Tag Archives: Legend

To Unite A Kingdom

Posted on November 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Started watching the Third Season of The Last Kingdom on Netflix today. This is loosely based on that: To Unite A Kingdom by Michael Romani The kingdom that is must not fall The blood of sirens majestically call For all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Albion, Birthright, Britannia, Brothers In Arms, Call, Country, Crown, Dane, England, God, Kingdom, Legend, Map, Noble, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Roar, Sacred, Sacrifice, Signs, Sirens | Leave a comment

Los Feliz Memories

Posted on November 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

For the good and bad of it, Hollywood has had a tremendous influence on global entertainment. https://flic.kr/p/qJsrzn Los Feliz Memories by Michael Romani Cinematic ghosts are conjured back into existence As half remembered legends draped in persistence A séance draws … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angle, Cinema, Corner, Cosmic Firmament, Creative, Gloss, Gossip, Heartaches, Hollywood, Hourglass, Incendiary, Investigation, Legend, Lore, Los Feliz, Manson, Nostalgia, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Seance, Tomorrow, Votex, Yesterdays | Leave a comment

Shoreline Conditions

Posted on November 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Part IV of the story of the fall of legendary Troy: Shoreline Conditions by Michael Romani All the terms and conditions In even the earliest renditions Speak of two lovers washed on a shoreline Hand in hand, impervious to their … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Artemis, Cherish, Command, Cost, Crimes, Daugther, Elopment, Fight, Forgot, Gold, Greece, Helen, Heresy, Honor, Legend, Lesson, Lost, Love, Lovers, Mercy, Paris, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possession, Price, Priest, Sacrifice, Savage, Shoreline, Slaughter, Sparta, Troy, Umbrage, United, War, Winds | Leave a comment

Things Done

Posted on August 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

I have read somewhere that 22 veterans a day take their own lives. That’s staggering to think on. Isn’t it? https://flic.kr/p/rVUfxg Things Done by Michael Romani The things we do to survive Are things done to stay alive I’m left … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Ashes, Battle, Core, Dance, Day, Enough, Fight, Human Being, Lashes, Legend, Lost, More, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Survive, True North, Worth, Wrong | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Undertake

Posted on July 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A bit of American mythos was at stake A sense of the legendary one can’t fake There’s sort of laughter that merry makes When one pursues this to perhaps undertake Still, there it is, I must solemnly confess Though through … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged America, Boothill, Cemetery, Confess, Cowtown, Daily Prompt, Deadwood, Die With My Boots On, Ghost, Laughter, Legend, Mess, Mythos, Photograph, Tombstone, Undertake, West | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Candid

Posted on January 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It was one of those candid moments that tear a hole in the sky Beating my chest like a feigned gorilla and wondering if I Could I, would I, should I ever really want to be the king Did I … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Candid, Daily Prompt, Divine Right, Friend, King, Legend, Sword in the Stone, Wordpress | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Legend

Posted on December 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Dixieland, Dixieland Music blares from the bandstand And the passing marching band Alexander’s Ragtime Band The saints march down Basin Street We’re in for a Southern treat Here in this Dixieland revival A musical trace has its survival As part … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Basin Street, Daily Prompt, Dixieland, Improvisation, Jazz, Legend, New Orleans, Ragtime, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The World Would Be Dreary Without St. Nicholas

Posted on December 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Alas! How dreary would be the world if there was no Santa Claus! There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence.” – Francis P. Church

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Childlike Faith, Dreams, Dreary, Legend, Myra, Poetry, Romance, Santa Claus, St Nicholas, Toleraable, Tolerance, Truth | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Droll

Posted on November 16, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Rumor has it that you’re on the king’s dole In a masked performance you live to your roll The people wouldn’t guess that you’re so droll Playing happy in a sad sack sense of carnival Backstage whispers tell you just … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Celebrity, Daily Prompt, Droll, Legend, Photograph, Poem, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Epistrophe: Legend (In My Own Time)

Posted on May 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The second poem from tonight is: Legend (In My Own Time) by Michael Romani Feeling a little jaded All the memories are faded Of how we blazed across the strings Hoping for the stardom it would bring And now my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Clever, Epistrophe, Full Circle, Jukebox Heroes, Legend, Memories, Repartee | Leave a comment