Tag Archives: Perspective

On Idealism and Its Defeat

Posted on March 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

https://flic.kr/p/vTtV13 On Idealism and Its Defeat by Michael Romani Too often the rebuke of idealism Can seem like only so much tribalism Each convinced of an abstraction of right Though differently seen in its perspective of light Lives of practical … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Book of Job

Posted on January 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A book in the Ketuvim or Writings section of the Tanakh, The Book of Job is the first poetic book of the Old Testament.  In a mix of prose and poetry, it addresses the issue of theodicy by examining God’s … Continue reading →

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Refractive Lens

Posted on December 15, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Refractive Lens by Michael Romani Each story that we weave Rather story or verse We come to believe As its own hermetic universe The hows and the whys That define our fiction As we half realize Our best depiction Can … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Nothing Is Impossible

Posted on October 10, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is impossible.  The word itself says, “I’m possible.” – Audrey Hepburn

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