Tag Archives: Air

Thankful For God’s Love and Mercy

Posted on November 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1st Samuel: Thankful For God’s Love and Mercy by Michael Romani Giving thanks for all at all times Expressed in my thousand rhymes Always seeking wisdom in my prayers Walking this world without false airs Surely … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1st Samuel, Adoration, Air, Better, Blessed, Brave, Children of God, Conquer, Constant, Courage, Cross, Depth, Dignity, Divinity, Embrace, Every Day, Face, Faith, Find, Forgiven, Forward, Given, God, Goodness, Gratitude, Heaven, Hesitate, Holy, House, Humanity, Humility, Inventory, Lord, Love, Mercy, Ministry, Offer, Pause, Photograph, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Prevail, Problems, Pure, Purity, Puzzle, Rhyme, Sequence, Show, Sin, Small, Song, Soul, Spirit, Steadfast, Step, Still, Strength, Tale, Teach, Thanks, Time, Together, Toward, Walk, Way, Ways, Win, Wisdom, Wonder, Wrongs | Leave a comment

Stage Craft

Posted on October 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #27: Stage Craft by Michael Romani All of the magic in hocus pocus Is merely that of diverting focus Legendary in its sleight of hand It’s all just illusion; understand? Like guns on a stage in the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actor, Air, Applause, Approach, Assault, Audience, Children, Compulsion, Costume, Craft, Cup, Dig Deep, Dirt, Discuss, Distraction, Doctor, Dull, Dying, Fact, Factor, Fear, First Act, Flair, Flow, Focus, Frankenstein, Gauge, God, Grown Ups, Gun, Half, Halloween, Hocus Pocus, Illusion, Imagination, Junk, Known, Levitation, Magic, Malt, Memory, Mind, Morphine, Odd, Offstage, Old Actor, Part, Pause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polite, Preception, Protocol, Psychological, Ramble, Saw, See, Shamble, Shell Game, Show, Shown, Shriek, Simple, Sleight of Hand, Stage, Stake, Storm, Suspense, Treats, Trunk, Use, Woman | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day Expanded: Plant Intelligence and Its Implications For Behavior

Posted on September 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In deciding to remake Aloha Promises Forever into more based on who I truly am and the thoughts that I hold up to examination, I thought I’d experiment by setting out the following: While home busily being sick, I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Air, Anti-Fa, Behavior, Cast Out, Contrary, Core, Deplorable., Evidence, Expanded, Feel, Feelling, Food, Global Climate Change, Implication, Manmade, Nazi Germany, Neo Fascists, Neurobiology, Plant Intelligence, Sentient, Stefano Mancusco, The Revolutionary Genius of Plants, Think, Thinking, Thought For the Day, Totalitarian, True Science, Vegan | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: When We Listen, the Air Is Heavy With Poems, Ripe For Plucking

Posted on September 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If we listen, the air is heavy with poems, ripe for plucking.” – Yahia Lababidi, aphorist (b. 25 Sep 1973)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Air, Heavy, Listen, Plucking, Poems, Ripe, Thought For the Day, We, Yahia Lababidi | Leave a comment

Happy 72nd Birthday To the US Air Force!

Posted on September 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Aiming high for 72 years now since September 18, 1947! This branch of service is responsible for protecting our skies and space.

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 72nd, Air, Air Force, Branch, Happy Birthday, Protect, Service, Space, United States | Leave a comment

Catch & Release

Posted on April 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Am I alone in seeing that the world has its moments of understated brilliance? Catch and Release by Michael Romani Writing to write, so it seems Is often the child of unknown dreams Miscast, recanted or fully embraced The soul … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Annoucement, Ashes, Blink, Blossom, Brilliance, Catch, Child, Contrast, Crowd, Days, Deadpan, Deoor, Desire, Discipline, Disgrace, Dwell, Element, Embrace, Fire, Fisherman, Freeze Frame, Glory, Human Being, Impossible, Inhumanity, Lessons, Light, Limbo, Loop, Loud, Many, Miscast, Nights, One, Phase, Photograph, Phrase, Physics, Pieces, Poem, Poetry, Pronounce, Reality, Recant, Reflect, Release, Resemble, Resiliance, Scripture, Shaolin Fighter, Shatter, Silence, Singular, Skies, Soul, Stoop, Story, Super Power, Survivor, Teach, Truth, Typewriter, Unknown Dreams, War, Whisper, Write, Writer | Leave a comment

Memory of Fireworks Haiku

Posted on February 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I keep stumbling around trying to catch up with this whole Milkwood Poem of a Day event. Mainly, it seems that when bits and pieces are done out of sequence, it confuses me to where to go from there. With … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Behind, Cherish, Chill, Close, Color, End, Eyes, Fade, Fireworks, Gone, Gratitude, Haiku, Heart, Hurt, Japanese, Laughter, Left, Linger, Lost, Love, Memory, Milkwood, One, Other, Past, Path, Poem, Poem A Day, Poetry, Safe, See, Smile, Summertime, Sweet Dream, Understand, Us, Will, Wish | Leave a comment

Jenny Lind

Posted on December 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

P. T. Barnum once said something like the greatest art is the art of making people happy. Personally, I think he was really onto something with this. Then again, as the child that I’ve always been, I’ve always loved a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Air, America, Angel, Applause, Art, Beauty, Bell Ringer, Breath, Broken, Cage, Care, Circus, Critic, Crowd, Dare, Decision, Destination, Devine, Devotion, Game, Happy, Heart, Heartless, Hoodwink, Imagination, Jenny Lind, Legacy, Legitimate, Lights, Night, Nightingale, Opera, P.T. Barnum, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Privilege, Real, Real Deal, Reputation, Self Promotion, Sham, Shame, Showman, Sing, Soundrel, Sparkle, Spotlight, Stage, Station, Tale, Taste, Top Shelf, Truth, Unwise, Voice, Wealth | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Madness

Posted on October 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

What’s Halloween without a little madness thrown in? To Play With Madness by Michael Romani The witches play with madness While mankind finds its sadness The comic tragedy plays out It seems each step descends into doubt Some things transcend … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Air, Comic, Creeping, Daily Prompt, Disrepair, Doubt, Dream, Evidence, Excite, Hair, History, Limelight, Madness, Mankind, Murder, Mystery, Providence, Sadness, Scotland Yard, Seem, Step, Street, Tragedy, Trouble, Witch | Leave a comment

Sonic Gems: Air – Air Lore

Posted on January 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Founded in 1971, Air was a Chicago based free jazz trio founded in 1971. It’s founding members include Henry Threadgill on sax, Fred Hopkins on double bass and Steve McCall on drums. This unique combo blended radical free improvisation with … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Air, Air Lore, Free Jazz, Improvisation, Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin, Sonic Gems, Threadgill, Trio | Leave a comment