Tag Archives: Life

Daily Prompt – New

Posted on September 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

As old as life sometimes seems It truly is the stuff of dreams Despite moments taken aback It’s not imagination that we lack Still, despite all of our imagination Nothing quite touches fascination Like the new feeling of life born … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Do Not Squander The Time of Your Life

Posted on September 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.” —Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746

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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

Thought For the Day: The First Duty of An Educator Is To Teach That Life Must Unfold Freely

Posted on August 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself, that is the first duty of the educator.” – Maria Montessori, educator (31 Aug 1870-1952)

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Daily Prompt – Suffer

Posted on August 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Life hides deep behind the buffer Of all that comes to make us suffer In that corner of welled tears In the numbered days of years That pass as we learn not to cry Or perhaps we’ve just run dry … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Accept, Buffer, Cry, Daily Prompt, Day, Dry, Forget, Life, Passage, Pretend, Regret, Strong, Suffer, Tears, Well, Wrong, Years | Leave a comment

Playing Along

Posted on August 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Play should not be underestimated as to it’s influence on the development of our children: Playing Along by Michael Romani To this quiet rebel’s mind No child should be left behind Each child should be encouraged to play And each … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Academics, Adulthood, Adversity, Alliance, Brilliance, Children, Circles, Cognition, Conceive, Crime, Crush, Defile, Discern, Dream, Explore, Innate, Laugh, Lazy Man, Left Behind, Life, Listen, Memory, Mud, Outdoors, Perks, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Rebel, Recognition, Resilience, Rue, Sociopaths, Stress, Wild Card | Leave a comment

Imagine Life If You Will

Posted on August 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Psalms 90:12 Imagine Life If You Will by Michel Romani Numbering our days in adoration Gaining wisdom in our fascination Deep within our hearts it seems Is the keeper of our best dreams Imagine your worse nightmare Come to light … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Blessings, Days, God, Holy, Imagine, Kingdom, Knowledge, Liberty, Life, Light, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Psalms, Three, Today, Tomorrow, Wisdom, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Lace

Posted on August 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Somewhere between the velvet kisses Is the reckoning of her solemn promises She, all dressed in her feminine lace Me, being her man, know my place That despite all of my rough leather Being her love makes our lives better … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Better, Daily Prompt, Embrace, Feminine, Future, Guidance, Heartbreak, Lace, Leather, Life, Love, Man, Mistakes, Perfection, Promises, She, Solemn, Velvet Kisses, Wife | Leave a comment

Short Poetry Workshop – Crystalline – Crystalline Hope (Small Town Life)

Posted on August 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Indiana is filled with small towns and with these people of the earth who remind us of what it means to be neighbors and community. Crystalline Hope (Small Town Life) by Michael Romani Down the way on a country highway … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brick, Byway, Carousel, Community, Corn, Country, Crystalline, Family, God, Honest, Hope, Life, Photograph, Short Poetry, Silos, Small Town, Town Square, Workshop | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Hero

Posted on August 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

When I was much, much younger I felt a certain kind of empty hunger Wishing that I would not become a zero Instead I strove to become a hero Picking out who I wanted very much to be I modeled … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Country, Daily Prompt, Family, Goals, God, Hero, Hunger, Knight, Life, Model, Others, Prayer, Risk, Servant, Service, Young, Zero | Leave a comment