Tag Archives: Allow

On Understanding Children’s Literature

Posted on June 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A wisely crafted tale invites its reader or listener, young and old, to inquire what good might be learned from the tale. On Understanding Children’s Literature by Michael Doyle The stories we have heard from childhood Are the classics of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aim, Allow, Aristotle, Art, Attention, Awe, Bless, Blunder, Childhood, Children's Literature, Classic, Craft, Creation, Deep Learning, Demanding, Depth, Detection, Draw, Education, Embrace, Endow, Enjoy, Escapism, Fable, Fiction, First Acts, First Time, Focus, Foster, God, Good, Grow, Heart, History, Hocus Pocus, Imagination, Imitation, Jesus, Know, Knowledge, Learn, Legacy, License, Limitation, Literature, Magic, Making, Met, Metaphor, Morality, Near Perfection, Nobility, Open Inquiry, Other Worlds, Parable, Passages, Photograph, Poem, Poetics, Poetry, Points, Prison, Reality, Retention, Seek, Sense of Wonder, Sharpen, Smaller Scale, Sterility, Story, Sublime, Sum of Darkness, Tale, Tell, Think, Together, Told, True Liberation, Truth, Understand, Understanding, Understood, Unfold, Want, Will, Work, Yearning | Leave a comment

Thoughts On the Hubble Space Telescope

Posted on May 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I find it fascinating that my lady love and I are both interested in things like the exploration of universe and soul. I actually wrote this poem yesterday but didn’t post it. Sort of ran out of time talking… … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Alone, Assauge, Assure, Beauty, Blot, Blue, Born, Cloudy, Collective, Cross, Dark Places, Deep Space, Diffuse, Discover, Eyes, Face, Familiar, Forgiver, Forlorn, Form, Galactic, Galaxies, Glow, Home, Hubble Space Telescope, Intensity, Interstellar, Light, Light Pollution, Light Years, Marvel, Might, Milky Way, Night Skies, Overlap, Passing Days, Path, Perspective, Photograph, Pink, Poem, Poetry, Program, Puzzle, Question, Sea, Search, See, Shine, Silver River, Skies, Space, Spiral, Spy, Stars, Straw Path, Study, Tapestry, Tears, Thoughts, Three Billion, Tonight, Trace, Universe, Urban, Wander, Wish, Wonder, You and I | Leave a comment

Manuscripts Don’t Burn

Posted on April 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Day 22 of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! The optional prompt being to use an idiomatic phrase from another language or popular in another country as a starting point. Manuscripts Don’t Burn by Michael Doyle Years ago when I was younger Words ate … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Ate, Beat, Belong, Burn, Commit, Concept, Country, Dangerous, Dead, Edition, Embrace, Fear, Feel, Felt, Freedom of Press, Frustration, Government, Hunger, Ideas, Idiom, Jail, Learn, Legacy, Light, Live, Long, Manuscirpts, Marketplace, Memory, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Notion, Oral Tradition, Pdd, Photograph, Phrase, Pocket, Poem, Poetry, Prompt, Proud, Rulers, Satire, Say, Sense, Sentiment, Song, Stories, Strong, Tale, Tears, Tell, Thought, View, Way, Words, Write, Written Down, Years, Young | Leave a comment

It Came As It Did

Posted on April 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

First Friday and third day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020. Today’s prompt is to create a word bank based on 10 key words and then not necessarily using all but keeping in mind an effort to echo the rhymes for these until … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Academic, Act, Allegory, Allow, Anomaly, Avoid, Badly, Behave, Beset, Bight, Biochemical, Bite, Brave, Bright, Bright Side, Bungalow, Came, Cave, Cold Sweat, Come What May, Community, Compare, Dance, Depression, Destination, Did, Dog Day, Domino, Elf, Epidemic, Even So, Everything, Fair, Family, Fight, Find, Finite, Foreheads, Gave, Government, Hand, Here, Hesitation, Hold, Home, Hope, I, Immunity, Impression, Impunity, Interest, Isolated, Isolation, Laugh, Library, Light, Love, Mandatory, Mask, Matters, Meaning, Memory, Middle, Might, Moment, Na/GloPoWriMo 20/20, Nation, Night, Noewhere, Noose, Old Play, Opportunity, Origins, Outline, Pair, Pandemic, Perfected, Photograph, Pledge, Poem, Poetry, Poor Me, Pour Me, Prayer, Promise, Psession, Question, Really, Recession, Regret, Roll, Rolling Wave, Rumor, Save, Science, Sew, Share, Shatters, Somewhere, Spread, Stare, Startle, Story, Stubbed Toe, Survive, Systemic, Tell, There, Threat, Time, Together, Tomorrow, Transparency, Travel Ban, Trite, Understand, Unity, Watch, Weaponize, Window, Woe, Word Bank, World, You | Leave a comment

Dead Men and Their Tales

Posted on March 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Even Al Capone thought of himself as a public servant… Dead Men and Their Tales by Michael Doyle It is strange so it seems Clinging to faraway dreams Thoughts stuffed inside my head Dedicated to a father long since dead … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age, Al Capone, Allow, Been, Book, Calculate, Cast, Cheer, Circle, Contemplation, Dark, Dead Men, Dedicate, Dream, End, Father, Fright, Gallows, Glory, Head, History, Hope, Legend, Lip, Listen, Loop, Lot, Math, Meditation, Meet, Might, Mystery, Near, Night, Noose, Path, Photograph, Pirate, Pleasures, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Proud, Public Servant, Read, Repeat, Right, Rumor, Sage, Seem, Shadow, Sin, Soul, Story, Strange, Tale, Whisper, Wise | Leave a comment

Just A Bit of Near Christmas Cheer

Posted on December 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Happiest of National Lager Days 2019!* That’s right, someone thought enough of lager to make December 10th, it’s special day! So in keeping on keeping on…. Just A Bit of Near Christmas Cheer by Michael Romani It was getting to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2019, Allow, Barmaid, Bartender, Beer, Blitzen, Bright, Christmas, Christmas Cheer, Crescendo, Crowd, Curl, Dance, December 10th, Face, Feel, Flavor, Flirt, Fun, Hid, Holiday, Hum, Keys, Laugh, Light Blonde, Look, Loud, Mellow, Melody, Mid, Moves, National Lager Day, Pale Lager, Photograph, Pilsner, Please, Poem, Poetry, Prance, Quiet, Rhapsody, Smile, Smooth, Sobriety, Spirits, Spoons, Style, Tap, Tapping, Time of Year, Twelve Ounce | Leave a comment

The Paradox of Being

Posted on November 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of gratitude #9 for all that God has brought into my life, all the lessons learned and the love felt as blessings along the way. The Paradox of Being by Michael Romani It’s there in our perspective Being … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Being, Belong, Blessing, Choice, Close, Compete, Divinity, Field, Full Circle, God, Gratitude, Honest, Humble, Humility, Know, Lesson, Life, Live, Love, Met, Moment, Mustard Seed, Mystery, Paradox, Peace, Perspective, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Rejoice, Repeat, Right, Solid, Trust, Truth, Wrong | Leave a comment

A Humble Path Past Conflict

Posted on November 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Part of living a life with more gratitude might include less fight and conflict and greater humility. Poem #2 for this season of thankfulness: A Humble Path Past Conflict by Michael Romani With gratitude not as demanding Toward the God … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alienation, Allow, Angle, Blame, Build, Co-Creative, Communicate, Conflict, Crucial, Demand, Destination, Divinity, Ear, Either/Or, Eye, Fascination, Find, Form, Gain, God, Grace, Grateful, Gratitude, Heal, Heart, Humble, Humility, Invite, Live, Need, Openness, Pain, Path, Peace, People, Petty, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Power, Reframe, Reject, Relate, Relationship, Release, Ritual, Share, Something, Spark, Strive, Stumble, Thankfulness, Theology, Thing, Three, Triangle, Tribe, Unity, Worship | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Each Moment of Life Is A Miracle and Mystery

Posted on August 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.” – H. G. Wells

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Allow, Bind, Calendar, Clock, Fact, HG Wells, Life, Miracle, Moment, Mystery, Thought For the Day, We | Leave a comment

Oxygen Reexamined

Posted on June 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

One of the little miracles of life that we too often take for granted is the level of oxygen on our fair planet and just what this does for us without much of an effort by most. Oxygen Reexamined by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Astrophysical, Bacteria, Barren, Believe, Biology, Breath, Breathe, Chemistry, Complexity, Conceive, Dallol Ethiopia, Death, Devoid, Duplicity, Empower, Environment, Essential, Estimate, Evidence, Examine, Food, Grow, Immensity, Life, Miracle, Oxygen, Perceive, Photograph, Planet, Poem, Poetry, Power, Presence, Providence, Strength, Sulphur, Tittue | Leave a comment