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Article 19 (The Burden of Secularism)
I have been reading through a series of works by Yuval Noah Harai that seems topical and a historian’s blend of philosophy and history projecting into humanity’s future. It’s been challenging and is spawning a few poems that are often … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Article 19, Ashes, Bad Impression, Billions, Blindspot, Capable, Catechism, Citizens, Compassion, Constraint, Creed, Dictatorship of the Majority, Dignity, Dissent, Dogma, Drag, Earth, Echo, Elite, Enslave, Equality, Ethics, Extermination, Failure, Fragments of Faith, Fraud, Free Thought, Freedom, Future, Global, God's Law, Godless, Gulag, Hierarchy, History, Hypocrisy, Ideals, Ignorance, Industrialiization, Legacy, Liberty, Lies, Marxism, Masses, Mercy, Misery, Modernization, Moral Compass, Oppression, Optimism, Pessimism, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Progressive, Reality, Responsibility, Seculariism, Self Expression, Self Righteous, Shadow, Slogan, Society, The Fall, Tolerance, Truth, Truth Seeking, Vanity, Youth, Yuval N Harai
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The Truth of the Present
It’s so easy to believe these are the bad ole days as modern day snake oil salesmen tell us of how horrible things are and that they’re bound to get worse. But is that true? Or, is the doom … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged 21st Century, Accountable, Age, al-Qeada, Armada, Asymmetry, Baton, Begun, Brave, Broken, Bungle, Calamity, Capable, Catastrophe, Cause, Cave, Change, Chicken Little, Choice, Coca Cola, Complicity, Conspire, Data Mine, Destruction, Devil, Doom and Gloom, Foothold, Gain, Goat, God, Gunpowder, History, Humanity, Imprint, Innocence, Kings, Law of the Jungle, Legacy, Living History, Logic Bomb, Manage, Manipulate, Mankind, Mery, Motivation, Mutual Destruction, Mystery, Nuclear, Obesity, One, Oppenheimer, Optimism, Orchestrate, Pages, Pain, Peace, People, Pessimism, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Power, Present, Prevail, Rare, Save, Self Defeat, Sown, Spoken, Starvation Line, Sugar, Terrorism, Tire, Tragedy, True Peace, Truth, Unity, Vanity, Veil, War, World
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In the Suffering of Christ
Based on 1 Peter 2:21-25 In the Suffering of Christ by Michael Romani Suffered for the cause of Holy Christ It is the role that we my bear and live Living to our best and to our finest We suffer … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged 1st Peter, Accept, Atone, Bear, Best, Bow, Cause, Chain Breaker, Christ, Clear, Commands, Confidence, Disobey, Elect, Embrace, Eternal, Faith, Father, Fed, Forgive, Glory, Grace, Gracious, Great Comission, Hands, Head, Heart, Holy, Humanity, Humility, Introspection, Jacob's Ladder, Jesus, Lions, Live, Lord, Perfect Man, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Prayer, Reject, Respond, Role, Salvation, Shepherd, Story, Submission, Suffer, The Way, Troubled Days, Truth, Uncomplaining, Vanity, Walk, Willing
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Skeletons In Our Closet
In biology, we are taught that there is an almost linear path of the forms of mankind. Reality is it was a bit messier. Six species of man existed probably concurrently or at least overlapping. One still stands…. Is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Anthropology, Back, Biology, Book, City, Clean Line, Closet, Cousins, Descent, Die Out, Explanation, Eyes, Fallacy, Family, Fossil, Fratricide, Homo Sapiens, Humanity, Incrimination, Invent, Linear Path, Memory, Neanderthal Man, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretentious, Pride, Rise, Sibliings, Singular, Skeleton, Species, Supress, Test, Tests, Think, Tree, Vanity, Whisper, Wish
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Just A Little Broken
Based in part on… life…. and Psalm 34:18: Just A Little Broken by Michael Romani Down at the church, I heard it spoken That all of us are just a little broken You know, I couldn’t deny it I wouldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Psalm, Born Again, Broke, Buy It, Chruch, Contraction, Contrite, Crush, Cure, Dark, David, Deny, Despair, Destruction, Disrepair, Doubt, Fear, Habit, Hear, Heart, Hope, Humanity, Lord, Neglect, Pastor, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, Pure, Pursue, Reject, Save, Scare, Self Will, Sense, Separation, Sin, Sold Out, Spoke, Symptoms, Thrill, Try, Vanity, Wanton, Wonder, World
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A Family
There is family by biology. Then there is family by choice. In many instances who is to say which is the deepest tie. Biology and kinship are interesting in their perspectives, aren’t they? A Family by Michael Romani When life … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Build, Build Again, Burn, Celebrate, Choice, Deep, Dig, Dignity, Dreams, Enough, Family, Humanity, Inch, Large, Live, Love, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Raging Fire, Seems, Tear Down, Tough, Turn, Vanity, Win
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Caged In Differences
Another poem inspired by Mowgli came about as Mowgli seeks to reintegrate into the man village. It seems that many of us cage ourselves by definition dwelling on the things that separate us rather than sharing in the commonalities. None … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Beware, Cage, Closed, Curosity, Dare, Degrees of Separation, Deny, Desperation, Devotion, Difference, Emotion, Fear, Forget, God, Hate, Learn, Lost, Love, Mowgli, Nothing, One Name, Pages, Photograph, Plague, Poem, Poetry, Reverence, Sate, Scare, Tear, Tomorrow, Vanity, Village, Wisdom
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A Gentle Heart At Christmas
The message of Christmas is one that is amply brought to mind by the life lived by the Nikolas who became a bishop and the touted as saint watched the stories of his saintly life turn into the legendary Santa … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Blind, Broken Heart, Candy Store, Christmas, Church, Dream, Eyes, Family, Forgive, Form, Give, God's Love, Hear, Heart, Jeus, Lights, Love, Lullaby, Magic, Mass, Mercy, Midnight Moon, Moments, Photorgraph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Priest, See, Shelter, Snow, Transform, Truth, Vain, Vanity, Warm
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The Practice of Kindness
Based in part on the Gospel according to Luke: The Practice of Kindness by Michael Romani In this world of madness Inundated with sadness What happened to kindness In this world of blindness A moment’s thought for others All of … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind, Cheek, Covenant, Doubt, Find, Forgive, Frailty, Gifts, God, God's Whisper, Good, Gospel, Grace, Heal, Holy, Humanity, Jesus, Kindness, Lose, Love One Another, Loyal, Luke, Madness, Other-Centered, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praxis, Protect, Reliable, Sad, Servants, Serve, Stable, Steadfast, Sword, Tender Mercy, Turn, Vanity, Word
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