Tag Archives: London

First Day On the New Job

Posted on August 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

First Day On the New Jobby Michael DoyleOn the morning of the interviewIt seems the world is thrown askewThe keeper of the door is the one closing itAnd on most mornings, it’s easy to be forgetting itWhen a mouth runs, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Application, Aspiration, Close, Coincidence, Cracks, Discretion, Door, First Day, Forget, Interview, Language, Lesson, London, Morning, Mouth, New Job, Poetry and Poems, Talk, World | Leave a comment

Reflections On Dorian Gray, Pt VIII: Reality’s Seams

Posted on October 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections On Dorian Gray, Pt VIII: Reality’s Seamsby Michael DoyleThere on that snow fallen black of nightIn an alley filled with guilt’s blightDorian fears the tell of tongue wagged taleThat pursues him to the gates of HellThere are dreadful things … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alley, Ancient Danger, Attic Door, Begin Again, Begun, Black of Night, Blight, Burning Fire, Chain, Change, Closeness, Confession, Conspire, Corruption, Creep, Daughter, Dead Rat, Death, Deceptive, Decrepit, Delusion, Demand, Desire, Done, Dorian Gray, Dreadful Things, Dream, Edge of Death, End, Evil, Father, Final Breath, Final Price, Final Say, Fire, Forlorn, Gates of Hell, Ghastly, Hope, Innocence, Innocent Man, Intoxication, Intrusion, Kiss Away Moment, Locked Away, London, Mortal Sin, Only Friend, Paid, Penny, Poetry and Poems, Priest, Purity, Putrify, Real, Reality's Seams, Reflections, Secret Key, See, Sin, Snow, Strange, Stranger, Subway, Tarnished History, Tongue Wag, Train, Traps, Truth, Tunnel, Wake, Whisper, Wind | Leave a comment

Reflections On Dorian Gray, Part VII: Remembrances

Posted on October 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections On Dorian Gray, Part VII: Remembrancesby Michael DoyleThe plague burns through old London TownWhile God casts his eyes aside with a frownObsessed with frightening visions of Sibyle VaineDorian crumbles perched on the brink of going insaneRemembrances of her and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Crumble, Dorian Gray, Eyes, Frown, God, Guilt, Insane, London, Morose, Obsess, Plague, Poetry and Poems, Rain, Reflections, Remembrance, Satan, Shame, Shine, Sibyle Vaine, Tears, True Love | Leave a comment

To London, Across the Sea

Posted on June 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A further retelling of Dracula in poetic form: To London, Across the Sea by Michael Doyle In a tested game of chess A knight is menacing a queen The losing side will confess What this really means A voyage has … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Across, Age, Agreement, All, Appearance, Array, Attached, Breath, Broken Down, Canopy, Chess, Coffin, Complication, Confess, Conversation, Crul, Damnation, Dark, Deaf and Dumb, Death, Destination, Destroyer, Detached, Door, Dracula, Drape, Elegance, Eternity, Eyes, Eyes To See, Fear, Feared, Flies, Fog, Fragile, Glory, Good, Good Company, Hard, Hunger, Intuition, Journey, Knight, Known, Life, Light, Listen, London, Losing Side, Mark, Master, Master of Darkness, Means, Menace, Middle, Necessary Evil, Night, Nightfall, Obvious, Passage, Penalty, Photograph, Plain, Plans, Poem, Poetry, Price, Queen, Ravenous, Read, Sail, Scratches, Sea, Shaking Hands With the Devil, Ship, Slavery, Speak, Spice, Stark, Story, Strangeness, Tale, Test, Travel, Truth, Turns, Understand, Voyage, Vulgarity, Wages, Wickedness | Leave a comment

Death Under the Moon

Posted on October 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #16: Death Under the Moon by Michael Romani With our demons friended All light has ended We walk in the darkness Keenly aware of our harshness Such is the power and insistence That good gives way without resistance … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aware, Conceit, Creature, Dark, Daylight, Death, Deliver, Demon, End, Feed, Fog, Freed, Friend, Fright, Full Moon, Glory, Good, Halloween, Harshness, Hide, Kiss, Know, Light, London, Miss, Moon, Mortal, Nerve, Night, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Ravage, Resist, Reveal, Satisfy, Shine, Story, Truth, Walk, Wrath, Youth | Leave a comment

Streets Made of Marmalade

Posted on January 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A truly wonderful story for children of all ages. This is my small tribute to a tale that I probably love more than I should. Streets Made of Marmalade by Michael Romani Rather small Rather sneezy As you’ll recall It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Bear, Chance, Dance, Dream, Easy, Family, Far, Fate, Fond, Friends, Fur, Further, Glory, Heaven, Home, London, Look, Love, Marmalade, Memory, Paddington Bear, Poem, Poetry, Recall, Rolling Skates, Scrapbook, Small, Sneeze, Somewhere, Square, Star, Story, Streets, Wish | Leave a comment

Sonic Gems: Gilbert & Sullivan – The Mikado

Posted on January 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The Mikado or The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts featuring the music of Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W.S. Gilbert. It was the ninth of the 14 operatic collaborations by these two gentlemen and opened … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Comic Opera, Gilbert & Sullivan, London, Savoy Operas, Sonic Gems, The Mikado, The Town of Titipu | Leave a comment

Stilted

Posted on July 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Second Life’s Birthday celebration has only the cake to serve and it’s over. I would say the cards and stacked and everyone is feeling a little stilted:

Posted in Photographs & Memories, Second Life | Tagged Anniversary, Hazy, London, Photography, Second Life, Summer | Leave a comment