Tag Archives: New Orleans

New Orleans Home Rules

Posted on October 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

New Orleans Home Rulesby Michael Doyle”Whites Only”, read the ugliest sign.It was as if, by some sort of designThe conspiracists were inclined to provoke,The arrogant mulatto who so often spoke.Little did they know the shadow empireIn which the Devil befriends … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged "Whites Only", Alderman, Confidece, Desing, Devil, Fantasy, Home Rules, Horror, Mulatto, New Orleans, Poetry and Poems, Provoke, Shadow Emire, Sign, Vampire, vampires | Leave a comment

Step Inside A Haunted Mansion

Posted on October 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Step Inside A Haunted Mansionby Michael DoyleWhat if death was not the endingBut instead, just a new beginning?What if the paranormal was realAnd not just something that we feel?Skepticism has its own kind of turningIn all walks of life, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged After Midnight, Answers, Bad Luck, Bad News, Beginning, Beyond, Blind, Conceal, Crystal Ball, Dark Spirits, Dead, Death, Devil, Discern, Disquieted Spirits, Ending, Fear, Fears, Feel, Fight, Final Play, Follow, Ghastly Sight, Ghosts, God, Good Intent, Grandeur, Grasp, Gravee, Haunted Mansion, Haunting, Hear, Hell Bent, Hollow, Inside, Lead, Learn, Life, Medium, Message, Mirror, Mortal Beings, Move On, Mysterious Ways, New, New Orleans, No Hope, Numbered Days, Our Ghosts, Paranormal, Personal Fiight, Pessimism, Play, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pray, Real, Return, Reveal, Save, Scare, Seance, Skepticism, Spiritualism, Step, Substantial, Succumb, Trap, Truth of Life, Turn, Voice, Walks, Wanting, Watched Steps, Whisper | Leave a comment

Sometimes Anyway

Posted on August 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes Anywayby Michael DoyleGood food like gumbo is hard to replaceIt opens people up and puts a smile in placeWhile a child makes a wish on the evening starA wished upon wish just might take her farBut even the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anyway, Ball, Bottom, Child, Count, Crown, Dedication, Dreams, Evening Star, Eyes, Fairy Tale, Far, Faraway, Gambler, Gumbo, Hard Work, Inspiration, Love, Mardis Gras, Mississippi, Money, New Orleans, Pancakes, People, Poetry and Poems, Replace, River City, Smile, Sometimes, Surprise, True, Waltz, Wish | Leave a comment

What Color Is A Soul?

Posted on April 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

We’re half way through NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020 and it’s April 15th. The stated optional objective is to write a poem reflective of the color of any particular brand of our choosing. This brought to mind an argument brewing since the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, Again, American Dream, Behind, Belief, Best, Black, Black Price, Blind, Bliss, Blow, Blues, Breakdown, Breath, Cats, Color, Color Barrier, Control, Creole, Crim, Crow Jim, Distinction, Down Side, Extinction, Feeling, Foster, Grief, Heartless, History, Hyphen, Idiom, Inexcusable, Integration, Jazz, Jazzy, Know, Legends, Living, Mistake, Musical, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, New Orleans, Notes, Objectionable, Optimism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Political Correctness, Questionable, Race, Race Consciousness, Racial Preference, Racial Test, Racism, Razz-ma-Tazz, Reality, Reference, Satchmo, Segregation, Sight, Soul, Soulful, South, Stomp, Time, Truth, Uncouth, White, Word of Mouth | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Legend

Posted on December 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Dixieland, Dixieland Music blares from the bandstand And the passing marching band Alexander’s Ragtime Band The saints march down Basin Street We’re in for a Southern treat Here in this Dixieland revival A musical trace has its survival As part … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Basin Street, Daily Prompt, Dixieland, Improvisation, Jazz, Legend, New Orleans, Ragtime, Wordpress | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Simmer

Posted on November 2, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

A simmering of beautiful wisteria Brought about the hysteria Of a summer’s day in the Old South So the tale is told by word of mouth It seems the rains kept on its falling Never stopping despite the calling The … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Calling, Daily Prompt, Hysteria, New Orleans, Old South, Photograph, Simmer, St John, Storyteller, Summer, Swelter, Wisteria, Wordpress | Leave a comment

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New Orleans Home Rules

Step Inside A Haunted Mansion

Sometimes Anyway

What Color Is A Soul?

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Simmer

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