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First Principles: Beware of Too Many High Sounding Words Absent Accompanying Actions
“We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.” – Abigail Adams
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Actions, Correspond, Difficutl, Expectation, Few, Fire, First Principles, High Sounding, Hope, Noble, Ouselves, Private Ambition, Public Wellbeing, Quench, Sacrifice, Souls, Task, Undertaking, Words
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Thought For the Day: Kindness Costs Little While Accomplishing Much
“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” – Blaise Pascal
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Tagged Accomplish, Blaise Pascal, Cost, Kind, Much, Thought For the Day, Words
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The ABCDerian of Modern Life
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 19’s challenge is to write a ABCDerian. Here’s my attempt: The ABCDerian of Modern Life by Michael Romani Alphabet soup served as Breakfast that day Cereal having been ate Deliciously the other day Edible as these are Few … Continue reading
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Tagged ABCDerian., Adults, Alphabet Soup, Babies, Breakfast, Cereal, Choices, Delicious, Family, Few, Grow Up, Kids, Limit, Meals, Modern Life, Modern Times, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nutrition, Overnight, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preach, Quorum, Surrender, Together, Words, Zygotes
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First Principles: To Be Good and Do Good Is the Entire Duty of Mankind
“To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.” – Abigail Adams
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Be Good, Do Good, First Principles, Heroes, Learned Women, Mankind, Philosophers, Statesmen, Whole Duty, Words
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Thought For the Day:
“The true poem rests between the words.” – Vanna Bonta
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Tagged Between, Poem, Rest, Thought For the Day, True, Vanna Bonta, Words
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A Pillow’s Talk of Things
The ninth day of Na/GloPoWriMo is based on the lists found in Sei Shonagon’ s The Pillow Talk. As the hour has grown later than I had hoped and only just recently finished a show along with a late dinner and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adore, Attention, Attitude, Beast, Beloved, Best, Best Intention, Breeze, Bring, Busy Day, Care, Chase, Chase Circles, Cloud, Confide, Confusion, Conquer, Cry, Delight, Depression, Despise, Difference, Diffidence, Enchantment, Eye to Eye, Face, Fascination, Find, Fruits, Game, God's Daughter, Grace, Gratitude, Hate, Heart, Heart Sing, Hope, Hour, Imagination, Impression, Intention, Keep, Knowledge, Known, Lady Love, Last, Late, Laughter, Lifetimes, Love, Memory, Mesmerize, Mind, Moon, Na/GloPoWriMo, Night, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Power, Precious, Prove, Pure, Questions, Raindrop, Reason Why, Rendition, Respect, Rule, Save, Sei Shonagon, Share, She, Sigh, Smile, Solitary Power, Soul, Sparkle, Spell Caster, Tantalize, Tear, Tears, Test, The Pillow Talk, Thought, Times, Tree House, Trouble, Upset, Voice, Vow, Way, Word, Words
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A Parchment To Write On
Today, April 1, 2019, marks the beginning of the annual National/Global Poetry Writing Month. The first gauntlet flung down is to write a poem based on the idea of making something. A friend suggested parchment. This became to me how … Continue reading
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Tagged Binding, Bloom, Cactus Garden, Calfskin, Charm, Cherish, Coffee, Complicity, Drive, Embellish, Ensnare, Family, Father, Felt, Gilt, Hours, Humidity, Illuminate, Joshua Tree National Park, Lines, Membrane, Memory, National/Global Poetry Writing Month, Oasis, Ocotillo, Panoramic, Parchment, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Ponder, Prayer, Preservee, Quire, Rain, Rock Formation, Scrape, Simplicity, Smile, Springtime, Stable, Story, Travel, Tree, Unveil, Veining, Vellum, Visions, Warmth, Wildflowers, Winter, Words, Write
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A Prairie Sky’s Truth
Sometimes seeing things differently is mental illness; sometimes it’s seeing things differently. A show I was watching at the suggestion of a person who is increasingly important to me portrayed that in an interesting bit that I have attempted to … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Anticipation, Behind, Blind, Blue, Cancer, Candle, Delusion, Different, Disappear, Disturb, Dream, Drown, Expectation, Eyes, Find, Free, Grow, Help, Home, Hope, Illusion, Kid, Learn, Lesson, Life, Light, Long, Lost, Love, Mediate, Medicate, Melody, Mental Illness, Mind, Night, Numb, Pain, Passing Year, Person, Perspective, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Prairie Sky, Pray, Question, Return, Reverent, Say, Science, Sense, Signs, Silent Scream, Sleep, Society, Strong, Think, Treat, Truth, Tunnel, Wake, Words, You and I
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On Outrunning Grief
You cannot outrun grief. On Outrunning Grief by Michael Romani It has been said And I assume it’s true Words from inside my head That same for me; the same for you You hide yours in a diary I keep … Continue reading
Things I’m Learning From You
Dedicated to all those I like and love however imperfectly… Things I’m Learning From You by Michael Romani I’ve long sought my authenticity Pursuing it with great integrity Only to find that in the much I believed I was too … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Authenticity, Begun, Beileve, Calvary, Checkered Past, Cherish, Clarity, Close, Deceived, Fell, Forgive, Gaffe, Gain, Grew, History, Hurt, Ignorance, Imperfect, Indecision, Integrity, Intimacy, Knew, Laugh, Learn, Love, Memory, Mind, Monkey, Morning, Night, One, Pain, Pajama Party, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Sincere, Sleepless, Smile, Soul, Sun, Surprise, Twenty Questions, Two, Words, You
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