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A New Nation Born Pt I
In a continuing cycle on America, we look at the Revolutionary War through England’s defeat at Yorktown: A New Nation Born Pt I by Michael Doyle Let’s have no sense of delusion The united states were but illusion Or, perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged Allusion, America, American Crisis, Army, Bolder, Brith, British Crown, Certainty, Change, Character, Christmas Eve, Colonial, Common Sense, Confusion, Continental Congress, Contribution, Credible, Cross, Dawn, Defense, Delaware, Delusion, Discontent, Dues, Encourage, England, Even, Exhaustion, Fabric, Family, Fragility, Fragmentation, French, General, George Washington, Glory, Hard Times, Hessians, Hope, Landing, Lead, Legacy, Length, Level, Lost, Loyalty, Nation, Navy, New, Odds, Offensive, Pay, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Position, Rag Tag, Revolutionary War, Saratoga, Society, Staten Island, Story, Strength, Summer Soldier, The World Turned Upside Down, Thirds, Thomas Paine, Thrust, Tilt, Triumph, Truth, United States, Valley Forge, Van Steuben, Victory, War, Weak, Will, Winter, Words, Yorktown
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Set’s Blinding of Horus
Egypt has some fascinating legends from long ago. Some get slightly retold as time goes on. Set’s Blinding of Horus by Michael Doyle Few know the whole of the story A tale needed in all of its glory In a … Continue reading
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Tagged Attempt, Bad Reputation, Beasts, Black, Blind, Bow, Cause, Chase, Coronation, Creation, Darkness, Desert, Destiny, Detail, Doubt, Egypt, Family, Fate, Fight, Foolish, Glory, Gods, Gratitude, Heart, History, Horus, Immsrse, Isolation, Just, Keep, King, Know, Legacy, Legend, Less, Love, Man, Manifest, Mankind, Nation, Negation, Night, Nile, Nimble, Noble, Osiris, Own, Papyrus, Paradise, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Promise, Raise, Righteous, Rule, Rumor, Salvation, Self-Glory, Set, Shake, Sing, Sky, Slay, Song, Story, Strife, Struggle, Surrender, Tale, Tender, Test, Throne, Time, Toast, Token, Transformation, Tremble, Unholy, Vain, Wealth, Weep, Weight, Willow, World, Worship, Wrought
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Dead Letter
Some folks like to call history a dead letter. I really don’t understand this. Dead Letter by Michael Romani The past is never a dead letter But something we should study together Every generation rewrites the past And from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank, Be, Carry On, Continue, Danger, Dead Letter, Draw, Erupt, Extraordinary, Feet, Future, Generation, Give, Glory, Heroism, History, Incongruity, Knowledge, Learn, Ledge, Lesson, Lifeline, Live, Moments, Offer, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prove, Science, Silent, Story, Stranger, Study, Sustainability, Take, Teach, Think, Time, Trouble, Understand, Veneration
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Finding Our Time In Waiting
Based in part on Philippians 2:13: Finding Our Time In Waiting by Michael Doyle Patience in waiting is hard to do I wonder if it’s the same for you Yet, waiting reminds us of our need For God as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Away, Best, Contrary, Cross, Done, Energy, Failure, Find, Foot, Gain, Glory, God, Hard, His, Intermission, Intervention, Know, Loss, Necessary, Need, One, Our, Part, Patience, Philippians, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Realize, Reclaim, Regather, Relationship, Renew, Sacred Heart, Story, Success, Time, Tremble, Turned, View, Wait, Wonder
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Moments Spent
Spending time with my girls was an awesome experience as always. Moments Spent by Michael Romani Spending time with these two All of our moments are too few Dreams shaping in their minds Gifts of smiles of which I’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Apart, Away, Awesome, Beautiful, Behind, Best, Blind, Bone, Cleave, Close, Connection, Crystal Blue, Daughters, Depart, Direction, Do, Dreams, Eldest, Father, Few, Gift, Girls, Glory, Glow, Grow, Guide, Hand, Heart, Home, Hug, Kill, Know, Look, Lose, Love, Mile, Mind, Moment, Noble, Obstacle, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Present, Pride, Redouble, Rest, Say, See, Shape, Smile, Soul, Special, Spent, Spirit, Spun, Story, Survive, Tears, Time, Trouble, Valentine's Day, Watch, Write, Youngest
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Place In the Kingdom With You
Based in part on 1 Chron 12:32 Place In the Kingdom With You by Michael Romani Sculpting away the outer shell Until at last we find and reveal The best that we can truly be Given way until with His … Continue reading
Recalled In Prayer
Having finally spent some very wonderful time with my beautiful daughters and being surprised to the point of happy tears of gratitude in finding out just how much my genetics have flowed into a lot of their perspectives on the … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Belong, Blame, Cost, Counselor, Crown, Daughters, Earth, Father, Fit, Glory, Gratitude, Hands, Heal, Hope, Lord of Lords, Lost, Name, Notes, Peace, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Recall, Rejoice, Shown, Song, Soul, Story, Tell, Throne, Worship
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Tilting Mental Windmills
On bad days, I awake wondering if maybe Don Quixote wasn’t on to something in his belief of pursuing impossible dreams. Other days, I dare to dream these. Tilting Mental Windmills by Michael Romani Captured frames from your window Map … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Awake, Better, Beyond, Blink, Blur, Bound, Brain Fog, Brave, Brave New World, Cherish, Collaborator, Cornucopia, Corridor, Curious, Cut, Dare, Daze, Deception, Decisions, Don Quixote, Door, Early, Embrace, Everyone, Experience, Fear, Feeling, Feign, Flow, Fragments, Frames, Glory, Grip, Hands, Hope, Humanity, Impossible Dreams, Join, Kung Fu, Last, Late, Learn, Life, Life After Death, Lose, Map, Mental, Mind, Moment, Musician, Pain, Perception, Photograph, Plead, Poems, Poetry, Pose, Preference, Puzzle, Riff, Story, Subject, Surly, Tears, Thrill, Tilt, Time, Together, Too Far, Twenty First Century, Walk, Will, Win, Windmills, Window, Wonder, World
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Kid Lost In Story
What’s the difference between a kid at play and an artist lost in art? Give up? Maybe me too…. Kid Lost In Story by Michael Romani Hand sketched And mentally stretched The artist knows her caper Put down as it … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artist, Awkward, Belogn, Better, Blocks, Burn, Caper, Children, Construct, Energy, Escstacy, Fantasy, Flow, Glory, Grow, Instruct, Kid, Learn, Lost, Meant, Paper, Percussion, Photograph, Pieces, Playground, Poem, Poetry, Rocks, Sculpture, Sketch, Smile, Story, Stretch, Understood, World, Wrong
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