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First Principles: To Be Respected and Trusted, We Must Keep Our Agreements
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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Tagged Agreements, Alexander Hamilton, Conduct, Engagements, Fate, First Principles, Keep, Observe, Persons, Respect, States, Trust
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Daily Prompt – Opera
If you listen very closely as you take a walk Taking those moments to listen to the park You will find there is an opera in the wild I have known this since a free and ranging child Live these … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Broken, Bull Frog, Canopy, Child, Complexity, Daily Prompt, Forgotten, Heart, Life, Mountain Top, Music, Ocean, Opera, Owl, Park, Trees, Trust, Unspoken, Walk, Wild
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The Great Fall
Based in part on The Great Wall movie… The Great Fall by Michael Romani There is that nameless order There on every life’s border There are changes to behold And with them, new stories to be told Though the greatest … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Children, Defend, Father, Grace, Nameless Order, Paper Lanterns, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poor In Spirit, Protect, The Great Wall, Time, Trust, Wisdom
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Journalistic Contradiction
Jou Journalistic Contradiction by Michael Romani With opinions come views Often dressed up as news It’s comical to discuss trust When trustworthiness is a bust The truth is in this contradiction That objectivity is lost in nuance and projection Basing … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Anxiety, Battle Flags, Capability, Egocentric, Facebook, Hostile, Journalism, Nation, News, Objectivity, Opinions, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Real News, Responsibility, Society, Trust, Undemocratic
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Choices of Roads Best Traveled
Choices of Roads Best Traveled by Michael Romani Choices in the roads we travel Are choices that do quite ravel The ways we take up and live Choices of the road may forgive But there are fundamentals to know And … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Choices, Christ, Discipleship, Forgiveness, Inspiration, Narrow, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Roads, Sins, Temptations, Traveled, Trust, Worldly, Worship
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Stillness In Fear
Based on Matthew 30:6 Stillness In Fear by Michael Romani Fear can at times be useful But most times it’s not It’s better to blissful Blessed with what we got No need to feel overwhelm With our Father at the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Blissful, Boldness, Distortion, Faith, Fear, God's Children, Love, Matthew, Negation, Overwhelm, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Royal Priesthood, Stillness In Fear, Trust, Word of God
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Super Blue Moon
Super Blue Moon by Michael Romani There’s an extraordinary promise To be found in the super blue moon So she says and in introspection, I compromise Basking in the glow and say we’ll see soon Internally thinking blood moon, blue … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Beginning, Belief, Blood Moon, Compromise, Doors, Eclipse, Ending, Freeing, Introspection, Love, Magic, Poem, Poetry, Shackles, Stardust, Super Blue Moon, Super Moon, Trust
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By Words Condemned
By Words Condemned by Michael Romani All these playground rhymes Chasing around in uneasy times Too many words are lies And there are no alibis I wish that I was wise But, instead I despise The life I examine now … Continue reading
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Tagged Centered, Condemnation, Courage, Emptiness, Encouragement, Flame, Justice, Kindness, New Year's Eve, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Sacred, Still, Tame, Tongue, Trust, Words
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First Principles: Trust No Living Man With the Power to Endanger Liberty
“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.” – John Adams, in an Oration at Braintree (Spring, 1772) … Continue reading
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Tagged Braintree, Danger, First Principles, Government, John Adams, Liberty, Men, Trust
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