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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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Tagged Blank Verse Workshop, Conforming, Form, Learn, Marching In Place, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry
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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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Tagged Back Pocket, Backyards, Blank Verse, Bliss, Cards, Cherish, Childhood Dreams, Memories, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Skinned Knees, Sun Kissed, Technique, Toys R US Kid, Treasure, Trees
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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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Tagged Choices, Christ, Discipleship, Forgiveness, Inspiration, Narrow, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Roads, Sins, Temptations, Traveled, Trust, Worldly, Worship
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Na/GloPoWriMo 6: Comprehending the Asylum
The challenge for day 6 is to compose a poem of uneven lines. Having sat through a standup comic’s routine and finding some tantalizing insights in his skits, I came up with this. Comprehending the Asylum by Michael Romani Outside … Continue reading
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Tagged Asylum, Blame, Game, Infinite Wishes, Innocence, Photographs, Pitch, Poems, Poetry, River of Life, Salesman, Understanding, Uneven Lines, Upending, World
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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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Tagged Adapt, Challenges, Complexity, Crisis, Disease, God, Heaven, Identity, Life, Lithuania, Love, Overcome, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Simplicity, Survive, The Greatest Artist, Thrive
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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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Tagged Brutality, Children of God, Coda, Dignity, Eulogy, Family, Forgiveness, Humility, Injustice, Justice, Living, Love, Martin Luther King Jr, Nonviolence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Redemption, United States
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The Eyes of the Lord
Based on Psalms 34:15-17 The Eyes of the Lord by Michael Romani Over and over the Bible tells What the eyes of God reveals Every way that we might turn There in every lesson learned All of His children are … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Children, Christianity, Cross, Favor, Grace, Humility, Integrity, Kindness, Legacy, Measure, Omnipresence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Psalms, Shelter, The Eyes of the Lord, Treasure
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Na/GloPoWriMo 3: Comes In Threes
The Day Three challenge is to compose a poem based in some way on a list. Someone suggested things that come in three. Why not? Comes In Threes by Michael Romani Like three books in a triology I read as … Continue reading
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Tagged Coins, Comes In Threes, Faith, Haiku, Lady, Na/GloPoWriMo, Neapolitan, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Three Penny Opera, Three Point Landing, Trilogy, Trinity, We, Zen
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Truth In All Ill Repute
Truth In All Ill Repute by Michael Romani Arguments in the guise of truth Set a bad example for our youth The world has tilted off its axis The question left, I have to ask is When we’ve broken this … Continue reading
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Tagged Arguments, Bad Example, Complexity, Constructs, Cynicism, Gossip, Hope, Hues, Leadership, Moral Relativity, Pessimism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sea Change, Social Contract, Social Distortion, Society, Weaponized Facts
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