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In Remembrance of Notre Dame
In memory of the burning of Notre Dame 04/2019 and as originally posted on my Flickr account: In Remembrance of Notre Dame by Michael Romani Standing there in the center of the ancient cityGloriously symbolic in its early beloved pietyThe … Continue reading
Relative Complicity
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 12 asks that we who take up the challenge of finding something dull that we’re willing to give away. Well, sorry, but I’m twisting this into something that can never be owned, only given and that is so … Continue reading
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The Truth of the Present
It’s so easy to believe these are the bad ole days as modern day snake oil salesmen tell us of how horrible things are and that they’re bound to get worse. But is that true? Or, is the doom … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, Accountable, Age, al-Qeada, Armada, Asymmetry, Baton, Begun, Brave, Broken, Bungle, Calamity, Capable, Catastrophe, Cause, Cave, Change, Chicken Little, Choice, Coca Cola, Complicity, Conspire, Data Mine, Destruction, Devil, Doom and Gloom, Foothold, Gain, Goat, God, Gunpowder, History, Humanity, Imprint, Innocence, Kings, Law of the Jungle, Legacy, Living History, Logic Bomb, Manage, Manipulate, Mankind, Mery, Motivation, Mutual Destruction, Mystery, Nuclear, Obesity, One, Oppenheimer, Optimism, Orchestrate, Pages, Pain, Peace, People, Pessimism, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Power, Present, Prevail, Rare, Save, Self Defeat, Sown, Spoken, Starvation Line, Sugar, Terrorism, Tire, Tragedy, True Peace, Truth, Unity, Vanity, Veil, War, World
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Leading Toward Significance In Free Verse
Poem A Day #12 is to be written in Free Verse. The word prompt is ‘echo’. Free Verse is: From https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/free-verse and https://literarydevices.net/free-verse/: “Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech. A regular pattern of sound or … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Animal, Baby, Chimp, Civil, Closet, Cognitive Revolution, Culture, Early History, East Africa, Free Verse, Games, Great, Handprint, Hominid, Homo Sapiens, Human, Lead, Mankind, Memory, Milkwood, Mother, Mystery, Poem, Poem A Day, Poetry, Science, Secret, Separated, Signature, Significance, Skeleton, Thread, Time, Uncivil, Vers Libre
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In The Truth of Murder
It’s said that Agatha Christie went missing for a short period of time and that no one has ever fully explained this… In The Truth of Murder by Michael Romani The best of tales start at the beginning Where we … Continue reading
Price of Pride
Love of power breed ambition and that’s really not what we need in leaders. What we need is those who have vision and come to serve the people. Yet, that’s rarely the way of those interested in politics is it? … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambition, Blade, Bring, Claim, Dark, Dark Secret, Death, Deception, Defile, Denial, Desert, Dust, End, Evil, False, Fatal, Feel, Fend, Fustration, Glory, Greet, Hell, Immortality, Key, King, Knowledge, Left, Madness, Mortal, Mortality, Mystery, Mystic, Nowhere, Oracle, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Price, Pride, Reaper, Sanskrit, Secret, Serve, Smile, Soul, Spell, Sun, Think, Trouble
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Clever As Your Dreams
Does anyone else remember going to the circus as a kid? I think that was one of those memories for me that will live forever. It was shocking to me later to find out that some were afraid of clowns. … Continue reading
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Tagged Clown, Color, Cricus, Dance, Dreams, Echoes, Endure, Fantasy, Fashion, Fear, Forget, Forsaken, Happiness, Hold On, Integrity, Kid, Lessons, Magic, Memory, Moments, Mystery, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reeling, Remember, Romance, Scene, Shake, Show, Sncere, Sorrow, Sting, Three Ring Circus, Thunder, Tingle, Walk, Wings of Tomorrow
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Daily Prompt – Madness
What’s Halloween without a little madness thrown in? To Play With Madness by Michael Romani The witches play with madness While mankind finds its sadness The comic tragedy plays out It seems each step descends into doubt Some things transcend … Continue reading
Daily Prompt – Index
She asked me to index the reasons why Clear evidence for God seems in short supply But she should believe in Him anyhow And though patient, she wanted these reasons now She told me of her friend who was her … Continue reading
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