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Put Quite Simply
Sometimes mistakes, even huge mistakes happen. I think this has lately become a sticking point to and for me. I will never be perfect and sometimes am in need of forgiveness. Doesn’t mean I don’t regret my errors. It means … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, Avalanche, Believe, Ben Franklin, Consistency, Correct, Credibility, Deep, Discern, Dumb, Forgive, Heal, Heartbreak, Hope, Humor, Hurt, Imperfect, Intention, Keep, Know, Learn, Love, Misstep, Mistake, Page, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Promise, Rising Sun, See, Show, Simple, Sorrow, Talk, Time, Tomorrow, True, Turn, Twist, Wisdom, Yesterday
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Fortune Cookie’s End
At the end of many an Oriental meal, there is that tidbit of sweetness and fortune told. My last one reads,” (D)o not wish to be anything but what you are and try to be that perfectly”. … and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheese Cake, Complicate, Cookie, Delicious, Embrace, Enjoy, Fate, Fit, Fortune, Haste, Intricate, Lesson, Moment, Oriental, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Practical Chemistry, Simple, Taste, Tempura
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Graveled Voice
I was thinking the other day about another poet not so long ago another poet that I respect telling someone else that my shorter poems are more like rock lyrics. That probably comes as somewhat of a surprise to some. … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Apocalypse, Blind, Blue Skies, Compromises, Connection, Decadence, Embrace, Failure, Gentle, Going On, Gravel, Gray, Guitar, High Browed, Kaleidoscope, Karmic, Life, Lyrics, Memory, Meolody, Mirror, Modern Poetry, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Rock, Rock Salt, Sad, See, Sigh, Simple, Sleepless Night, Transcendence, Tremble, Voice, Wise, Wordless Prayer, Yesterday, Yesteryear
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Here Am I
The Church is the people. There is nothing Biblical in the belief that approaching God requires the intercession of any other than Jesus and certainly not priests. If the Catholic church is going to rise from its present decline, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Church, Corruption, Decline, Dignity, Faith, Hierachy, Jesus, Luther, Moral Laxity, Pews, Photograph, Piety, Poem, Poetry, Power, Predator Priest, Priests, Rebel, Reform, Restoration, Rise, Sacred Heart, Simple, Sin, The People, True
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Thought For the Day: Life Becomes Simpler Without Mirrors
“How simple life becomes when things like mirrors are forgotten.” – Daphne du Maurier, novelist (13 May 1907-1989)
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Tagged Daphne du Maurier, Forgot, Life, Mirrors, Simple, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: To Be A Good Writer Be Direct, Clear and Simple First
“Anyone who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.” – H.W. Fowler, lexicographer (10 Mar 1858-1933)
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Tagged Anyone, Brief, Direct, Endeavor, Good, HW Fowler, Lucid, Showy, Simple, Tempt, Thought For the Day, Vigor, Writer
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Fixed Focus
Based in part on 1 John 3: Fixed Focus by Michael Romani Having learned that I cannot serve More than the one that I deserve Defining the character of Christianity Far exceeds any pride or vanity It is the four … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Action, Agape, Bible, Blind, Book of John, Brotherly Love, Character, Cheap, Christian, Close, Close To the Heart, Command, Define, Deserve, Divine Power, Do Right, Doubt, Fix, Focus, Give, God, God's Eyes, Hand, Hour, Love, Love Each Other, Mystic, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Price, Pride, Relevance, Sacrifice, Sanctity, Satisfy, Scripture, Serve, Signaled Virtue, Significance, Simple, Thought, Truth, Unkind, Vain, Whirlpool
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Thought For the Day: Creativity Is Making the Complicated Awesomely Simple
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”– Charles Mingus
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Tagged Awesome, Charles Mingus, Commonplace, Complicate, Create, Creativity, Make, Simple, Thought For the Day
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Hope Over Fear
Based in part on 2 Peter 1:4: Hope Over Fear by Michael Romani Precious promises hold the key To the divine nature in you and me Each of these bringing comfort to our souls And in our worse moments, these … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged 2 Peter, Anxiety, Blessing, Book of Genesis, Capability, Certain, Challenge, Comfort, Console, Courage, Dignity, Divine, Endless Joy, Faith, Fear, Forget, God, Granite, Great, Happiness, Heir, Honesty, Hope, Humble Servant, Infinite, Legacy, Majesty, Miracle, Persevere, Photograph, Pilgrimage, Poem, Poetry, Promise Keeper, Promises, Reliable, Rely, Remain, Sand, Shadow, Shift, Simple, Spoke, Step By Step, Trial, Trust
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You Can’t Own (A Child of God)
As we stand perched on the edge of a new month, this poem is dedicated to the brave souls who fought together as brothers and sisters in Jones County, Mississippi, dedicated to the proposition that each person is equal before … Continue reading
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Tagged Amen, Brave, Child of God, Complicit, Die, Duplicity, Echo, Equal Before God, Fight, Free, Freedom, God, Head, Heart, History, Jones County, Legacy, Legend, Liberty, Light, Linger, Living History, Mississippi, Odd, Own, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Right, Sacred, Simple, Soul, Tear, Trust, Truth, Try, Twenty First Century
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