Tag Archives: Better

On the Importance of True History

Posted on March 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How did an intellectual fraud like Howard Zinn become the go to guy for American history in our public schools? It’s sort of outrageous. I remember when I was of a different mindset and more open to his … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ages, Analysis, Battlefields, Been, Best, Better, Bible, Blood, Bloody, Books, Celebration, Children, Choice, Circumstance, Civilization, Cognitive, Complexity, Consent, Context, Criticism, Decision, Deconstruction, Destruction, Direction Observation, Distortion, Enmesh, Examine, Eyes, Fail, Fate, Finest Hours, Fix, Fixed, Forget, Fragile, Freedom, Frontier, Good, Governed, Gun, Happenstance, History, Hope, Howard Zinn, Illustration, Important, Inquiry, Insight, Intellectual Fraud, Judgment, Lesson, Liberty, Light, Long Ago, Loss, Manipulate, Mankind, Moments, Mortal Needs, Muddy, Nation, New World, Observation, Old World, Optimisim, Past, Path, Perspective, Pieces, Poem, Poetry, Power, Present, Price, Recall, Reflective, Revolution, Right, Sacrifice, Search, Skew, Snapshot, Social, Soul, Sown, Suffice, Think, Time, Treasure, True, Truth, Twin, Unfold, War, When, Whole, Willing, Wise | Leave a comment

Pandemic Confronted

Posted on March 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

On looking slightly back at a day of visitation with two princesses who mean all the world to me and reflection on the current events of our times. Pandemic Confronted by Michael Doyle What a day to roundly irrational In … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Angel, Answer, Bad Joke, Better, Bravado, Bring, Brisk, Calm, Celebrate, Choke, Confess, Confront, Consequence, Covoid 19, Dad, Dancer, Day, Day's End, Deep, Depart, Devil, Diplomatic, Eldest, Embrace, End, Epidemic, Eye, Face, Father, Fear, Fear Monger, First, God, Goodbye, Heart, Hid, Hug, Imperfect, Irrational, Joke, Kill, Know, Last Day, Laugh, Loneliness, Looking Back, Love, Meal, Memory, Pandemic, Photograph, Pi, Poem, Poetry, Recompense, Reply, Revealing, Right, Risk, Round, Saint Patrick's Day, Sarcoidosis, See, Sent Off, Shower, Smile, Soul, Tear, Tell, Together, Trace, Visitation, Warm, Watch, Way, Wordplay | Leave a comment

Letters In the Window

Posted on March 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Typography choices are fascinatingly subtle and yet make all the difference. I struggle with seeing this as art. But, indeed it truly is. Letters In the Window by Michael Doyle Letters blended with sophistication Dependent on the reader’s appreciation … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appreciation, Art, Better, Black Letter, Canvas, Change, Crash, Culture, Design, Display, Ease, Ensnare, Eye, Font, Forward, Four, Geometry, Grip, Hype, Letters, Live, Manicules, Modern, Music, One Trick Pony, Oxygen, Parliment, Pause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Primitive, Puzzle, Rap, Reader, Signature Moment, Smile, Sophistication, Square, Style, Subtle, System, Tales, Tread, Type, Typography, View, Watch Face, Window, Words | Leave a comment

Souls On the Line

Posted on March 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Ever had that moment when you suddenly knew that however scary love is, you had met your forever in the eyes of the one you love? Souls On the Line by Michael Doyle My soul is on the line Wanting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always, Baby, Beautiful, Believe, Best of Love, Better, Beyond, Blind, Bliss, Broken, Choose, Clever, Dare, Doubt, Dream, Eyes, Feel, Feeling, Find, Forever, Happiness, Heart, Inside, Kind, Know, Life, Line, Love, Marking Time, Mind, Mine, Moment, Much, Must, Our, Out, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Puzzle, Reach, Real, Room, Soul, Spoken, Sublime, Surreal, Together, Touch, Travel, Trust, Want, Wonder, Words | Leave a comment

Game of Hearts

Posted on March 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Some say the grass is always greener. I don’t. Game of Hearts by Michael Doyle Don’t make my heart Into another game of homes Or, you’ll soon see me depart I’d rather just be alone I’ve seen the trades made … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actions, Alone, Better, Connection, Depart, Disappear, Don't, End, Fade, Fear, Game, Grass, Greener, Hearts, Homes, Know, Look, Make, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Quick, Real Love, Together, Trades, Will, Won't, Words, Worth | Leave a comment

Connections Made

Posted on February 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In looking out toward what others do and say, sometimes I have moments of introspection. Lately, this has centered and focused on the connections made between a lady I spend hours talking with and feeling so deep. Not that past … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Anticipation, Better, Blessed, Bring, Butterflies, By My Side, Call, Circumstance, Connection, Easy, Feel, Feelings, Final Destination, Find, Flirtation, Girl, Hide, Introspection, Kiss, Know, Life, Name, Other, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Queasy, Reciprocation, Refection, Ring, Same, Song, Spend, Talk, Together, True, Walk, Wife, Yang, Yin | Leave a comment

First Principles: It Is Better That Ten Guilty Persons Escape Than That One Innocent Suffer

Posted on February 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“For the law holds, that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.” – Sir William Blackstone (Commentaries on the Laws of England, 9th ed., book 4, chapter 27, p. 358 (1783) It is seldom … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Better, Escape, First Principles, Guilty, Hold, Innocent, Law, Person, Sir William Blackstone, Suffer, Ten | Leave a comment

First Principles: It Is Better To Be Despised For Simplicity Than To Be Tormented By Continual Hypocrisy

Posted on February 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Virtue runs no risk of becoming contemptible by being exposed to view, and it is better to be despised for simplicity than to be tormented by continual hypocrisy.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) Bloomberg’s dismissive statements against farmers … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Better, Contempt, Continue, Despise, Expose, First Principles, Hypocrisy, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Simplicity, Torment, View, Virtue | Leave a comment

Sidewalk Communication

Posted on February 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The city is a place of connection in its own way. Fusions of thought and experiences blend into that special something that helps the creative process. Sidewalk Communication by Michael Romani Hustled and bustled to the point of hassled The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beat, Better, Blend, Blur, Bounce, Busy, Cacophony, Change, City, Communication, Complex, Connection, Conversation, Creative, Deficit, Endless, Experience, Feet, Flow, Fusion, Graffitti, Heart, Hustle, Ideas, Ignore, Insinuation, Integrate, Interpretations, Lead, Life, More, Notice, Overheard, Photograph, Pinball, Pique, Poem, Poetry, Process, Recall, Sidewalk, Sights, Simple, Soul, Sound, Speak, Speed, Street, Sublime, Subway, Swim, Time, Touch, Trinket, Whisper, Window, Word, Wrestle | Leave a comment

Tilting Mental Windmills

Posted on February 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

On bad days, I awake wondering if maybe Don Quixote wasn’t on to something in his belief of pursuing impossible dreams. Other days, I dare to dream these. Tilting Mental Windmills by Michael Romani Captured frames from your window Map … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answers, Awake, Better, Beyond, Blink, Blur, Bound, Brain Fog, Brave, Brave New World, Cherish, Collaborator, Cornucopia, Corridor, Curious, Cut, Dare, Daze, Deception, Decisions, Don Quixote, Door, Early, Embrace, Everyone, Experience, Fear, Feeling, Feign, Flow, Fragments, Frames, Glory, Grip, Hands, Hope, Humanity, Impossible Dreams, Join, Kung Fu, Last, Late, Learn, Life, Life After Death, Lose, Map, Mental, Mind, Moment, Musician, Pain, Perception, Photograph, Plead, Poems, Poetry, Pose, Preference, Puzzle, Riff, Story, Subject, Surly, Tears, Thrill, Tilt, Time, Together, Too Far, Twenty First Century, Walk, Will, Win, Windmills, Window, Wonder, World | Leave a comment