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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite
Light pollution and tricks of manmade light are dulling out the nighttime sky almost irreverently. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite by Michael Romani Looking up to heavens with naked eye Cosmic specks no longer glitter the sky Even outside the dense … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Better Days, Blunder, Cosmic Speck, Diamond, Dim, Divine, Dream, Dystopia, Glitter, Gone, Heavens, Humanity, International Space Station, Just, Lament, Light Pollution, Mad Hatter, Magic, Mountain, Nake Eye, Nature, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remember, Rim, Satellite, Sensation, Shine, Shooting Stars, Sky, Space X, Spirituality, Stars, Technology, Text Alerts, Tragic, Twinkle, Urban Center, Wish, Wonder
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A Vancouverite Current
The Na/GloPoWriM0 Day 15 challenge is to provide a Robert Brown or Shakespearian styled monologue sort of a poem. I opted for a redo on Hamlet’s “To Be or Not To Be” monologue. Kind of.. I opted for happy thoughts not … Continue reading
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Tagged Arms, Beaten, Border, Caution, Conscience, Country, Coward, Current, Decision, Deep, Delay, Devote, Dream, Flesh, Folly, Fortune, Friend, Gloom, Good, Gray, Happiness, Happy, Heartache, Heir, Hope, Infatuation, Insolence, Jammies, Know, Life, Love, Me, Merit, Moment, Monologue, Mortal Coil, Motivation, Na/GloPoWriMo, Naked, Native Resolution, Noise, Patience, Pause, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Purn, Puzzle, Question, Quiet, Regret, Respect, Return, Reward, Robert Brown, Sake, Shock, Sky, Sleep, Song, Thought, Time, To Be Or Not To Be, Traveler, Trouble, Turn Back, Vancouver, Voyage, Warmth, Weary, Will, William Shakespeare, Wisdom, Wish, Worth
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Thought For the Day: Poetry Began With An Awe That Surpassed the Wisdom of Words
“I think that were beginning to remember that the first poets didn’t come out of a classroom, that poetry began when somebody walked off of a savanna or out of a cave and looked up at the sky with wonder … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Ahhh, Begin, Cave, Classroom, First, First Poet, Lucille Clifton, Poem, Poetry, Savanna, Sky, Thought For the Day, Walk, Wonder
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To Harvest the Wind: School Daze
Part I in a series under development: To Harvest the Wind: School Daze by Michael Romani I. A breeze touches the savanna grass As the tribesmen dance in a pass Harvesting corn; some barely living This harsh life can be … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Advice, Africa, Brutal, Corn, Daze, Decision, Democracy, Dream, Education, Engrave, Fire, Fruit, Government, Harsh Life, Harvest, Headmaster, High Stakes, Jungle, Kindness, Know, Kuefesa, Legacy, Life, Morn, Opportunity, Peace, Photograph, Plant, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Prayer, Price, Rain, Savanna, School, School Clothes, Seeds, Sky, Sow, Struggle, Take, Tobacco, Tribe, Village, Water, Wind
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Desert Skies
There are times that I truly miss driving through the deserts of the American West. I learned and saw and lived a lot there. Desert Skies by Michael Romani Life for all its anguish is ours It belongs to no … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Anguish, Answer, Artists, Assume, Black Train, Blind, Budge, Clue, Company, Dare, Desert, Dream, Dreamers, Ego, Empty, Forgive, Give, Glory, Hunt, Life, Love, Paint, Patterns, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognize, Risk, Seam, See, Sing, Skeleton, Skies, Sky, Story, Surrender, Teem, Track
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A Haiku Passage On Groundhog’s Day
Happy Groundhog Day! Combine Milkwood writing group’s poem of the day into a celebration for today. Good news! Spring is predicted to arrive early! Milkwood Poem of the Day POD 1 – Haiku 5-75 A Haiku Passage On Groundhog’s Day … Continue reading
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Tagged Distance, Fireworks, Groundhog Day, Happy, Lightning, Milkwood, Passing, Photograph, Plain, Poem, Poem of the Day #1, Poetry, Shadow, Sky, Spring, Truth, World
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Wishing The Maybe
Do you ever have moments where you stop and pause and think on things like maybe things might have been different or maybe this or that? I do. Those are the moments to be quiet and listen in. Trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged Balance, Borrow, Bought, Chess, City, Compassion, Consider, Could, Deliberate, Dragon, Eye, Family, Fool, Gift, God, Good, Hesitate, Hiding Seek, Late Night, Let It Be, Lines, Maybe, Moment, Morality Play, Nothing, Outcast, Photograph, Pity, Plain View, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Relive, Remembrance, Rule, Sky, Sleep, Society, Sought, Think, Throwaway, Tomorrow, Travesty, Treasure, Truth, Wish, Yesterday
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Daily Prompt – Good
As life rolls on, so do I Always a stand up guy I wouldn’t say I’m good But, it’s understood That I’ll always do my best Eyes forward into every test As I look at you, I know Ours is … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Best, Daily Prompt, Eyes, Good, Grow, Guy, Head, Heart, Life, Love, Pledge, Promise, Shoulder, Sky, Stand Up Guy, Stars, Test, Trust, Understood, We, Your
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Daily Prompt – Alarm
It was with some alarm that I Found myself perched in a tree High up in the darkening sky How I got there you wouldn’t believe me I whispered to the resting raven I was feeling more than a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged Alarm, Believe, Craven, Daily Prompt, Edgar Alan Poe, Go, Me, Minute, Perch, Photograph, Quote, Raven, Sky, Tree, Whisper
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