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Na/GloPoWriMo 10: Freedom of Thought

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 10.. a third of the way through.  The challenge to throw down two opposing thoughts simultaneously going on at the same time. I went to a Short Form Poetry Workshop featuring someone’s made up form called a “Street … Continue reading

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Na/GloPoWriMo 9: In the Big of the Small

The Na/GloPoWriMo Day 9 poetry challenge, the goal is to write a poem that either joins the big with the small or the small with the big.  I propose to do both using the bringing of comic books to the … Continue reading

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Na/GloPoWriMo 8: The Magic of Words

The Na/GloPoWriMo challenge on day 8 is to write a poem based in some way on magic.  I will catch up with these poems eventually.  If anyone is following along, I apologize for the lack of timeliness. The Magic of … Continue reading

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Na/GloPoWriMo 7: Backsliding Blues

Having to backtrack just a little bit to keep up with the site’s challenges.  I will admit that I have found this year’s challenges more than a little weird.  I don’t do weird very well.  But, I guess that makes … Continue reading

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Blank Verse For the Conforming Poet

Blank Verse For the Conforming Poet by Michael Romani Listen she tells me that often enough It’s a simple thing to learn if you try But it’s often things so simple that I Find so very hard to do so … Continue reading

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Blank Verse Childhood

Okay, so sometimes I live my life like a Toys R Us Kid….. but…I was at a poetry workshop yesterday and we were looking at how to correctly do blank verse poems.  This is the second one I came up … Continue reading

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Choices of Roads Best Traveled

Choices of Roads Best Traveled by Michael Romani Choices in the roads we travel Are choices that do quite ravel The ways we take up and live Choices of the road may forgive But there are fundamentals to know And … Continue reading

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Na/GloPoWriMo 5: To Be me, Not You

Day 5 arrived yesterday about the same time that I upped my running (albeit at a very slow pace) to an hour of running.  There’s my excuse and I’m keeping with it.  It’s hard to write a new poem when … Continue reading

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Coda: A Eulogy For A King

Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, 1968.  In his honor and to memorialize in some small way his life and legacy: Coda: A Eulogy For A King by Michael Romani Born into a world of brutality In … Continue reading

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Na/GloPoWriMo 4: To Make You Whole

The challenge for day four is to create a poem making an abstract concept concrete.  I was thinking of my brother in law lately anyhow.  So, I chose to embody the grief felt by both he and I regarding my … Continue reading

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