Tag Archives: Loss

Tears In Misted Eyes

Posted on October 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #21: Tears In Misted Eyes by Michael Romani Tears in his misted eyes A monster cries as his child dies While the mother prays her lullaby It’s all the watcher can do to sigh Life like a twisted … Continue reading →

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Eulogy For the Profane

Posted on August 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The last few days have been painful. I wonder if that means I’m growing? Isn’t that the saying “no pain, no gain”? Eulogy For the Profane by Michael Romani They say profanity Is the sign of a lazy mind All … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aneurysm, Appreciate, Boss, Charles, Clever, Cry, Days, Death, Decisions, Depend, Disdain, Doubt, Duty, Endeavor, Eulogy, Eyes, Falling Out, Fascination, Find, Friend, Funeral, Glory, Good Man, Goodbye, Grief, Head, Honor, Infer, Insane, Lazy, Light, Listen, Loss, Lost, Love, Mentor, Mess, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points, Price, Profane, Profanity, Reaper, Right, Sage Advice, Sigh, Soldier, Story, Strain, Tell, Train Wreck, Try, Undone, Venity, Whiskey, Whisper | Leave a comment

At the Cross

Posted on May 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

There are many approaches to the Cross. I would say that regardless of the argumentation as to which is most correct, if we get there and accept our salvation, we are right with God. If we’re right with God, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Approach, Atone, Christ, Contentment, Cross, Death, Eden, Forgiveness, God, Guilt Offering, Humanity, Loss, Mankind, Mercy Seat, Metaphor, Old Testament, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points of Light, Ransom, Right, Salvation, Satan, Scapegoat, Substitution, Tomb | Leave a comment

Kermode White In Blues

Posted on April 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 23 sets out a challenge to write a poem about an animal or animals: Kermode White In Blues by Michael Romani Two white tigers, not in biology More in a thing of Chinese astrology Set about that day … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Astrology, Balance, Berry, British Columbia, China, Creator, Douglass Channel, Embrace, Family, First Nation, Fish, Ghost Bear, Greed, Gribbell Island, Habitat, Haunt, Hippopotamus, Home of the White Bear, Human, Imagine, Kermode Bear, Kitasoo, Land of Plenty, Legacy, Loss, Magic, Na/GloPoWriMo, Niche, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Rain Forest, Raven, Tiger, Trickster, Vancouver, Walk, zoo | Leave a comment

In A Question of Liberty

Posted on April 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

On this second day of Na/GloPoWriMo, we are invited to explore writing a poem that avoids closure by providing the open end of the question. I believe that as an invitation to explore a significant question raised by a far … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Broken, Carry On, Chose, Clever, Colonist, Conviction, Cost, Depiction, Derision, Destination, Embed, Endeavor, Extraordinary, Fall, Freedom, Gift, God, Greatness, Heresy, History, Keep, Liberty, Loss, Lost, Mankind, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nation, Ordinary, Origin, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Question, Risen, Secure, Society, Spoken, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble, Truth, Vision, World | Leave a comment

Human 2.0

Posted on March 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Admittedly, two poems on the same topic in the same day isn’t my usual style. That being said, as I was looking at concept of what it means for the human race that money might well buy its way to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A-mortal, Anxiety, Biology, Cerebral, Commonplace, Complexity, Console, Cry Wolf, Dignity, Eternity, Ethics, Extend, Faithless, Fear, Fifth Avenue, Funeral, Generation, History, Human 2.0, Human Being, Human Race, Immortal, Infinity, Lean, Legacy, Lifetime, Living, Lordship, Loss, Mistake, Narcissist, Natural Limits, Nature, Nomenclature, Pages, Pain, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rethink, Sad, Science, Service, Soul, Span, Sublime, Superior, Tarnish, Tattoo, Technology, Theology, Tremble, Veneration, Worship | Leave a comment

Samson VIII

Posted on January 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing in an effort to put a version of the Samson and Delilah story from the Book of Judges into verse, I present Part VIII. Perhaps, I should have made this shorter? Samson (VIII) by Michael Romani Amidst un-princely questions of … Continue reading →

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Felt (The Loss of Shangri-la)

Posted on January 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It’s interesting. This poem started of with the intention of being a lighthearted look at the sort of a person who would look at Shangri-La an think that all it’s missing is a casino. By the time, my pen hit … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bliss, Blues, Break Up, Breath, Burden, Burn, Cost, Darkness, Dream, Easy, Embrace, Eyes, Face, Feel, Felt, Flow, Forbidden, Forever After, Happiness, Hurt, Kiss, Laugh, Laughter, Lifetime, Light, Lonely, Loss, Lost, Man, Minute, Miss, Moment, Once Upon A Time, Pain, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Rhyme, Rising Star, Rite of Passage, Shake, Shangri-La, Silent, Sleepless Night, Solitary, Soul, Star-shine, Step, Surprise, Thought, Touch, Treasure, True, Wake, Wonder, Word, World | Leave a comment

Moth To Flame

Posted on January 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It’s dangerous world out there. But, it is filled by those who love as well. Moth To Flame by Michael Romani The nightmares that we live by Are enough to make brave men cry Fate whispers and a man answers … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brave, Choice, Clandestine, Courage, Danger, Destruction, Event, Fate, Flame, Gamble, Loss, Moth, Nightmare, Order, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Ramble, Save, Stand, Storm, Suffering, Toss, Voice, Warrior, Words | Leave a comment

The Beauty of A Closed Door

Posted on December 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Not every answered prayer is best answered with a yes. Still, there is a lot to be said about persistence, isn’t there? The Beauty of A Closed Door by Michael Romani Standing at the crossed paths of life There are … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Chorus, Christmas Season, Closed Door, Crossed Path, Dance, Deserve, Discern, Gratitude, Handel's Messiah, Heart, Learn, Lessons, Life, Loss, Madness, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Presistence, Questions, Rain, Reason, Recognize, Serve, Sing, Sit, Smile | Leave a comment