Tag Archives: Bitter

First Principles: Woe To Those Who Call Evil Good and Good Evil, Who Put Darkness For Light and Light For Darkness, Who Put Bitter For Sweet and Sweet For Bitter

Posted on October 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Bitter, Clever, Darkness, Evil, First Principles, Good, Isaiah 5:20-21 NIV, Light, Own Eyes, Sight, Sweet, Wise, Woe | Leave a comment

Surrendered To the Knife

Posted on February 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Surrendered To the Knifeby Michael DoyleOnce you’ve surrendered to the knifeYour silent pleas won’t save your lifeThis, then, is the solemn price paidFor the best-laid plans never madeThis is what it is to be done with mankindTo take the bitter … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, All, Approved, Best Laid Plans, Bitter, Blade, Blind, Books, Brave, Choice, Cold, Dairies, Dead, Destiny, Devil, Done, Faithful, False Courage, Faustian Bargain, Fear, Friend, Grace, Hand, Hate, Heaven, Hell, Judgment, Justice, Knife, Letter, Life, Love, Loved Ones, Made, Mankind, Mercy, Miracles, Moment, Mutiny, Neck, Nowhere, Page One, Played, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prayer, Pretend, Protect, Read, Recall, Red Pills, Rising Sun, Sake of Love, Save, Savior, Silent Pleas, Solemn Price, Surrender, Twist, Wait, Whimpering, Will, Won, Words | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Swallow Greedily Any Lie That Flatters Us, But We Sip Only Little By Little At A Truth We Find Bitter

Posted on October 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.” – Denis Diderot

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bitter, Denis Diderot, Flatter, Greed, Lie, Little By Little, Sip, Swallow, Thought For the Day, Truth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Bitterest Tears Shed Over Graves Are For Words Left Unsaid and Deeds Left Undone

Posted on June 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist (14 Jun 1811-1896)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bitter, Deeds, Grave, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Left Undone, Shed, Tears, Thought For the Day, Unsaid, Word | Leave a comment

Antebellum Blues

Posted on March 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It’s true that there’s a lot more to the Southern side of the story than I’ll cover in this poem. But, with respect to American history, I would be amiss if I failed to cover this. Antebellum Blues by Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1830s, African, Agrarian, America, American History, Antebellum, Beauty, Bi-Racial, Bitter, Black, Blessed, Blues, Brutality, Canadaa, Cash, Character, Climate, Collision Course, Contrast, Control, Cotton Gin, Cruel, Cry, Dark Clouds, Dash, Disdain, Divide, Division, Domination, Eli Whitney, Enthusiasm, Error, Exodus, Export, Fall, Fear, Fertility, Field Hand, Fundamental, Gather, Ground, Haiti, Hired Hand, History, Horror, Idealism, Industry, Ineqquality, Integrity, Kick of the Can, King Cotton, Lash, Lower South, Master, McHugh, Misery, Moral, Motherless child, Nat Turner, Nation, Nature, Noble, Pecking Order, Peculiar Institution, Perpetuation, Perpetuity, Photograph, Piety, Plantation, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Poverty, Pride, Promised Land, Punditry, Puritan, Puzzle, Racism, Rebellion, Recall, Road, Role, Ruin, Sad, Seal, Sensibility, Slave, Slave Religion, Sobriety, Socialism, Society, Solace, South, Split, System, Terror, Textile, Truth, Ugly, Understand, Upper South, Virginia, Wage Slavery, War, White | Leave a comment

Simply Do Unto Others

Posted on March 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Matthew 7: 12: Simply Do Unto Others by Michael Doyle In Jesus’ name we give our gratitude Demonstrated in our loving attitude Thankful for His covering and His grace Looking at love given in His embrace … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Act, Action, Appreciation, Attitude, Avoid, Beautiful, Best, Bitter, Blessed, Blessing, Blind, Break, Brother, Call, Clarity, Commentary, Compassion, Competition, Consideration, Cycle, Daily, Dark, Day, Dignity, Divinity, Do, Done, Duty, Elevate, Embrace, Ethics, Expectation, Eye For An Eye, Father, Flame, Focus, Forgive, Give, God, Golden Rule, Grace, Gratitude, Hate, Heal, Help, Holy, Holy Spirit, Honor, Hope, Humility, Impact, Initiative, Inside, Intentional, Jesus, Judgment, Kind, Law, Less, Life, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Math, Matthew, Misconstrue, More, Morning, Mount Everest, Name, Need, Neighbor, Night, Oblivious, Obstacle, Others, Pain, Parise, Pass, Passion, Path, Peak, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, Promise, Reciprocity, Rejection, Religion, Repent, Right, Score, Seek, Shame, Simple, Sincere, Sister, Son, Spark, STuck, Summit, Test, Thanks, Think, Thought, Treat, True, Understand, Want, Will, Wish | Leave a comment

Darkness Quenches Light

Posted on October 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #18 Darkness Quenches Light by Michael Romani Among the demons there is history Some might strangely call it legacy Where troubled hearts are in need of friends And if you’re safe, it just depends Quintessential in the rarified … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bitter, Bleed, Burn, Conquer, Cracked, Darkness, Demon, Depend, Eden, Electric, End, Fall, Final, Friend, Halloween, Heal, Heart, Hide, History, Intention, Invention, Irony, Legacy, Light, Lost Soul, Love, Mad, Mankind, Melody, Monster, Need, Opposite, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Quench, Rare, Reveal, Sacred, Safe, Sane, Savage, Scar, Science, Soothe, Strange, Summation, Tears, Thunder, Transform, Trouble, Twist, Vain, Vital, Vital Spark, Whiskey, Wind, World, Wound | Leave a comment

Further Destiny

Posted on February 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Who are we to deny who we really are? Further Destiny by Michael Romani In a shivered ship of cold He sang a song remembered from old Ever bitter in its minding Lost without hope of finding That knife blade … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bitter, Breath, Broke, Cast Away, Cold, Crash, Dash, Despair, Destiny, Find, Knife Blade, Legacy, Light, Lost, Matter, Minding, North Star, Old, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Purpose, Rock, Self Deceive, Shatter, Ship, Shiver, Shoal, Song, Splash, Thunder, Wave | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Grudges Only Make You Bitter; Forgiving Sets You Free

Posted on December 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong; it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free.” – Dave Willis

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bitter, Dave Willis, Forgive, Free, Grudge, Hold, Strong, Thought For the Day, Weak | Leave a comment