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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Is the Christian and Social Duty of Each Person
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual …Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.”. – … Continue reading
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Tagged Chistian, Defend, Dependence, Duty, First Principles, God, Haven, Individual, John Hancock, Man, Resist, Rights, Social, Steadfast, Take, Tyranny
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First Principles: The Evidence for Christianity Is In Favor of Its Authenticity
“I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor.” – Alexander Hamilton
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Authenticity, Careful, Christianity, Examination, Favor, First Principles, Juror, Man, Mind, Proposition, Submit, Truth, Verdict
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Thought For the Day: Nothing Cures the Itch of Literature But the Scratching of A Pen
“When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.” -Samuel Lover, songwriter, composer, novelist, and artist (24 Feb 1797-1868)
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Tagged Cure, Itch, Literature, Man, Pen, Samuel Lover, Scratch, Thought For the Day
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Valentine’s Day Villanelle
Milkwood’s Poem A Day #7 is at best very difficult. The form is the Villanelle. The word prompt is ‘tide’. The villanelle consists of: “19 lines. Two rhymes. Two lines that repeat. Six stanzas – five are three lines each … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Best Friend, Cruel, Defend, Dinner, End, God, Knows, Light, Man, Milkwood, Movie, Peace, Poem, Poem A Day, Poetry, Spoof, Television, Think, Tide, Told, Valentine's Day, Villanelle
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First Principles: Humanity Naturally Indulges False Hope While Shutting Our Eyes to Painful Truth
“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.” – Patrick Henry, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beasts, Eyes, First Principles, Illusions, Indulge, Man, Natural, Pain, Patrick Henry, Shut, Siren, Song, Transform, Truth
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We Who Would Be Gods
Some folks believe that we stand on the verge of a merger between man, machine and artificial intelligence. They espouse this prerogative as a next step in the evolution of mankind. Intriguing isn’t it? Some easily evident pluses. A … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bequest, Certain, Children, Defeat, Destiny, Discipline, Evolution, Force of Nature, Gods, History, Humanity, Inferior, Integrity, Kill, Lame, Legacy, Machine, Man, Merge, Name, Natural Cause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remnant, Revolution, Sin, Superior, Third Millenium, Unseat, We
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Heartbreaks Forgiven
I wrote this poem just now. Please forgive the typos. It’s sort of a word flow thing…. Heartbreaks Forgiven by Michael Romani I watched you kill your child today I held your hand and did not look away You told … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Answer, Beautiful, Call, Child, Christian, Conspiracy, Cry, Daughter, Despite, Different, Fogive, Forgive, Forsake, Forty Years, Found, God's Plan, Goodbye, Grateful, Halo, Hand, Hard, Heartbreak, Heathen, Hell, Horrible, Hours, Hug, Hurt, Laugh, Left, Life, Live, Looking Out, Love, Man, Mistake, Morning Light, Patience, Phone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Prayer, Project, Promise, Reason, Regret, Remember, Right, Risk, Satan, Season, Secret, Shake, Shoe, Silent, Smile, Soul, Sparkle, Stay, Taught, Tears, Time, Tonight, Watch, Wild Man, Years, You, Young, Your Way
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Flying Solo
Since mankind began, there has been the hero’s journey. A man starts with just his dreams and builds his world or fails. Those with heart prevail. That then is the trick to this tale. Flying Solo by Michael Romani Long … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrive, Band of Thieves, Company, Conquer, Crime, Day, Determine, Dice, Dignity, Dream, Easy, Escape, Every, Family, Fight, Fly, Free, Freedom, Hero's Journey, Joyride, Key, Kinship, Knees, Man, Might, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power Chord, Prevail, Promise, Rebel, Resist, Sight, Solo, Some, Soul, Stars, Steady, Streets, Survival, Syndicate, Tale, Tight, Trick, Will To Survive
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Felt (The Loss of Shangri-la)
It’s interesting. This poem started of with the intention of being a lighthearted look at the sort of a person who would look at Shangri-La an think that all it’s missing is a casino. By the time, my pen hit … Continue reading
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Tagged Bliss, Blues, Break Up, Breath, Burden, Burn, Cost, Darkness, Dream, Easy, Embrace, Eyes, Face, Feel, Felt, Flow, Forbidden, Forever After, Happiness, Hurt, Kiss, Laugh, Laughter, Lifetime, Light, Lonely, Loss, Lost, Man, Minute, Miss, Moment, Once Upon A Time, Pain, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Rhyme, Rising Star, Rite of Passage, Shake, Shangri-La, Silent, Sleepless Night, Solitary, Soul, Star-shine, Step, Surprise, Thought, Touch, Treasure, True, Wake, Wonder, Word, World
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