Tag Archives: Madness

Price of Pride

Posted on January 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Love of power breed ambition and that’s really not what we need in leaders. What we need is those who have vision and come to serve the people. Yet, that’s rarely the way of those interested in politics is it? … Continue reading →

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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 →

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The Practice of Kindness

Posted on November 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on the Gospel according to Luke: The Practice of Kindness by Michael Romani In this world of madness Inundated with sadness What happened to kindness In this world of blindness A moment’s thought for others All of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blind, Cheek, Covenant, Doubt, Find, Forgive, Frailty, Gifts, God, God's Whisper, Good, Gospel, Grace, Heal, Holy, Humanity, Jesus, Kindness, Lose, Love One Another, Loyal, Luke, Madness, Other-Centered, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praxis, Protect, Reliable, Sad, Servants, Serve, Stable, Steadfast, Sword, Tender Mercy, Turn, Vanity, Word | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Madness

Posted on October 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

What’s Halloween without a little madness thrown in? To Play With Madness by Michael Romani The witches play with madness While mankind finds its sadness The comic tragedy plays out It seems each step descends into doubt Some things transcend … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Air, Comic, Creeping, Daily Prompt, Disrepair, Doubt, Dream, Evidence, Excite, Hair, History, Limelight, Madness, Mankind, Murder, Mystery, Providence, Sadness, Scotland Yard, Seem, Step, Street, Tragedy, Trouble, Witch | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – To Be Scared of the Dark

Posted on October 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Every child knows what it is like to be scared of the dark. As do many, adult still. Some for more real reasons than others. But, fear is an emotion not reason, right? To Be Scared of the Dark by … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Ash, Crawl, Creak, Daily Prompt, Dark, Emotion, Enemies, Flee, Footsteps, Fright, Guard, Habitual, Hero, Hide, Know, Madness, Night, Plan, Prayer, Reason, Ritual, Sadness, Scare, Voice | Leave a comment

How Darkness Wins

Posted on March 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

How Darkness Wins by Michael Romani Sometimes it feels like “it’s a bad day” Has somehow become our last best way It’s hard to move forward with the feeling That our whole world keeps on reeling Life lives with way … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversary, Bad Day, Clarity, Community, Faith, Feeling, Madness, Nation, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reeling, Sadness | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Provoke

Posted on March 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It’s hard to say at what point the profound sadness Passed the point and became something like madness Was it in the words she had without meaning spoke Was it the crushing feeling inside that her words did provoke That … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Complicated, Daily Prompt, Feelings, Forgive, Haunted, Live, Love, Madness, Profound, Provoke, Sadness, Situation, Spoke, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Edgar Allan Poe – The Raven

Posted on March 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

On the memorialization of the date on which Edgar Allen Poe was expulsed from West Point, it is perhaps natural that we should consider the life of American write, editor and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe. During his fairly short … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Alliteration, Edgar Allan Poe, Harvard Classics, Lenore, Macabre, Madness, Mystery, Narrative Poem, Pallas, Romanticism, The Raven | Leave a comment

The Howling Man

Posted on February 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In a continuation of my promise to my eldest princess and based on The Twilight Zone, Season 2: Episode 5: The Howling Man by Michael Romani It seems that life will always have its frustrations Some that lead us into … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appearances, Burden, Cunning, Darkness, Deception, Evil, Frustration, Goodness, Hell, Hemitage, Illusions, Leachery, Madness, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Religion, Sanctuary, Satan, The Howling Man, The Twilight Zone, Treachery, Truth | Leave a comment

Mad As A Hatter

Posted on December 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Mad As A Hatter by Michael Romani Some people spend a lifetime Without ever really visiting the world I think this to be very nearly a crime And raise against this with flag unfurled Ready to do the impossible before … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Books, Curiosity, Darkness, Growth, Hatter, Learning, Lifetiime, Love, Madness, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Substance, Time | 1 Comment