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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
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
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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From A Flower, A Garden Grows
Today’s Thought For the Day really grabs at my heart and soul. It bears repeating until we all get it. In this world and all virtual worlds, we can be fairly much choose to be most anything we desire. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind, Correction, Dance, Deliver, Direction, Feed, Find, Fish, Flower, Forever, Garden, God, Hand, Happiness, Heart, Held, Kind, Know, Light, Love, Man, Moment, Night, Now, Ocean, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, River, Shine, Sorrow, Sparkle, Step, Tear, Tomorrow, Whisper, You and I
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Broken
It is what it is… Broken by Michael Romani When to myself a danger I’m perhaps better as a stranger Love can be funny that way I have too many dragons to slay Fixed hard to this reality Beginning to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Believe, Broken, Capable, Child, Conceive, Conception, Connection, Courage, Danger, Deception, Doubt, Dragons, Dream, Eternity, Eventuality, Fly, Free, Greed, Imperfection, Key, Know, Love, Man, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Puzzle, Real, Reality, Reveal, Self-Perception, Sought, Spoken, Stranger, Wisdom, Wish
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First Principles: We Are Intended To A Nation Ruled By Law and Not Men
“They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men.” – John Adams
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Tagged Arbitrary, Define, First Principles, Government, John Adams, Man, Republic, Under Law
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Jungled Twist
Another swing at the Jungle Book has been taken. First poem based on that movie is done and posted below. Jungled Twist by Michael Romani There is something in this reality A certain truth about fragility That the jungle twists … Continue reading
First Principles: The Possibilities of Mischief In the Governance of Man Should Remain Bound By the Constitution
“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1798)
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Tagged Bind, Chains, Confidence, Constitution, First Principles, Man, Mischief, Power, Question, Thomas Jefferson
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