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First Principles: No People Will Tamely Surrender Their Liberties Or Be Easily Subdued When Knowledge Is Diffused and Virtue Is Preserved
“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their manners, they will sink under their own … Continue reading
Learning To Trust
In transition from general gratitude and more toward Christmas now and holiday feelings… the last poem of gratitude #30: Learning To Trust by Michael Romani One cold, silent night An angel appeared Filling the room with light A messenger from … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Blessed, Child, Christmas, Confide, Divinity, Doubt, Extraordinary, God, Gratitude, Hide, Holiday, Holy, Learn, Light, Lord, Mercy Mild, Messenger, Ordinary, Out, Patience, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Revere, Room, Serenity, Silent Night, Surrender, Trust
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In Sacred Witness
In this season of thankfulness and gratitude, poem #2: In Sacred Witness by Michael Romani Then was a time for counting coup But along the way, I grabbed a clue That just maybe we should be less about glory In … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Act, Addict, Aftermath, Back, Begun, Body Bag, Broken, Brutality, Build, Choose, Clue, Co-Create, Commitment, Community, Conflict, Construction, Convince, Coup, Cut, Danger, Destruction, Door, Each, Empower, Fade, Forward, Garden, Global Story, Glory, God's Family, Gratitude, Heal, Hopi, Humility, Immortality, Implication, Inside, Integration, Learn, Legends, Light, Lone Wolf, Lose, Lost, Love, Math, Meant, Nourish, Nurture, Outgrown, Passage, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Post Modernity, Pray, Prepetual, Pth, Right Relationship, Sacred, Security, Separation, Shatter, Stranger, Stumble, Surrender, Survive, Test, Thankfulness, Thrive, Time, Together, Tragedy, Truth, Turn Away, Two Edged Sword, Unity, Victim, Walk, Wall, War, War Paint, Whisper, Win, Witness, Won, World, Youth
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First Principles: Liberty Is Not Easily Surrendered Where Knowledge Is Diffused and Virtue Is Preserved
“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd.” – Samuel Adams (1775)
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Tagged First Principles, Freely Given, Knowledge, Liberty, Preserved, Samuel Adams, Subdue, Surrender, The People, Virtue
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The ABCDerian of Modern Life
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 19’s challenge is to write a ABCDerian. Here’s my attempt: The ABCDerian of Modern Life by Michael Romani Alphabet soup served as Breakfast that day Cereal having been ate Deliciously the other day Edible as these are Few … Continue reading
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Tagged ABCDerian., Adults, Alphabet Soup, Babies, Breakfast, Cereal, Choices, Delicious, Family, Few, Grow Up, Kids, Limit, Meals, Modern Life, Modern Times, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nutrition, Overnight, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preach, Quorum, Surrender, Together, Words, Zygotes
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Relative Complicity
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 12 asks that we who take up the challenge of finding something dull that we’re willing to give away. Well, sorry, but I’m twisting this into something that can never be owned, only given and that is so … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Attraction, Beautiful, Beauty, Brave, Breathtaking, Clarity, Complicity, Distance, Einstein, Extraordinary, Given, Good, Gravity, Grow, Heart, Hold Onto, Hour, Imposture, Insist, Journey, Love, Me and You, Mean, Mystery, Na/GloPoWriMo, Obscene, One, Our, Phone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Power of Love, Presistence, Rarity, Realize, Relative, Routine, Scene, Share, Shown, Simplicity, Soul, Speak, Spectacular, Start, Strong, Surrender, Talk, Tender, Together, Unfold, Unknown, Wonderful, World
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Seeking the Hands of God
Based in part on Hosea 10:12: Seeking the Hands of God by Michael Romani Reaping the righteous fruit as you sow Hands united for God as we truly know Used as servants of the Lord we love We are messengers … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christian, Deep Faith, Fallow Ground, God, Hands, Hosea, Love, Messengers, Moment, Obedience, Old Testament, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Righteous, Seek, Servants, Sow, Still, Surrender
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A Prayer For the Healing
No use whining about life’s complications really, right? So let me just encourage everyone to love when they can and cry when you feel it’s needed. Keep your hearts open and find that bit of truth that works to make … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Band-Aid, Believe, Capacity, Complicate, Confluence, Construct, Control, Cry, Dark Night, Desist, Destruction, Devotion, Diet, Emotion, Encourage, Epidemic, Fear, Feeling Good, Frustrate, God's Eyes, Harm, Heal, Hurt, Influence, Intelligence, Joke, Know, Love, Made, More, Mother's Kiss, Ocean, Pain, Past, Photograph, Piece, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pray, Precious, Reveal, Shore, Surrender, Tender, Thoughts, Tortured Soul, Tough, True Strength, Trust, Truth, Western, World
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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
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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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An Elegy To Common Sense
Poem A Day #11 is to be an elegy. The word prompt is ‘black hole’. Milkwood’s definition of elegy is limited to the following. I would argue that the person who wrote the notecard needs to revisit this. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged America First, American, Attitude, Black Hole, Blindman's Bluff, Border Fence, Borders, Build, Cardinal Rule, Common Sense, Conservative, Country, Death, Defend, Dense, Despotism, Destination, Discrimination, Domestic, Drug Lords, Elegy, Elite, Enemy, Exist, Followers, Foreign, Globalist, Heath, History, Immoral, Legal Immigration, Liberty, Live or Die, Milkwood, MS 13, Nation, National Defense, Oath, Old Hat, Patriot, Patriotic, Platitude, Poem A Day, Poor, Porous Border, Pretense, Primary, Principle, Progressive, Protect, Rule of Law, Secure, Servants, Statesmen, Support, Surrender, Sworn, Terrorist, Thirst, Victimless Crimes
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