Tag Archives: Death

Eichmann’s Finale

Posted on September 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

For some crimes there is never enough justice. That Eichmann attempted to make the case that simply following orders somehow exonerated his deeds has always struck me as horrific. Eichmann’s Finale by Michael Romani Shattered echoes fill the mind … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Banality, Blowback, Butcher's Knife, Cost, Crimes Against Humanity, Death, Denial, Echoes, Eichmann, Evil, Exoneration, Finale, Hatred, History, Identity, Inhumanity, Justice, Karma, Lessons, Lost, Orders, Payback, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Restitution, Retribution, Sanity, Simplicity, Trauma, Trial, Truth | Leave a comment

Conflict Of Civilizations

Posted on September 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

There is a conflict in the West that draws down deeper than radical Islam versus West. It is Leftism versus Tradition. I think it’s pretty clear which side of this divide I am on. https://flic.kr/p/28vWo91 Conflict Of Civilizations by Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged America, Antithesis, Chaste, Christianity, Communism, Contempt, Death, Destruction, Dogma, Economics, Extremism, Faced, Fascism, Freud, Futile, God, Guidance, Happy, Heart and Feelings, Holy, Ideology, Imaginary, Instruction, Judaism, Leftism, Life's Questions, Light, Marxism, Meaning, Perverse, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Secularism, Sex, Sirens, The Bible, The West, Theology, Thesis, Tradition, Unholy, Universe, Utopia, Wealth, Western Civilization | Leave a comment

Hearts That Burn

Posted on August 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

History shows a weird thread of interlacing love and hate that has come to influence all of humanity. Were it God’s way and not ours, I am thinking and believing there would be a lot more love and maybe none … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ages of Man, Burn, Bury, Child, Choice, Death, Enfold, Fate, Father Time, Fear, God, Hate, Hearts, History, Learn, Lessons, Love, Mother, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Sadness, Son, Tales, Teach, Trace | Leave a comment

Long Knife

Posted on August 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

I watched part of a Western tonight after not having watched one for years. So far two poems from it and over an hour more to go. Isn’t it interesting how there is a poem in just about everything. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Bleeding Heart, Burn, Cure, Death, Distress, Drink, Felt, Hesitation, Hours, Long Knife, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Question, Storied Life, Think, Western | Leave a comment

First Principles: Pursue Your Principles To Your Death

Posted on July 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Conduct, Conscience, Cowardice, Death, Firmness of Heart, First Principles, Man, Principles, Shrink, Small Minds, Smile, Thomas Paine, Trouble | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Candle

Posted on July 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A flicker of candles whispers in the night Offering their cordial, guiding light The breeze whispers its sad prayer Holy death makes us all too aware That our days here are numbered Cautiously counted among the slumbered All the colors … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Candle, Daily Prompt, Days, Death, Flicker, Focal, Fortune, Night, Prayer, Remembrance, Visualization, Whisper | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Angel

Posted on June 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Somewhere in the eternal an angel silently shrieks There in the infinite loss of which we seldom speak The horror of it all is probably worse than thought When we’ve forgotten what really should be sought I’ll hold you close … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged All, Angel, Book, Breath, Built, Cry, Daily Prompt, Death, Dreams, Eternal, Forgot, Hold, Horror, Infinite Loss, Intentions, Page, Protect, Role, Shelf, Shriek, Simple, Sought, Soul, Speak, Thought, Walls | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It’s Older Men That Send Younger Men To Fight Wars

Posted on June 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I hate with a murderous hatred those men who, having lived their youth, would send into war other youth, not lived, unfulfilled, to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Death, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Older Men, Pride, Purpose, Thought For the Day, War, Younger Men | Leave a comment

First Principles: Stay Strong Even In Distress

Posted on June 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Brave, Conduct, Conscience, Death, Distress, Firmness, First Principles, Little Minds, Love, Principles, Reflection, Shrink, Smile, Stout Heart, Strength, Thomas Paine, Troubles | Leave a comment

A Prophecy Begun…

Posted on June 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

To begin a series on the fall of Troy: A Prophecy Begun… by Michael Romani A mother’s cry pierces the palace night The black blood runs signally something is not right A baby boy is delivered into this wretched world … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aprohdite, Death, Goddesses, Gods, Golden Apple, Helen, Herdsman, Paris, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prize, Prophecy, Trojan War, Troy, Zeus | Leave a comment