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In Pursuit of Peace
Based in part on Romans 14:19: In Pursuit of Peace by Michael Romani Intentionally we learn to pursue Peace and building up me and you Saved by the cross bought in the loss Born again to calm the storm toss … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Bridge, Calm, Capable, Choice, Cloth, Command, Cross, Cultivation, Demand, Edifcation, Encourage, Focus, God, Heart, Heed, Holy, Insult, Intentional Living, Jesus, Joy, Maturation, Measure, Meditation, Nation, Part, Peace, Peacemaker, Photographs, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Pursuit, Repairers of Breach, Responsible, Restoration, Second Guessing, Share, Soul Shaker, Still Waters, Storm, Understanding, Walk, War With Ourselves, World
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Seeds of Totalitarianism Dispersed
Generally speaking, we as a people stand for liberty and all its intendent duties and responsibilities. In this day and age, there has been an increasing move toward surrendering liberties for what we have latched onto as security, be it … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Absurd, Belief, Clever, Connotation, Cynicism, Deception, Difference, Double Speak, False Nuance, False Positive, God, Help, Language, Liberty, Matters, Morbidity, Myth, Orwellian, Perverse, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Provocation, Reality, Resolution, Society, Tactics, Totalitarianism, Truth, Tyranny, Understanding, Version, Willful Amnesia
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Mirror, Mirror…
Some people amuse. Others are a muse… by birth. The lady asked me for a poem to match her beautiful photograph. This was the best, I could do. https://flic.kr/p/28h9g1v Mirror, Mirror… by Michael Romani There she was sitting beside the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Better Man, Capricorn, Emotion, Journey, Muse, Ocean, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Side By Side, Soul, Understanding, Virgo
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First Principles: To All Persons – Exact and Equal Justice
“It is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government… Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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Tagged All, Comprehension, Equal, Exact, First Principles, Government, Justice, Persons, Principles, Proper, Republican, Thomas Jefferson, Understanding
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First Thoughts: America’s Fundamental Principle Amounts To Equal Treatment Under the Law for All Persons
“[I]t is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our Government… Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
Jump On In
Based on John 3:14-15 Jump On In by Michael Romani Jump on in, the water’s fine It purifies you with every line Whosoever lives as a believer Stands firm against the deceiver Living life fully and ever lasting Redeemed we … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Believer, Book of John, Cross, Deceiver, Depravity, God's Face, Human Race, Jesus, Narrow Gates, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Purity, Redemption, Understanding
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Na/GloPoWriMo 6: Comprehending the Asylum
The challenge for day 6 is to compose a poem of uneven lines. Having sat through a standup comic’s routine and finding some tantalizing insights in his skits, I came up with this. Comprehending the Asylum by Michael Romani Outside … Continue reading
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Tagged Asylum, Blame, Game, Infinite Wishes, Innocence, Photographs, Pitch, Poems, Poetry, River of Life, Salesman, Understanding, Uneven Lines, Upending, World
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Thought For the Day: Familiarity With Other Countries Teaches Us We May Be Friends
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou, poet (4 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigotry, Countries, Familiarity, Friendship, Maya Angelou, Similar, Thought For the Day, Travel, Understanding
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First Principles: An Objective Standard of Right and Wrong Morality Is Best Applied To the Affairs of Mankind
“If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what better principle can the friends of mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Application, Comprehension, Constitution, First Principles, Government, John Adams, Mankind, Morality, Objective, Understanding
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 