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Halloween Is Coming
October 1st. It must be a day for many things. But as the night comes to an end, felt like an old friend, I feel Halloween coming on… Halloween Is Coming by Michael Romani In the distance, I hear the … Continue reading
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Tagged Badlands, Beast, Blame, Blood, Card, Claw, Come, Darkness, Distance, Drum, Embrace, Evil, Guilt, Halloween, Heart, Hello, Hiss, Holiness, Light, Mask, Murder, Necklace, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Quench, Repentance, River, Serpent, Shame, Sin, Stay, Stench, Sundown, Tale, Trick, True Face, Unleash, Vain, Venom, Wash, Whisper
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Boy Genius
Inspired by and dedicated to the vexatious life of Erik Satie. Boy Genius by Michael Romani Reeling out of control Unable to console The boy genius fights Taking confront in his nights Sideways bit of swagger Sliced into like a … Continue reading
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Tagged Antagonistic, Blow By Blow, Boy, Capacity, Circumscribed, Confront, Connect, Console, Contrl, Correct, Cruelty, Dignity, Dream, Drink, Ego, Empathy, Erik Satie, Fail, Fame, Fight, Genius, Glory, Harrow, Human, Love, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Serenity, Shame, Shameless, Show, Slice, Steps, Story, Superior, Swagger, Think, Vanity, Wordless
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Dream Space
Broken hearts kinda byte… Dream Space by Michael Romani There’s a dream space Deep within the flame And it holds your name A moment that I embrace Thinking on your name Holier than my shame The happiness that I once … Continue reading
Uncured Affliction
Mona Lisa smiled, but, why? Uncured Affliction by Michael Romani One voice whispers in the darkness Different than others given to harshness Times remembered; meeting eye to eye With the kind of truth, you cannot deny Doctor won’t you cure … Continue reading
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Tagged Affliction, Change, Cliche, Courage, Create, Cure, Dissonance, Dream, Drunken Sailor, Equal, Eye to Eye, False, Feather Touch, God, Good Fortune, Grace Note, Harsh, Hidden, Illosry, Keys, Legal, Madness, Malady, Mankind, Mask, Melody, Mona Lisa, Objective, Pattern, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Pursue, Question, Secret, Shame, Singular, Smile, Third, Trap, Truth, Voice, Whisper
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Pig Faced Penelope
Inspired by a movie shared with someone very special to me as a movie that is very special to her… https://flic.kr/p/hzjmyP Pig Faced Penelope by Michael Romani A slap on the face to high society Trapped on trappings of notoriety … Continue reading
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Tagged Audacity, Care, City, Distraction, Embrace, Escape, Expose, Faces, False, First Edition, Hate, High Society, Indignity, Integrity, Life, Lights, Missed Point, Night, Notoriety, Penelope, Photograph, Pig Faced, Plastic Veneer, Playroom, Poem, Poetry, Pretty, Priceless, Run, Secret, Self-Love, Shallow, Shame, Slap, Surface, Tale, Test, Trap, Truth, Vain, Youth
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Beauty In A Blade of Grass
It isn’t so long ago that mental illness was seen as the Devil’s work. I was watching a show tonight and it reminded me of this. Beauty In A Blade of Grass by Michael Romani Scratching at the walls Of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, Asylum, Beauty, Blade, Claw, Closure, Compromise, Devil, Fear, Grass, Madness, Memory, Mental Illness, Obscene, Outlaw, Pain, Pass, Perception, Photograph, Pinky Swear, Poem, Poetry, Sadness, Sanity, Satan, Shade, Shame, Soul, Walls, Wicked, Wrath
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Straight Up, No Chaser
I am so far down right now that my chin up is just going to have to wait for some other day. Straight Up, No Chaser by Michael Romani Straight up, no chaser I know I can’t replace her I … Continue reading
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Tagged Beast, Beautiful, Beauty, Better Man, Chaser, Down, Dream, Fire, Good Enough, Heart Break, Hide, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shame, Sorrow, Straight Up
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Thought For the Day: The Russian Collusion Hoax Was A Disgraceful Witch-Hunt Shaming the Media, the FBI and Hollywood
“The Russia collusion hoax was a disgraceful fake news witch-hunt that shames all of Trump’s deranged enemies in the media, the FBI and Hollywood and has probably ensured their worst nightmare — his re-election.” – Piers Morgan
Samson (X)
Continuing in the retelling of the story of Samson and Delilah as told in The Book of Judges: Samson (X) by Michael Romani X It is as it must That God’s wrath is just To watch his people die Or leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Judges, Devotion, Dignity, Envy, False Choice, God, Injury, Living God, Lord, Nation, Negotiate, Night, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pure, Right, Samson and Delilah, Shame, Sorrow, Starve, Storm, Tomorrow, Truth, Witness, Wonder, Wrath, Wrong, Zion
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Samson VIII
Continuing in an effort to put a version of the Samson and Delilah story from the Book of Judges into verse, I present Part VIII. Perhaps, I should have made this shorter? Samson (VIII) by Michael Romani Amidst un-princely questions of … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Adversary, Appease, Beg, Blame, Book of Judges, Broken, Burn, Consequence, Contest, Daughter, Design, Desire, Dishonor, Driven, Embrace, Enemies, Enemy, Enmity, Family, Fire, Flee, Folly, Forgiven, Gain, God's People, God's Will, Good, Heresy, History, Impure, Jew, King, Knees, Lion, Loss, Love, Nazarite, Peace, Persevere, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Price, Pride, Providence, Purity, Rage, Riddle, Samson and Delilah, Sanctuary, Seek, Shame, Sign, Steeple, Strife, Taran, Tears, Tunic, Two Peoples, Vain, Vow, Wager, Wisdom, Wolf, Wood, Worship, Wrath, Zion
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