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Ghost Towns of Russia
600 million miles of history, quite a lot of it tragically beautiful: Ghost Towns of Russia by Michael Romani The provocative label of ghost town Once chased around Tells the story of another dead town Across 600 million Russian miles … Continue reading
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Tagged Artic, Audible Silence, Citizens, Collapse, Ghost Town, Gone, History, Horizon, Memories, Mercy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polar Nights, Question, Reason, Red Army, Russia, Soviet Union, Strategy
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Word Prompt – Choice
The old guitarist sat casually strumming Daydreaming about summer spent thumbing Across what was then his own little world Just to be in the company of a certain girl Finally starting to lift up his quiet ole voice He sang … Continue reading
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Tagged Choice, Dance, Daydream, Girl, Guitar, Guitarist, Heart, Hitch Hike, Love, Memories, Peace, Romance, Strum, Tango, Voice, Word Prompt, Young Man
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Even the Gods Die Alone
Sort of a part two. Life is what it is, right? https://flic.kr/p/29k3jFH Even the Gods Die Alone by Michael Romani Even the gods die alone She said with a heart of stone And still I’ll miss her With memories of … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Carve Your Name On Hearts, Not A Marbled Tombstone
“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you will remember. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.” – Charles Spurgeon
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Tagged Carve, Character, Charles Spurgeon, Hearts, Marble, Memories, Missed, Thought For the Day, Tombstone
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Daily Prompt – Handicap
It might well be said That decisions made Inside my head Exist with a shade Of handicap from the past All the die cast Offer percentages Considered hinderances I have not forgotten All the things begotten From your temperament And … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Decisions, Dice, Handicap, Heartbreaks, Hinderance, Memories, Mistakes, Past, Percentages, Said, Shade, Temperament
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Broken
Yesterday’s word prompt (I fell asleep again before finishing my postings for yesterday..my apologies. I have been so tired lately.) Looking back on a life’s worth of memories A simple man like me has so few mysteries But, a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken, Daily Prompt, Dreams, Legacy, Memories, Quiet, Sunrise, Surfing, Waves, Wordpress
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Morning Dew
Morning Dew by Michael Romani She smiled as she sweetly told me Telling me, it wasn’t to scold me That there is a sad sense of cliché In nearly every thing that I say I smiled back that there was … Continue reading
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Tagged Cliche, Heart, Memories, Mettle, Morning, Morning Dew, Petals, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Say, Scold, Season, Smile, Sunrise, True, Twinkle
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Thought For the Day: Forget the Days, Remember the Moments
“People forget years and remember moments.” – Ann Beattie, novelist (b. 8 Sep 1947)
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Tagged Ann Beattie, Memories, Memory, Moments, People, Thought For the Day, Years
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Resonance of Youth
Resonance of Youth by Michael Romani The angst felt In the hand dealt Was both deadly and dreamy While awkwardly steamy Remembering those days And all of our crazy ways Can be a semi-poetic meditation Too often subject to repetition … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoration, Angst, Awkward, Better, Bliss, Crazy Ways, Depression, Labored Motivation, Memories, Nervous Wrecks, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resonance, Sacred, Scars, Surreal, Sweet, Thoughtless, Together, Wistfulness, Youth
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 26: Fisherman’s Wharf
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 26 challenge is to write a poem “that includes images that engage all five senses. Try to be as concrete and exact as possible with the “feel” of what the poem invites the reader to see, smell, touch, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcatrazz, Chocolate, Cioppino, Death, Ferry, Fisherman's Wharf, Hyde Street, Love, Memories, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Pier 39, Poem, Poetry, San Francisco, Sausalito, Sea Food, Sea Lions
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 