Tag Archives: Gifts

Beauty’s Brutality

Posted on December 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Beauty’s Brutalityby Michael DoyleIn the deeps of Finland’s heartThe land lies in its darknessBathed in the Northern LightFrom where whispers of hope startAgainst the chilling harshnessBelow winter’s frosted nightSummer has been quick and fleetingTo thrive here takes endurance and courageWorn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Ancient, Aurora Borealis, Beauty, Bleak Midwnter, Borne, Breeze, Brutality, Change, Chill, Comfort, Constant, Courage, Darkness, Deeps, Discourage, Down Under, Dreams, Endurance, Fatal, Finland, Fleeting, Fools, Forest, Free, Frost, Frozen In Time, Frozen Mouth, Gifts, Golden Eagle, Greeting, Grit, Harshness, Hope, Impatience, Infinity, Jeweled Crown, Land, Lapland, Legends, Life, Magical, Mesmerized, Midnight Sun, Moment To Spare, Myth, Myth of Fire Foxes, Never Know, Northern Light, Owl, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Reindeer, Rule, Santa, Serenity, Shine, Stand To Know, Star-Filled Sky, Stillness, Struggle, Summer, Sunrise, Surprise, Survive, The Sun, Thrive, Tough Lessons, Trees, Warmth, Weeks On End, Weight In Gold, Whisper, Winter, Winter Snow, Wisdom | Leave a comment

In Getting To Good Days

Posted on November 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In Getting To Good Daysby Michael DoyleTaken then in the reflectiveLife is seen in its proper perspectiveWe Find many reasons for gratitudeAnd rightly live with that attitudeNo longer wearing that intended greedBut in realization that God gives what we needIt’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attitude, Beautiful, Beauty of Life, Blessing, Blessings, Brave, Change, Cultivated, Day, Departs, Drinks of Water, Each Day, Each Step, Estrange, Ever Changing, Experienced, Flow, Getting, Gifts, Glad, God, God Gives, Good Days, Good Things, Gratefulness, Gratitude, Greed, He Lives, Heaven, Holy Communion, Inside, Instant, Journal, Lesson, Life, Made, Materialize, Memory, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proper Perspective, Realization, Realize, Reasons, Reflective, Remember, Reunion, Right Living, Second Guessing, Setting Sights, Shape, Taken Then, Tapestry, Teach, Thankfulness, Think, Unafraid, Watch, Wear | Leave a comment

Some Times We Can Wait No Longer

Posted on October 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Some Times We Can Wait No Longerby Michael DoyleSocrates and Jesus took their last breathsAs each of these were put to their deathsAccused and tried for treason and blasphemyAnd in corrupting the young by truth’s divinityThe noble search and allegiance … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Allegiance, Allow Life, Appreciate, Beauty, Beyond Compare, Beyond Our Control, Blasphemy, Born, Burn, Call, Chain, Commiseration, Complication, Consolation, Corrupt, Curing, Dedication, Derive, Divine Comedy, Divinity, Document, Emperor, Enduring, Evil, Evil Intent, Explanation, Faithful, Fame and Fortune, Fate, Freed Thoughts, Freedoms, Gained Victory, Gifts, Gives and Takes, God's Instruments, Good, Happiness, Harsh, Hatred, Heaven, History, Holy and Good, Humanity, Imprisoned, Instrument, Jesus, Justice, Know, Last Breath, Laughter, Led, Library, Life, Literature, Live, Live On, Lose Charm, Loss, Love, Martin Luther King Jr, Mean, Mind, Misery, Must, No Longer, Noble, Nothing, Others, Outside Agitator, Overome, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power of Belief, Providence, Put to Death, Real Form, Respond, Returning Good for Evil, Reveal, Rhapsody, Search, Second Guess, Segregation, Sermons, Shackled Will, Slander, Socrates, Some Times We Wait No Longer, Sung, Tatter, Theta, Times, Treason, Trouble, Trust, Truth, Understood, Unwise, Venerate, Wait, Wicked Consolation, World, Wrong, Young | Leave a comment

Ode to the Bellisserian Family

Posted on February 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the midst of Second Life, there exists the community of Bellisseria . It is the inspiration and virtual child of one, Patch Linden, and maintained and developed by his “moles”. Those who live there are a unique bunch of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adventure, Art, Beat, Bellisseria, Brothers, Burn, Candle, Chaos, Cloud, Community, Cozy, Dance, DJ, Dream, Drift, Faith, Family, Form, Fun, Game of Homes, Gentle Spirit, Gifts, Hallow, Harmony, Heart, Home, Humor, Inspiration, Joke, Lair, Library, Little Things, Love, Madness, Meaning, Mermaid, Moles, Moonlight, Naunce, Order, Paid Forward, Patch Linden, Patched, Path, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Rocks, Second Life, Selfless, Share, Side Street, Sisters, Slide, Soul Shift, Sound, Spill, Spirit, Splash, Start, Sublime, Time, Trappings, True, Underground, Vibration, Walk | Leave a comment

Please Have A Merry and Blessed Christmas 2019

Posted on December 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

To all my friends, family and even enemies, especially enemies, may you have the happiest and most blessed Christmas ever in reflection of the many gifts our heavenly Father has given to each and every one of us. May we … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Blessed, Christmas, December 25 2019, Endeavor, Enemies, Every Day, Family, Father, Friends, Gifts, Good, Hearts, Heaven, John 3:16, John Wesley, Join Together, Joy, Love, Merry Christmas, Peace, Tenderness, Thought For the Day, Today, Wish, World | Leave a comment

On This St Nicholas Day 2019

Posted on December 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Happiest of St Nicholas’ Days 2019! This is the day that I will forever and a day celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season. Though honestly, I believe the world would be all the better if we kept Christmas in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2019, Beautiful, Believe, Birth, Celebrate, Child, Christmas Season, Creed, Custom, December, Deeds, Door, Doubt, Faith, Faraway, Favor, First Light, Fortune, Gifts, Gladness, Good Deed, Good Name, Good News, Heart, Jesus, Legend, Live, Nicea, Night, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Poverty, Respect, Same, Santa, Seal, Shiver, Shoe, Sound, St Nicholas Day, Summer, Toys, Truth, Wolf | Leave a comment

Joy In the Gifts of Hard Times

Posted on April 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 7 is to write a poem about gifts and joy. Above this challenge was a bit about how poetry can prove quite the therapeutic tool. I can see this easily from my own life. From this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Abundance, Agony, Alive, Believe, Bleak, Celebrate, Circumstance, Clarity, Concieve, Dark, Daughters, Day, Depend, Despair, Devotion, Difficulty, Each Day, Earth, Employ, Faith, Family, Find, Focus, Gift, Gifts, Good, Good Friends, Grasp, Gratitude, Hand, Happenstance, Hard Times, Heaven, Hope, Joy, Key, Little Girls, Love, Moments, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nature, Negate, Out of Control, Passing Moment, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Rejoice, Salvation, Seasons, Situation, Soul, Spiral, Sublime, Support, Survive, Thankful, Today, World, World Turned Upside Down | Leave a comment

Stages of Gratitude

Posted on November 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Life when seen through the lens of a western movie …. https://flic.kr/p/rMa2hR Stages of Gratitude by Michael Romani Down the old dusty, winding road A creaky stagecoach takes it’s journey Each passenger an expert and a scold Pressed for wisdom … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrogant, Broken Watch, Certainty, Choices, Countenance, Defiant, Expert, Family Table, Flow, Gifts, Glisten, Grace, Gratitude, Ground, Imagination, Injury, Jesus, Journey, Listen, Loyal, Mask, Mercy, Mock Superiority, Passage, Photograph, Platitude, Pleasant, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Reverence, Scold, Stage, Station, True, Wisdom | Leave a comment

The Practice of Kindness

Posted on November 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on the Gospel according to Luke: The Practice of Kindness by Michael Romani In this world of madness Inundated with sadness What happened to kindness In this world of blindness A moment’s thought for others All of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blind, Cheek, Covenant, Doubt, Find, Forgive, Frailty, Gifts, God, God's Whisper, Good, Gospel, Grace, Heal, Holy, Humanity, Jesus, Kindness, Lose, Love One Another, Loyal, Luke, Madness, Other-Centered, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praxis, Protect, Reliable, Sad, Servants, Serve, Stable, Steadfast, Sword, Tender Mercy, Turn, Vanity, Word | Leave a comment

Rezz Day Poem For SliverLight GypsyHeart

Posted on October 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Her guy was out of town so I didn’t feel right taking photos of her to put up in my blog. Still, this lady has a wonderful music venue that is in SecondLife and she is about the nicest person … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bliss, Dance, Gifts, Gratitude, Happiness, Laughter, Music, Pearl Beach, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, Rezz Day, Second Life, SilverLight GypsyHeart, Song, Spirit of the Outback, Treasure, Tunes | Leave a comment