Tag Archives: Past

You Can’t Own (A Child of God)

Posted on January 31, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

As we stand perched on the edge of a new month, this poem is dedicated to the brave souls who fought together as brothers and sisters in Jones County, Mississippi, dedicated to the proposition that each person is equal before … Continue reading →

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Polemics and Passion

Posted on December 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Lessons are learned about injustice and how love can reach past those injustices. Where there is love, it will always find its way. Polemics and Passion by Michael Romani Polemics and passion Caught in moonlight Tropes that fashion But never … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Joy In Christmas Is In the Simple Things Not the Great Occasions

Posted on December 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things — not the great occasions — give off the greatest glow of happiness.” – Bob Hope

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Thought For the Day: We Pay Our Debt To the Past In the Inheritance We Pay the Future

Posted on September 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.” – John Buchan, poet, novelist, and politician (26 Aug 1875-1940)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Debt, Future, Inheritance, John Buchan, Past, Pay, Thought For the Day, We | Leave a comment

Legacy Rehashed

Posted on September 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Sort of random with a bit of truth in the cervices: Legacy Rehashed by Michael Romani If we could drag the future Out into the past If feelings could somehow nurture All the things that didn’t last If we could … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Are No Yesterdays On the Road; There Is Only Now

Posted on September 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat-Moon, travel writer (b. 27 Aug 1939)

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Daily Prompt – Handicap

Posted on June 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It might well be said That decisions made Inside my head Exist with a shade Of handicap from the past All the die cast Offer percentages Considered hinderances I have not forgotten All the things begotten From your temperament And … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Daily Prompt, Decisions, Dice, Handicap, Heartbreaks, Hinderance, Memories, Mistakes, Past, Percentages, Said, Shade, Temperament | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Puzzled

Posted on February 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

With a lift of my glass, sometimes sipped sometimes guzzled I give you a look that tells you that I’m quietly puzzled The proposition is that it’s from the puzzles of the past That we find the answers that raise … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Bridge, Daily Prompt, Discovery, Door, Future, Guzzled, Key, Life, Love, Past, Perspective, Predictive, Puzzled, Reflection, Shadow, Wordpress | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Conveyor

Posted on January 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In a sense more than innocence The written word is a conveyor Without any sort of pretense It’s a vivid sort of displayer Teaching use what we need Providing us with mental feed We cannot know the future If we … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Books, Conveyor, Daily Prompt, Future, Learn, Nurture, Past, Present, Wisdom, Wordpress, Written Word | Leave a comment

Finding Future In the Past

Posted on January 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based on a Sermon centered on The Book of Joshua:4-5 Finding Future In the Past by Michael Romani In the Word of God, for the People of God We remember the past in praise of God Its a matter of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Fragments, Fullness of God, Future, Holy, Keeping, Memorial, Mercy, Nurture, Past, People of God, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Priorities, Promised Land, Promises, Red Sea, Rituals, Square One, Traditions, Word of God | Leave a comment