day: Life Can Be Lumpy

“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump … Continue reading

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Twilight of the Gods

  Twilight of the Gods by Michael Romani Lately, it’s seemed a little perverse How many goodbyes, I’ve said in verse As baby boomers meet the end of trajectory And the twilight of the gods becomes history I’m sure this … Continue reading

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Dancer’s Guillotine

Dancer’s Guillotine by Michael Romani It’s a denunciation of distinction A singularity calling out its fascination The deepest feeling, reeling in my heart The point from which surrealism departs This world is a chaotic scene of violence Shown to you … Continue reading

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