Tag Archives: Death

Life Anew

Posted on July 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

On the further consideration of how diatoms not the Amazonian rainforest so much act as the lungs of this beautiful world of ours. For some of us who have to consider more than others the role of oxygen in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Amazon, Anew, Blue, Breath, Cascade, Charm, Death, Diatoms, Distance, Dive, Dreams, Four Alarm, Grace, Green, Guitar, Life, Light Show, Living Waters, Notice, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reveal, Secret, Sight, Still, Stun, Whirls | Leave a comment

Oxygen Reexamined

Posted on June 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

One of the little miracles of life that we too often take for granted is the level of oxygen on our fair planet and just what this does for us without much of an effort by most. Oxygen Reexamined by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Astrophysical, Bacteria, Barren, Believe, Biology, Breath, Breathe, Chemistry, Complexity, Conceive, Dallol Ethiopia, Death, Devoid, Duplicity, Empower, Environment, Essential, Estimate, Evidence, Examine, Food, Grow, Immensity, Life, Miracle, Oxygen, Perceive, Photograph, Planet, Poem, Poetry, Power, Presence, Providence, Strength, Sulphur, Tittue | Leave a comment

All the Beauty Heaven Bears

Posted on May 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Probably one of the single most sad moments possible in a parent’s life is surviving the death of a child. All the Beauty Heaven Bears by Michael Romani Against all sense In a world grown dense A child’s life has … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bear, Beauty, Belief, Brave, Child, Child's Life, Crumble, Death, Dense, Dream, End, Everything, Grief, Heaven, Incandescent, Moment, Nothing, Out Live, Pain, Parent, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sad, Sense, Sorrow, Stardust, Stars, Stumble, Surreal, Tomorrow | Leave a comment

At the Cross

Posted on May 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

There are many approaches to the Cross. I would say that regardless of the argumentation as to which is most correct, if we get there and accept our salvation, we are right with God. If we’re right with God, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Approach, Atone, Christ, Contentment, Cross, Death, Eden, Forgiveness, God, Guilt Offering, Humanity, Loss, Mankind, Mercy Seat, Metaphor, Old Testament, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points of Light, Ransom, Right, Salvation, Satan, Scapegoat, Substitution, Tomb | Leave a comment

Each In Our Part

Posted on May 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Started attending a new church today. It’s related to a church I enjoyed very much in California. Today, they had two of the children work together to recite Romans 12:6. That was a pretty awesome verse to commit to memory. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acknowledge, Act, Body, Church, Communion, Contribute, Day, Death, Embrace, Face, Faces, Forgiven, Friend, Glorify, God, Grace, Heaven, Holy, Human Race, Jesus, Memory Verse, Part, Perfected Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Remind, Response, Romans 12:6, Sacrifice, Sanctify, Savior, Signifigance, Sin, Suffice, Together | Leave a comment

To Live and Die American

Posted on May 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Flickr has broken my Flickr account. Not sure what I will do for photographs now or if I’ll ever be able to retrieve them. Meanwhile as I wait for their next response on the destruction they’ve done, I guess I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged American, Belief, Birth, Blind, Change, Character, Circumstance, Code, Correct, Death, Define, Difference, Dream, Eternal, Fight, Freedom, Good, Grief, Happy, Illuminate, Injustice, Journey, Lady Justice, Life, Light, Live and Die, Mind, Mistake, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Right, Shade, Stars, Success, Sun, Talk, Walk | 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

First Principles: Nothing Is Certain But Death and Taxes

Posted on April 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin (1789)

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Thought For the Day: Believe In the Power of the Imagination

Posted on March 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Believe, Death, Hold Back, Imagination, JG Ballard, Night, Power, Remake, Thought For the Day, Trascend, Truth, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: To Be Gentle and Yielding Is the Disciple of Life

Posted on March 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and … Continue reading →

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