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Na/GloPoWriMo #22: As A Sign of the Times

Posted on April 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #22: As A Sign of the Timesby Michael DoyleAs a sign of the timesThe last book I readWas read onlinePoetry told no longer rhymesNor does it impart lesson or deedYet, as an art, they call this fineAs a sign … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Ordinary Love

Posted on January 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Carnival of Ordinary Loveby Michael DoyleI guess you could say That I’m nothing extraordinaryThat my life has been livedLike a carnival of the ordinaryAlways keeping my eye on the prizeThat had yet to be wonA life lived with no alibisUntil … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anything, Carnival, Chase, Compulsion, Consequences, Dance, Drawn To You, Embrace, Extraordinary, Giving My All, Keeping My Eyes On the Prize, Laughter, Life, Lived, Making Music, Memoments, Near You, No Alibis, Nothing, Ordinary Love, Paint, Persist, Poetry and Poems, Power, Resist, Romance, Sanctity, Something, Treasure, Undone, Want and Need, What We're After, Whatever It Takes To Be Believed, Yet To Be Won, Your Face | Leave a comment

Blood Moon Rising

Posted on July 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Poem 3 in a continuing series of retelling of a classic werewolf tale: Blood Moon Rising by Michael Doyle Torchlight flows and leads the way As the full moon comes to claim the day Are you braver than me, my … Continue reading →

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Venice – Piazza San Marco

Posted on May 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Venice, Italy is one of the beautiful and historical places in the world that we could all use some familiarity. This is a look at Piazza San Marco. Venice – Piazza San Marco by Michael Doyle Through the Bacino … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adornment, Ancient, Angel, Bacino di San Marco, Basilica of San Marco, Broglio, Byzantine, Cafe, Case, Centuries, Chance, Column, Conspiracy, Culture, Doge Palace, Earthly, Elegance, Embroil, Execution, Face, Family, Forgive, Foscari Arch, Four Horsemen, Games of Chance, Gate, Gates of Heaven, Gather, Government, Grand Palace, Guiding Light, History, Home, Hour, Ignorance, Italy, Journey, Justice, Live, Mask, Memorial, Merchants, Mosaic, Mystery, Napoleon, Night, Old, Orchard, Overthrow, Paint, Paper, Patron Saints, Perch, Perfection, Photograph, Piazza San Marco, Piety, Poem, Poetry, Politic, Political, Power, Pride, Republican, Roman Emperors, Romance, Royals, Secret, Serve, Society, Spiritual, Spoils, St Mark, St Theodore, Stolen, Symmetry, Tangle, Temporal Power, Theft, Time, Triangle, Triumpal, Union, Venetians, Venice, Welcome, Whisper, Words, Wrong | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Love Looks Not With the Eyes, but With the Mind, and Therefore Is Winged Cupid Painted Blind

Posted on May 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” – William Shakespeare

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Blind, Cupid, Eyes, Look, Love, Mind, Paint, Thought For the Day, William Shakespeare, Winged | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Be Aware of Wonders While Living A Balanced Life

Posted on June 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

” Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some, and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.” – Robert Fulghum, author (b. 4 Jun 1937)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Aware, Balanced Life, Dance, Draw, Evvery Day, Learn, Live, Paint, Play, Robert Fulghum, Sing, Think, Thought For the Day, Wonder, Work | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: What One Can Be, One Must Be

Posted on May 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.” – Abraham Maslow, psychologist (1 Apr 1908-1970)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Abraham Maslow, Artist, Music, Musician, One Can Be, One Must Be, Paint, Peace, Poet, Self, Self Actualization, Thought For the Day, Write | Leave a comment

Desert Skies

Posted on February 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

There are times that I truly miss driving through the deserts of the American West. I learned and saw and lived a lot there. Desert Skies by Michael Romani Life for all its anguish is ours It belongs to no … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anguish, Answer, Artists, Assume, Black Train, Blind, Budge, Clue, Company, Dare, Desert, Dream, Dreamers, Ego, Empty, Forgive, Give, Glory, Hunt, Life, Love, Paint, Patterns, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognize, Risk, Seam, See, Sing, Skeleton, Skies, Sky, Story, Surrender, Teem, Track | Leave a comment

Darkness In Sight

Posted on January 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In the end times, there will be shadows that walk among us whose sight will inspire fear, hopelessness and much darkness by their mere sight. Are you ready to take this test and come out alright? I hope so. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Banality, Black, Breaking News, Canary, Catastrophe, Chorus, Dark, Endgame, Eyes, Float, Forgiver, Holy, Humanity, Ignore, Lack, Lonely, Lunch, Mock, Paint, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Ravage, Real, Right, River, Run, Sacred, Savage, Self Pity, Shadow, Sight, Snark, Strung Out, Surrender, Tear, Truth, Walk, Wine, Wisdom | Leave a comment

Snow Bound (Through Your Eyes)

Posted on November 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Seeing the world of winter in a new light: Snow Bound (Through Your Eyes) by Michael Romani The powdery white of this winter bright Paints my heart with a new kind of light Like new love refined and profound It’s … Continue reading →

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