Tag Archives: Death

Rise of the Common Man

Posted on March 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

This next in the series on American history expounds on the events of the rise of Jacksonian Democracy which is seen a pivotal as the era of the common man and precipitating the American Civil War. Rise of the Common … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abolition, Age, Alexis Tocqueville, America, American Civil War, American History, Andrew Jackson, Appeal, Ascend, Attention, Bible, Bindness, Brawl, Breath, Celibacy, Christianity, Clay, Common Man, Common Touch, Community, Comparison, Compulsive, Constitution, Cultural, Culture, Death, Declaration of Independence, Deism, Depravity, Devil, Dignity, Divine Soul, Elitsm, Emerson, Esteem, Europe, Evangelism, Family, Finney, Flame, Forge, Franchise, Frederick Douglas, Freedom, Frontiersman, Grace, Hawthorne, Human Pride, Impulsive, Inaguration, Ink, Intellectual, Jacksonian Democracy, John Quincy Adams, Literary, Mankind, Mass Democracy, Message, Moment, Mormonism, Muse, Nation, North, Nurture, Observation, Open Road, Original Sin, Pace, Paper, Perfection, Photograph, Pivot, Poem, Poetry, Politics of Deference, Populism, Preference, Presidency, Pronounce, Radical Humanism, Reality, Rise, Self Determinism, Self Made, Seminal, Slavery, Social Equality, Social Reform, Soul, Spiritual, Supernatural, Symptom, System, Tales, The American Scholar, The People, Top, Torment, Tragedy, Travel, Trinity, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Unitarianism, Unkindness, Untamed, Utopia, Vanguard, Walt Whitman, Wayside, William Lloyd Garrison, Wirtten, Write | Leave a comment

Death and A Desert God

Posted on March 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A further adventure in Egyptian myth. Death and A Desert God by Michael Doyle Without ambition, Horus would quietly assert That to kill a desert god, you must kill the desert To kill a desert, requires Ra, God of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Ambition, Appetite, Bay, Breath, Chaos, Conceal, Creation, Creator, Cruel, Dark, Death, Decay, Desert, Destiny, Destruction, Dreams, Drown, Edict, Egypt, Embrace, Equal, Fight, Flight, Glory, God, Height, Hell Hounds, Hopes, Horus, Journey, Kill, Light, Lord, Might, Mortal, Night, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Quest, Ra, Rot, Scarabs, Set, Shine, Stray, Sun, Uncertain, Water, Will | Leave a comment

Set’s Legacy

Posted on March 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A continuing look at Egyptian myth: Set’s Legacy by Michael Doyle Only a mad man would steal Those things that a god would conceal Two bridges rigged with traps Cloaked in the veil of mystery wraps All power is centered … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anubis, Banks, Blaze, Blind, Border, Breath, Bridges, Cheat, Clever, Cloak, Conceal, Darkness, Dead, Deal, Death, Deceive, Deception, Deed, Defy, Descend, Ear, Egyptian, End, Eternal, Evil, Eyes, Fame, Fates, Forgiving, Friends, God, Grace, Harshness, Heart, History, Immortality, Journey, Labyrinth, Legacy, Light, Living, Love, Lovers, Mad Man, Mortality, Mystery, Myth, Nile, Nine Gates, Obelisk, Order, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pray, Proclaim, Reverence, Secret, Set, Skies, Smile, Speak, Steal, Strong, Sun, Thousand, Trap, Truth, Two, Undone, Veil, Whisper, Wish, Wound | Leave a comment

Heirlooms In the Shadows

Posted on March 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Haunted graveyards anyone? Heirlooms In the Shadows by Michael Doyle Where there is wanton violence There is always fear in that place You can feel it in the silence That permeates darkness in that space Standing there with the coffin … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Believable, Bleak, Bury, Chance, Coffin, Crime, Crypt, Dance, Darkness, Dead, Death, Devil, Evil, Family Secret, Fear, Grave, Graveyard, Haunt, Heard, Heirloom, Horror, Ignorant, Inconceivable, Incur, Jewelry, Know, Locked Away, Many, Mausoleum, Moonlight, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pretend, Price, Promise, Regret, Respect, Save, Shadow, Silence, Stride, Told, Truth, Unfold, Violence, Welcome | Leave a comment

Love Suffers Long

Posted on March 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Corinthians 13:4-5: Love Suffers Long by Michael Doyle The greatest thing is the truest love Not superficial love but the real love That love which God gives to us all The kind of love needed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apostle, Bible, Blood, Christ, Contest, Corinthians, Cross, Death, Deliver, Faith, Fate, Forgiven, Glory, God, Great, Heaven, Home Church, Jesus, Lifee, Long, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Real, Recall, Sacrifice, Sin, Suffer, Superficial, Test, The Law, the Word, True, Victory | Leave a comment

My Thorny Crown

Posted on March 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

War never truly ends for some. My Thorny Crown by Michael Doyle It’s said and it’s true As a lesson learned by me and you That only the dead Know the end of war For the rest of us, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bring Down, Comfort, Crown, Cut, Day and Night, Dead, Death, Embraces, End, Forsaken, Good, Harbinger, Head, Heed, Infinite, Intimate, Keep, Line, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pure, Small Spaces, Soul, Sure, Thorn, Torment, Traces, True, Understood, Unforgettable, Unknown, Untainted, War, Ways, Wear, Wrong and Right, Yesterday | Leave a comment

In Dedication To You

Posted on February 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

One day I met a really wonderful elf. As blessings would have it, the person behind that elf was even more wonderfully magical. Our first conversation started simply. We discussed the use of wind-lights in SL photography and one thing … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Acceptance, All, All Night, Awake, Beguile, Behind, Blessing, Blind, Breath, Broken Heart, Complete, Connection, Control, Conversation, Death, Dedication, Details, Devotion, Elf, Eyes, Fatality, Fear, Feeling, Find, Hand, Happiness, Heart, Hide, History, Hold, Inspiration, Join, Level, Life, Live, Love, Loving Connection, Meet, Mortality, Ocean, Pain, Past, Photograph, Pledge, Poem, Poetry, Question, Reel, Rest, Safe, See, Side, Sincere, Smile, Soul, Still, Storm, Sunrise, Sweet, Take, Talk, Vulnerable, Walk, Warm, Weather, Year | Leave a comment

Rules of the Beast II

Posted on January 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A poetic retelling of Dracula continues…. Rules of the Beast II by Michael Romani Fresh blood can be so invigorating As the new day’s path is exhilarating Ghostly mirages are fleeting in sight Proofs of things that fill the night … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Ask, Bad, Beast, Belief, Blood, Claw, Clever, Coffin, Consciousness, Contamination, Count, Dark, Death, Dracula, Drain, Epitaph, Eternity, Faith, Fever, Ghost, Good, Gravedigger, Indignity, Labyrinth, Laugh, Listen, Lives, Madness, Mask, Middle, Night, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Puzzle, Question, Riddle, Rule, Sad, Salvation, Salve, Scratch, Shadow, Sight, Smile, Strength, Tombstone, Truth, Undead, Understood, Victim, Whisper | Leave a comment

A Victorian Legacy

Posted on January 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Have you ever read all of the Dickens works? I know most of us are familiar with A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield and perhaps a few more. But, what a time and age to live through with all of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Carriage, Christmas Carol, Christmas Eve, Circumspect, City, Cold, Contempt, David Copperfield, Death, Demand, Dickens, Diminish, Eager, Empty, Heart, Hearth, Home, House, Hunger, Joy, Legacy, Library, Lost, Love, Mirth, Neglect, Orphan, Penny, Photograph, Pity, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Prevail, Respect, Scrooge, Snow, Society, Soul, Squalor, Travail, Two, Victorian, Winter | Leave a comment

Virtuosity

Posted on January 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In memory of the passing of Neil Pert, percussionist and lyricist extraordinaire: Not that great of a job on this but.. for the memory of a good man passing, Neil Pert: Virtuosity by Michael Romani Quietly fighting against his demise … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ayn Rand, Blessing, Breath, Change, Closer To the Heart, Complex, Compromise, Contemplation, Corporate, Creativity, Death, Demise, Drumming, Eight Bars, Fight, Godspeed, Gratitude, Home, Humble, Inspiration, Integrity, Live, Lyric, Master, Memory, Neil Pert, Note, Pen, Percussion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Potential, Proficiency, Quiet, Rooftop, Rush, Same, Science Fiction, Style, Syncopation, Tears, Virtuousity, Word | Leave a comment