Tag Archives: Legacy

You Can’t Own (A Child of God)

Posted on January 31, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

As we stand perched on the edge of a new month, this poem is dedicated to the brave souls who fought together as brothers and sisters in Jones County, Mississippi, dedicated to the proposition that each person is equal before … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amen, Brave, Child of God, Complicit, Die, Duplicity, Echo, Equal Before God, Fight, Free, Freedom, God, Head, Heart, History, Jones County, Legacy, Legend, Liberty, Light, Linger, Living History, Mississippi, Odd, Own, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Right, Sacred, Simple, Soul, Tear, Trust, Truth, Try, Twenty First Century | Leave a comment

Samson (XI)

Posted on January 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing in a series of poems depicting the story of Samson and Delilah as told in the Book of Judges: Samson (XI) by Michael Romani Staying their course, steady to fight For their land and what is right Even if … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Bind, Book of Judges, Brute, Care, Consequence, Correction, Death, Delilah, Direction, Enemy, Extraordinary, Fail, Feign, Forsake, God, Hebrew, Jew, Lead, Legacy, Lovers, Noble, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prince, Promised Land, Right, Romance, Samson, Servant, Snare, Stern, Surrender, Weakness, Will, Zion | Leave a comment

Treasure From A Book

Posted on January 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Last of the poems inspired by watching that wonderful tale, Paddington 2. Maybe, in some ways, I am still a child at heart. But, I think everyone should watch this movie! Treasure From A Book by Michael Romani Every train comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Child At Heart, Death, Discern, Double, Family, Follow, Friend, Friends, Gate, Last Breath, Learn, Legacy, Legs, Lesson, Long Walk, Love, Nothing, Open Mind, Paddington 2, Paddington Bear, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Risk, Smile, Tears, Train, Trouble, True Heart, Worthwhile, Write | Leave a comment

Jenny Lind

Posted on December 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

P. T. Barnum once said something like the greatest art is the art of making people happy. Personally, I think he was really onto something with this. Then again, as the child that I’ve always been, I’ve always loved a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Air, America, Angel, Applause, Art, Beauty, Bell Ringer, Breath, Broken, Cage, Care, Circus, Critic, Crowd, Dare, Decision, Destination, Devine, Devotion, Game, Happy, Heart, Heartless, Hoodwink, Imagination, Jenny Lind, Legacy, Legitimate, Lights, Night, Nightingale, Opera, P.T. Barnum, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Privilege, Real, Real Deal, Reputation, Self Promotion, Sham, Shame, Showman, Sing, Soundrel, Sparkle, Spotlight, Stage, Station, Tale, Taste, Top Shelf, Truth, Unwise, Voice, Wealth | Leave a comment

Subliminity

Posted on December 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Andy Wharol has risen from the bin of the counter culture into some kind of iconoclast. Truthfully, I don’t quite get the appeal. Yet, I feel compelled to give recognition where it’s due and it is due. Subliminity by Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Andy Wharol, Artist of the Century, Counter-Culture, Crass Commercialism, Deep, Dingy, Grace, Iconic, Intimate, Legacy, Niche, Nouveau Riche, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Post Modern, Post-Modernist, Poverty, Sanity, Spiritual Eye, Sublime, Sublminity, Surface, Truth, Vanity | Leave a comment

A Hero’s Legacy

Posted on December 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Indelible character is a rarity. George H. Bush was just such a man of noble character. I didn’t always agree with him. Do know that he lost my vote once. But, never my belief that he is and was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Decency, Dignity, Duty, Eulogy, George H Bush, Hero, Honor, Journey, Knight, Legacy, Life, Phototgraph, Poem, Poetry, President, Public Servant, Thousand Points of Light | Leave a comment

The Greatest of All Time

Posted on December 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Often in discussing sports and things, people talk in terms of who is the greatest of all time. That’s never made much sense to me. We can never know who is up and coming for example as to why… The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Argument, Art, Braggadocio, Century, Collective, Cultural touchstone, Eloquent, Excellent, False Choice, False Claims, Front Cover, Greatest of All Time, History, Invective, Legacy, Music, Objective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Reflective, Rhyme, Sports, Truth Unseen, Warrior, Word | Leave a comment

Warrior Unknown

Posted on November 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

More light of truth shines on the valor of the few than ever before in history. Yet, as always, the unknown warriors are those who more than often make the rulers who they are. Warrior Unknown by Michael Romani It … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Conpiracy, Evil, Gilded Pages, History, King, Legacy, Love, Pew, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rule, Sarilege, Taverns, Throne, Tongue, Treachery, Truth, Unknown, Valor, Warrior, Wisdom of Sages | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Eccentric

Posted on September 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Another waking up Saturday morning feeling eccentric Slow drips of caffeine sips making my world concentric Love to say I was feeling the part of a royal descendent But, I will say that my path some times seems transcendent Laughing … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Caffiene, Concentric, Daily Prompt, Decendent, Dust, Eccentric, Elephant, Legacy, Saturday, Smile, Tamale, Transcendent, Wake Up | Leave a comment

Seventeen Years To This Day

Posted on September 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

On 9/11/2001, cowards struck and killed many innocent people for wrongs mostly imagined, some perhaps real. But, none of these directly attributable to 99% who died that day. Let’s never, ever forget this. Seventeen Years To This Day by Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, Blood, Blood Lust, Cowards, Forget, Helter Skelter, Heroes, History, Innocents, Legacy, Moment, Pentagon, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Regret, Sacred Ground, Torment, Twin Towers | Leave a comment