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Tag Archives: Poetry
A Drummer’ s Epiphany
A Drummer’s Epiphany by Michael Romani Twelve drummers drumming see, watch and agree That the sum of the Apostle’s Creed is the Epiphany January Sixth the baby’s birth gifts are given The rest is the sum of history in which … Continue reading
Life’s Rest
https://flic.kr/p/21UqKo4 Based on the Book of Joshua Life’s Rest by Michael Romani The good book says to be strong and encourage In that is a message for this day and age We enter the promised land of our life But … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance, Blessings, Choice, Courage, Dare, Fear, Grace, Imitate, Impossible, Joshua, Leadership, Love, Nurture, Perservere, Personal Relationship, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Rest, Strength
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12 Became 11
12 Became 11 By Michael Romani Eleven pipers piping played into the night A night of betrayal forced to come to light On a path to the cross and twelve became eleven As our Lord and savior ascended into heaven … Continue reading
…And the Greatest of These
…And the Greatest of These by Michael Romani Ten lords leaped without much of a look To the lessons of love from the Holy Book In a new form of math where ten became two The complexities were broken down … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Days of Christmas, Acceptance, Actions, Agape, Christmastide, God, Greatest Commandments, Humanity, Judgment, Love, Neighbors, Poem, Poetry, Splinter, Ten Commandments, Ten Lords A Leaping, Worship
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Living In Accord
Living In Accord by Michael Romani Nine ladies dance filled with the spirit It is a beauteous song; do you hear it? Living in accord with God’s Holy Ways Meant to last a lifetime; not just the holidays There are … Continue reading
Byzantine Beats
Byzantine Beats by Michael Romani On the northwestern shore of Galilee There on its very highest point Was where 8 maids milked lessons needed Beatitudes presented that must be heeded With two loaves and fish in a makeshift mass Was … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitudes, Beatitudes, Byzantine, Communion, Family, Holy, Humility, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Spiritual, The Church
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: John Milton – On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity
Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of English poet John Milton. On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity is an ode written by Milton in 1629. It was first published in Poems of Mr. John Milton in 1645. … Continue reading
Seven Points of Beatitude (Sapientia)
Seven Points of Beatitude by Michael Romani As the ghosts of one year floated by to be received In a clarity of slumber of one refusing to be self-deceived I had turned on the television intending to rest a moment … Continue reading
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Tagged Awe, Beatitudes, Counsel, Courage, Endurance, Enlightenment, Family of God, Fortitude, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Humility, Kingdom, Knowledge, Photograph, Piety, Pleasures, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Reverence, Sacrament, Self Deception, Seven Swans A Swimming, Tolerance, Treasures, Understanding, Wisdom
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By Words Condemned
By Words Condemned by Michael Romani All these playground rhymes Chasing around in uneasy times Too many words are lies And there are no alibis I wish that I was wise But, instead I despise The life I examine now … Continue reading
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Tagged Centered, Condemnation, Courage, Emptiness, Encouragement, Flame, Justice, Kindness, New Year's Eve, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Sacred, Still, Tame, Tongue, Trust, Words
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