Tag Archives: Live

Nostalgia For Guantanamo

Posted on April 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Next on the series of challenges for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 11 is to write a poem pertinent to places of origin. It seems to me that regardless of place of birth or my history of Hawai’i and California, the place that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absence, Beach, Best, Blue Beach, Bond, Brothers, Cable Beach, Cacti, Cactus Curtain, California, Children, Columbus, Company, Conserve, Courage, Cry, Cuba, Cuzco Beach, Deep, Desalination, Dust, Embrace, Endemic, Experience, Extended Family, Family, Family Beach, Fauna, Ferry Landing Beach, Fisherman's Point, Flavor, Flora, Fondness, Freedom, Friendship, Glass Beach, Grow Up, GTMO, Guantanamera, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Public Memory Project, Hawai'i, Heart, Hidden Beach, Horse, Island Hop, John Paul Jones Hill, Join, Landmine, Laugh, Leeward, Lesson, Lifetime, Live, Looking Back, Love, Memory, Na/GloPoWriMo, Natural History, Naval Base, Niknik Beach, No Man's Land, Nostaglia, Opuntia, Party, Photograph, Pirate, Place, Play, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Rain, Rainforest, Revolution, River, Rules, School, Semi Arid, Shape, Sisters, Small Town Living, Splash, Tales, Trails, Truest, Truth, Unique, Upper Hand, Water, William T. Sampson, Windmill Beach, Windward, Youth | Leave a comment

Finding Heart’s True Home

Posted on April 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Acts 13:22: Finding Heart’s True Home by Michael Romani Living life hoping for a little dignity Depending on His not my priority Putting that which matters to him Above my desires and my whims All of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abilities, Attend, Be, Becoming, Best, Betterment, Brother, Christian, Commitment, Connection, Contend, Desires, Destination, Dignity, Direction, Do, Fate, Find, Foundation, Full Heart, God, God's Love, God's Will, Great, Greet, Heart, His, His Will, Home, Humble, Least, Live, Love, Matters, Neighbor, Obstacles, Ordeal, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Priority, Recal, Self, Servant, Serve, Sheep, Shepherd, Sister, Still, Street, Study, Talents, Tansform, Whims, Word | Leave a comment

Breathe the Legacy

Posted on April 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The Na/GloPoWriMo Day Four challenge is to write a sad poem. That’s easy enough to do this time around. Someone who is increasingly important to me beyond nearly all measure of my meager words recently lost someone. I can … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advocate, Born, Brave, Breathe, Dare, Deep, Defense, Family, Footstep, Force, Fragrant, Heart, History, Hurt, Legacy, Liberty, Life, Live, Lost, Lost Child, Love, Modern World, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Right, Sad, Show, Soul, Speak Well, Steep, Step, Tender, Tough, Truth, Vancouver, Win, Woman | Leave a comment

Beginning To Heal

Posted on March 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In the 21st century as research into Quantum physics and all that goes on and has become combined with a turn from the mechanical and toward biology. It is a fantastic era to live in. So much promise and so … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 21st Century, Above, Answer, Autoimmune, Biology, Blessing, Chasing Wealth, Chemistry, Choice, Clear, Conscious Soul, Control, Curious, Deepen, Devotion, Diet, Disappear, Embrace, Emotion, Energy, Era, Fear, Fight, Final Hour, Gift, Give, God's Path, Grace, Harsh, Head, Health, Higher Power, Illness, Inside, Intuition, Invisible Force, Kill, Life, Live, Love, Machine, Nature, Newt, Newton, Nurture, Outside, Particle Field, Photograph, Physical, Poem, Poetry, Posion, Positive, Prayer, Pressure, Quantum Physics, Reaction, Reason For Living, Redirect, Redirection, Serious, Side Effect, Spirit, Spiritual Connection, Stress, Strife, Support, Suppressed Emotion, Synthesize, Universe, Walk, Waves, Way, Well, Wellness, World, Wrap Around | Leave a comment

The Do Nothing Days

Posted on March 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

My inner child likes yours more than a little, he said… The Do Nothing Days by Michael Romani The do nothing days come to pass With only their memories held; alas Kept as long as we can in our minds … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Behind, Childhood, Cling, Crime, Do Nothing Days, Done, End, Fond, Force, Forget, Friends, Hurry Along, Kept, Lifetime, Live, Memory, Mend, Message, Minds, Pass, Pastimes, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Regret, Shade, Talk | Leave a comment

Seeking the Face of God

Posted on March 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Psalms 27:8: Seeking the Face of God by Michael Romani Thankful for being a child of God Dwelling in prayer, not finding it odd But a place that knows my gratitude Keeping this thought in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acknowledge, Attention, Attitude, Blessed, Blessing, Book of Psalms, Bound, Breathe, Bring, Child, Chorus, Christianity, Church, Clear, Close, Clutter, Company, Conceive, Constrain, Day, Dwell, Earnest, Embrace, Emmanuel, Encounter, Essence, Eye Contact, Eyes, Face, Family Matters, Fill, Focus, Forget, Forgive, Found, Free, Function, God, God's Face, God's Nature, God's Presence, Godly Ways, Gratitude, Hallelujah, Harmony, Heaven, Him, His, Holy, Idolize, Importance, Indwelling, Jesus, Lesson, Life, Live, Love, Mature, Meaning, Message, Milk, Observe, Peace, Persist, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Prayer, Presence, Resound, Righteous, Sacred Ground, Scripture, See, Seek, Sleep, Spiritual Gutter, Spirituality, Strength, Strife, Thanksgiving, the Word, Things, Thrive, Truth, Vain, Verse, Wake, Walk, Wean | Leave a comment

Moon Chased Rabbit

Posted on March 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Some brief thoughts on another side of life… Moon Chased Rabbit by Michael Romani When the moon chases the rabbit Into believing she has total freedom Then it seems a loss of nasty habit When she can’t outrun the kingdom … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Battle, Believe, Beware, Camouflage, Chase, Freedom, Life, Live, Love, Moon, Nasty Habit, Next Meal, Outrun, Owl, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rabbit, Ready, Sage, Shadow, Sorrow, Valor, Way, Woods | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: To Live In the Memory of Others Is To Never Die

Posted on March 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” – Thomas Campbell

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Heart, Left Behind, Live, Not To Die, Thomas Campbell, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Tumbleweed Connection

Posted on March 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on The Epistle to the Philippians 3:7-14: Tumbleweed Connection by Michael Romani You only have this life to live For its worse and what it might give But each of us lives each day One at a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Carpe Diem, Chisel, Connection, Curtain-Fall, Direction, Dress Rehearshal, Fate, Full, Glory, Gold Nugget, Hammer, Heaven, Highest Calling, Intentional Living, Journey, Kingdom, Life, Live, Number, Peace, Performance, Philippians, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Process, Procrastination, Road, Second Chance, Strife, Time, Tumbleweed, Way, Wisdom | Leave a comment

One Purpose Lived

Posted on March 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12: One Purpose Lived by Michael Romani Every life has purpose and significance Be it plain wrapped or laced in elegance Labeled in the title of many special things Some with no rewards some … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Burning Bush, Calling, Course, Cross, Elegant, Example, Focus, Forward, Glory, God, His Will, Hour, Imperfect Man, Intentional Living, Journey, Life, Live, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Purpose, Saint, Significant, Sinai, Test | Leave a comment