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Tag Archives: Night
Pick Up Sticks
Canines and mankind have a relationship that has recently been discovered to be much older than thought for most of my life. The estimate I heard today on an audiobook about animal behavior placed this friendship back over 100,000 years … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid, Apache, Bag, Boy, Brave, Canine, Coyote, Creatures, Cry, Dark, Evil, Fear, Harshness, Hell, Howl, Illusion, Innocent, Light, Lucifer, Mankind, Night, Petroglyph, Photograph, Pick Up, Poem, Poetry, Satan, Shade, Sinner, Sky, Sticks, Sunlight, Tale, Trick, Wall, Winner, Wolf
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Dracul’s Prey
The real Dracul was as deadly perhaps as the Bram Stoker monster. But what if they were one in the same? Dracul’s Prey by Michael Romani The clan of the dragon Is one founded in corruption Dracul meaning the dragon … Continue reading
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Tagged Abandon, Blood, Blood Bath, Bram Stoker, Century, Conception, Corrupt, Dare, Darkness, Deception, Die, Dracul, Dragon, Drain, Empire, Evill, Find, Hunt, Isolation, Killer, Light, Live, Monster, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Predation, Prey, Seduce, Tale, Tell, War, Wicked
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Blood On Our Hands
Halloween poem #2 – mankind has the worse monsters and is seldom as kind as we might be if only we could. Blood On Our Hands by Michael Romani Our brutalities serve to shape us Though we wish to deny … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyss, Asylum, Atrocity, Belief, Better, Blood, Brother, Brutality, Certain, Creature of the Night, Cure, Dawn, Deny, Dignity, Doctor, Fail, Fatal, Forget, Forgivver, God, Halloween, Hands, Heavy, Heoes, Humane, Humanity, Killers, Laugh, Live, Memory, Monster, Night, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Push, Remake, Right, River, Seen, Shadow, Shape, Sister, Sleep, Stir, Toll, Unafraid, Vanity, Watch
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A Writer’s Block
Writing stories is a particular craft. There are numerous reasons that writers sometimes stop writing. But, when they do…. A Writer’s Block by Michael Romani Writing a story with acuity Is like mental archeology There’s madness in the methodology And … Continue reading
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Tagged Archeology, Art, Author, Block, Bookend, Bury, Conceal, Contemplate, Craft, Creation, Dream, Fascination, Grow, Heart, Hidden, Interpretation, Know, Light, Literary, Madness, Mangle, Meaning, Mental, Method, New Day, Night, Photograph, Playground, Poem, Poetry, Reveal, Snap Judgment, Story, Tales, Tangle, Theology, Truth, Twinkle, Wonder, Write
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Way of Things
Life and love are best lived in giving and letting go of fear. Way of Things by Michael Romani Every problems asks for solution Said the keeper of genuine seeking The passage of light in contribution Pardoned by the innocent … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Broken Heart, Contribute, Corner Pocket, Distance, Edge, Energy, Fear, Genuine, Give, Hear, History, Hold Tight, Innocent, Life, Light, Locket, Love, Madness, Mystery, New Day, Night, One, Pardon, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Problem, Read, Resistance, Right Words, Sad, Search, Seek, Solution, Talk, Things, Tomorrow, Travel, Trouble, Two, Way, Wonder, Write
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Boy Genius
Inspired by and dedicated to the vexatious life of Erik Satie. Boy Genius by Michael Romani Reeling out of control Unable to console The boy genius fights Taking confront in his nights Sideways bit of swagger Sliced into like a … Continue reading
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Tagged Antagonistic, Blow By Blow, Boy, Capacity, Circumscribed, Confront, Connect, Console, Contrl, Correct, Cruelty, Dignity, Dream, Drink, Ego, Empathy, Erik Satie, Fail, Fame, Fight, Genius, Glory, Harrow, Human, Love, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Serenity, Shame, Shameless, Show, Slice, Steps, Story, Superior, Swagger, Think, Vanity, Wordless
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Come To Light
Truth be told, I am excited that the things of comic books that I dreamed on a kid are coming about in my lifetime. One of these was robots. Then AI. And then robots with AI . This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Able, Act, AI, Analytical, Comic Book, Comprehend, Concept, Correct, Effect, Express, Fact, Fascination, First, Gods, History, Impression, Light, Man, New, New Man, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Robot, Sky, Sleepless, Sorrow, Tomorrow, View, Yesterday
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Further Reaches
There’s magic in the stardust that goes beyond the physical world we live in. This is a bit half inspired by a tale of two worlds and of course blended with thoughts about my recent past… Further Reaches by Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, Blend, Bright, Chain, Charm, Cheek, Chorus, Conscience, Desire, Distance, Dream, Dreams, Enchant, Far, Feeling, Felt, Field, Fingertips, Fire, Good, Harm, Hesitation, Human, Intention, Kiss, Light Years, Lips, Love, Mean, Melt, Moment, Night, Passion, Philosophy, Photograph, Pity, Planet, Poem, Poetry, Ponder, Pursuit, Push, Put Up, Question, Reach, Science, Shore, Silent, Snowdrop, Stardust, Stars, Swirl, Time, Time Waster, True, Twinkle, Woke, Wonder, World, Yield
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Between Heaven and Earth
A whisper of a prayer… Between Heaven and Earth by Michael Romani Between Heaven and Earth There is a gate Between light and dark There falls a shadow Between faith and sin A whisper speaks a prayer My deepest confession … Continue reading
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Tagged Between, Birth, Confession, Dark, Death, Earth, Faith, Fall, Gate, God, Happiness, Heart, Heartbreak, Heaven, I, Know, Lie, Life, Light, Live, Love, Miracle, Mistake, My, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Remorse, Right, Self, Shadow, Sin, Sorrow, Strength, Weakness, Whisper, Wrong
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Life Giving Water
The secret elixir of life on our blue planet begins with water. Beyond on this, we must look toward the mixer of this with energy and stardust, our heavenly Father. Life Giving Water by Michael Romani Too many eyes looking … Continue reading


