Tag Archives: Goodbye

A Dagger’s Breath

Posted on July 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The last in the classic retelling of a classic werewolf tale: A Dagger’s Breath by Michael Doyle Everywhere the deceived heart searches for clues Bits of treachery displayed in all of its hues You can hide it all within a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ask, Aware, Banks, Bestial Pride, Big Eyes, Bitten, Blood Moon, Breath, Brutality, Chains, Christ, Clue, Complain, Confide, Courage, Cross, Curse, Dagger, Dagger's Breath, Darkness, Daughter, Deceived, Destiny, Devil's Daughter, Die, Ears, Errors, Father, Fears, Feel, Foggy, Goodbye, Hatred, Heart, Hero, Hide, Hues, Invincible, Lake, Lies, Loss, Love, Mask, Mortality, Nightmares, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Protect, Questions, Reins, Safe Passage, She, Sheer Terror, Silver, Simple, Slain, Soul Shake, Sunrise, Tale, Tears, Teeth, Treachery, Unholy, Vain, Veins, Verse, Want, Watch, Werewolf, Winter, Woken, Wolf | Leave a comment

Pandemic Confronted

Posted on March 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

On looking slightly back at a day of visitation with two princesses who mean all the world to me and reflection on the current events of our times. Pandemic Confronted by Michael Doyle What a day to roundly irrational In … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Angel, Answer, Bad Joke, Better, Bravado, Bring, Brisk, Calm, Celebrate, Choke, Confess, Confront, Consequence, Covoid 19, Dad, Dancer, Day, Day's End, Deep, Depart, Devil, Diplomatic, Eldest, Embrace, End, Epidemic, Eye, Face, Father, Fear, Fear Monger, First, God, Goodbye, Heart, Hid, Hug, Imperfect, Irrational, Joke, Kill, Know, Last Day, Laugh, Loneliness, Looking Back, Love, Meal, Memory, Pandemic, Photograph, Pi, Poem, Poetry, Recompense, Reply, Revealing, Right, Risk, Round, Saint Patrick's Day, Sarcoidosis, See, Sent Off, Shower, Smile, Soul, Tear, Tell, Together, Trace, Visitation, Warm, Watch, Way, Wordplay | Leave a comment

Flash In the Pan

Posted on January 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the hustle and bustle that makes up our busy days so many, perhaps too many people and places come and go and yet these linger in our memories, right? Flash In the Pan by Michael Romani Our hearts thrown … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Bet, Books, Certain, Change, Come and Go, Comfort, Complete, Crack, Days, Dim, Feeling, Flash, Flash In the Pan, Friend, Goodbye, Heart, Hearts, Hustle, Independent, Invincible, Kiss, Linger, Memory, Modern Love, Night, Pages, Pan, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Read, Refine, Right, Ring, Seen, Sing, Soul, Tomorrow, Trespass, Yours and Mine | Leave a comment

Fade To Black

Posted on October 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #25: Fade To Black by Michael Romani We shared our goodbyes at hallowed grave To the one that we could not save Then sat ourselves in shadowed room Almost welcoming our mournful gloom There was a time shared … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Autumn, Black, Bury, Certain, Close, Company, Death, Dream, Empty, End, Eyes, Fade, Few, Gloom, Glory, Goodbye, Grave, Halloween, Happy, Leave, Loss, Me, Miracle, Mourn, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Room, Save, Shadow, Share, Silent Scream, Tear, Wake | Leave a comment

Given To the Fire

Posted on October 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #24: https://flic.kr/p/s4ZNhr Given To the Fire by Michael Romani Gazing on the precious cross Given to the fire with a toss One soul stood itself alone But, oh so, very lost and alone As if her heart were … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abyss, Alone, Atone, Aware, Battle, Begun, Best, Breath, Brutal, Candle, Close, Cross, Curse, Damned, Death, Destination, Dies, Embrace, End, End of Days, Eyes, Face, Fatal, Fire, Friend, Friends, Give, God, Goodbye, Halloween, Heart, Humanity, Immortality, Incarnate, Invoke, Kiss, Know, Life, Light, Love, Night, Offering, Pain, Pale, Peace On Earth, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Protection, Remorse, Run, Salvation, Sin, Soul, Squander, Stone, Suffering, Tear, Today, Vain, Wander, Whisper, Wisdom, Wolf, Wolf of God, Won | Leave a comment

Eulogy For the Profane

Posted on August 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The last few days have been painful. I wonder if that means I’m growing? Isn’t that the saying “no pain, no gain”? Eulogy For the Profane by Michael Romani They say profanity Is the sign of a lazy mind All … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aneurysm, Appreciate, Boss, Charles, Clever, Cry, Days, Death, Decisions, Depend, Disdain, Doubt, Duty, Endeavor, Eulogy, Eyes, Falling Out, Fascination, Find, Friend, Funeral, Glory, Good Man, Goodbye, Grief, Head, Honor, Infer, Insane, Lazy, Light, Listen, Loss, Lost, Love, Mentor, Mess, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points, Price, Profane, Profanity, Reaper, Right, Sage Advice, Sigh, Soldier, Story, Strain, Tell, Train Wreck, Try, Undone, Venity, Whiskey, Whisper | Leave a comment

Humbled To the Stumble

Posted on June 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The thing about prayers is that while God answers them all, it is not always with a “yes”. Sometimes it’s wait. Sometimes it’s an outright no. At all times, we need to trust that the answer that works for God’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Answer, Clever, Crumble, God, Goodbye, Gravee, Humble, Humility, Known, Love, Never, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, See, Shown, Stumble, Together, Trust, Wishing Well | Leave a comment

Dragged Down

Posted on June 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Little something that fell together while I was playing guitar tonight… Dragged Down by Michael Romani Feeling less than fulsome Dragged down something awesome Drinking to oblivion stage side Letting my rage riff on a free ride At the turn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Awesome, Battle, Clever, Clue, Cry, Down, Drag, Drink, Feeling, Forever, Free Ride, Goodbye, Guitar, Knew, Lost, Messed Up, Noewhere, Oblivion, Page, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rear Pew, Riff, Sage, Secret, Slow, Stage, Stumble, Thicck, Wave | Leave a comment

The Very Best of Something

Posted on March 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Out there in the Hundred Acre Woods, there are a lot of tales to be told. Some happy and filled with joy. Some are bittersweet such as the feelings that come at childhood’s end… The Very Best of Something by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best Foot, Best of Me, Bittersweet, Bouncy, Childhood, Childhood's End, Complete, Cry, Daydream, Doing Nothing, Dream, End, Enthusiasm, Family, Family of Choice, Favorite Place, Friend, Gone, Good, Goodbye, Heart, Hello, Hundred Acre Woods, Imaginary, Life, Me and You, Memory, Montage of Images, Nowhere, Optimism, Photograph, Picnic, Poem, Poetry, Pot Full of Honey, Real, Sendoff, Share, Smile, So Long, Something, Sweet, Tackle Life Head On, Talk, Those, Thought, Trouncy, Two, Very Best, Yesteryear | Leave a comment

Heartbreaks Forgiven

Posted on February 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I wrote this poem just now. Please forgive the typos. It’s sort of a word flow thing…. Heartbreaks Forgiven by Michael Romani I watched you kill your child today I held your hand and did not look away You told … Continue reading →

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