Tag Archives: Motion

Layers of Emotion

Posted on February 6, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Layers of Emotionby Michael DoyleOur hearts hold feelings deeper than oceansIt’s up to us to manage our own emotionsThe heart of the matter is that hearts matterYet, we must do this or our lives might shatterFeelings are so very hard … Continue reading →

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What’s In A Poem But Words

Posted on July 13, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

What’s In A Poem But Wordsby Michael DoyleWhat’s in a poem but words you sayThey can be written in many a wayAll it takes is the heart behind the thoughtsAnd to feel the flow of the shoulds and oughtsWhen you … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Come Out, Courage, Deep Inside, Deepest Time, Elixir, Expression, Feeling Kind, Felt, Flow, Heaps, Heard, Heart, Heart Melt, Impression, Keyboard, Let It Out, Look Back In Time, Magic Potiions, Met You, Motion, My Heart, Oughts, Pen, Poem, Poetic Leaps, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Revealed, Rhyme, Same Way, Shout, Sing, Stilled, Thoughts, Whisper, Words, Write, Written | Leave a comment

First Principles: Never Confuse Motion With Action

Posted on January 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Never confuse motion with action.” – Benjamin Franklin

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Action, Benjamin Franklin, Confuse, First Principles, Motion, Never | Leave a comment

At the Speed of Light (Embrace the Blur)

Posted on April 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In this pandemic, I am not especially getting a lot of outside time, right? But, I am sort of reviewing photography fundamentals. Anyone else studying anything or reviewing anything while a whole lot of inactivity is going on? At … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acorn, Air, Anticipate, Appearance, Artistic, Blind, Blur, Blurring, Blurry, Capture, Change, Connection, Crocodile Smile, Crucial, Curtain, Dab, Decide, Direction, Dog, Eloquent, Embrace, Exposure, Fast, Feeling, Flow, Forgot, Ghosting, Guide, Hear, Heart, Heartfelt, Hog, Iconic, Know, Lens, Light, Lock Down, Mile, Millimeter, Minute, Moment, Motion, Oblivious, Obvious, Pandemic, Panned Action, Phase Change, Photograph, Photographer, Photography, Play, Poem, Poetry, Quick, Satisfaction, Shot, Shutter Speed, Sink, Slow, Smile, Spark, Speed of Light, Spigot, Time, Unafraid, Wag, Water Drop | Leave a comment

A Ninja’s Ways

Posted on December 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Rumor has it that a burger place is behind December 5th being named International Ninja Day! I think the odds are this is true. But it doesn’t change a thing about how I’m choosing to see it. 🙂 A Ninja’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Battle, Being, Bond, Calm, Carry, Center, Day, December 5th, Deep, Deference, Endure, Enemy, Enlighten, Escape, Essence, Fight, Higher Truth, Impure, International Ninja Day, Key, Late, Life, Meaning, Motion, Ninja, Ninpo, Nothing, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Right Intention, Rumor, Significance, Soul, Spiritual, Stealth, Thoughtful, True, Way, Won, Word | Leave a comment

Strong On Defense

Posted on August 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The Sun is one part friend and one part foe. It’s amazing thinking of the ways the Earth protects us from this. https://flic.kr/p/mzC6Hg Strong On Defense by Michael Romani What is the strength of the solar flares To measure this, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Assassin, Aurora Borealis, Beauty, Burn, Core, Curtain, Damage, Defense, Earth, Edge, Fissures, Foe, Friend, Heart, Heat, Inferno, Lava, Light, Magnetic Field, Mars, Motion, Night, Ocean, Orbit, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Radioactive, Ravage, Shield, Show, Solar Flare, Space, Strong, Study, Sun, Ultra Violet, Vents, Volcano, Zenith | Leave a comment

One Family Seen

Posted on August 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In looking down on this world from space what might we see? One Family Seen by Michael Romani Ten million bats seen in migration Descend on the fruited Zambian nation Always in motion as they play their part Delivering the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Africa, Bats, Capable, Coincidence, Confusion, Connection, Droplet, Evidence, Family, Fruit, Illusion, Motion, Oblivious, Obvious, One, Pattern, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Significance, Space, Stable, Storm, Time, Understand, Universe, World, Zambia | Leave a comment

Power of the Moon

Posted on July 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

There is a tidal pull to the moon that is nothing short of miraculous. Power of the Moon by Michael Romani The children must learn The power of the moon Pulled by tides we earn Our keep from the ocean’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Align, Boon, Children, Collide, Depend, Earn, Essential, Full, Human, Ice, Inuit, Learn, Lesson, Life, Listen, Lunar, Moon, Motion, Mussel, Ocean, Photograph, Planet, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pursue, Reason, Ride, Sacred, Spin, Stars, Sun, Survive, Think, Thrive, Tide, Truth, Understand, Wise | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Nature Is A Endless Song of One Beautiful Form Into Another

Posted on May 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another.” – John Muir, Naturalist … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Beauty, Building, Destroying, Endless Song, Explorer, Form, John Muir, Motion, Naturalist, Nature, Thought For the Day, Transforming, Work In Progress | Leave a comment

A Moment’s Distraction

Posted on June 8, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

A Moment’s Distraction by Michael Romani Aperture of light Songbird in the night Melodic moment’s prayer People stop to stare Angular perception Meets its reception Self-reflected conception Mass media deception To show is to reveal Filled with motion; never still … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories, Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aperture, Light, Motion, Perception, Poem, Poetry, Story, View | Leave a comment