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Like Brothers
The things done in the military grows most men’s units in whatever force into something like family. Most of us ended fighting for our brothers and sisters more than ideals or nations. Some of us carry the memories of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Back, Battles, Beer, Brothers, Caution, Count On, Crime, Danger, Day, Distance, Do It, Done, Doubt, Fallen, Family, Fight, Forever Faithful, Friend, Giving up, God, Head, Joke, Laugh, Live, Longer, Memory, Miles, Military, Mother, Movie, My Time, Need, Nothing to Say, Odds, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Push Past, Race, Remember, Resistance, Ring, Semper Fi, Sigh, Sisters, Smile, Sonds, Stronger, Tears, Toss, Twin, Weight, Years
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Bones of A Dead Man
We can learn a lot from the past. The trick is to learn the best not the worse and realize things, thoughts, deeds are contextual and not always the same as it might be today or the future. Bones of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bite, Bones, Book, Catch, Context, Create, Crude, Dead Man, Death, Deliverance, Fate, Full, Help, Journey, Last Breth, Late, Learn, Live, Memory, Mosquito, Old man, Others, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Power, Read, Scribble, Secret, See, Sepia Tone, Shadow, Soul, Torture, Trick, Win, Write
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Story Teller
It’s a great gift to tell tales that are seem so true that they almost walk right of the pages we read. Isn’t it? Story Teller by Michael Romani Story tellers bring the tale Where once upon will prevail In … Continue reading
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Tagged Align, Books, Collide, Deep Woods, Discard, Dream, Eyes, Family, Find, Gift, Hard, Heard, Hope, Human, Illustration, Leataher Bindings, Life, Magic, Memory, Old Book Stores, Pages, Pessimism, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Read, Red Riding Hood, Rift, Silver Tongue, Soul, Stars, Story, Teller, Told, Treasure, True, Truth, Vivid, Wither, Words
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Beauty In A Blade of Grass
It isn’t so long ago that mental illness was seen as the Devil’s work. I was watching a show tonight and it reminded me of this. Beauty In A Blade of Grass by Michael Romani Scratching at the walls Of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, Asylum, Beauty, Blade, Claw, Closure, Compromise, Devil, Fear, Grass, Madness, Memory, Mental Illness, Obscene, Outlaw, Pain, Pass, Perception, Photograph, Pinky Swear, Poem, Poetry, Sadness, Sanity, Satan, Shade, Shame, Soul, Walls, Wicked, Wrath
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Inward Crash
The injuries from the military that are visible only scratch the surface of the totality. Inward Crash by Michael Romani There’s a loneliness in his memory Sitting and looking out to the sea Images explode, implode and won’t go away … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyss, Blade, Blame, Bullet, Choice, Chopper, Claim, Close, Conflict, Crash, Cry, Dark, Decision, Disturb, Duty, Explode, Fear, Finger Point, Friend, Good Solcier, Hades, Hard Decisions, Hell, Images, Implode, Inflict, Injury, Linger, Lonely, Lost, Lucid, Memory, Military, Overwhelm, Pain, Phantoms, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Resent, Sigh, Sniper, Soul, Strong, Tagged, Thunder, Tool, Under, Voice, War, Withdraw
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In Memory of D-Day
God bless those who lived and died for liberty all those many years ago. Peace is that better place we would all prefer to live. Dying is the price some are willing to pay so that others might have that … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Aging Eyes, Civilization, Commemoration, D-Day, Die, Honor, Liberty, Live, Memory, Normandy, Price, Sacred Trust, Sacrifice, Soldiers, Some Gave All, Thought For the Day, Worth
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Graveled Voice
I was thinking the other day about another poet not so long ago another poet that I respect telling someone else that my shorter poems are more like rock lyrics. That probably comes as somewhat of a surprise to some. … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Apocalypse, Blind, Blue Skies, Compromises, Connection, Decadence, Embrace, Failure, Gentle, Going On, Gravel, Gray, Guitar, High Browed, Kaleidoscope, Karmic, Life, Lyrics, Memory, Meolody, Mirror, Modern Poetry, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Rock, Rock Salt, Sad, See, Sigh, Simple, Sleepless Night, Transcendence, Tremble, Voice, Wise, Wordless Prayer, Yesterday, Yesteryear
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Neon Century
Neon came and mostly went in the 20th Century. Neon lights and even neon knights have made their mark. But, like some other things in this age of rapid change, their time appears to have come and gone. Neon Century … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Ambition, Artisan, Artistic, Beacon, Blue, Broadway, Candle, Carbon Dioxide, Century, City, Decline, Electric, Elements, Gas, Glass, Glow, Handcraft, History, Illuminate, Krypton, Legacy, Light, Mass Production, Memory, Mercury, Modern Age, Neon, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetic, Poetry, Swagger, Tradition, Tube, White, Xenon
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Meanders At the Oxbow
Na/GloPoWriMo 2019, Day 29 and the challenge is to write on the after thoughts about a strong emotion and its results. This is my attempt to clarify thoughts I had just yesterday about the days prior and the future that … Continue reading
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Tagged Adore, Ahead, Always, Banks, Behind, Bends, Best Friend, Better or Worse, Bridge, Cautious, Cherish, Churn, Commonality, Cool Creek, Creek, Crime, Demand, Deserve, Different, Duck, Eyes, Feel, Flow, Forget, Fresh, Frown, Hike, Kiss, Laugh, Living, Love, Meander, Memory, Mud, Na/GloPoWriMo, Need, New, Obnoxious, Oxbow, Photograph, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Remind, Reverence, Rise, Safe, Secure, Similar, Simple Man, Slosh, Smile, Speak, Stand, Startle, Surprise, Sweetest Love, Swerve, Talk, Think, Thoughts, Times, Today, Tomorrow, Touch, Turn, Turns, Twist, Walk, Water, Wish, Words, Yesterday
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Hope In Love Becomes A Battlefield
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 22 challenges us to write a poem engaging another art form. For me, it took but a moment to realize I would take on Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture. Many reasons behind this I suppose, but, the largest of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anonymity, Art, Aspiration, Attic, Battlefield, Category, Daddy, Danger, Design, Didone, Divorce, Dream, Dumpster Dive, Encourage, Family Man, Feeling, Happy, Hearts, Homeless, Hope, Little Girls, Live, Love, Memory, Na/GloPoWriMo, Paint by Number, Pattern, Photograph, Plead, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Princess, Reason, Robert Indiana, Scattegory, Sculpture, Season, Sing, Soul, Spring, Strong, Success
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