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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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Her Legacy
Last Sunday was a day of recognition and honor for women on an international level. When you think about it and all that women have done for us in all of their roles, shouldn’t every day be one? Her Legacy … Continue reading
Things Done
I have read somewhere that 22 veterans a day take their own lives. That’s staggering to think on. Isn’t it? Things Done by Michael Romani The things we do to survive Are things done to stay alive I’m left wondering … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Ashes, Battle, Core, Dance, Day, Enough, Fight, Human Being, Lashes, Legend, Lost, More, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Survive, True North, Worth, Wrong
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Na/GloPoWriMo 5: To Be me, Not You
Day 5 arrived yesterday about the same time that I upped my running (albeit at a very slow pace) to an hour of running. There’s my excuse and I’m keeping with it. It’s hard to write a new poem when … Continue reading
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Tagged Adapt, Challenges, Complexity, Crisis, Disease, God, Heaven, Identity, Life, Lithuania, Love, Overcome, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Simplicity, Survive, The Greatest Artist, Thrive
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