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Hard In the Stumble
Hard In the Stumbleby Michael DoyleIt seems we are all morally inarticulate.It was nothing that I thought to anticipate.I’m holding on to constellations that won’t speak,No matter how much stardust begins to leak.American depression has become today’s obsession.Drugs, alcohol, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Age of Cospiracy, Alcohol, American Depression, Anticipate, Circling Back, Constellations, Drugs, Frustration, Grumble, Hard, Health, Leak, Life, Marlon Brando, mental-health, Mind, Morally Inarticulate, Numbing Down, Obsession, Picasso, Poetry and Poems, Polarization, Relationships, Speak, Statdust, Stumble, Sucession, Suicide, Trauma, Writing
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Antebellum Blues
It’s true that there’s a lot more to the Southern side of the story than I’ll cover in this poem. But, with respect to American history, I would be amiss if I failed to cover this. Antebellum Blues by Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged 1830s, African, Agrarian, America, American History, Antebellum, Beauty, Bi-Racial, Bitter, Black, Blessed, Blues, Brutality, Canadaa, Cash, Character, Climate, Collision Course, Contrast, Control, Cotton Gin, Cruel, Cry, Dark Clouds, Dash, Disdain, Divide, Division, Domination, Eli Whitney, Enthusiasm, Error, Exodus, Export, Fall, Fear, Fertility, Field Hand, Fundamental, Gather, Ground, Haiti, Hired Hand, History, Horror, Idealism, Industry, Ineqquality, Integrity, Kick of the Can, King Cotton, Lash, Lower South, Master, McHugh, Misery, Moral, Motherless child, Nat Turner, Nation, Nature, Noble, Pecking Order, Peculiar Institution, Perpetuation, Perpetuity, Photograph, Piety, Plantation, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Poverty, Pride, Promised Land, Punditry, Puritan, Puzzle, Racism, Rebellion, Recall, Road, Role, Ruin, Sad, Seal, Sensibility, Slave, Slave Religion, Sobriety, Socialism, Society, Solace, South, Split, System, Terror, Textile, Truth, Ugly, Understand, Upper South, Virginia, Wage Slavery, War, White
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A Humble Path Past Conflict
Part of living a life with more gratitude might include less fight and conflict and greater humility. Poem #2 for this season of thankfulness: A Humble Path Past Conflict by Michael Romani With gratitude not as demanding Toward the God … Continue reading
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Tagged Alienation, Allow, Angle, Blame, Build, Co-Creative, Communicate, Conflict, Crucial, Demand, Destination, Divinity, Ear, Either/Or, Eye, Fascination, Find, Form, Gain, God, Grace, Grateful, Gratitude, Heal, Heart, Humble, Humility, Invite, Live, Need, Openness, Pain, Path, Peace, People, Petty, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Power, Reframe, Reject, Relate, Relationship, Release, Ritual, Share, Something, Spark, Strive, Stumble, Thankfulness, Theology, Thing, Three, Triangle, Tribe, Unity, Worship
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Time Well Spent
In this age of global interconnection, we face a modern paradox. At the same time that we are more connected than ever, we are also increasingly polarized and alienated from one another. What might have been and can still be … Continue reading
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Tagged Algorithm, Alienation, Alternative, Balance, Belong, Biometric Sensor, Common, Communicate, Community, Conception, Connect, Dialog, Disconnect, Dividing Line, Ethics, Facebook, Family, Focus, Fogot, Free Speech, Friends, Gatekeeper, Generation, Global, Global Community, Google, Happy, Humanity, Imperative, Inform, Interconnection, Interface, Internet, Isolate, Learn, Life, Local, Modern, Monologue, Narcissism, Offer, One, Opinion, Paradox, Peel, People, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Profit, Profit Motive, Reach, Repent, Screen Time, Self, Skin, Social Media, Strand, Time, Transform, Twitter Revolution, Tyranny, Unintended Consequence, Virtual Onion
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Journalistic Contradiction
Jou Journalistic Contradiction by Michael Romani With opinions come views Often dressed up as news It’s comical to discuss trust When trustworthiness is a bust The truth is in this contradiction That objectivity is lost in nuance and projection Basing … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety, Battle Flags, Capability, Egocentric, Facebook, Hostile, Journalism, Nation, News, Objectivity, Opinions, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Real News, Responsibility, Society, Trust, Undemocratic
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Thought For the Day – Kindness and Love
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. -William Wordsworth, poet (7 Apr 1770-1850) Isn’t it a pity that so few remember this in their day to day? This quote … Continue reading
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