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A New Nation Born Pt II
The American story series continues… A New Nation Born Pt II by Michael Doyle In the haphazard wake of 1776 There were so many constructs to fix The ancients had always taught Only a smallish sized republic should be sought … Continue reading
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Tagged 1776, 1781, America, Anarchy, Ancient, Argument, Articles of Confederation, Balance, Bill of Rights, Born, British, Capable, Cause, Cautious, Centralized Power, Compromise, Conflict, Connection, Constitution, Constitution Day, Constrict, Construct, Convetion, Correction, Country, Daniel Shay, Deficiency, Democracy, Drive, Economy, Engrave, Equal, Expansion, Explanation, Explode, Explosiion, Fabric, Fair Say, Fear, Focus, Formation, Friendship, Function, General Good, George Washington, Government, Hamilton, Hellion, History, Human Condition, Human Nature, Implode, Impotence, Interests, James Madison, Just, Legacy, Legislation, Locus, Mature, Nation, Nation Under Law, National, National Identity, Natural Allies, New, New Jersey, Northwest Ordinance, Notes of the Constitutional Convention, Paralyze, Philadelphia Experiment, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Politics, Population, Possible, Power, Pressure Cooked, Primacy, Rebellion, Reliance, Rendition, Representation, Republic, Republican, Ruin, Sober, Spain, Standard, States, Survive, Ten Amendments, The Federalist Papers, Think, Time, Tinder Box, Understood, Unfold, Virginia, Wall, Westward, Wise, Work With the Grain, Young
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The Arrow Shoots Straight
We can do nothing about our yesterdays. We cannot do a whole lot about our tomorrows but prepare. All we are promised and all that we have is this moment we breathe. The Arrow Shoots Straight by Michael Romani We … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Anger, Arrow, Belief, Breathe, Brother, Cave, Dead, Dragon, Echo, Fight, Fire, Forgive, Grief, Head, Hide, Honor, Inflict, Inside, Inspire, Jesus, Live, Meaning, Miss, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Promise, Quiet, Remember, Straight, Stranger, Sublime, Survive, Taint, Tear, Tears, Time, Today, Tomorrow, True Love, Wall, We, Year, Yesterday
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Hole Inside My Gospel
I know that I’m not the only one who is a believer. Nor am I the only one amazed at the things he does despite believing, right? Still…. Hole Inside My Gospel by Michael Romani Like so many among the … Continue reading
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Tagged About, Believe, Better Man, Bliss, Blow, Bluff, Brave, Bubble, Calling, Compel, Confidence, Crumble, Day, Disappear, Doubt, Example, Fade, Fallen, Father, Fear, Find, Fire, Gospel, Hard, Hide, His, Hole, Hope, Inspire, Know, Live, Love, Muse, Night, Pardon, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Pride, Razzle Dazzle, Right, Safe, Secret, Shadow, Soul, Stay, Struggle, Stuff, Stumble, Tale, Tear, Trouble, Wall, Will, Wish, World, Write
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Kitchen Table Top Theology
Today is a day with some great choices. Never being one for liking too many choices.. let’s celebrate all three in a way and still keep it in the season? So how about a poem for Gingerbread House Day, National … Continue reading
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Tagged Bethlehem, Bored, Bright, Candy, Christmas Eve, Christmas Star, Christmas Tunes, Chuck Berry, Ding A Ling, Divinity, Doom and Gloom, Family, Five Points, Frosting, Gingerbread House, Girls, Grin, Holy, House of Bread, Kitchen, Modern Days, Nuance, Oldies Station, Phone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poinsettia, Restore, Rotary, Smile, Snow, Soon, Spirit, Star of David, Sweater, Table, Theology, Trivia, TV, Urban Dictionary, Wall
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The Healing Acceptance of Self
A poem of humility and gratitude # 12: The Healing Acceptance of Self by Michael Romani With gratitude, I accept myself No longer looking for answers from a shelf But, seeking instead to find peace from within Behind that wall … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolution, Accept, Alone, Answers, Awake, Blade, Burn, Child, Christ, Cobblestone, Comfort, Compulsion, Confusion, Constant, Cut, Discovery, Divine, Drama, Drown, Dysfunction, Eternity, Fade, Family, God, Grace, Gratitude, Healing, Heart, History, Humanity, Humility, Illusion, Love, Magic, Memory, Moment, Night, Pain, Pass, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pride, Question, Rain, Reality, Recovery, Sand, Scheme, Self, Self Affliction, Serenity, Shadow, Silence, Sin, Soul, Steps, Tears, Time, Trap, Trauma, Unfinished Business, Victim, Wall, Warm, Within
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In Sacred Witness
In this season of thankfulness and gratitude, poem #2: In Sacred Witness by Michael Romani Then was a time for counting coup But along the way, I grabbed a clue That just maybe we should be less about glory In … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Act, Addict, Aftermath, Back, Begun, Body Bag, Broken, Brutality, Build, Choose, Clue, Co-Create, Commitment, Community, Conflict, Construction, Convince, Coup, Cut, Danger, Destruction, Door, Each, Empower, Fade, Forward, Garden, Global Story, Glory, God's Family, Gratitude, Heal, Hopi, Humility, Immortality, Implication, Inside, Integration, Learn, Legends, Light, Lone Wolf, Lose, Lost, Love, Math, Meant, Nourish, Nurture, Outgrown, Passage, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Post Modernity, Pray, Prepetual, Pth, Right Relationship, Sacred, Security, Separation, Shatter, Stranger, Stumble, Surrender, Survive, Test, Thankfulness, Thrive, Time, Together, Tragedy, Truth, Turn Away, Two Edged Sword, Unity, Victim, Walk, Wall, War, War Paint, Whisper, Win, Witness, Won, World, Youth
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Twist of the Kissed
Halloween Poem #14 (written on 10/13/2019 so really number 13.. how unlucky that I fell behind on posting like that….or as my little girls say.. “Or, did I?”) Twist of the Kissed by Michael Romani We prize the things most … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood, Both, Dark, Death, Dim, Face, Ghost, Grace, Halloween, Hand, House, Inner, Kiss, Kissed, Light, Lost, Love, Man, Master's Call, Monster, Mud, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prize, Rainbow, Shadow, Sight, Soul, Tragedy, Twist, Venom, Wall, Window
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A Keening of Cause
Halloween Poem #9: A Keening of Cause by Michael Romani Fallen into second sight’s vision I find myself lost in indecision There inside that stinging fog Sawn in half like a totem’s log It’s too late for what will come … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood, Burn, Cause, Danger, Darkness, Death, Doom, Drum, Eye, Fall, Fog, Gateway, Halloween, Hear, History, Immortal, Keen, Lamentation, Late, Legacy, Lost, Lucifer, Mystery, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Raven, Scar, Second Sight, Shine, Tattoo, Thrill, Totem, Wall, Will
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Pick Up Sticks
Canines and mankind have a relationship that has recently been discovered to be much older than thought for most of my life. The estimate I heard today on an audiobook about animal behavior placed this friendship back over 100,000 years … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid, Apache, Bag, Boy, Brave, Canine, Coyote, Creatures, Cry, Dark, Evil, Fear, Harshness, Hell, Howl, Illusion, Innocent, Light, Lucifer, Mankind, Night, Petroglyph, Photograph, Pick Up, Poem, Poetry, Satan, Shade, Sinner, Sky, Sticks, Sunlight, Tale, Trick, Wall, Winner, Wolf
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What Is Art?
I was sitting on a swing in a virtual world and thinking on how beautiful the build was that had been designed to evoke and memorialize my dead family members and close friends who had died before their time and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ars, Art, Axiology, Balance, Beauty, Build, Circumstance, Comfort, Concept, Craft, Define, Deny, Determination, Dread, Dream, Effort, Era, Escape, Evidence, Evoke, Expression, Eyes, Fail, Fear, Form, Formal Quality, Hang, Harmony, Heart, Hue, Imiate, Know, Meaning, Memorial, Mimesis, Mind, Organic, Origin, Originality, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Providence, Rendition, Representation, Response, Rhythm, Show, Skill, Soul, Spill, Truth, Ugly, Unity, Value, Views, Virtual, Wall, Way, World
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