Tag Archives: Brain

Lessons From Eden Park

Posted on May 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Roaring Twenties were a fascinating time. Among the lessons to be learned was that a woman could do and be more than they had been allowed until then, vice and other personal choices could not be controlled and that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Alive, Barrier Breaker, Best, Boardwalk Empire, Boost, Bootleggers, Booze, Brain, Brains, Brawn, Business, Complexity, Conspire, Constrain, Control, Convention, Depiction, Dog Days, Draconian, Dregs, Eden Park, Edge, Fascinating, Fiction, Fire, Freedom of Choice, French Seventy Five, Gangster, George Remus, Glorified, Glory, Gone, Habit, Headlong, Height, History, Ill Spent, Impetus, Invention, John Barley Corn, Lawlessness, Layer, Lessons, Liberating, Libertine, Life, Light, Measure, Men, Mess, Mystery, Necessity, Notoriety, Outlandish, Personal Choice, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Prohibition, Relate, Repulsive, Roaring Twenties, Roost, Satisfaction, Second Thought, Shadow, Short, Simplicity, Sip, Society, Soul, Strand, Strife, The Four Swallows, Time and Again, Time Travel, Unholy, Vice, Vise, Whiskey Pirates, Women, World War I | Leave a comment

The Dreamwork of Nightmares

Posted on May 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In these dark times when it is so hard to be optimistic, can anyone be blamed for having nightmares? But what then are these? The Dreamwork of Nightmares by Michael Doyle Even still as we grow and mature We find … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actuality, Alarm, Arrival, Bad, Believe, Blame, Bodily Defect, Books, Brain, Caverns, Clean, Clear, Complete, Context, Contortion, Curtain, Dark Side, Dark Times, Demons, Depression, Derision, Desire, Distortion, Division, Dream, Dreams, Dreamwork, Each, Endure, Erupt, Fear, Find, Fire, Flood, Fulfillment, Full Color, Fuzzy, Ghost Written, Gods, Graceless, Greet, Grow, Hide, Human Nature, Impression, Impure, Irony, Layer, Level, Live Out, Masterpiece, Mature, Measure, Mind, Moments, Monochromatic, Multiplicity, Naked, Needless, Nightmare, Nightmares, One, Optimistic, Pages, Photograph, Play Out, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Psyche, Reality, Rebound, Rehearse, Repression, Responsibility, Sanitize, Scenes, Scripts, Seem, Self, Self Justified, Shelves, Significance, Soul, Stages, Suffer, Suitable, Suppression, Survival, Thoughtless, Trigger, True, Undone, Unpack, Us, Warp, Way, Wish, Wishes | Leave a comment

On Capturing the Iconic

Posted on March 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Photography, of all sorts, is a passion of mine! On Capturing the Iconic by Michael Doyle Subject, light and composition Each of these open to interpretation Each of these subject to natural limitation These are the things essential To the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brain, Camera, Capture, Composition, Contemplation, Critical, Crucial, Element, Essential, Eyes, Fascination, Good, Iconic, Integration, Interesting, Interpretation, Lesson, Life, Light, Limitation, Living Well, Magnification, Passion, Pet, Photograph, Photographers, Poem, Poetry, Reveal, Right, Simplification, Situation, Subject, Tale, Three, Tools, Two, Understood, Whale, Worth | Leave a comment

Mind Games Played

Posted on January 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Recent developments in science and in a virtual environment I spend some time on has led me to question a few things pertinent to ethical behavior or actually the lack thereof on the part of certain people I have come … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Audio, Behind, Best, Bilogy, Blood, Boundaries, Brain, Child's Play, Clear, Cognition, Cognitive, Common, Computer, Computers, Connect, Control, Cybernetics, Define, Different, Elite, End, Engage, Ethics, Evolution, Faith, Far, God, Good Man, Hallucination, Heart, Homo Sapiens, I, Interface, Interfere, Level, Limit, Loss, Mankind, Mark of the Beast, Mind Game, Minds, Modernity, More, Name, Outcome, Path Forward, Philosophy, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Precise, Process, Processing, Quantum, Quantum Connection, Question, React, Real, Reality, Restrain, Science, Soul, Spatial, Sure, Tears, Technology, Theology, Transcend, Transfer, Transparency, Unification, Virtual, Wonder | Leave a comment

On the Importance of Forgiveness

Posted on June 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Turns out that forgiving is the healthy thing to do, not just for others, but for yourself as well: On the Importance of Forgiveness by Michael Romani Emotional blockages put us ill at ease And this manifests itself in physical … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acid, Anger, Animosity, Blame, Brain, Burdent, Communicate, Confession, Cycle, Disease, Drama, Emotional Blockage, Fire, Forgive, Forgiveness, Fright, Game, Give, God, Heal, Heart, Ill At Ease, Inflammation, Inner Child, Judgment, Learn, Let Go, Letting Go, Live, Mercy, Moment, Path, Pause, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realize, Serenity, Soul, Strain, Stress, Take, Temple, Trauma | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Kindness and Love Are the Sum of My Philosophy

Posted on May 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” – Dalai Lama

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Brain, Dalai Lama, Heart, Human Being, Kindness, Philosophy, Simple Religion, Temple, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

I’m Sure You’d Say

Posted on March 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Did you ever have special friends that you daydreamed aloud with a kid? What were you going to be when you grew up? I mean besides older… I’m Sure You’d Say by Michael Romani Childhood’s dreams into imaginary We set … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actress, Brain, Call, Dance, Daydream, Dreams, Fighting Hard, Friends, Grain, Hands, Hold, Human Being, Imaginary, Kid, Late Night Talk, Laugh, Legendary, Locked Away, Morning Light, Music, Night, Ordinary, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Popcorn, Say, Screen, Sing, Smile, Song, Special, Walk, Wall, Yesterday | Leave a comment

On Outrunning Grief

Posted on March 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

You cannot outrun grief. On Outrunning Grief by Michael Romani It has been said And I assume it’s true Words from inside my head That same for me; the same for you You hide yours in a diary I keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appear, Blindness, Brain, Dark, Diary, Disappear, Fall Apart, Feel, Feeling, Follow, Grief, Heart, Hope, Kindness, Lark, Lock, Outrun, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relief, Said, Same, Say, Secret, Self, Show, Strain, True, Victim, Way, Words, World | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Sit

Posted on July 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Taking a ride on my life’s busy train Tracks rolling through my brain Taking this moment to read and sit Wondering at the miss and the hit Wondering where and why this is leading Lost inside all my want and … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Brain, Chance, Daily Prompt, Eyes, Hope, Life, Lost, Positive, Prayer, Reading, Ride, Sit, Surprise, Tracks, Train, Wonder | Leave a comment

Daddy’s Girl

Posted on March 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Daddy’s Girl by Michael Romani To be marginalized and oppressed Cannot be ever overestimated To be considered less than Had left her endlessly frustrated It didn’t make it any better To be considered part of the family Not in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amusement, Brain, Contribution, Conversation, Daddy's Girl, Davastation, Deeply Rooted, Experience, Family, Found Nickel, Frustration, Institutional, Integrity, Marginalized, Negligence, Oppressed, Patriarchy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preference, Racism, Respect, Sexism | Leave a comment