Category Archives: Photographs & Memories

Daily Prompt – Initiative

Posted on August 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Like a jigsaw puzzle, we fit this together Feeling the truth of being better together I struggled with the initiative of saying hi Feeling certain I would get no reply But much to my happiness, I’ve been blessed In so … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Butterfly

Posted on August 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In the garden, she loves to watch them flutter by As she holds up her hand softly waiting on a butterfly To quietly, softly glide into a landing on her hand My beautiful daughter seems to sweetly understand That some … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Distant

Posted on August 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The end of a long day fishing has finally arrived As the captain thinks on how he has survived Always eking a humble living from the sea Respecting the ocean with all of its majesty Spotting the distant lighthouse on … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Belly

Posted on August 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In Rumi’s pond, waded a pinkish flamingo Whose presence was as a belly dancer’s shadow The eye of Ra became its own perception of light As a sensuous beat flowed from the palace into the night Fatima dances while warding off … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Thin

Posted on August 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Shooting from the far side I feeling it thin Lost my pride Looking in; looking in All those things that I done Got this rabbit on the run Praying from near side Reeling it in Talking ’bout my pride Looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Cost, Daily Prompt, Debt, Far Side, Guilt, Introspection, Loss, Lost, Poetry, Pride, Rabbit, Run, Thin, Wish | Leave a comment

Word Prompt – Angel

Posted on August 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Better men than me have caved to adversity Losing their way in life’s forms of perversity But, I may be among the first to openly agree That the angel on my back gets the best of me As she speaks … Continue reading →

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Word Prompt – Narrow

Posted on August 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In all sense and longing for fairness You find it hard to believe that The world around us couldn’t care less Yet, it’s just a natural sort of fact That while wide is the gate of destruction It runs counter … Continue reading →

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Word Prompt – Thin

Posted on August 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes there is a thin line Between what’s right and wrong You need a crystal ball to divine On which side you belong Teetering on the edge of my chair Moving fast but going nowhere I search my mind for … Continue reading →

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Word Prompt – Choice

Posted on August 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The old guitarist sat casually strumming Daydreaming about summer spent thumbing Across what was then his own little world Just to be in the company of a certain girl Finally starting to lift up his quiet ole voice He sang … Continue reading →

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Word Prompt – Venus

Posted on August 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Usually make up a new poem here for the word prompts. This time however, a repeat from 2017: Venus, Bringer of Peace by Michael Romani In the early 1900s, so many were struck by Theosophy Falling into studying the occult, … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Adoration, Astrology, Bringer of Peace, Caden, Cadence, Daily Prompt, Fallen Man, History, Holtz, Mars, Nation, Orchestra, Peace, Sublime, Synthesis, The Planets, Theosophy, Venus | Leave a comment