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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Halloween – Robert Burns
In 1785, Robert Burns wrote a poem for Halloween. It is included within the the Kilmarnock volume. At 28 stanzas, it is one of Burns’ longer poems and mixes Scots with English. It was written in response to the 1780 poem for Halloween … Continue reading
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Tagged Halloween, Havard Classics, Kilmarnock, Poem, Poetry, Robert Burns, Scotland
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Blackest Night
Blackest Night by Michael Romani There are evil spirits Even in heavenly places Though we don’t want to hear it I’ll tell you to your faces We’d be best off to fear it And run from these traces There are … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Darkness, Dread, Evil, Fear, Halloween, Night, Penny Dreadful, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shadows, Spirits, Vice
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Totally Dependent
Totally Dependent by Michael Romani Simple lessons teach Finding them in my reach I pose my independence Quietly spoken in confidence I am totally dependent No longer willingly diffident I am totally dependent On you my Lord Coming in all … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Picture, Calling, Christianity, Dependence, Humility, Intention, Photograph, Poem, Poetry
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Fluff
In the fluff of a dandelion dream I saw a hint of a certain sort of gleam Where transfixed on your subtle gaze I dreamed we might live for all of our days We were there surrendered in our dalliance … Continue reading
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Tagged Clouds, Daily Prompt, Dalliance, Dandelion, Daydreams, Fluff, Kiss, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Wordpress
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1000 Posts!!
Hoping that I’ve had something worthwhile to share with everyone along the way!! Quite the milestone right? I wanted to apologize for not keeping up the normal amount of posts in the last few days. Not an excuse, but, things … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, Celebration, Future, Gratitude, Milestone, Philosophy, Poetry, Thought For the Day
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Curious Destiny
Curious Destiny by Michael Romani Destiny is a curious thing Complications that life brings Broken moments perilously collected Bits of truth quietly detected How obvious does it have to be When the blind know more than those who see Banded … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind, Collect, Complication, Curious, Darkness, Destiny, Light, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, See, Truth, Wisdom
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Orange
Sections of orange dance in the light show As particles move from one color to the next Shades of all the colors found in a rainbow Phase through shades as each color connects A fantasy of shapes and transformations Mirrored … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Illuminate, Imagination, Light Show, Music, Orange, Particles, Photograph, Poetry, Virtual Reality, Wordpress
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This Then Is Alaska
This Then Is Alaska by Michael Romani America’s last frontier Half a million square miles Wilderness to explore there A land filled with as many smiles Where there’s one thing serious The seasons run fast and furious Opportunities are often … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Attitude, Beauty, Bold, Ice, Last Frontier, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Seasons, Snow, Wilderness
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Verbal Intention
Verbal Intention by Michael Romani The word is miserable and flimsy But I cannot help stealing the word The word that speaks is mimsy A word that was two and then blurred At Lewis Carroll’s sharp whimsy It’s a looking … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Verse, Inventions, Lewis Carroll, Linguistics, Looking Glass, Memes, Neologism, Neophile, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Verbal, Word Play
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