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The ABCDerian of Modern Life
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 19’s challenge is to write a ABCDerian. Here’s my attempt: The ABCDerian of Modern Life by Michael Romani Alphabet soup served as Breakfast that day Cereal having been ate Deliciously the other day Edible as these are Few … Continue reading
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Tagged ABCDerian., Adults, Alphabet Soup, Babies, Breakfast, Cereal, Choices, Delicious, Family, Few, Grow Up, Kids, Limit, Meals, Modern Life, Modern Times, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nutrition, Overnight, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preach, Quorum, Surrender, Together, Words, Zygotes
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To Be Crucified
Based in part on Mark 14:43-15:20: To Be Crucified by Michael Romani Testimony no matter how persistent Becomes question when it’s inconsistent Because of this we should speak plainly When telling of the fulfillment of prophecy So it was in … Continue reading
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Tagged Agony, Betray, Calvary, Creation, Crowd, Crucify, Cup, Drink, Faith, Family, Fight, Gethsemane, God, Gospel of Mark, Heart, High Priests, Inconsistent, Jesus, Kiss, Know, Light, Messiah, Mishnah, Photograph, Plain, Poem, Poetry, Power, Power of Darkness, Price, Prophecy, Question, Son of Man, Spiritual Growth, Still, Testimony, Trials, Trust, Truth, Victory, Walk, Ways
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Like Dominoes Falling
On this the 18th day of Na/GloPoWriMo, the challenge is to write an elegy in which the sadness is based less on abstraction than concrete verbiage that helps a person feel the depth of sorrow felt. To that degree, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyss, Anger, Behind, Brave, Brilliance, Brother, Carry, Close, Cry, Curse, Dad, Darkness, Deadly, Death, Die, Domino, Dose, Explode, Fall, Family, Fear, Firefighter 54, Foot, Forget, Friends, Frown, God, God Parents, Grief, Grieve, Hell, Helpless, Implode, Me, Memory, Mom, Next, Pass, Pen to Paper, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Pox, Pray, Prayer, Read, Resilience, Secret, Severe, Sister, Slow, Smile, Stars, Step, Stiff Upper Lip, Talk, There, Thought, Time, Torn, Upside Down, Walk, Weight, Whisper, Wonder, World, Write, Year
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In Remembrance of Notre Dame
In memory of the burning of Notre Dame 04/2019 and as originally posted on my Flickr account: In Remembrance of Notre Dame by Michael Romani Standing there in the center of the ancient cityGloriously symbolic in its early beloved pietyThe … Continue reading
I Am the Ocean
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 17 and the challenge is to write a poem from an unusual perspective. What if a drop of water thought it was the ocean itself?… I Am the Ocean by Michael Romani I am the ocean I am … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Alpha, Bit, Clear, Cosmic, Devotion, Divinity, Embrace, First, Flow, Forget, Future, God, Head, I, Know, Last, Light, Might, Na/GloPoWriMo, Obstacle, Ocean, Omega, Past, Perspective, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Recall, Respect, Saline, Sea, See, Shape, Signifigence, Smile, Song, Summer's Day, Trace, Truth, Wash, Water, Watery Grave, Wave, Wet, Whole
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For the Love of Mom
The subject of Day 16 of Na/GloPoWriMo‘s challenge is to write a poem that uses the form of a list to defamiliarize the mundane. Far be it from me to ever really consider my mom or any mom that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor, Center, Devotion, Family, Live, Love, Memory, Mom, Mundane, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Pillar, Poem, Poetry, Tenancity, Treasure
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A Vancouverite Current
The Na/GloPoWriM0 Day 15 challenge is to provide a Robert Brown or Shakespearian styled monologue sort of a poem. I opted for a redo on Hamlet’s “To Be or Not To Be” monologue. Kind of.. I opted for happy thoughts not … Continue reading
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Tagged Arms, Beaten, Border, Caution, Conscience, Country, Coward, Current, Decision, Deep, Delay, Devote, Dream, Flesh, Folly, Fortune, Friend, Gloom, Good, Gray, Happiness, Happy, Heartache, Heir, Hope, Infatuation, Insolence, Jammies, Know, Life, Love, Me, Merit, Moment, Monologue, Mortal Coil, Motivation, Na/GloPoWriMo, Naked, Native Resolution, Noise, Patience, Pause, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Purn, Puzzle, Question, Quiet, Regret, Respect, Return, Reward, Robert Brown, Sake, Shock, Sky, Sleep, Song, Thought, Time, To Be Or Not To Be, Traveler, Trouble, Turn Back, Vancouver, Voyage, Warmth, Weary, Will, William Shakespeare, Wisdom, Wish, Worth
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Music Like Ideas
Post-Punk was a thing right? 😉 See if you can tell which band this poem alludes to if you can. Might be fun. Music Like Ideas by Michael Romani Coming from a time when Music sounded like ideas It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Alien, Architecture, Chill, Cold, Complex, Disintegration, Echo, Fascination, Feel, Fixation, Folk Music, History, Human Beings, Idea, Ilusion, Incantation, Integration, Joy Division, Laurel, Layer, Life, Matter, Maxim, Moment, Music, Night, Otherness, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Post Modern, Post Punk, Post-Industrial, Primeval, Provocation, Ritual, Searing Light, Severe, Shard, Showbiz, Slip, Space, Sun, Time
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An Obsession of Shadow
The challenge for the 13th day of Na/GloPoWriMo is to write something spooky or somewhat creepy. To me, there is maybe nothing more creepy than the shadowed, dark side of human nature. An Obsession of Shadow by Michael Romani Hiding … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Anger, Avarice, Beast, Better Living, Blame, Blood, Bury, Compassion, Creepy, Crime, Dark Side, Darkness, Demand, Desire, Detail, Eccentricity, Electricity, Embrace, Endure, Fulcrum, Ghost, Gloom, Hell's Fire, Human Nature, Land, Lick, Life, Lifetime, Lost, Luifer, Lust, Madness, Memory, Men, Mire, Mortals, Na/GloPoWriMo, Name, Nightmare, Obsession, Palm Read, Photograph, Pity, Poem, Poetry, Recall, Reveal, Room, Safe, Sail, Scorpion, Secret, Shadow, Ship, Slave, Sleep, Soul, Spook, Suffrage, Tears, Trail, Trouble, Unforgiving, Villain, Walk, Weep, Wolf, World
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