Tag Archives: Phoenix

Goodbye Pax Americana

Posted on April 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Goodbye Pax Americana by Michael DoyleAt war’s end and freed from fascism Europe breathed with American optimismBarbarism had been thoroughly defeatedAnd a brave new world was timidly greetedThe Marshall Plan was the discoveryThat would lead to economic recoveryIt was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allies, American Optimism, Ashes, Barbarism, Brave New World, Christian Moral Order, Commonality, Consequnce, Convenience, Culturally Lefward, Defeat, Dutybound, Economic Community, Economic Recovery, Economic Stategy, EU, Europe, Fascism, Godlessly Secular, Goodbye, History, Inertia, Law, Liberty and Dignity, Marshall Plan, Masterstorke, Mercantilist, NATO, Pax American, Phoenix, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Post-National, Protectionist, Reseeded, Rights of Mankind, Russia, Society, Technocratic Apostasy, Temporal End, Trump, War, War's End, Welfare State, World War II, Zeitenwende | Leave a comment

A Wood Dragon’s Cosmology

Posted on February 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Wood Dragon’s Cosmologyby Michael DoyleThe time spent quietly comes to its endIt’s been another year of pleasant enough livingHaving found my best habits and friendsAnd it has been another year of peacefully givingBut in truth it has been yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Balance, Bestiary, Center, Chinese Mythology, Confidence, Contain, Cosmology, Desire, Determination, Diffidence, Diplomacy, Divinity, Dreams, Elements, End, Eternity, Expansion, Eyes, Fifth Cardinal Direction, Flight, Friends, Future, Gentle Rain, Give, Green Dragon, Habits, Imagination, Infinite, Journey, Legacy, Mast, Mist, Nature Deity, Night, Pass, Peace, Perfect Harmony, Philosophy, Phoenix, Poetry and Poems, Power, Rebirth, Sail, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Self-Worth, Sky, Spring, Time, Tree, Truth, Weary World, Winds, Wood Dragon, Worry, Yang, Year, Year of the Wood Dragon, Yin | Leave a comment

I, Noelle

Posted on December 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I, Noelleby Michael DoyleGrowing up there was nothing as pleasantAs waiting on Christmas Eve for presentsHe was like a lamb to metaphorical slaughterAs I snuck up on my Santa Claus fatherAs his daughter, there was much prideExcept for the part … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Big Year, Cheer, Children, Chimney, Choice, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve, Complete Perfection, Dasher, Daugther, Destiny, Detail, Doing Well, Father, Feeling, Getaway, God, Growing Up, Hope, Lamb, Look, Magic, Me, Merry Gentlemen, Metaphor, Morning Light, New Direction, Noelle, Phoenix, Photograph, Pleasat, Poetry and Poems, Presents, Pride, Promise, Pushed Aside, Rest, Santa Claus, Shining, Silent Night, Sled, Snowy Night, Snuck Up, Spinning, Tale, Tragic, We, Without Presents, Words | Leave a comment

The Chi Within All

Posted on September 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Chi Within Allby Michael DoyleIt matters not, woman or manEach is to yield chi as they canIt is not for a father to sayWhich is who and what’s the wayThere in the essence of controlWhere one’s power finds one’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Become, Behalf, Best, Beware, Breath, Chi, Darkness, Death, Disruption, Edge, Essence, Father, Firm, Foretold, Harshness, Honor, Imperial Throne, Know, Life, Light, Man, Matters, Phoenix, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Right, Road, Shadows, Shapeshift, Shrine, Sould, Talk, Test, The Way, Walk, Warrior, Witch, Within, Woman | Leave a comment

Digital In Our Memories

Posted on February 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

As some may know, I am exploring the nuances of virtual reality and integration of this into life in general. Digital In Our Memories by Michael Romani Digital in our memories Listless in our legacy We have no choice but … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ashes, Biometrics, Cage, Captive, Cat, Choice, Collapse, Connection, Corridor, Creation, Creativity, Deduct, Deep, Demanding, Destroy, Digital, Distant, Equation, Exist, Eyes, Find, Ghost, Impatient, Integration, Joy, Legacy, Life, Linger, Listless, Lost, Memory, Mind, Moment, Nuance, Pass, Persist, Phoenix, Photograph, Pixel, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Rage, Reality, Recall, Rise, Schrodinger, Secret, See, Silent, Tear, Through, Time, Torment, True, Understanding, Viritual Reality, Voice, Zen | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Belly

Posted on August 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In Rumi’s pond, waded a pinkish flamingo Whose presence was as a belly dancer’s shadow The eye of Ra became its own perception of light As a sensuous beat flowed from the palace into the night Fatima dances while warding off … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Belly, Belly Dancer, Blind, Daily Prompt, Dance, Fables, Flamingo, Jealousy, Light, Lilith, Lotus, Mankind, Phoenix, Pond, Purification, Ra, Rebirth, Rumi, Unification | Leave a comment

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