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Secret Melody
There is a secret melody that plays in the heart of all who love. Secret Melody by Michael Romani A memory caught in a secret song Swell of timbre that seems to strong Music has its way with those Whose … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Apart, Beating, Day, Deep, Destiny, Dream, Ear, Faith, Family, Follow, Forever, Heart, History, Know, Legacy, Lesson, Life, Love, Melancholy, Melody, Memory, Mind, Music, Mystery, Near, Pain, Photograph, Play, Plaza, Poem, Poetry, Reach, Regret, Secret, Sing, Smile, Song, Sun, Teach, Timbre, Treasure, Whisper, You
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In Memory of 9/11
We must never forget what extremists brought on this day We must always linger on the troubles that come humanity’s way We must also never forget that we are all the children of God And that God would have us … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged 9/11, Ache, Acts, Afraid, America, Ashes, Beacon, Betteer, Blind, Brave, Brazen, Break, Breathe, Cherish, Children, City on the Hill, Come Together, Day, Dreams, Example, Extremists, Fight, Forget, Founders, Freedom, Future, God, God's Will, Hands, Heart, Help, Humanity, Kindness, Liberty, Love, Loving, Madmen, Memory, Nature, Need, New, New Life, Nurture, Patriot, Peace, Remember, Seek, Shine, Strifee, Thought For the Day, Tolerate, Trouble, Words
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Spoons Full of Memories
A good man was laid to rest today, as good a man as men are these days. I offer this attempt of a poem to honor his memory in a final salute of sorts. Master Sargent Charles Oliver Brooks, boss, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Angel, Atone, Boss, Bugle, Bury, Ceremony, Company, Country, Depend, Depth, Faithful Servant, Family, Friend, Good, Good Nature, Heaven, Heroism, Home, Honor, Ice Cream, Legacy, Life, Lord, Master Sargent Charles O Brooks, Memorial, Memory, Mentor, Name, No Shame, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rest In Peace, Reverend, Salute, Sermon, Soul, Spoon, Taps, Taught, Touch, Tribute, Valor, Warrior, Wings, Words
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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
Posted in Poetry and Poems
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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