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Thought For the Day: Fiction Can Be Useful
“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.” – Paul Theroux, novelist (b. 1941)
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Tagged Fantasy, Fiction, Life, Paul Theroux, Second Chance, Thought For the Day
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Winter Speaks
Winter Speaks by Michael Romani Life is cyclical in its nature This we learn as we mature Comfort reveals its way to sorrow Finding itself back come tomorrow Lies revealed; losses compensated Times rushed in; others hesitated Memories flood and … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alibis, Choas, Comfort, Cycles, Darkness, Encounters, Family, Inclusion, Life, Memories, Mundane, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Removal, Sorrow, Surrealism, Tomorrow, Winter Speaks
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Horizon
In those quiet hours as the sun begins to set I find myself looking out to where my soul’s met With a moment’s rest as darkness creeps into the horizon I smile to myself at the feeling in which I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherish, Daily Prompt, Dreams, Hope, Horizon, Life, Peace, Quiet, Realization, Sunset, Treasure, Wordpress
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Gestures To Hope
Gestures To Hope by Michael Romani A shadow hangs over the dinner table In a manifestation of what we are capable As our fixation on intolerant ideology Marks the vandalization of our history Peace and good will for a few … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Buddleia, Dark, Fragile, Gestures, History, Hope, Humanity, Intolerance, Life, Mood, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Shadow, Urban Decay
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Living This Love
Living This Love by Michael Romani From my first silent, sharp cry To my last drawn breath Standing strong as time, I Make my life a worship until my death To live in this love Whispered from God above I … Continue reading
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Tagged Choice, Cruel Sin, Life, Linked Arms, Living This Love, Optimism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Prejudice, Racism, Tough Questions, Whispers, Worship
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Funnel
They say the hurricane started as funnel somewhere In the middle of the islands, somewhere out there They say that hurricane came to claim so many Too many, brothers, sisters, both friend and enemy Because the storm had no conscience … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, First Responders, Flood, Funnel, Ground, Heroes, Hunger, Hurricane, Life, Passes, Storm, Wordpress
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Thought of the Day: There Is An Ask and Tell of Life
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” – Zora Neale Hurston, folklorist and writer (7 Jan 1891-1960) A small biography of Zora Thurston is found here: http://www.howard.edu/library/reference/guides/hurston/
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Tagged Answers, Life, Questions, Thought of the Day, Years, Zora Neale Hurston
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First Principles: Change Is the Only Constant; Adapt and Thrive
“Change is the only constant in life, one’s ability to adapt to that change determines success in life.” – Benjamin Franklin What were your goals this year? I am running so far behind. I think after I post a poem … Continue reading
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Tagged Adapt, Benjamin Franklin, Change, Constant, First Principles, Improvement, Life, Sins, Thrive, Virtues
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Miraculous
Oh, I get it and see how life seems in the darkness Filled with worrisome fear and a lot of harshness But, don’t let that be all that you see of the wondrous Life, especially new born life, I nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Daily Prompt, Darkness, Duty, Fawn, Life, Miracle, Miraculous, Smile, Winter, Wonder, Woods, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Inheritance
Day after day, it’s all the more in ready evidence That some things are a matter of simple Providence Among these are matters gained by inheritance Like never realizing the fullness of my impertinence But, instead insisting that I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Daily Prompt, Evidence, Faith, Fortitude, Hope, Inheritance, Life, Poetry, Wordpress
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