Tag Archives: Brilliance

With the Clarity of 2020

Posted on January 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Rung in the New Year having discovered how to get YouTube to work on my television via Ruku both of which items appear to be smarter than I am. Via this, I was able to get the KTLA Tournament of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, 21st Century, Alone, Beauty, Best Foot, Brilliance, Cadence, Care, Change, Clairity, Closeness, Community, Courage, Crane, Dazzle, Dream, Equality, Fable, Face, Faith, Family, Fantasy, Floral Float, Forgiving, Forward, Glory, Hint, History, Home, Hope, KTLA, Legacy, Life, Living, Love, Marching Band, Meant, New Year, Origami, Pageantry, Path, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Reminder, Resolution, Rose Parade, Ruku, Scenery, Selfie, Share, Smart, Smile, Spent, Television, Theme, Tournament of Roses Parade, Toward, Tranquility, Whimsy, Women, youtube | Leave a comment

Ode To An Orangutan In My Thoughts

Posted on December 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Friday was the Day of the Monkey. This brought to mind a certain event that happened maybe 12 or more years ago. I could not fact any references to this orangutan on the net so I could not completely flesh … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Again, Aloud, Animals, ASL, Base Fear, Beauty, Between, Biology, Break, Brilliance, Cage, Cape, Childhood, Chinaman's Hat, Come Back, Common Good, Control, Convenience, Cost, Cousteau, Cut, Damage, Day of the Monkey, Day To Day, Deep, Define, Disguise, Dividing Line, Divine, Doctor Doolittle, Dolphins, Dream, Duty, Experience, Eye to Eye, Eyes, Feel, Folly, Glass, Grace, Hand To hand, Heart, Heartless, Hollywood, Human, Humanity, Hurt, Incisor, Inhumanity, Inside, Interventioin, Kin to Kin, Kind, Know, Koko, Leave, Listen, Lock, Lonely, Lost, Mean, Memory, Mind, Niche, Ode, Ohio, Orangutan, Pain, Palm to Palm, Photograph, Planet of the Apes, Poem, Poetry, Pound, Pretend, Pristine, Question, Real, Reply, Responsible, Reveal, Scared, See, Sell, Series, Skin, Soul, Step, Story, Superman, Surf, Talk, Tears, Tell, Thin, Thought, Trap, True, Truth, TV, Understand, Understood, Veneer, World, zoo | Leave a comment

Thankfulness For the Season

Posted on November 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem in gratitude #17: Thankfulness For the Season by Michael Romani Memories of letters written By the likes of me and you To a certain man in red Depending on how written Always brought a toy or two Thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Adversity, Anger, Being, Bestow, Blessed, Brilliance, Challenges, Cheer, Choose, Collect, Connection, Contentment, Cups, Dance, Eyes, Family, Give, Glory, God, Good Company, Good Will, Gratitude, Grown Up, Happiness, Head, Heart, Holiday, Humility, Immensity, Kind, Letters, Life, Looking Back, Love, Magic, Man In Red, Meaning, Memories, Passing Years, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presents, Rays, Receive, Resentment, Resilience, Season, See, Shade, Smile, Spirit, Spite, Story, Tears, Thank you, Thankfulness, Tidings of Joy, Time of Year, Toy, True, Us, World, Written | Leave a comment

Like Dominoes Falling

Posted on April 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

On this the 18th day of Na/GloPoWriMo, the challenge is to write an elegy in which the sadness is based less on abstraction than concrete verbiage that helps a person feel the depth of sorrow felt. To that degree, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abyss, Anger, Behind, Brave, Brilliance, Brother, Carry, Close, Cry, Curse, Dad, Darkness, Deadly, Death, Die, Domino, Dose, Explode, Fall, Family, Fear, Firefighter 54, Foot, Forget, Friends, Frown, God, God Parents, Grief, Grieve, Hell, Helpless, Implode, Me, Memory, Mom, Next, Pass, Pen to Paper, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Pox, Pray, Prayer, Read, Resilience, Secret, Severe, Sister, Slow, Smile, Stars, Step, Stiff Upper Lip, Talk, There, Thought, Time, Torn, Upside Down, Walk, Weight, Whisper, Wonder, World, Write, Year | 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

Questions For A New Year

Posted on January 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It seems like maybe a good time to pause a moment and ask ourselves about our walk and whether it matches our talk may just the time we’re at now, the beginning of a new year. Based in part on … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bible, Brilliance, Build, Cheer, Church, Command, Connection, Creative, Dark, Diligence, Embrace, Essence, God, Grace, Haggai, Haste, Illuminate, Joy, Keep, Life, Live, Lord, Need, New Year, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Presence, Questions, Reflection, Reprimand, Salvation, Scripture, Soul, Spark, Spirit, Strife, Talk, Thought, Walk, Waste, Wield, Year | Leave a comment

Playing Along

Posted on August 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Play should not be underestimated as to it’s influence on the development of our children: Playing Along by Michael Romani To this quiet rebel’s mind No child should be left behind Each child should be encouraged to play And each … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Academics, Adulthood, Adversity, Alliance, Brilliance, Children, Circles, Cognition, Conceive, Crime, Crush, Defile, Discern, Dream, Explore, Innate, Laugh, Lazy Man, Left Behind, Life, Listen, Memory, Mud, Outdoors, Perks, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Rebel, Recognition, Resilience, Rue, Sociopaths, Stress, Wild Card | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Bang

Posted on June 13, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Going backward in time using relativity We find ourselves arriving at the singularity By God the universal bell was quietly rang And all that we know began with a big bang Setting in motion the birth of the universe Has … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Bang, Baryogenesis, Big Bang, Birth, Brilliance, Complexity, Cooling, Cosmic, Daily Prompt, Imbalance, Inflation, Photograph, Principle, Relativity, Simplicity, Singularity, Symmetrical, Time, Universe | Leave a comment

Reflections On Van Gogh

Posted on May 8, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The IMA had a live actor presentation pertaining to Van Gogh. Thinking on the talent and troubles of his life arrived at this: Reflections On Van Gogh by Michael Romani Dizzying in the audacity Of your painting and your poetry … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brilliance, IMA, Indiana Museuem of Art, Madness, Painting, Poetry, Starry Night, Suicide, Theology, Tincture, Van Gogh, Words | Leave a comment