Category Archives: Poetry and Poems

Solo

Posted on February 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Solo by Michael Romani Too many are preoccupied by what they could That they never get around to if they should A sentiment that you can proclaim with a sigh Though so few do that I have to wonder why … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chases, Clincher, Empire, Hans Solo, Hero, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Princesses, Proposition, Sentiment, Star Wars, Swashbuckling, Task, Wink | Leave a comment

Crashed

Posted on February 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Crashed by Michael Romani If the world crashed to its end I’d still be beside you my friend If life was worse than death And I was certain there was nothing left Like Prometheus stealing God’s fire I would fight … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ashes, Chains, Connection, Crashed, Death, Fire, Friend, Heart, Life, Love, Prometheus, Rise | Leave a comment

A Thing About Machines

Posted on February 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In the continuing series for my eldest daughter, a poem for The Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 4: A Thing About Machines by Michael Romani A practicing sophisticate; writer of precious things There is a tart sophistry to all that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Thing About Machines, Conspiracy, Desperation, Goodness, Malcontent, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Regret, Sophisticate, Sublime, The Twilight Zone | Leave a comment

To the Unborn

Posted on February 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

To the Unborn by Michael Romani Clothed in Christ As my redeemer Some around think That I’m a dreamer But, there’s no turning back There is nothing that I lack As I move on forward And ever and always toward … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abortion, Depravity, Forgiveness, Guidance, Life, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Redeemer, Reverence, Unborn, Workmanship | Leave a comment

Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room

Posted on February 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room by Michael Romani Jackie Rhoades stumbles into age thirty four Like a blemished dot behind the cheap hotel’s door While some men leave a mark of fragmentary existence All Jackie has are traces … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Better Life, Choice, Existence, Fate, Mirror, Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, The Twilight Zone | 1 Comment

The Perfect Nanny

Posted on February 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The Perfect Nanny by Michael Romani She didn’t know how to die Only how to give away death The story revolves as to why Perhaps, it is all she had left The modality of a perfect nanny For two quickly … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Children, Death, Die, Family, Grisly, Immigrant, Parents, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Red Flags, Return to Work, The Perfect Nanny, Travesty | Leave a comment

Your Body Is A Metaphor

Posted on February 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Your Body Is A Metaphor by Michael Romani There, I said it Your body is a metaphor I’m telling you, sister It’s a real tongue twister One might argue it as intentional And way beyond conventional Problematically slippery when wet … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Articulation, Backhanded, Body, Currency, Jawbreakers, Metaphor, Out at the Elbows, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rubbernecking, Slippery When Wet, Tongue Twister, Your Body Is A Metaphor | Leave a comment

Super Blue Moon

Posted on January 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Super Blue Moon by Michael Romani There’s an extraordinary promise To be found in the super blue moon So she says and in introspection, I compromise Basking in the glow and say we’ll see soon Internally thinking blood moon, blue … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beginning, Belief, Blood Moon, Compromise, Doors, Eclipse, Ending, Freeing, Introspection, Love, Magic, Poem, Poetry, Shackles, Stardust, Super Blue Moon, Super Moon, Trust | Leave a comment

The Man In the Bottle

Posted on January 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing with my daughter’s challenge to me, we have a poem based on The Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 2: The Man In the Bottle by Michael Romani A couple infinitely patient and quite gentle The Castles have lived life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abstract, Consequence, Genie, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, The Man In the Bottle, The Twilight Zone, Wise, Wishes | Leave a comment

King Nine Will Not Return

Posted on January 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

https://flic.kr/p/qGBbJC Continuing in the Series for my eldest daughter Angie, based on original Twilight Zone series, Season 2, Episode 1 King Nine Will Not Return by Michael Romani The place is Africa in 1943 Where war spits out so violently … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Africa, Bomber, Desert, Fragment, History, King Nine Will Not Return, Libya, Metaphor, Mystery, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shadow, Survivor's Guilt, The Twilight Zone, World War II | Leave a comment