Tag Archives: Meaning

We, In This Post-Modern World

We, In This Post Modern World by Michael Romani Immersing ourselves in destruction We swim with unflinching gaze Indiscriminate in our ill defined function We act to demystify our unsettled days Penetrating the surface of reality No longer collaborating with … Continue reading

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Proxy

There is no sort of proxy for the things you do to me There is nothing that can replace our integrity All of the things that you have come to mean to me Forming the bounds of all of my … Continue reading

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The Confusion In A Poet’s Way

The Confusion In A Poet’s Way by Michael Romani We wear our brands Even when we don’t understand We poets soar Not unlike a mouse’s roar Never quite knowing The all that we’re showing Illuminating paths we don’t see Even … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Discerning Truth Requires Experience

“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.”  –  John Stuart Mill Without experience it is difficult to discern full truth.  If you sit a moment and think on … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Wisdom Frames Knowledge Into Being Useful

“Wisdom is the central form which gives meaning and position to all the facts which are acquired by knowledge, the digestion and assimilation of whatever in the material world the man comes in contact with.”  – Northrop Frye, in Fearful Symmetry: … Continue reading

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To Have Meaning

Woke up sick today, but, worse, feeling a little regret for having skipped the Short Poetry Workshop last night.  Since I usually write two poems at the workshop, I thought I should maybe make up for that in some way. … Continue reading

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