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To Life (L’Chaim)
Sundays like all other days are best lived with at least a touch of reverence for the divine. To Life (L’Chaim) by Michael Romani Life is long And often filled with questions Too many of which have no answers Only … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Answer, Assurance, Beam, Beauty, Belong, Blessed, Change, Choice, Connection, Contemplation, Cosmic Dancer, Direction, Divine, Divinity, Dream, Eternal, Final Keys, Free, Gentle, Gift, Given, God, Grace, Grief, Grow, Hand, Harden, Heart, Hesitation, Hope, Humor, Kindness, Kingdom, Know, L'Chaim, Lessen, Life, Lighthouse, Live, Love, Moonbeam, Multiple, Numbers, One, Peace, Photograph, Plurality, Poem, Poetry, Question, Relief, Return, Revelation, Reverence, Sacred, Secret, Smile, Soul, Spiritual, Stone, Struggle, Swan Dive, Touch, Truth, Understand, Union, Unity, Universe, View, Voice, Walk, Whisper, Wisdom, World
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To Bring the Stars Closer
There are those who walk into our lives to not simply touch and fadeaway. There are those who from the moment met leave an indelible trace in your heart and soul. It is to this which has left me so … Continue reading
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Tagged Amaze, Attitude, Beautiful, Beauty, Belong, Brave, Bring, Change, Choose, Close, Closer, Compassion, Contentment, Control, Curl, Curled, Dare, Deep, Desire, Detail, Doubt, Dream, Duty, Embrace, End, Essence, Eyes, Fall, Fascination, Feel, Fools, Forgive, Forgotten, Friend, Give Up, God, Good Man, Grace, Gratitude, Harm, Heart, Heaven, Here, Hold, Hope, Illusion, Important, Inner, Inner Fire, Inspire, Latitude, Live, Look, Love, Lover, Lyric, Magic, Magnificence, Man, Mystery, Night, Obligation, Passion, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Pray, Purpose, Right, Risk, Serve, Significance, Silence, Sing, Sky, Sleep, Soul, Stars, Tears, Time, Token, Touch, Trace, Treasure, Truth, Violence, Watch, Ways, Weep, Well, Will, Wish, Woman, Wonder, Wonderful, World, Worth
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Smiled On A Blue Note
Despite all the controversies surrounding the band, probably my all time favorite musical group is Led Zeppelin. I was reminded of this only just yesterday. Smiled On A Blue Note by Michael Romani Come to me so gently Floated on … Continue reading
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Tagged Audacity, Blue Note, Capacity, Clown, Complete, Controversy, Dance, Delight, Delta Blues, Drama, Due, Feel, Garden, Gentle, Karma, Know, Lawyer, Led Zeppelin, Levee, Line, Melody, Moonlight, Moss, Open Secret, Own, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Prince, Quiet, Rhapsody, Riff, Rock N Roll, Rote, Say, Sing, Smile, Song, Sonic, Soul, Stone, Story, Stroll, Voice, Yer Blues, Yesterday
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Scorecard
Ever wonder how your life is tallying up? Scorecard by Michael Romani Sometimes like an idiot savant I do my best to be your servant Lord, to put things a little oddly I recognize that on earth, I am your … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassador, Angel, Bad Things, Blessed, Body, Build, Compassion, Create, Cripple, Darkness, Defeat, Despise, Dignity, Divinity, Dwell, Earth, Example, Eyes, Fail, Feet, Fell, Freedom, Good, Hand, Hard, Heartbreak, Heaven, Holy, Humanity, Idiot Savant, Kingdom, Learn, Life, Lord, Love, Mistake, Non-Judgmental, Odd, Offer, Path, Photograph, Pillar, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Pure, Raise Me Up, Rein, Scorecard, Selfishness, Servant, Serve, Shine, Spirit, Stumble, Surprise, Talk, Tally, Upright, Vacilliate, Vain, Walk, Wonder, Worship, Wrong, Yield
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Hole Inside My Gospel
I know that I’m not the only one who is a believer. Nor am I the only one amazed at the things he does despite believing, right? Still…. Hole Inside My Gospel by Michael Romani Like so many among the … Continue reading
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Tagged About, Believe, Better Man, Bliss, Blow, Bluff, Brave, Bubble, Calling, Compel, Confidence, Crumble, Day, Disappear, Doubt, Example, Fade, Fallen, Father, Fear, Find, Fire, Gospel, Hard, Hide, His, Hole, Hope, Inspire, Know, Live, Love, Muse, Night, Pardon, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Pride, Razzle Dazzle, Right, Safe, Secret, Shadow, Soul, Stay, Struggle, Stuff, Stumble, Tale, Tear, Trouble, Wall, Will, Wish, World, Write
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Afrofuturistic
Design and empathy feed off each other in telling many tales. One of these is the telling of Black America’s history and a guiding light into the future. Afrofuturistic by Michael Romani Life can be a bit frantic For the … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Afro, Anoint, Appearance, Beauty, Black America, Boogie, Breath, Color, Dedication, Derogatory, Design, Details, Education, Empathy, Entry, Escape, Everything, Exploitive, Fanatic, Fashion, Frantic, Freedom, Future, God, Harlem, Hip Hop, History, Humanity, Humble, Instill, Intricate, Journey, Kinectic, Liberty, Library, Life, Line, Lost, Mechanistic, Neighborhood, Passion, Perfectionist, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Politics, Refine, Renaissance, Reveal, Significance, Something, Story, Tell, True, Truth, Whisper
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Mule Ride
Youngest daughter asks for a poem about mules. In my mind, heart and dreams this turns into an imaginary ride down the Grand Canyon Rim for an overnight trip filled with star gazing and… well…. here…. Mule Ride by Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged Grand Canyon, Mule, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Ride, Stars
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Ode To A Mermaid Friend
A new friend who helped me in getting my bearings in the new place I have in SL and encourages me to form a poetry group there is a mermaid. We were talking about the funny quips she has on … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Celestial, Chian, Comb, Control, Dejavu, Depth, Destiny, Dream, Drown, Emotion, Eternity, Fade, First Light, Food, Friend, Gold, Jester, Kingdom, Legend, Long Hair, Lose, Magic, Mahogany, Mer Men, Mermaid, Mood, Mortal, Music, Mystery, Mystical, Nature, Night, Ocean, Ode, Opinion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rattle, Shrimp, Sin, Siren, Soul, Spare, Tale, Tempt, Tragic, Wept, Word, Wreck
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Rules of the Beast I
A sort of start at a poetic retelling of the classic Dracula tale: Rules of the Beast I by Michael Romani As the approach is made to castle There is fear amongst its vassals A crucifix is given in protection … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Bats, Beast, Blood, Castle, Chill, Choice, Circumspect, Compare, Contradiction, Count, Creaks, Crucifix, Death, Destination, Dracula, Drop, Embrace, Fear, Groans, heartbeat, Heaven, Home, Humanity, Jonathan Harker, Knock, Known, Labyrinth, Learn, Life, Lives, Lock, Love, Maze, Mirror, Mistake, Numb, Oblige, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Prison, Protect, Pulse, Question, Rules, Shadow, Shown, Snare, Solace, Soul, Startle, Step, Stumble, Turn, Vanity, Vassal, Veins, Voice, Window
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