Category Archives: Poetry and Poems

Finding the Extraordinary

Posted on August 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Samuel 16:13 Finding the Extraordinary by Michael Romani Love burns like a blazing white light Bringing soul shine into my night The hallelujah in your bright eyes Offers it’s brilliant sense of surprise Lifted up … Continue reading →

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Short Poetry Workshop – Crystalline – Crystalline Hope (Small Town Life)

Posted on August 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Indiana is filled with small towns and with these people of the earth who remind us of what it means to be neighbors and community. Crystalline Hope (Small Town Life) by Michael Romani Down the way on a country highway … Continue reading →

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Short Poetry Work Shop – Crystalline – Crystalline Images of the State Fair

Posted on August 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Tonight’s short form poetry workshop focused on the Crystalline form. The description we were provided of this form is: “The Crystalline comprises of two lines of around 17 syllables in total and they may rhyme.” “A couplet may be “regular” … Continue reading →

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Subversive Words

Posted on August 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It’s funny to think of a dictionary as subversive isn’t it? Yet, there was a maelstrom of resistance to changes in how to approach English in 1961. Subversive Words by Michael Romani In 1961, wordsmiths grew defensive Declaring Webster’s … Continue reading →

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On Breaking Free

Posted on August 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

1 Kings 19:1-21 On Breaking Free by Michael Romani Coming into the presence with thanksgiving Finding the Lord helps my everyday living Standing in the garden looking at morning dew And thinking on all that I must endure and do … Continue reading →

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Hearts That Burn

Posted on August 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

History shows a weird thread of interlacing love and hate that has come to influence all of humanity. Were it God’s way and not ours, I am thinking and believing there would be a lot more love and maybe none … Continue reading →

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Long Knife

Posted on August 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

I watched part of a Western tonight after not having watched one for years. So far two poems from it and over an hour more to go. Isn’t it interesting how there is a poem in just about everything. It’s … Continue reading →

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Musical Afterthoughts

Posted on August 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Music is a universal language that speaks to each of our souls. In all of my life, I have never someone whose heart cannot be reached through music. I started my study of music via classical music at a very … Continue reading →

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The Squishy Sound of Democracy

Posted on August 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The suppression of free speech is a leading indicator of fascism not freedom and certainly not the small r republican values our Founding Fathers advocated in their classical liberalism. I for one refuse to bend to tyranny from any camp… … Continue reading →

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The Mission of Paris

Posted on August 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In the continuing saga of the fall of Troy: The Mission of Paris by Michael Romani Cheering Trojans party like no tomorrow Whispered rumors bring their sorrow A maiden finds her lips are sealed While coming darkness through a mirror … Continue reading →

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