Tag Archives: Desert

Price of Pride

Posted on January 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Love of power breed ambition and that’s really not what we need in leaders. What we need is those who have vision and come to serve the people. Yet, that’s rarely the way of those interested in politics is it? … Continue reading →

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Samson II

Posted on January 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on the Book of Judges: Samson II by Michael Romani A time it was that had come When the Philistines of Gaza had plenty But, God’s children had next to none Save the for when the evil … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Baal, Cry, Death, Desert, End, Fight, Fogot, Gaza, Gift, God, God's Children, God's Will, Heathen, Hebrew, Heresy, Holy Ways, Hour, Hunger, Mercy, Peace, Philistine, Photograph, Plunder, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pure, Raid, Samson, Scroll, Slave, Sun, Sword, The Book of Judges, Tyranny, Vault | Leave a comment

A Western Noir

Posted on October 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Tonight’s short poetry workshop combined the genre’s of cowboy poetry and film noir. I went into it unaware we weren’t supposed to combine both.. soooo.. I did just that anyhow. A Western Noir by Michael Romani I was riding through … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Black hat, Boot Hil, Cynicism, Danger, Desert, Desperado, Film Noir, High Noon, Horse, Jester, Kiss, Miss Kitty, Murder, Narrative, Optimism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Post Master, Preacher, Samauri, Sheriff, Six Gun, Stranger, Town Drunk, Western | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Copper

Posted on July 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Nothing can tarnish the mountains of copper canyon Except, perhaps, their memory if we abandon The beauty of this bronze mineral so malleable Flexed to the point we were no long able Thin stacks of this stamped into the pennies … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Blood, Bronze, Canyon, Copper, Daily Prompt, Desert, Eco-Friendly, Empire, Flex, Gold and Silver, History, Memory, Microcosm, Rivers, Sierra Madre Occidental, Tarnish | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Retrospective

Posted on May 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Lately, it seems I’ve been quietly introspective Caught up in a nostalgic, retrospective Thinking back on times that have long since past All those things that didn’t last Long drives out into the desert to see what we might Long … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Beach, California, Daily Prompt, Desert, Happiness, Lifetime, Long Drives, Mirage, Mountains, Nostalgic, Retrospective, Thinking, Wordpress | Leave a comment

King Nine Will Not Return

Posted on January 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

https://flic.kr/p/qGBbJC Continuing in the Series for my eldest daughter Angie, based on original Twilight Zone series, Season 2, Episode 1 King Nine Will Not Return by Michael Romani The place is Africa in 1943 Where war spits out so violently … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Africa, Bomber, Desert, Fragment, History, King Nine Will Not Return, Libya, Metaphor, Mystery, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shadow, Survivor's Guilt, The Twilight Zone, World War II | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Believe

Posted on October 9, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

From the moment that I began to think and conceive That there was more to life and began to believe That just maybe there was a little more to live for I found a curious habit of opening up every … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Belief, Believe, Christianity, Conceive, Daily Prompt, Deliverance, Desert, God, Hurt, Insight, Love, Peace, Photograph, Poetry, Quest, Truth, Wordpress | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Genius

Posted on October 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Out on the playa, they drip coffee intravenous Hoping to sip a spark of that creative genius Playing at a burning man’s sense of games Living love in all of its colors and names There is a lot to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Burning Man, Celebration, Coffee, Creative Spark, Daily Prompt, Desert, Genius, Life, Photograph, Playa, Poem, Wordpress | Leave a comment

The Prospector

Posted on September 4, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Prospector by Michael Romani Standing on the edge Of the desert Gone to the point of knowing Nothing but hurt Building life on a prayer Knowing that it is somewhere Refusing to stop dreaming Refusing to stop believing Pushing … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Courage, Desert, Dignity, Dreams, Gold, Perserverance, Poem, Poetry, Prospector | Leave a comment

Vasquez Rocks

Posted on May 26, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Turns out that a blogger out there, Bel, has recently visited a place that I have photographed in real. I didn’t have any of my photos of Vasquez Rocks to share, but, I do have this poem that I wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Camera, Desert, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Poems, Poetry, Portfolio, Roadrunner, Vasquez Rocks, Wile E Coyote | 1 Comment