Monthly Archives: April 2018

Thought For the Day: Happily Ever After Is Made One Day At A Time

Posted on April 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It is only possible to live happily ever after on a  day-to-day basis.” – Margaret Bonnano        

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Inchoate

Posted on April 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Is it maybe a just little too late To take us back to a time inchoate Where peace reigned in the village And our memories would not pillage The innocence of only just yesterday Before all these troubles came our … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Honor Forbids Us To Surrender Freedom

Posted on April 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Patience Is Also Action

Posted on April 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Patience is also a form of action.” – Auguste Rodin, sculptor (1840-1917)      

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Na/GloPoWriMo 6: Comprehending the Asylum

Posted on April 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

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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Na/GloPoWriMo 5: To Be me, Not You

Posted on April 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Day 5 arrived yesterday about the same time that I upped my running (albeit at a very slow pace) to an hour of running.  There’s my excuse and I’m keeping with it.  It’s hard to write a new poem when … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Haul

Posted on April 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Taking a long view of it over all We find that we have had quite the haul But as long as we are dishing Let’s talk a little about overfishing Like all first takes at technology We overfished ourselves into … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Road That Providence Has Set For the United States Should Never Be Abandoned

Posted on April 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be regretted indeed would it be, were we to neglect the means and to depart from … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: To Fully Live, We Must Apply Knowledge and Take Action

Posted on April 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe      

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Coda: A Eulogy For A King

Posted on April 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, 1968.  In his honor and to memorialize in some small way his life and legacy: Coda: A Eulogy For A King by Michael Romani Born into a world of brutality In … Continue reading →

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