Tag Archives: Evolution

Second Life: The Vibes of Reggae, Loopman, and One Love

Posted on January 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Raggae was first mentioned as a musical term in the 1968 tune by Toots and the Maytals called “Do the Reggay”. This song introduced the genre to the world. It is a popular music form originating in Jamaican popular music … Continue reading →

Posted in Second Life | Tagged Afrocentric, American Jazz, Bass and Drum, Bob Marley, Brasil, Contemporary Events, Diaspora, Do the Reggay, Evolution, Fusion, Genre, Global Changee, Guyana, Hard Times, Jamaica, Listen, Loopman, Loopman Bleh, Lyrics, Mento, Music, new-music, News, One Love, Panama, Patois, Peter Tosh, Pidgin, Political and Social Commentary, Popular Music, Rastafari, Reggae, Reggae en Espanol, Resonate, Rhythm and Blues, Rhythm Section, Rock, Rocksteady, Second Life, Ska, Social Revolution, Soldiers and Musicians, South America, Steel Pulse, Struggle, Third World, Toots and the Maytals, Venezuela, World | Leave a comment

Politically Incorrect Revisited

Posted on September 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Politically Incorrect Revisitedby Michael DoyleIs there some kind of fearThat we the people might persevereInto the rapid-fire shaking upCrystalized by making upToo many improvised linesSliding through topical landminesIn an approximation of real-timeThat edges up into the sublimeIt’s that take no … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Approximation, Certainty, Childproof, Comic, Commentary, Complex, Consequence, Damages, Dare, Deserve, Doubt, Edge, Elevate, Evident, Evolution, Evolve, Expect, Express, Facts, Fear, Harsh Truth, Humor, Improvised Lines, Indignant, Inflict, Interplay, Involve, Irreverent, Know, LandMines, Lend, Less Direct, Making Up, Mental, Monlogue, Necessary Players, Open Conflict, Pass, Persevere, Play, Poetry and Poems, Poison, Politically Incorrect, Principles, Put, Questions, Rapid Fire, React, Real Time, Relevance, Respect, Revisit, Revolution, Say, Sensitivity, Shaking Up, Straightforward, Sublime, Take-No-Prisoners, Televise, Topical, Tragedy, Travellogue, Truth, Urgency, Words, Worked Out, World, Youth | Leave a comment

Beneficial Benediction

Posted on February 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Beneficial Benedictionby Michael DoyleIt should really come as no surpriseThat when all anyone ever tells is liesTo tell the truth is a revolutionBut it’s beneficial in our evolutionDon’t fear the monsters in your headMake them afraid of you insteadLike figments … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Begun, Benediction, Beneficial, Break, Chains, Comfort, Dream, Evolution, Fear, Figments, Fool's Gold, Future, Glistens, Head, Hold Us Back, Journey, Lies, Listens, Machination, Mast, Monsters, Past, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Regain, Revolution, Rocks, Sail, Shadows, Ship, Sleep, Speaking Truth, Surprise, Tortured Imagination, Truth, Victory, Wall, Won | Leave a comment

Arcade Mania

Posted on August 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Arcade Maniaby Michael DoyleRemembering back to the 80s whenI couldn’t wait to put another quarter inA video star in the dark arcadeWas a revolution ready madeMy spaces were invaded rows at a timeWhen I wasn’t watching ectoplasmic slimeAtari-ized as we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1980s, Again and Again, Ages, Appeal, Arcade, Atari, Bangles, Boom, Bounce, Bundle, Bust, Concept, Continuoous, Crown, Cuteness, Dark, Depths, Design, Doubt, Electronic, Etoplasmic, Evolution, Flow, Forgot, Game, Glitz, Glow, Gone, Good Times, HIgh Scores, Hungry, Ignore, Impossible, Invade, Kings, Leverage, Magic, Mania, Moved On, Neglect, New Tricks, PacMan, Patterns, People, Photograph, Pizza, Play, Poem, Poetry, Quarter, Ready Made, Recall, Refine, Relic, Remember, Revelation, Revere, Reverse Engineering, Revolution, Rows, Saucy, Shot, Sketch, Slice, Slime, Society, Space, Speculate, Starcade, Strategy, Technology, Theories, Tilt, Trust, Urge, Video Star, Visualize, Wait, Walls, Women, World Changing | Leave a comment

Mind Games Played

Posted on January 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Recent developments in science and in a virtual environment I spend some time on has led me to question a few things pertinent to ethical behavior or actually the lack thereof on the part of certain people I have come … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Audio, Behind, Best, Bilogy, Blood, Boundaries, Brain, Child's Play, Clear, Cognition, Cognitive, Common, Computer, Computers, Connect, Control, Cybernetics, Define, Different, Elite, End, Engage, Ethics, Evolution, Faith, Far, God, Good Man, Hallucination, Heart, Homo Sapiens, I, Interface, Interfere, Level, Limit, Loss, Mankind, Mark of the Beast, Mind Game, Minds, Modernity, More, Name, Outcome, Path Forward, Philosophy, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Precise, Process, Processing, Quantum, Quantum Connection, Question, React, Real, Reality, Restrain, Science, Soul, Spatial, Sure, Tears, Technology, Theology, Transcend, Transfer, Transparency, Unification, Virtual, Wonder | Leave a comment

Change of View

Posted on October 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem# 13 – Ageless evil rejects the revolution fomented by his creature wishing instead to mold her into his image and not allow her own beast to be victorious. Change of View by Michael Romani The wild eyes of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ageless, Army, Bloodstin, Bore, Bread, Byzantine, Call, Catastrophe, Change, Clue, Crowd, Dark, Decadence, Depravity, Devil, Disappoint, Evil, Evolution, Fever, Guillotine, Halloween, Imp, Key, Know, Mastery, Mold, Nightmare, Noise, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Revolution, Scream, Siren, Slice, Soul, Spoiled Child, Super-Man, Superior, Thrill, View, Wild Eyes, You | Leave a comment

We Who Would Be Gods

Posted on February 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Some folks believe that we stand on the verge of a merger between man, machine and artificial intelligence. They espouse this prerogative as a next step in the evolution of mankind. Intriguing isn’t it? Some easily evident pluses. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bequest, Certain, Children, Defeat, Destiny, Discipline, Evolution, Force of Nature, Gods, History, Humanity, Inferior, Integrity, Kill, Lame, Legacy, Machine, Man, Merge, Name, Natural Cause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remnant, Revolution, Sin, Superior, Third Millenium, Unseat, We | Leave a comment

Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Darwin – Origin of Species, Chapter 8

Posted on February 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Again, Aloha Promises Forever has touched on both the life and legacy of Charles Darwin several times now and on Origin of Species as well. That being said, the tutorial we are following along with focuses on Chapter 8 today. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Darwin, Evolution, Harvard Classics, Instinct, Origin of Species, Science | Leave a comment

Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Voyage of the Beagle, Chapter XVII – Charles Darwin

Posted on December 27, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Aloha Promises Forever has already discussed the life of the Charles Darwin, other portions of The Voyage of the Beagle, and related conceptions. This time around we are featuring a look at Chapter XVII. Chapter XVII of The Voyage of the Beagle … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Biology, Charles Darwin, Evolution, Exploration, Harvard Classics, The Voyage of the Beagle | Leave a comment

Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Origin of Species – Darwin

Posted on November 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Origin of Species was published on November 24, 1859 We have previously discussed both Darwin and The Origin of Species on earlier posts. In keeping with the spirit of using the Harvard Classics as a tutorial today, we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Darwin, Evolution, Havard Classics, Science, The Origin of Species, Variation | Leave a comment