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A Montage of Selective Outrage
A Selective Montage of Selective Outrageby Michael DoyleHave we finally got to the turn of the pageLiving life cut by cut of selective outrageIt seems so, or at least I have this hunchThat a few bad apples have spoiled the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged "Victim", Addiction, Affordable, Attention, Bad Apples, Bunch, Businesses, Class, Comedians, Corporate Social Screed, Crass, Cross-Cultural, Cut By Cut, Deception, Distracting, Doom, Drama, Emergency Room, Excellence, Face, False, Fatal, Feeling, Feigned Attention, Glory, Hate, Hate-Filled, Hit Parade, Hunch, Infamous, Ism, King, Lazy Thighs, Lies, Likes, Love, Lowest Common Denominator, Meant, Misappropiation, Modern World, Montage, Need, Offend, Overflow, Paper Cuts, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Pretend, Proficiency, Profit, Rap, Reaction, Roost, Rule, Safe Space, Satisfaction, Scare, School, Selective Outrage, Show, Slave, Social Media Trolls, Speak Truth, Spell Out, Stance, Story, Thinking, Thoughts, Too Late, Trauma, Triggered, Truant, Turn of the Page, Tweet, Vapid Clones, Victim, Woke Wash, Wolf Traps, Yoga Pants
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Theatrical Dawg Bones Thrown
However much the director whines that he’s only got 2 1/2 hours to present his hip hop distortions of American history and however much he manages to make his errors rhyme and dance match the music’s time, I don’t appreciate … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged 1619 Project, All Life Is Sacred, All Lives Matter, America, American History, Anyone, Believe, Blackfaced, BLM, Cancel Culture, Catching Lightning In A Bottle, Come A Time, Complex, Contribution, Create, Cull, Debate, Disguise, Distortion, Elevate, Equality, Errors, Evangelists, Fallacious, Falsehoods, Falsity, Feet, Fight, Flip Side, Founders, Frederick Douglass, From the Beginning, Fundamentals, Glory, Great Story, Hamilton, Heart and Soul, Heritage, Hip Hop, History, Holding True, Image, Immigrants, Immigration, Joy, Justice, Land of Mine, Less of a History, Lies, Martin Luther King Jr, Marxism, Marxist, Mediocrity, Misconceived, Miscreant, Musical, Narrative, Nation, Norm, Notions, NPR, Opposed, Outright Mockery, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop Culture, Presupposed, Principles, Racist Pride, Rap, Realize, Recall, Reflective, Repercussions, Reserve Racism, Revolution, Rhyme and Dance, Rock the Streets, Ruin, Seen As, Set Loose, Shame, Shine, Society, Speaking In Terms, Spotlight, Study, Stupdendous, Theater, Transform, Trap, Travesty, Truth, Well Rehearsed, Youth
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Letters In the Window
Typography choices are fascinatingly subtle and yet make all the difference. I struggle with seeing this as art. But, indeed it truly is. Letters In the Window by Michael Doyle Letters blended with sophistication Dependent on the reader’s appreciation … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Appreciation, Art, Better, Black Letter, Canvas, Change, Crash, Culture, Design, Display, Ease, Ensnare, Eye, Font, Forward, Four, Geometry, Grip, Hype, Letters, Live, Manicules, Modern, Music, One Trick Pony, Oxygen, Parliment, Pause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Primitive, Puzzle, Rap, Reader, Signature Moment, Smile, Sophistication, Square, Style, Subtle, System, Tales, Tread, Type, Typography, View, Watch Face, Window, Words
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Let Your World End
Halloween Poem #23: Let Your World End by Michael Romani Mother, can you forgive your son For all of the ungodly things That I have self-righteously done And for all of the pain that it brings As you call me … Continue reading
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Tagged Antiquity, Call, Cane, Edgar Allan Poe, End, Floor, Forgive, Halloween, Iniquity, Jade, Mind's Door, Mother, Name, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rainbow, Rap, Self Righteous, Sin, Sins, Son, Tap, Ungodly, World
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Thorny Logic
Thorny Logic by Michael Romani There is a thorny logic of contortion Of how we approach art in its distortion It’s a shell game we call respect As we arbitrarily choose favor or neglect In a world where street creds … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Copeland, Balance, Credibility, Distortion, Legacy, Logic, Perceptions, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rap, Respect, Shell Game, Thorny
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Sonic Gems: Missy Elliott – Respect M.E.
Well, here we go again, trying to keep a promise to someone that I would check out an occasional Rap album. Less than two minutes into this and I am once again ready to turn this off. That being said, … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Grammy Awards, Missy Elliott, Music, Rap, Respect M.E., Sonic Gems
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Sonic Gems: Illmatic – Nas
An aspect of the Sonic Gems series is that it features music and/or musicians who have made a lasting impact on music. That does not necessarily mean that I like what I’m hearing. Seven minutes into this CD, I wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged Cadence, Hip Hop, Illmatic, Nas, Rap, Sonic Gems, Verbal Dexterity
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 
Pushback On A Throw Away Life
Pushback On A Throw Away Lifeby Michael DoyleWords are frequently flungLike bells that can’t be un-rungThere remains work to be doneWe can’t turn away before it’s wonFor those with caring heartsThis is off to a rough startPeople who deserve next … Continue reading →