Tag Archives: Forget

First Principles: It Is When the People Forget God That Tyrants Forge Their Chains

Posted on July 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can … Continue reading →

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Is There Hope?

Posted on July 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I am feeling down today. Had way too long of a walk through prairie wildflowers and then woods in a riparian corridor, but, even that hasn’t cheered me up. Still, it has led another poem at least. Is There Hope? … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Sad Will Be the Day When Americans Forget Their Traditions and Their History

Posted on July 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country they love, the institutions they cherish, and the freedom they hope to preserve, were born from the throes … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Forgiveness Is A Cancelled Note Never To Be Shown Against the Forgiven

Posted on July 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against … Continue reading →

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Things We’ve Said

Posted on June 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Woke up this morning, kicking myself hard. Nuff said about that other than… Things We’ve Said by Michael Romani Teared face looks in the mirror Trapped disgrace lived out in error Struggling past feeble lines of poetry That still vivid … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Be The First To Apologize, Forgive and Forget and Be the Best

Posted on June 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. And the first to forget is the happiest… True story.” – Anonymous

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Empire State’s Eternity

Posted on April 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I missed Day 24 of the Na/GloPoWriMo 2019. The challenge that day was to pick a reference book and blindly choose something from any given page. Having no reference books currently handy, I turned to Wikipedia. One of today’s featured … Continue reading →

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Meanders At the Oxbow

Posted on April 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo 2019, Day 29 and the challenge is to write on the after thoughts about a strong emotion and its results. This is my attempt to clarify thoughts I had just yesterday about the days prior and the future that … Continue reading →

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Like Dominoes Falling

Posted on April 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

On this the 18th day of Na/GloPoWriMo, the challenge is to write an elegy in which the sadness is based less on abstraction than concrete verbiage that helps a person feel the depth of sorrow felt. To that degree, I … Continue reading →

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I Am the Ocean

Posted on April 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 17 and the challenge is to write a poem from an unusual perspective. What if a drop of water thought it was the ocean itself?… I Am the Ocean by Michael Romani I am the ocean I am … Continue reading →

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