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Restore My Soul
Based in part on Psalms 23:1-3: Restore My Soul by Michael Romani The Lord restores my soul Keeping it all in control Like a shepherd to his sheep All in peace, He keeps Tending to us as a flock Keeping us … Continue reading
Do I Give Myself Too Easily?
Sometimes you wonder, right? Do I Give Myself Too Easily? by Michael Romani I don’t really think it too serious a question But, I approach this with some hesitation Because I have given you all of me so easily Does … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Closer, Dance, Deep, Doubt, Easy, Esteem, First Hello, Hesitation, Humor, Late Night, Love, Love At First Sight, Met, One, Passing Days, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Question, Self Control, Soul, Stride, Thoughts, True, Unforgettable, Value, Worth
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Thought For the Day: What We Hate, We Graft Onto Our Souls
“In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.” – Mary Renault, novelist (4 Sep 1905-1983)
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Tagged Brood, Graft, Grow, Hatred, Loathe, Love, Mary Renault, Soul, Subject, Thought For the Day
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Queen of Soul
I would like to propose that we declare the day on which Aretha Franklin passed, International Respect For Woman Day. Anyone else agree? Queen of Soul by Michael Romani The time has come to be called home The lady has … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Aretha Franklin, Authority, Business, Dignity, Empowerment, Gift, Magic, Meaning, Neglect, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Priceless, Propers, Queen, Redding, Respect, Righteous, Sock It To Me, Soul, Test, Women
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Daily Prompt – Perfume
It’s a tale that seems as old as man That someone sold a dream to woman That their biggest aim and chief goal Is to hide themselves and sell their souls To be the most appealing in any room Coloring … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Appeal, Beauty, Bittersweet, Bought, Con Man, Consequence, Conversation, Daily Prompt, Dye, Extinction, Forgot, Frustration, Injection, Inside, Man, Oldest Profession, Perfume, Scent, Soul, Tale, Woman
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Thought For the Day: We Are the Masters of Our Fate and Captains of Our Souls
“It matters not how strait the gate, / How charged with punishments the scroll, / I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley, poet, critic, and editor (23 Aug … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain, Charged, Fate, Gate, Master, Matters, Scroll, Self, Soul, Straight, Thought For the Day, William E. Henley
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Musical Afterthoughts
Music is a universal language that speaks to each of our souls. In all of my life, I have never someone whose heart cannot be reached through music. I started my study of music via classical music at a very … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alpha, Audience, Chaos, Concert Hall, Fleeting Moments, Heights, Icarus, Imagination, Immediacy, Maestro, Mood, Mozart, Music, Omega, Paradox, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relevance, Rest, Serenity, Silence, Soul, Symmetry, Universal Language
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Daily Prompt – Prayer
Feeling it again, hurting soul to soul As I reel from things I can’t control If I want peace, I know who I am And I have to keep to that despite the slam Of another door right into my … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Absurd, Believer, Control, Daily Prompt, Door, Embrace, Feeling, Heartbreak, Hurt, Laugh, Locked Door, Mocked, Peace, Prayer, Reel, Soul, Stair
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Daily Prompt – Whisper
In the whisper of the light eternal, we dance Show boat and quiet moments, bring romance She makes my heart flow into cosmic song Until she looks away and I no longer belong Deep in my soul, I mostly feel … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Abrupt, Belong, Compulsion, Corruption, Daily Prompt, Dance, Deaf Ears, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Heart, Lead, Light Eternal, Lost, Need, Romance, Song, Soul, Touch, Walls, Whisper, Years
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Four Verses For My Tulip
One day, she was just there and suddenly the world made sense.. Four Verses For My Tulip by Michael Romani Four verses of six lines each Still in search of your chorus I feel it when you’re in my reach … Continue reading
