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On An Ancient Pathway
Today is the last day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! 30 days of poetry. Congratulations to my traveling companions through this journey who stuck with all of this. They tell me it’s really something to write 30 days of poems. I … Continue reading
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Tagged 2.5 Million Years, 2020, Adhere, Always, Ancient, Autumn, Birds, Birth, Bundle, Catch, Cheeks, Children, Clockwork, Daughters, Day, End, Eyes, Fall, Family, Father, Feed, Food, Forehead, Formation, Friends, Glide, Good, Gray, Hope, Human, Hunter, Jasper Pulaski, Joy, Laughter, Look Away, Magical, Memories, Mississippi Flyway, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Nature, Pathway, Photograph, Pilgrimage, Play, Plumage, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, Profound, Recall, Red, Returns, Ribeye, Ride, Run, Sacred Ground, Sandhill Cranes, Savage, Silent, Sky, Soar, Spring, Tears, Thermal, Thrill, Tradition, Unison Calling, Whistle Stop, White, Whooping Crane
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The Colors of Intensity
Self isolation is proving interesting. Continuing in thoughts on photography and the capture of light in general…. The Colors of Intensity by Michael Doyle From the blues of a snowy day To the reds of sunsets along the way Subject … Continue reading
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Tagged Being, Blues, Button, Call, Capture, Chosen, Color, Contrary, Coolness, Danger, Days, Decide, Dramatic, Express, Fall, Feel, Filter, Flick, Gray Blue, Heighten, Ice, Imagination, Immensity, Intensity, Interpretation, Lamentation, Latitude, Light, Light Spectrum, Meaning, Mind, Mood, Natural Limitation, Nights, Percision, Photographer, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Rays, Red, Refract, Saturation, Self Correct, Self Isolation, Situation, Smile, Snow, Soft, Specific, Subject, Sunset, Variety, Vision, Warmth, White, White Balance, World
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Like Mercury Colliding
It’s day 16 of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, 2020! What’s the challenge you ask? “…to write a poem of over-the-top compliments. Pick a person, place, or thing you love, and praise it in the most effusive way you can. Go for broke … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Andalusian, Angel, Car, Challenge, Coffee, Coincide, Collide, Compliment, Cream, Cry, Curl, Daily, Days, Desire, Desperate, Divine, Down, Dream, Empty, Eyes, Fate, Fire, Glam, Glammer, Goddess, High, Horse, Love, Mercury, Mine, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Noise, One, Over-the-Top, Photograph, Plenty, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Reasons, Ride, Sky, Sledge Hammer, Source, Spam, Spammer, Speak, Stage Struck, Stars, Straight Up, Sun, Tears, Tire, Toes, Top of the World, Volumes, Waited, Why, Wire, Wise, Without, Wonder, Word
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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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Glass Onion Reality
How many layers of conjecture do we need to peel back to find true reality? Is it even possible for us to comprehend? https://flic.kr/p/qowcXW Glass Onion Reality by Michael Doyle All things, all times, all places Bear the burden across … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Answer, Avoid, Believe, Burden, Comprehend, Conjecture, Crumble, Currents, Dominion, Eventual, Eyes, Face, False, Fear, Fist, Glass Onion, God, Grieve, Hesitancy, Known, Life, Limit, Live, Mind, Murder, New World, Path, Peace, Peel, Photograph, Pillar, Place, Poem, Poetry, Preserve, Pride, Prove, Push, Raven, Reaity, Reality, Release, Risk, Search, Shadow, Simple, Soul, Spark, Strife, Struggle, Survivor, Sweet, Things, Thirst, Time, Transparent, True, Trust, Urge, Victory, Water, Way, World
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Moments Spent
Spending time with my girls was an awesome experience as always. Moments Spent by Michael Romani Spending time with these two All of our moments are too few Dreams shaping in their minds Gifts of smiles of which I’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Apart, Away, Awesome, Beautiful, Behind, Best, Blind, Bone, Cleave, Close, Connection, Crystal Blue, Daughters, Depart, Direction, Do, Dreams, Eldest, Father, Few, Gift, Girls, Glory, Glow, Grow, Guide, Hand, Heart, Home, Hug, Kill, Know, Look, Lose, Love, Mile, Mind, Moment, Noble, Obstacle, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Present, Pride, Redouble, Rest, Say, See, Shape, Smile, Soul, Special, Spent, Spirit, Spun, Story, Survive, Tears, Time, Trouble, Valentine's Day, Watch, Write, Youngest
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First Principles: Mankind Must Be Ready To Sacrifice To Protect the Rights of Society
“Men must be ready, they must pride themselves and be happy to sacrifice their private pleasures, passions and interests, nay, their private friendships and dearest connections, when they stand in competition with the rights of society.” – John Adams (1776) … Continue reading
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Tagged Competition, Connection, First Principles, Friendship, Happy, Interest, John Adams, Mankind, Passion, Pride, Private Pleasure, Rights, Sacrifice, Society, Stand
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The Arrow Shoots Straight
We can do nothing about our yesterdays. We cannot do a whole lot about our tomorrows but prepare. All we are promised and all that we have is this moment we breathe. The Arrow Shoots Straight by Michael Romani We … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Anger, Arrow, Belief, Breathe, Brother, Cave, Dead, Dragon, Echo, Fight, Fire, Forgive, Grief, Head, Hide, Honor, Inflict, Inside, Inspire, Jesus, Live, Meaning, Miss, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Promise, Quiet, Remember, Straight, Stranger, Sublime, Survive, Taint, Tear, Tears, Time, Today, Tomorrow, True Love, Wall, We, Year, Yesterday
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Hole Inside My Gospel
I know that I’m not the only one who is a believer. Nor am I the only one amazed at the things he does despite believing, right? Still…. Hole Inside My Gospel by Michael Romani Like so many among the … Continue reading
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Tagged About, Believe, Better Man, Bliss, Blow, Bluff, Brave, Bubble, Calling, Compel, Confidence, Crumble, Day, Disappear, Doubt, Example, Fade, Fallen, Father, Fear, Find, Fire, Gospel, Hard, Hide, His, Hole, Hope, Inspire, Know, Live, Love, Muse, Night, Pardon, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Pride, Razzle Dazzle, Right, Safe, Secret, Shadow, Soul, Stay, Struggle, Stuff, Stumble, Tale, Tear, Trouble, Wall, Will, Wish, World, Write
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 
Simply Do Unto Others
Based in part on Matthew 7: 12: Simply Do Unto Others by Michael Doyle In Jesus’ name we give our gratitude Demonstrated in our loving attitude Thankful for His covering and His grace Looking at love given in His embrace … Continue reading →