Tag Archives: Family

Na/GloPoWriMo 11: Solo Deo Gloria

Posted on April 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The Na/GloPoWriMo Day 11 challenge is a nebulous subject of what might my state of the union be about my life in the future. I live a lot in the moment. I suppose that I nearly always have. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Daddy, Daughters, Family, God, Living A Prayer, Na/GloPoWriMo, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, Solo Deo Gloria, Tomorow, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Coda: A Eulogy For A King

Posted on April 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, 1968. In his honor and to memorialize in some small way his life and legacy: Coda: A Eulogy For A King by Michael Romani Born into a world of brutality In … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brutality, Children of God, Coda, Dignity, Eulogy, Family, Forgiveness, Humility, Injustice, Justice, Living, Love, Martin Luther King Jr, Nonviolence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Redemption, United States | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo 4: To Make You Whole

Posted on April 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The challenge for day four is to create a poem making an abstract concept concrete. I was thinking of my brother in law lately anyhow. So, I chose to embody the grief felt by both he and I regarding my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Bargaining, Blackness, Connection, Console, Crater-Sized Hole, Family, Grief, Happiness, Joy, Loneliness, Loss, Na/GloPoWriMo, Pain, Passing Years, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Ponded Tears, Sister, To Make You Whole, Whole | Leave a comment

Lessons In Living History

Posted on March 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Lessons In Living History by Michael Romani The hardest thing to comprehend Is why so many fail to understand That lessons in history tend to repeat Maybe because the lessons are incomplete Like angel wings openly spread History is more … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Daughter, Family, Heritage, History, Lessons, Living, Living Museum, Love, Magical, Moments, Mystery, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Revelation | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Quartet

Posted on March 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Suddenly found in a quartet of contemplation I find myself with four points left of inspiration Points of reference found in yesterday and today The other points of perspective along the way Are those of only now and what was … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Contemplation, Daily Prompt, Daughters, Dreams, Family, Father, Inspiration, Laughter, Love, Points of Reference, Quartet, Song, Tomorrow, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Daddy’s Girl

Posted on March 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Daddy’s Girl by Michael Romani To be marginalized and oppressed Cannot be ever overestimated To be considered less than Had left her endlessly frustrated It didn’t make it any better To be considered part of the family Not in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amusement, Brain, Contribution, Conversation, Daddy's Girl, Davastation, Deeply Rooted, Experience, Family, Found Nickel, Frustration, Institutional, Integrity, Marginalized, Negligence, Oppressed, Patriarchy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preference, Racism, Respect, Sexism | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Incubate

Posted on March 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

For how long must we sit, wait and incubate Our thoughts on the world that creatively fascinates The embryonic thoughts had and then we simply sit on Sometimes too long and then these too are gone It’s an extra special … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Action, Breakfast, Daily Prompt, Embryonic, Family, Incubate, Satisfaction, Sit, St. Patrick's Day, Think, Thoughts, Wait, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Strongest Motivation Is What Is In Our Hearts

Posted on February 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We discuss motives, but isn’t it always the same motive? ‘I have murder in my heart.’ Why do so many Americans have murder in their hearts? … We have been swept by social, technological and cultural revolution. The family blew … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Absence of Fathers, Accusation, Atmosphere, Casual Ending of Life, Class Division, Culture of Violence, Depth, Destruction of Family, Drug Abuse, Family, Integration, Life, Meaning, Motivation, Murder, Nihilism, Reckoning, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Assay

Posted on February 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Listen up, the people got something they want to say Maybe it’s time that we take a moment and assay All the bad that is happening in the world today Maybe it’s time that we take our turn another way … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories, Uncategorized | Tagged Assay, Cherish, Country, Daily Prompt, Family, God, Heritage, Hermitage, Legacy, Measure, People, Pleasures, Repent, Say, Spirituality, Travesty, Treasure, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Presidents’ Day 2018

Posted on February 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Presidents’ Day 2018 by Michael Romani Two princesses and their daddy Wandered off to Conner Prairie Uncertain of what they might find Seeking fun and to cultivate minds Most of the living history Would have to remain a mystery Closed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aspiration, Conner Prairie, Country, Daughters, Dedication, Family, Jeopardy, Land, Legacy, Living History, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presidents' Day, Rain | Leave a comment