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Meant To Savor
Does anyone else here really love sushi? Silly question? Meant To Savor by Michael Romani Two parts One part art And presentation The other That of flavor Memories of the heart The secret part Both memory and fascination Each reminding … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Art, Bamboo Flute, Believe, Best, Better Times, Bite, Close, Cruelty, Duty, Feet, Fish, Flavor, Heart, Japan, Life, Love, Memories, New Love, Novelty, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Presentation, Ready, Relax, Remind, Right, Savor, Seaweed, Secret, Survive, Sushi, Today, Treat, True, Vinegar Rice
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Frozen Infinity
The challenge brought last night was to write a poem about snow, ice, winter, spring and all the things these things bring. Who knew that albatrosses also mate for life? I didn’t know…. and…Here’s my attempt: Frozen Infinity by … Continue reading
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Tagged Albatross, Alive, Antarctica, Beauty, Blunder, Boom, Children, Cod, Consequence, Consign, Cost, Cub, Cycle, Design, Duty, Early Bird, Earth, Emperor, Feeling, Flood, Frozen, God Willing, Harsh, Hunter, Ice, Icicle, Infinity, Lean Times, Life, Loom, Manna, Melt, Meltwater, Migration, Mother Nature, Mother's Love, Narhal, New Life, Niche, North, Ocean, Peace, Pebble, Penguin, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Polar Bear, Polar Wind, Prey, Remind, Sense, Snow, Spring, Stone, Strife, Sun, Survive, Tapestry, Thaw, Tundra, Tusk, Tuxedo, Unfair, Unicorn, Waterfall, Winter, Wonder
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Sonnet For A Modern Love
This 27th day of Na/GloPoWriMo raises the bar to writing a sonnet. They, whoever they is, say that sonnets are usually about romantic interests, dark ladies or distant men. Okay! I think I go this one. But, I’m going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Irish, Certain, Daily, Dark Lady, Day, Distance, Distant Man, Gift, Given Up, Happiness, Interest, Jest, Key, Love, Man, Modern, Monkey, Na/GloPoWriMo, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resistance, Right, Romance, Sonnet, Surprise, Survive, Sweet Dream, Tight, Wish, World
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Joy In the Gifts of Hard Times
The challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 7 is to write a poem about gifts and joy. Above this challenge was a bit about how poetry can prove quite the therapeutic tool. I can see this easily from my own life. From this … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Abundance, Agony, Alive, Believe, Bleak, Celebrate, Circumstance, Clarity, Concieve, Dark, Daughters, Day, Depend, Despair, Devotion, Difficulty, Each Day, Earth, Employ, Faith, Family, Find, Focus, Gift, Gifts, Good, Good Friends, Grasp, Gratitude, Hand, Happenstance, Hard Times, Heaven, Hope, Joy, Key, Little Girls, Love, Moments, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nature, Negate, Out of Control, Passing Moment, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Rejoice, Salvation, Seasons, Situation, Soul, Spiral, Sublime, Support, Survive, Thankful, Today, World, World Turned Upside Down
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Surviving the Ride
From Socrates to Rush’s Neil Pert to observance of every day life, we all learn one thing fairly early on, conform or be cast out. Surviving the Ride by Michael Romani Time and again, it’s the same story All sorts … Continue reading
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Tagged Bust, Cast Out, Conform, Discern, Fingerprint, Functional Rules, Glory, Individuals, Innocent, Inside, Judge, Learn, Own Thought, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Questions, Ride, Rush, Sentence, Society, Socrates, Sought, Soul, Step Out of Line, Story, Survive, Think, Trouble, Trust
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Time Awaits A Hero
Joseph Campbell might have something to say on this journey… Time Awaits A Hero by Michael Romani Long before the dawn of written history Mankind has sought to build community Combined with free will, it’s not easy to do this … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Arrival, Community, Connect, Destination, Free Will, God, Hero, History, Human Being, Intention, Joseph Campbell, Journey, Kiss, Mankind, Meaning, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Reflect, Search, Shadow, Survive, Time, Unbroken, Word
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Adapt, Survive and Overcome
Life is filled with challenges and adversities to meet and hopefully overcome. That came to mind as I was watching Mowgli. From those thoughts: Adapt, Survive and Overcome by Michael Romani Adapt, survive And overcome Run, boy, run Adapt, feel … Continue reading
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Tagged Adapt, Adversity, Again, All, Belong, Better, Brass Ring, Challenge, Choser, Decision, Fail, Faith, Found, Frustration, Learn, Lessons, Life, Loser, Mired, Monkey, Mowgli, Overcome, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Prostration, Refuse, Run, Seek, Stay Strong, Strength, Survive, Tears, Together, Up, Win, Winner's Cup
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Shadows Played Revisited
Not knowing what a person is actually facing down can sometimes seem more intense than actually knowing the battle ahead. When I started off this morning, I thought I would know what is going on. I had not realized it … Continue reading
Short Form Poetry – Tercou – Big And Vicious
Tonight’s workshop: What is a Tercou • 8 line poem of 3 stanzas. • First 2 stanzas are tercets • Third stanza is a couplet • Syllable count is 5/4/5, 5/4/5, 8/6 • Rhyme scheme aba aba aa After some … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Category Four, Coast, Disaster, Fear, Hurricane Florence, Rain, Short Form Poetry, Survive, Tercou
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