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Extinction’s Line
We are, or appear to be at a defining time as to how the future of the earth will be. The records are clear that even the most familiar of the common birds, let alone the rarer ones, are dying … Continue reading
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Tagged Avian, Bird, Bird Count, Canary, Choice, Coal Mine, Define, Disappear, Earth, Extinction, Finch, Global, Habitat, Line, Nowhere, Once Voice, Photograph, Plants, Poem, Poetry, Pollinate, Recover, Recovery, Silent, Song, Sparrow, Speak, Species, Walk, Years
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Secret Melody
There is a secret melody that plays in the heart of all who love. Secret Melody by Michael Romani A memory caught in a secret song Swell of timbre that seems to strong Music has its way with those Whose … Continue reading
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Tagged Apart, Beating, Day, Deep, Destiny, Dream, Ear, Faith, Family, Follow, Forever, Heart, History, Know, Legacy, Lesson, Life, Love, Melancholy, Melody, Memory, Mind, Music, Mystery, Near, Pain, Photograph, Play, Plaza, Poem, Poetry, Reach, Regret, Secret, Sing, Smile, Song, Sun, Teach, Timbre, Treasure, Whisper, You
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First Principles: We Are Apt To Close Our Eyes Against Painful Truth That Is Capable of Transforming Us Into Beasts
“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts.” – Patrick Henry (1775)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Apt, Beast, Eyes, First Principles, Hope, Illusion, Indulge, Man, Natural, Pain, Patrick Henry, Shut, Siren, Song, Transform, Truth
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All In All Contribution
Seen from space all of this is one shared place of revolving interconnection. I bet it’s like that in God’s eyes as well. All In All Contribution by Michael Romani An ice face collapses into sea With a familiar popping … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Andes, Atmosphere, Balance, Bloom, Blue Line, Blue Sky, Connection, Contribution, Cycle of Life, Delicate, Desert, Flame, Gloom, God, Gravity, Hypoxia, Ice Face, Link, Marine Snow, Melody, Ocean, Oxygen, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognize, Sea, Sky Rim, Solution, Song, Space, Spark, Stable, String, Sunshine, Think, Tightrope
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Truth of Journey
Life is often a little of little matters that make up the journey along the way: Truth of Journey by Michael Romani Sing me a song from the days of olden When life was laughter and so golden Candlelight burns … Continue reading
At the Corners of My Soul
Ever miss someone even if the way they broke up with you leaves full of doubt, self loathing and more questions than answers? At the Corners of My Soul by Michael Romani Picking at the corners of my soul Searching … Continue reading
Seemed So Easy
Isn’t it funny how differently two people can see the same events? Seemed So Easy by Michael Romani It seemed so easy Putting band aids on the pain Ignoring the tear drops Though they fell like rain It was there … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazing, Annoy, Band Aids, Best Friend, Call, Charm, Contradictions, Deep, Differnces, Disarm, Easy, Guitar, Heart, Ignore, Imperfections, Jokes, Look, Note, Observances, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Real, Seem, Sgrong, Song, Speak, Star, Strum, Subtle, Tear Drops, Unique, Void, Washed Away, Wrong
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Much To Do With Everything
Day 28 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2019… and what’s the goal.. to write a poem about poetry and poets and who is this what is that and does it have any meaning or is it only seeming or.. wait.. that could be … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Friend's Girlfriend, Better, Blowing In the Wind, Brass In Pocket, Casual, Close Exam, Danger, Dust, Employ, Enjoy, Everything, Family, Grew Up, Leather, Long, Much, Music Died, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nights In White Satin, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poets, Pretenders, Rainbow, Simple Rhymes, Song, Space Cowboy, Stranger, Think, Times, Van Gogh, Words
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I Am the Ocean
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 17 and the challenge is to write a poem from an unusual perspective. What if a drop of water thought it was the ocean itself?… I Am the Ocean by Michael Romani I am the ocean I am … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Alpha, Bit, Clear, Cosmic, Devotion, Divinity, Embrace, First, Flow, Forget, Future, God, Head, I, Know, Last, Light, Might, Na/GloPoWriMo, Obstacle, Ocean, Omega, Past, Perspective, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Recall, Respect, Saline, Sea, See, Shape, Signifigence, Smile, Song, Summer's Day, Trace, Truth, Wash, Water, Watery Grave, Wave, Wet, Whole
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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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