Tag Archives: Journey

Blessed Be the Name

Posted on October 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Genesis 50:20: Blessed Be the Name by Michael Romani Awestruck with the Lord in admiration Filled with unearned grace and fascination Holding strong to the blessed name That leads with light and knows no shame God’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Admire, Awestruck, Blessed, Contentment, Game Changer, Genesis, Grace, Instruction, Journey, Lord, Mankind, Name, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resentment, Revelations, Righteousness, Scripture, Unstoppable Goodness | Leave a comment

Stitch In Time (Bride of Frankenstein)

Posted on October 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A different sort of look at an old story. Stitch In Time (Bride of Frankenstein) by Michael Romani The things we have as we venture Living life as a grand adventure Sometimes it’s more than pride can take When it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bride of Frankenstein, Challenges, Compromise, Constrain, Corset, Cruelty, Darkness, Death's Kiss, Deception, Decisions, Dragons, Grand Adventure, Journey, Light, Losing Game, Mend, Pain, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Pride, Slay, Smile, Steps, Stitch, Subterfuge, Surprise, Time, Torture, Vain, Venture, Whisper | Leave a comment

Warning Signs Unheeded

Posted on September 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 2 Timothy 3:12 Warning Signs Unheeded by Michael Romani In my desire to live a Godly life I have opened myself up to strife From those who would prosecute And slander me to my ill repute … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Conviction, Courage, Darkness, Define, Discourage, Evidence, Expectation, Fealty, God, Godly Life, Greatness, Harm, Harshness, Ill Repute, Journey, Paul, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, Prosecute, Strife, Strong, Struggle, Suffer, Timothy, Trouble, Warning Sign | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Class

Posted on September 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The universe measures us in a thousand weighs We’ll never really understand through our days We stand here hopeless about being helpless; it’s true Relying on half truths of a class we never really ever knew Taking our journey in … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Allow, Class, Confess, Daily Prompt, Destiny, Dreams, Forward, Helpless, Hopeless, Infinity, Journey, Measure, Meet, Moon, One, Pain, Progress, Reflection, Retreat, Steps, Toward, Truth, Understand, Universe, Useful Illusion, Weigh | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Exquisite

Posted on September 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes in the quiet hours of late night When my sleep somehow isn’t going right That is when I take a moment to revisit All the memories of you that are so exquisite It only took a moment for me … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Daily Prompt, Dream, Exquisite, Fall, Journey, Late Night, Layers, Life, Meaning, Memories, Reasons, Recall, Revisit, Right, Season, Sleep, Subtle, Trouble, Wife | Leave a comment

Of Love and Loss

Posted on June 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

R.I.P. Donald Hall, poet Of Love and Loss by Michael Romani Sharing a moment of barnyard credibility The poet defended ordinary language and sensibility As the irresistible fodder of interpretation His poet’s life as much his journey as his destination … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Barnyard Credibility, Donald Hall, Gains, Idiom, Impulses, Journey, Language, Losses, Nostalgic, Observation, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Sensibility | Leave a comment

Mirror, Mirror…

Posted on June 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Some people amuse. Others are a muse… by birth. The lady asked me for a poem to match her beautiful photograph. This was the best, I could do. https://flic.kr/p/28h9g1v Mirror, Mirror… by Michael Romani There she was sitting beside the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Better Man, Capricorn, Emotion, Journey, Muse, Ocean, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Side By Side, Soul, Understanding, Virgo | Leave a comment

Full Gospel Tilt

Posted on June 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated to the life of Clarence Fountain. Well done good and faithful servant and now the gates of heaven have opened wide for your arrival home. Full Gospel Tilt by Michael Romani A master of early hard gospel innovation The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blind Boys of Alabama, Center Stage, Clarence Fountain, Falsetto, God, Gospel, Growl, Jesus, Journey, Jubilee, Legacy, Living Rule, Old School, Pentecostal, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Posterity, Raspy, Singer, Southern | Leave a comment

In the Infinity of Pi

Posted on June 13, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Archimede’s Constant is known as a concept by nearly all by Middle School and yet stretches on to what appears to be near infinitesimal digits to what nth of a degree we still do not exactly know… In the Infinity … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Continuum, Daydreams, Discord, Infinity, Journey, Letters, Math, Music, Nightmare, Number, Peace, Photograph, Pi, Poem, Poetry, Pythagoras, Spheres, Strife, Truth, Written | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Forest

Posted on May 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Life is a journey with twisted turns and not a test Still there are lessons to learn by walking its forest Life is not a race but growth that forms slowly The best of which happens almost incrementally In hoping … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Daily Prompt, Distrubance, Forest, Foundation, Friend, Growth, Incremental, Journey, Lessons, Mend, Test, Travel, Truth, Wordpress, Wounds | Leave a comment