Tag Archives: Fear

In the Tall Grass

Posted on October 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #28 In the Tall Grass by Michael Romani It’s there in the tall grass Out in the muck and mire That tall, tall grass That feeds on your desire Never letting you pass Out there in the tall, … Continue reading →

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Stage Craft

Posted on October 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #27: Stage Craft by Michael Romani All of the magic in hocus pocus Is merely that of diverting focus Legendary in its sleight of hand It’s all just illusion; understand? Like guns on a stage in the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actor, Air, Applause, Approach, Assault, Audience, Children, Compulsion, Costume, Craft, Cup, Dig Deep, Dirt, Discuss, Distraction, Doctor, Dull, Dying, Fact, Factor, Fear, First Act, Flair, Flow, Focus, Frankenstein, Gauge, God, Grown Ups, Gun, Half, Halloween, Hocus Pocus, Illusion, Imagination, Junk, Known, Levitation, Magic, Malt, Memory, Mind, Morphine, Odd, Offstage, Old Actor, Part, Pause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polite, Preception, Protocol, Psychological, Ramble, Saw, See, Shamble, Shell Game, Show, Shown, Shriek, Simple, Sleight of Hand, Stage, Stake, Storm, Suspense, Treats, Trunk, Use, Woman | Leave a comment

Season of Fear

Posted on October 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #26: Season of Fear by Michael Romani Queue the creepy music For the just the right vibe Dare to step inside And then you decide As an indulgent prattle With wicked stories told Bones shake and start to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alarm, Bones, Bump, Cold, Creepy, Dare, Dark, Decide, Delight, Enough, Fear, Goose Bumps, Halloween, Haunt, Horror, Music, Night, Old, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Prattle, Rattle, Scary, Season, Shrill, Sold, Soul, Story, Stuff, Thrill, Time, Vibe, Wicked, Witching Hour, Year | Leave a comment

Taken Path

Posted on October 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #22: Taken Path by Michael Romani Even we who make our own heaven and hell Cannot evade that most singular of details That the chosen Wolf of God is our prophecy A singular enemy that is our owned … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Blood, Bring, Bury, Carry, Cave, Choice, Control, Crimson, Cure, Dark, Destiny, Detail, Dig, Do, Embrace, End, Enemy, Evil, Fable, Fear, Few, Fight, Fog, Forever, Full Moon, Gift, Gods, Grave, Halloween, Heart, Heaven, Hell, Heresy, History, Infusion, Know, Legacy, Light, Man, Mud, Night, Offspring, Path, People, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poison, Power, Prophecy, River, Run, Save, Shaman, Sin, Single, Singular, Soul, Stand, Strength, Vision, Wolf, Wolf of God, World | Leave a comment

Tears In Misted Eyes

Posted on October 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #21: Tears In Misted Eyes by Michael Romani Tears in his misted eyes A monster cries as his child dies While the mother prays her lullaby It’s all the watcher can do to sigh Life like a twisted … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anguish, Blade, Blind, Breath, Broken Heart, Child, Choice, Confusion, Cross, Crucifix, Cruel, Cry, Deep, Dies, Down, Dying, Echo, Enfold, Eyes, Family, Father, Fear, Feel, Halloween, Hand, Hard, Heaven, Hesitate, Illusion, Keep, Kill, Lies, Life, Lord, Loss, Lullaby, Misstep, Mist, Moment, Monster, Monstrosity, Mother, Night, Perservere, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Pray, Question, Reel, Revere, Sacred, Shown, Sigh, Silence, Sleep, Souls, Suffer, Tear, Temper, Troubled Soul, True, Voice, Weep, World, Wounded Heart | Leave a comment

Pick Up Sticks

Posted on October 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Canines and mankind have a relationship that has recently been discovered to be much older than thought for most of my life. The estimate I heard today on an audiobook about animal behavior placed this friendship back over 100,000 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Apache, Bag, Boy, Brave, Canine, Coyote, Creatures, Cry, Dark, Evil, Fear, Harshness, Hell, Howl, Illusion, Innocent, Light, Lucifer, Mankind, Night, Petroglyph, Photograph, Pick Up, Poem, Poetry, Satan, Shade, Sinner, Sky, Sticks, Sunlight, Tale, Trick, Wall, Winner, Wolf | Leave a comment

Ways of Survival

Posted on September 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In the long and short of it, life is really about survival. Ways of Survival by Michael Romani And so at once, we reach our arrival That everything that happens is about survival Each Fall we are reminded of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Angry, Arrive, Blessing, Blue, Chill, Cry, Do, Dream, Earth, Empathy, End, Extinction, Fall, Fear, Fire, Forget, Fragile, Frame, Guesstimate, Happen, History, Immortal, Leaves, Life, Love, Mad Tea Party, Mass, Mercy, Moments, Mother Nature, Name, Passing Year, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Push, Rake, Realize, Regret, Resources, Revolve, Ripple, Serial Killer, Skipped Stone, Strife, Struggle, Suicide, Survival, Survive, Think, Way | Leave a comment

Lessons From Thomas

Posted on September 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on John 20: 24-31: Lessons From Thomas by Michael Romani Oh my God, I have so much doubt Always wondering what it’s about Expectations so seldom feeling met Too many turns that I sadly regret Sometimes, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Book of John, Care, Conceive, Dare, Demand, Discern, Doubt, Doubting Thomas, Expectation, Eyes, Faith, Faithless, Fear, Feeling, God, Grow, Integrity, Know, Learn, Met, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Proof, Regret, Right, Serve, Shadow, Sight, Teach, Turn, Wonder | Leave a comment

Way of Things

Posted on September 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Life and love are best lived in giving and letting go of fear. Way of Things by Michael Romani Every problems asks for solution Said the keeper of genuine seeking The passage of light in contribution Pardoned by the innocent … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Broken Heart, Contribute, Corner Pocket, Distance, Edge, Energy, Fear, Genuine, Give, Hear, History, Hold Tight, Innocent, Life, Light, Locket, Love, Madness, Mystery, New Day, Night, One, Pardon, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Problem, Read, Resistance, Right Words, Sad, Search, Seek, Solution, Talk, Things, Tomorrow, Travel, Trouble, Two, Way, Wonder, Write | Leave a comment

What Is Art?

Posted on August 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I was sitting on a swing in a virtual world and thinking on how beautiful the build was that had been designed to evoke and memorialize my dead family members and close friends who had died before their time and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ars, Art, Axiology, Balance, Beauty, Build, Circumstance, Comfort, Concept, Craft, Define, Deny, Determination, Dread, Dream, Effort, Era, Escape, Evidence, Evoke, Expression, Eyes, Fail, Fear, Form, Formal Quality, Hang, Harmony, Heart, Hue, Imiate, Know, Meaning, Memorial, Mimesis, Mind, Organic, Origin, Originality, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Providence, Rendition, Representation, Response, Rhythm, Show, Skill, Soul, Spill, Truth, Ugly, Unity, Value, Views, Virtual, Wall, Way, World | Leave a comment