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The Colors of Intensity
Self isolation is proving interesting. Continuing in thoughts on photography and the capture of light in general…. The Colors of Intensity by Michael Doyle From the blues of a snowy day To the reds of sunsets along the way Subject … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Being, Blues, Button, Call, Capture, Chosen, Color, Contrary, Coolness, Danger, Days, Decide, Dramatic, Express, Fall, Feel, Filter, Flick, Gray Blue, Heighten, Ice, Imagination, Immensity, Intensity, Interpretation, Lamentation, Latitude, Light, Light Spectrum, Meaning, Mind, Mood, Natural Limitation, Nights, Percision, Photographer, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Rays, Red, Refract, Saturation, Self Correct, Self Isolation, Situation, Smile, Snow, Soft, Specific, Subject, Sunset, Variety, Vision, Warmth, White, White Balance, World
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A House Divided
The worse war America has ever fought was the war against ourselves, the American Civil War. A House Divided by Michael Doyle Lincoln’s inaugural was an attempt at reconciliation The mystic chords of memory were bonds of affection The siege … Continue reading
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Tagged 1864, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, Affection, American History, Anaconda, Appomattox, Arms, Atone, Brothers, Charity, Chord, Civil War, Claim, Conciliation, Courage, Dawn, Dedicate, Depression, Disdain, Effort, Emanicipation Proclamation, Empathy, Eyes, Fold, Fort Sumter, Fortune of War, Free, General, General McClellan, Gettsyburg Address, Humanity, Humiliation, Ideals, Inaugral, Insinuation, Liberty, Linger, Malice, Memory, Mutual Respect, Nation, National, Naval Blockade, Neglect, None, North, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Prize, Proud, Provoke, Rebels, Reconciliation, Reelection, Regain, Regional, Rely, Remain, Robert E Lee, Sacred, Second Inaugural, Sentimentality, Siege, Sinner, Slavery, Slaves, South, Stack, Steadfast, Support, Textile Industry, The People, Trust, Ulysses Grant, Union, Vain, Victory, War, Winner, Won, Wounds of War
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Eichmann’s Finale
For some crimes there is never enough justice. That Eichmann attempted to make the case that simply following orders somehow exonerated his deeds has always struck me as horrific. Eichmann’s Finale by Michael Romani Shattered echoes fill the mind … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged Banality, Blowback, Butcher's Knife, Cost, Crimes Against Humanity, Death, Denial, Echoes, Eichmann, Evil, Exoneration, Finale, Hatred, History, Identity, Inhumanity, Justice, Karma, Lessons, Lost, Orders, Payback, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Restitution, Retribution, Sanity, Simplicity, Trauma, Trial, Truth
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Seeds of Totalitarianism Dispersed
Generally speaking, we as a people stand for liberty and all its intendent duties and responsibilities. In this day and age, there has been an increasing move toward surrendering liberties for what we have latched onto as security, be it … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurd, Belief, Clever, Connotation, Cynicism, Deception, Difference, Double Speak, False Nuance, False Positive, God, Help, Language, Liberty, Matters, Morbidity, Myth, Orwellian, Perverse, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Provocation, Reality, Resolution, Society, Tactics, Totalitarianism, Truth, Tyranny, Understanding, Version, Willful Amnesia
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Tide
Do you remember that day out at San Pedro That stretch of beach where we use to go Sometimes, I think of it, no foolin’ How you and I would go out tide poolin’ We watched the cormorants surfing their … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Camera, Cormorant, Daily Prompt, Ebb, Flow, Photography, San Pedro, Sea Hare, Surf, Tide, Tide Pool, Watery Grave, Waves, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Astonish
Looking on, it is astonishing how the hands of God spread And all the destinations on which they’ve quietly led The world is filled with so much of what we call beauty That I feel, in part, it is my … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Artistry, Astonish, Beauty, Christian Duty, Daily Prompt, God, Hands of God, Journey, Mastery, Nature, Pageantry, Photography, Tapestry, Witness, Wordpress
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 20: Petri Dish
The challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 20 is to write a poem pertinent to rebellion. Rebellion against tyranny being my second nature I have had to contend with the notion that perhaps I should just write a poem contending that we should … Continue reading
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Tagged Agitation, America's Tale, Appearance, Division, Evidence, Experts, Fascism, Fear, Finger Pointing, Illusions, Masses, Modern World, Na/GloPoWriMo, Partisan Hacks, Pessimism, Petri Dish, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Rebellion, Rectify, Sophistry, Substance, Totalitarianism, Vilify, Word Games
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 19: Plastic Wrappings Of Earth Day
The Na/GloPoWriMo Day 19 challenge reads as: “Today we challenge you to write a paragraph that briefly recounts a story, describes the scene outside your window, or even gives directions from your house to the grocery store. Now try erasing … Continue reading
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Tagged Age of Unreason, Apocalypse, Distortion, Earth Day, Evidence, Falsity, Hyperbole, Hysteria, Liars, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Psuedo Science, Responsibility, Society, Stewardship, Treason
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Na/GloPoWriMo 1: Cryptid Curiosity
Yesterday began the National/Global Poetry Writing Month. The first challenge up for April 1 was to write a poem based on a secret pleasure or shame. Since I am a fairly open guy and it was also Easter, I waited … Continue reading
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Tagged Cryptid, Cryptozoology, Curious, Dream, Dreams, Explore, Legends, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Scientific Inquiry, Truth
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