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Let Your World End
Halloween Poem #23: Let Your World End by Michael Romani Mother, can you forgive your son For all of the ungodly things That I have self-righteously done And for all of the pain that it brings As you call me … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Antiquity, Call, Cane, Edgar Allan Poe, End, Floor, Forgive, Halloween, Iniquity, Jade, Mind's Door, Mother, Name, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rainbow, Rap, Self Righteous, Sin, Sins, Son, Tap, Ungodly, World
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Darkness Quenches Light
Halloween Poem #18 Darkness Quenches Light by Michael Romani Among the demons there is history Some might strangely call it legacy Where troubled hearts are in need of friends And if you’re safe, it just depends Quintessential in the rarified … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Bitter, Bleed, Burn, Conquer, Cracked, Darkness, Demon, Depend, Eden, Electric, End, Fall, Final, Friend, Halloween, Heal, Heart, Hide, History, Intention, Invention, Irony, Legacy, Light, Lost Soul, Love, Mad, Mankind, Melody, Monster, Need, Opposite, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Quench, Rare, Reveal, Sacred, Safe, Sane, Savage, Scar, Science, Soothe, Strange, Summation, Tears, Thunder, Transform, Trouble, Twist, Vain, Vital, Vital Spark, Whiskey, Wind, World, Wound
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Halloween Is Coming
October 1st. It must be a day for many things. But as the night comes to an end, felt like an old friend, I feel Halloween coming on… Halloween Is Coming by Michael Romani In the distance, I hear the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Badlands, Beast, Blame, Blood, Card, Claw, Come, Darkness, Distance, Drum, Embrace, Evil, Guilt, Halloween, Heart, Hello, Hiss, Holiness, Light, Mask, Murder, Necklace, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Quench, Repentance, River, Serpent, Shame, Sin, Stay, Stench, Sundown, Tale, Trick, True Face, Unleash, Vain, Venom, Wash, Whisper
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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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Taking Stock
The Summer of 1969 was a defining moment in the life of America. The currents that led to it swept away many of the traditions of the past in that season of our discontent. Taking Stock by Michael Romani Bethel, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged 1969, America, Art, Assassination, Bethel, Better, Beyond, Bobby Kennedy, Brotherhood, Change, Choice, Clear, Defer, Different, Disaster, Discontent, Disillusion, Dream, Edge, Flood, Generation, Groove, Happening, Ignore, Illusion, Know, Lght, Loud, Music, Nation, Notoriety, Pain, Parents, Peace, Photograph, Pilgrim, Plan, Play, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Proud, Rain, Reverent, Revolution, Satisfy, Scream, Society, Storm, Strife, Summer, Tears, Thought, Transform, Vietnam, Voice, Wrath
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To Find Happiness
I think maybe a bit dour… To Find Happiness by Michael Romani I have been fighting to survive From the day I was born Struggling just to stay alive To find happiness and not be forlorn I have walked each … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor, Bend, Bliss, Born, Care, Cross, Depend, Destroy, Empty, Fault, Fight, Forlorn, Forward, God, Guard, Happiness, Mask, Numb, Oblivious, Onward, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Press, Reason, Struggle, Survive, Touch, Toward, Vain, Walk, Will, Wish
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First Principles: We Are Apt To Close Our Eyes Against Painful Truth That Is Capable of Transforming Us Into Beasts
“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts.” – Patrick Henry (1775)
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Tagged Apt, Beast, Eyes, First Principles, Hope, Illusion, Indulge, Man, Natural, Pain, Patrick Henry, Shut, Siren, Song, Transform, Truth
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Retribution For Frailty
Sadists like to kick people when they’re down. Turn to multiple forums from Facebook to otherwise and you see people constantly tearing at each other and doing this for the good of the other. Interesting how we convince ourselves … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Broken, Brutality, Cave, Comfort, Community, Corrupt, Cruelty, Damage Done, Dare, Desire, Desparation, Down, Eyes, Fester, Frailty, Good, Humilation, Kick, Know, Lie, Menace, Pain, Photograph, Piety, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pride, Punish, Refuse, Repressed, Retribution, Sadist, Savage, Save, Sting, Suffer, Torture, Truth, Vain, Vengeance, Vulnerable
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Things We’ve Said
Woke up this morning, kicking myself hard. Nuff said about that other than… Things We’ve Said by Michael Romani Teared face looks in the mirror Trapped disgrace lived out in error Struggling past feeble lines of poetry That still vivid … Continue reading
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