Tag Archives: Memory

Thankful For That Yellow Brick Road

Posted on November 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of gratitude # 23 for the songs of my life that feel deeply in my heart: Thankful For That Yellow Brick Road by Michael Romani A pre-winter’s chill is felt to the bone As I sit here thinking … Continue reading →

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With Appreciation

Posted on November 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of gratitude #15 in appreciation and gratitude for the influence of the California Sound of the 1960s and early 1970s. https://flic.kr/p/udMBaZ With Appreciation by Michael Romani There is really all kinds of music But, it doesn’t really abuse … Continue reading →

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In Gratitude for Community

Posted on November 14, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem in gratitude for community #14: In Gratitude for Community by Michael Romani Thinking back on the days of birds singing Always certain of what my life would be bringing Dragon flies buzzing along a cool pond breeze And … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bird, Blessed, Breeze, Bring, Community, Connection, Course, Direction, Dragonfly, Familiar, Family, Feeling, Friend, Friends, Gratitude, Humble, Lemonade, Life, Memory, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pond, Reeling, Self, Shade Tree, Shelf, Sing, Social Ties, Source, Time | Leave a comment

The Healing Acceptance of Self

Posted on November 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of humility and gratitude # 12: The Healing Acceptance of Self by Michael Romani With gratitude, I accept myself No longer looking for answers from a shelf But, seeking instead to find peace from within Behind that wall … Continue reading →

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Memories In An Elephant’s Trunk

Posted on November 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of gratitude #11: Memories In An Elephant’s Trunk by Michael Romani With gratitude I share my words While overhead there are flying birds Puzzling along these thoughts contemporary Wondering how much is too temporary Unlike elephants who read … Continue reading →

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Stage Craft

Posted on October 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #27: Stage Craft by Michael Romani All of the magic in hocus pocus Is merely that of diverting focus Legendary in its sleight of hand It’s all just illusion; understand? Like guns on a stage in the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actor, Air, Applause, Approach, Assault, Audience, Children, Compulsion, Costume, Craft, Cup, Dig Deep, Dirt, Discuss, Distraction, Doctor, Dull, Dying, Fact, Factor, Fear, First Act, Flair, Flow, Focus, Frankenstein, Gauge, God, Grown Ups, Gun, Half, Halloween, Hocus Pocus, Illusion, Imagination, Junk, Known, Levitation, Magic, Malt, Memory, Mind, Morphine, Odd, Offstage, Old Actor, Part, Pause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polite, Preception, Protocol, Psychological, Ramble, Saw, See, Shamble, Shell Game, Show, Shown, Shriek, Simple, Sleight of Hand, Stage, Stake, Storm, Suspense, Treats, Trunk, Use, Woman | Leave a comment

A Pale Death

Posted on October 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #17: A Pale Death by Michael Romani The end of days descends Like a fog from hell that ascends On us all a thick as it can be As we dance away our sanity Lilith asks for one … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bittersweet, Breath, Charm, Comfort, Core, Death, Death's Door, Demon, Die, Dignity, Embrace, End of Days, Evil, Fatal, Flee, Fog, Foul, Glow, Grace, Guide, Halloween, Haunt, Heart, Hell, Kiss, Knees, Lilith, Linger, Lord's Prayer, Lost, Man, Memory, Moment, Monster, Mortality, Pale, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Stab, Star, Trap, Wild, Wish | Leave a comment

Blood On Our Hands

Posted on October 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween poem #2 – mankind has the worse monsters and is seldom as kind as we might be if only we could. Blood On Our Hands by Michael Romani Our brutalities serve to shape us Though we wish to deny … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abyss, Asylum, Atrocity, Belief, Better, Blood, Brother, Brutality, Certain, Creature of the Night, Cure, Dawn, Deny, Dignity, Doctor, Fail, Fatal, Forget, Forgivver, God, Halloween, Hands, Heavy, Heoes, Humane, Humanity, Killers, Laugh, Live, Memory, Monster, Night, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Push, Remake, Right, River, Seen, Shadow, Shape, Sister, Sleep, Stir, Toll, Unafraid, Vanity, Watch | Leave a comment

Ghosts of A Thousand Ages

Posted on September 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

We can learn a lot from history. Ghosts of A Thousand Ages by Michael Romani The ghosts of a thousand ages Tell the truth of a thousand sages Stepping to the ledge, window shopping The fireworks inside are heart stopping … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age, Blessing, Dead, Fireworks, Heart, History, Joy, Ledge, Legend, Memory, Music, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sage, Soul, String, Truth, Widow Shop | Leave a comment

Bringing Our Best

Posted on September 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Life’s tests are part of what make for our memories as we grow into our best. https://flic.kr/p/qUuQ4B Bringing Our Best by Michael Romani Deliberate deceptions told in truth Are the moments that keep us in our youth Sauces of life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Blessing, Blind, Chemistry, Deliberate, Food, Heart, Itch, Kind, Life, Love, Memory, Photograph, Picnic, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Sauce, Scratch, Stubbon, Surge, Test, Truth, Twitch, Urge, Youth | Leave a comment