Tag Archives: Complexity

Skyscrapers Out of Gossamer

Posted on November 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Gossip is the insipid breeding ground from which must wickedness is born. https://flic.kr/p/KaZiDx Skyscrapers Out of Gossamer by Michael Romani Past affections become reshaped into their own hardened melody Layers of self composed invective write a cheat sheet rhapsody Projection … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accusation, Anticipation, Benediction, Brave, Caricature, Cheat Sheet, Cherish, Claws, Clean House, Complexity, Conclusion, Desolation, Free, Gossamer, Gossip, Gratitude, Hardended Melody, Hope, Invective, Lesson, Let Go, Love, Melody, Mental Aggravation, Microcosm, Passive Aggression, Past Affections, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rhapsody, Sarcasm, Self Isolation, Self Loathing, Side, Simplicity, Skyscraper, Smile, Snakes In Grasses, Strife, Support, Third Act, Trouble, Warm, Wicked | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Opera

Posted on July 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

If you listen very closely as you take a walk Taking those moments to listen to the park You will find there is an opera in the wild I have known this since a free and ranging child Live these … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Broken, Bull Frog, Canopy, Child, Complexity, Daily Prompt, Forgotten, Heart, Life, Mountain Top, Music, Ocean, Opera, Owl, Park, Trees, Trust, Unspoken, Walk, Wild | 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

Daily Prompt – Shade

Posted on June 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

… And so it goes With our best laid plans Unmade in the shade Only to be remade There in the shadows Of woman and man There is talk Of a walk Into complexity Away from simplicity Seeing things in … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Complexity, Daily Prompt, Dreams, Man, Photograph, Plans, Shade, Shadows, Woman | Leave a comment

Lexicon Tom

Posted on May 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Lexicon Tom by Michael Romani In a world of slang and sociability There are few who have had the capability To coin the words and phrases in their times Doing so without seeming linguistic crimes Thomas Wolfe while not being … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bonfire of Vanities, Complexity, Lexicon, Machine Gun Rococo, New Journalism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Right Stuff, Shotgun Baroque, Thomas Wolfe | Leave a comment

A Witness of Fireflies, Parts I & II

Posted on May 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A Witness of Fireflies by Michael Romani I Formless and void in the darkness The spirit of God removed the harshness God said let there be light – and there was light Seeing the good; He separated day from night … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Belief, Chile, Complexity, Conscience, Deception, Deep Space, Fireflies, Formation, Formless, Galaxy, Gravity, Light, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Science, Shine, Telescopes, Truth, Void | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo 5: To Be me, Not You

Posted on April 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Day 5 arrived yesterday about the same time that I upped my running (albeit at a very slow pace) to an hour of running. There’s my excuse and I’m keeping with it. It’s hard to write a new poem when … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adapt, Challenges, Complexity, Crisis, Disease, God, Heaven, Identity, Life, Lithuania, Love, Overcome, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Simplicity, Survive, The Greatest Artist, Thrive | Leave a comment

Truth In All Ill Repute

Posted on April 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Truth In All Ill Repute by Michael Romani Arguments in the guise of truth Set a bad example for our youth The world has tilted off its axis The question left, I have to ask is When we’ve broken this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arguments, Bad Example, Complexity, Constructs, Cynicism, Gossip, Hope, Hues, Leadership, Moral Relativity, Pessimism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sea Change, Social Contract, Social Distortion, Society, Weaponized Facts | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Mankind Is Too Complex For Labels

Posted on December 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.” – Rex Stout, novelist (1 Dec 1886-1975) The world would be all the poorer without his work. I find it … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Character, Complexity, Labels, Mankind, Mystery, Novelist, Rex Sout, Thought For the Day, Truth | Leave a comment

Coral City

Posted on September 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Coral City by Michael Romani Coral have this great capacity To mold and shape their own city The greater the subtle complexity The greater is the biodiversity To be healthy is to compete for space A simplistic echo of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged biodiversity, Chemistry, Complexity, Coral City, Echo, Great Barrier Reef, Perservation, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rescue, Rhapsody, Symbiotic | Leave a comment