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Daily Prompt – Mass
In our daily prayer for the living We find ourselves quickly forgiving All that happens as it must and might The little things meant taken as slight Wisdom in our souls come to prevail To go on living rightly as … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Contrary, Daily Prayer, Daily Prompt, Devine, Fear, Forgive, Forgiving, Happenstance, Humanity, Little Things, Live Right, Living, Love, Mass, Persevere, Prevail, Slights, Stained Glass, Tiffany, Wisdom
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Daily Prompt – Grimace
The chains that bind us to our dark embrace Are the chains that make me stop and grimace Is there even a ghost of a chance at second glance Bringing all of this back into some balance? Tell me now, … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged Balance, Chains, Chance, Children, Cost, Daily Prompt, Dark, First Duty, Grimace, Innocent, Let Them Be, Lost, Love, Protect, Second Glance, Tug of War, Wrath
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Do I Give Myself Too Easily?
Sometimes you wonder, right? https://flic.kr/p/2aLqEE8 Do I Give Myself Too Easily? by Michael Romani I don’t really think it too serious a question But, I approach this with some hesitation Because I have given you all of me so easily … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Closer, Dance, Deep, Doubt, Easy, Esteem, First Hello, Hesitation, Humor, Late Night, Love, Love At First Sight, Met, One, Passing Days, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Question, Self Control, Soul, Stride, Thoughts, True, Unforgettable, Value, Worth
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Thought For the Day: What We Hate, We Graft Onto Our Souls
“In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.” – Mary Renault, novelist (4 Sep 1905-1983)
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Tagged Brood, Graft, Grow, Hatred, Loathe, Love, Mary Renault, Soul, Subject, Thought For the Day
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Ekphrastic Workshop – Sparkle Dim
The Tuesday night short poetry workshop tonight has to do with the Ekphrastic form of deriving a poem based on a work of art including digital art/photographs. From this I came up with the following: Sparkle Dim Ekprhastic by Michael Romani … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Beauty, Blessed, Dance, Dim, Ekprhastic, Free, Glowing, Gratitude, Growing, Karma, Love, Photograph, Platitide, Poem, Poetry, Share, Shatter, Smile, Sparkle, Understand, Workshop
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Legacy Rehashed
Sort of random with a bit of truth in the cervices: Legacy Rehashed by Michael Romani If we could drag the future Out into the past If feelings could somehow nurture All the things that didn’t last If we could … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Aspersions, Beginning, Blunder, Cervices, Details, Diamonds, Drops, End, Family, Fantasy, Friend, Future, Hand, Harmony, Hope, I, Kiss, Legacy, Love, Nurture, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Rehash, Reply, Rough, Star Crossed, Strife, Tales, Tomorrow, Truth, Unabashed, Wells, Winning, Wonder, You, Youth
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Daily Prompt – New
As old as life sometimes seems It truly is the stuff of dreams Despite moments taken aback It’s not imagination that we lack Still, despite all of our imagination Nothing quite touches fascination Like the new feeling of life born … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Born, Daily Prompt, Dreams, Fascination, Fawns, Imagination, Knew, Life, Love, Moments, Morn, New, Spin, True, Winter
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First Principles: Do Not Squander The Time of Your Life
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.” —Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Life, Love, Poor Richard's Almanac, Squander, Time
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Perfect We
A blank verse look at being certain about the uncertain… Perfect We by Michael Romani In a harvest of sentiment I find my predicament How can a man know the future? Some say that you can’t But, then I want … Continue reading
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