Tag Archives: Loss

An Easter Of Empty Churches

Posted on April 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What an odd sort of Easter wasn’t it? But perhaps a lesson to be learned… An Easter of Empty Churches by Michael Doyle April of 2019, Notre-Dame was burning And in this, we were surprised and learning That there would … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All of Us, April 2019, April 2020, Assumption, Bar, Barren, Believe, Believers, Believing, Burn, Capable, Caves, Celebrate, Church, Churches, Comfort, Consensus, Contend, COVID-19, Cross, Curse, Deceiving, Distance, Door, Dread, Easter, Empty, Excommunication, Faith, Faithful, Fate, Faustian Bargain, Fear, God, Government, Grieve, Hearts, Home Church, Homes, Hope, Hues, Infection, Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus Saves, Know, Learn, Lepers, Loss, Love of Others, Meant, Need, Notre Dame, One, Order, Pain, Pandemic, Pews, Photograph, Plagues, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Pray, Prayer, Presumption, Question, Reality, Realization, Reappear, Resistance, Revelation, Rich, Shape, Shut, Son, Spiritual, Sustain, The Church, the Word, There, Thrive, True, Unease, Wait, War, World | Leave a comment

The Dark Days of Great War

Posted on April 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History marches on into World War I. The Dark Days of Great War by Michael Doyle Like a thunderstorm in the darkest night The Great War descended in Europe’s sight Suddenly, it seemed that August night All of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Aerial Bombing, Alliance, American, American History, Animus, Annihilation, August, Blight, Bolsheviks, Bugle, Capable, Casualities, Civil Liberty, Civilization, Community, Competition, Comprehend, Confrontation, Consent, Conservation, Consolidation, Coordination, Danger, Dark, Day, Death Toll, Destruction, Disloyal, Dissent, Effort, Enmity, Entanglement, Europe, Faculities, Freedom of the Seas, Gas, Germany, Great Power, Great War, Humanity, Ideals, Imperial, Incromprehensible, Instability, John Adams, Land, Liberty Bonds, Lives, Lose, Loss, Lusitania, Machine Guns, Maim, Mankind, Mass Destruction, Nerve Agents, Neutrality, Night, Opposition, Peace, Photograph, Planned, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Production, Progressive, Propaganda, Russia, Sail, School Master, Score, Security, Shattered Lives, Shipping, Sides, Sink, Submarine, Tanks, Thanks, Thought, Thunderstorm, Toll, Top Down, Trade, Trench, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, Verdun, War, War To End All Wars, Warfare, Wars Industry Board, Wind, Woodrow Wilson, World Security, World War I, Wound | Leave a comment

On the Importance of True History

Posted on March 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How did an intellectual fraud like Howard Zinn become the go to guy for American history in our public schools? It’s sort of outrageous. I remember when I was of a different mindset and more open to his … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ages, Analysis, Battlefields, Been, Best, Better, Bible, Blood, Bloody, Books, Celebration, Children, Choice, Circumstance, Civilization, Cognitive, Complexity, Consent, Context, Criticism, Decision, Deconstruction, Destruction, Direction Observation, Distortion, Enmesh, Examine, Eyes, Fail, Fate, Finest Hours, Fix, Fixed, Forget, Fragile, Freedom, Frontier, Good, Governed, Gun, Happenstance, History, Hope, Howard Zinn, Illustration, Important, Inquiry, Insight, Intellectual Fraud, Judgment, Lesson, Liberty, Light, Long Ago, Loss, Manipulate, Mankind, Moments, Mortal Needs, Muddy, Nation, New World, Observation, Old World, Optimisim, Past, Path, Perspective, Pieces, Poem, Poetry, Power, Present, Price, Recall, Reflective, Revolution, Right, Sacrifice, Search, Skew, Snapshot, Social, Soul, Sown, Suffice, Think, Time, Treasure, True, Truth, Twin, Unfold, War, When, Whole, Willing, Wise | Leave a comment

Finding Our Time In Waiting

Posted on March 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Philippians 2:13: Finding Our Time In Waiting by Michael Doyle Patience in waiting is hard to do I wonder if it’s the same for you Yet, waiting reminds us of our need For God as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Away, Best, Contrary, Cross, Done, Energy, Failure, Find, Foot, Gain, Glory, God, Hard, His, Intermission, Intervention, Know, Loss, Necessary, Need, One, Our, Part, Patience, Philippians, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Realize, Reclaim, Regather, Relationship, Renew, Sacred Heart, Story, Success, Time, Tremble, Turned, View, Wait, Wonder | Leave a comment

Jesus Wept (Ephphatha)

Posted on March 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

God took the form of man and lived experiencing all that we do. In so doing, He experienced all of our feelings. Based in part on John 11:38: Jesus Wept (Ephphatha) by Michael Doyle One of the best secrets never … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agony, Angst, Beyond, Blood, Brokenness, Cacophony, Childbirth, Circle, Clear, Comfort, Convey, Courage, Deaf, Dealt, Deep, Deeply, Depth, Deserve, Despite, Divinity, Ears, Earth, Eden, Embrace, Ephphatha, Experience, Fallen, Family, Father, Feeling, Felt, Garden, Gethsemane, Glimpse, God, Grief, Groan, Hear, Heaven, Home, Hope, Humanity, Jesus, John, Loss, Lost, Man, Measure, Melody, Memory, Mercy, Mirth, Miss, Moan, Mortal, Move, Mud, Open, Outspokenness, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Redemption, Regain, Relief, Remember, Secret, Sin, Sound, Steady, Storm Cloud, Symphony, Teach, Tears, Touch, True North, Truth, Vain, Way, Wept, Within, Words, Worth | Leave a comment

As Sinners Saved By Grace

Posted on March 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on the Book of Matthew: As Sinners Saved By Grace by Michael Romani Let there be no kind of mistake We must move beyond heartbreak For the good of God’s and our sake To give as much … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Above, Bent, Candle, Choice, Conclusion, Cross, Daily, Discern, Distortion, Earn, Embrace, Example, Experience, Extend, Eyes, False, Father, Fault, Filter, Finished Work, Forgiveness, Give, God, Grace, Hand In Hand, Harvest, Heal, Heartbreak, Heaven, Humble, Hurt, Impress, Inspire, Interpretation, Jesus, Judge, Judgment Day, Kind, Life, Light, Little, Loss, Love, Manipulation, Matthew, Meant, Mend, Mindful, Mistake, Mistakes, Night, Objective, Offer, Path, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Point of Fact, Prayer, Presentation, Pretension, Repeat, Right Action, Sake, Salt of the Earth, Sample, Satisfaction, Seed, Shine, Sin, Sin No More, Snap Judgment, Sobriety, Son, Spark, Subjective, Take, Thought, Truth, Understand, Walk, World, Wrong | Leave a comment

Mind Games Played

Posted on January 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Recent developments in science and in a virtual environment I spend some time on has led me to question a few things pertinent to ethical behavior or actually the lack thereof on the part of certain people I have come … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Audio, Behind, Best, Bilogy, Blood, Boundaries, Brain, Child's Play, Clear, Cognition, Cognitive, Common, Computer, Computers, Connect, Control, Cybernetics, Define, Different, Elite, End, Engage, Ethics, Evolution, Faith, Far, God, Good Man, Hallucination, Heart, Homo Sapiens, I, Interface, Interfere, Level, Limit, Loss, Mankind, Mark of the Beast, Mind Game, Minds, Modernity, More, Name, Outcome, Path Forward, Philosophy, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Precise, Process, Processing, Quantum, Quantum Connection, Question, React, Real, Reality, Restrain, Science, Soul, Spatial, Sure, Tears, Technology, Theology, Transcend, Transfer, Transparency, Unification, Virtual, Wonder | Leave a comment

Forgotten Presents

Posted on December 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Let’s call this one for the missed one on December 22nd and Happy Chanukah to all who celebrate this! Forgotten Presents by Michael Romani To all the kids who learned How not to believe All of those who have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Begun, Belief, Believe, Better, Carol, Celebrate, Christmas, Church, Core, Cross, Cure, Dark, Deceive, December 22 2019, Desire, Dream, Drift, Elves, Endure, Eyes, Faith, Fall, Family, Feelings, Float, Forgotten, Found, Full Drill, Full Stop, Ground, Hall, Happy Chanukah, History, Hold, Holy Night, Hope, Hug Out, Humanity, Hurt, Kid, Learn, Lessons, Letters, Life, Loss, Love, Memory, Miracle, Photograph, Plight, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Prescience, Present, Relief, Santa, Snow, Stranger, Stream, Sum, Together, True Believer, Truth, Turn, Words, Workshop, World | Leave a comment

In the Wonder of the Star

Posted on December 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A star led the wise men to find a babe in a manger. The wise still seek Him. In the Wonder of the Star by Michael Romani In my loss, I feel my shame No longer certain in my own … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absurd, Adequate, Answers, Babe, Beacon, Best, Better, Beyond, Bleed Out, Blurred, Brave, Choice, Christmas Star, Dear, Demand, Destiny, Divinity, Eyes, Feeling, Flood, Follow, Footsteps, Hesitation, Him, Hurt, Infant, Lead, Lord, Loss, Magi, Manger, Mystery, Name, Need, Occur, Overwhelm, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Proceed, Questions, Reach Out, Remember, Saint, Seek, Shame, Star, Star Gaze, Stars, Twinkle, Unclear, Understanding, Voice, When, Wise Men, Wonder, Word, Wrinkle, Years Ago | Leave a comment

Fade To Black

Posted on October 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #25: Fade To Black by Michael Romani We shared our goodbyes at hallowed grave To the one that we could not save Then sat ourselves in shadowed room Almost welcoming our mournful gloom There was a time shared … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Autumn, Black, Bury, Certain, Close, Company, Death, Dream, Empty, End, Eyes, Fade, Few, Gloom, Glory, Goodbye, Grave, Halloween, Happy, Leave, Loss, Me, Miracle, Mourn, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Room, Save, Shadow, Share, Silent Scream, Tear, Wake | Leave a comment

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