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Falling Up
They say that opposites, often attract. Maybe that’s so? Falling Up by Michael Romani Two souls separated at birth Filled with hope well worth Falling up to rise down Love leaves both feet on the ground Secrets passed down in … Continue reading
Fortune Cookie’s End
At the end of many an Oriental meal, there is that tidbit of sweetness and fortune told. My last one reads,” (D)o not wish to be anything but what you are and try to be that perfectly”. … and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheese Cake, Complicate, Cookie, Delicious, Embrace, Enjoy, Fate, Fit, Fortune, Haste, Intricate, Lesson, Moment, Oriental, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Practical Chemistry, Simple, Taste, Tempura
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Meant To Savor
Does anyone else here really love sushi? Silly question? Meant To Savor by Michael Romani Two parts One part art And presentation The other That of flavor Memories of the heart The secret part Both memory and fascination Each reminding … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Art, Bamboo Flute, Believe, Best, Better Times, Bite, Close, Cruelty, Duty, Feet, Fish, Flavor, Heart, Japan, Life, Love, Memories, New Love, Novelty, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Presentation, Ready, Relax, Remind, Right, Savor, Seaweed, Secret, Survive, Sushi, Today, Treat, True, Vinegar Rice
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Thoughts On Arlington (Memorial Day 2019)
America has never been so seemingly divided since our Civil War. Thoughts On Arlington by Michael Romani With so many jokes out to rewrite history It really isn’t much of a mystery That our nation barely stands divided With too … Continue reading
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Tagged 1865, All, America, Appomattox, Arliington, Blood, Brother, Cemetery, Civil War, Divided, Eternal Flame, Fall, First Principles, Freedom, George Washington, God's Creation, Greatness, Heroes, Home, Honor, Lesson Learned, Memorial Day 2019, Nation, No Greater Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Revisionist History, Rite, Robert E Lee, Sister, Slaughter, Thought, Undivided, War, We The People, Wound
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The Angst of Generation Z
Our children live in interesting times. It’s a blessing and a curse. As a father, I think it’s my duty to try to teach my daughters to look for the positive and the good and to seek solutions instead of … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Broken, Complexity, Experience, Future, Generation X, Generation Z, Interesting Times, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Scandal, Specter, Superficial, System
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Graveled Voice
I was thinking the other day about another poet not so long ago another poet that I respect telling someone else that my shorter poems are more like rock lyrics. That probably comes as somewhat of a surprise to some. … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Apocalypse, Blind, Blue Skies, Compromises, Connection, Decadence, Embrace, Failure, Gentle, Going On, Gravel, Gray, Guitar, High Browed, Kaleidoscope, Karmic, Life, Lyrics, Memory, Meolody, Mirror, Modern Poetry, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Rock, Rock Salt, Sad, See, Sigh, Simple, Sleepless Night, Transcendence, Tremble, Voice, Wise, Wordless Prayer, Yesterday, Yesteryear
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The Good Man Stands
Been spending some time at a Western museum lately. When you think on the lives lived, something like this might come to mind? The Good Man Stands by Michael Romani Troubles come Troubles gone The good man stands As he … Continue reading
All the Beauty Heaven Bears
Probably one of the single most sad moments possible in a parent’s life is surviving the death of a child. All the Beauty Heaven Bears by Michael Romani Against all sense In a world grown dense A child’s life has … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear, Beauty, Belief, Brave, Child, Child's Life, Crumble, Death, Dense, Dream, End, Everything, Grief, Heaven, Incandescent, Moment, Nothing, Out Live, Pain, Parent, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sad, Sense, Sorrow, Stardust, Stars, Stumble, Surreal, Tomorrow
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Here Am I
The Church is the people. There is nothing Biblical in the belief that approaching God requires the intercession of any other than Jesus and certainly not priests. If the Catholic church is going to rise from its present decline, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Church, Corruption, Decline, Dignity, Faith, Hierachy, Jesus, Luther, Moral Laxity, Pews, Photograph, Piety, Poem, Poetry, Power, Predator Priest, Priests, Rebel, Reform, Restoration, Rise, Sacred Heart, Simple, Sin, The People, True
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