Tag Archives: Pleasure

I of the Camera

Posted on April 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It’s the first official day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! So what’s the prompt, right? “… a self-portrait poem in which you make a specific action a metaphor for your life – one that typically isn’t done all that often, or only … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, Amazing, Awesome, Beautiful, Blur, Break of Day, Camera, Close Up, Color, Composition, Conscious, Dance, Decision, Distance, Dreams, Emphasis, Extraordinary, Eye, Flow, Focal, God, Green, Heart, Human Being, I, Inner, Interesting, Keep, Learn, Lense, Lesson, Life, Light of Moon, Marvel, Moment, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Normal, Ordinary, Perspective, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Premises, Prime, Reflexive, Seeing, Self Portrait, Show, Soft, Softness, Soul, Stir, Stream, Telephoto, Thin, Time, Trick, Trip, Tune, View, Visual Poetry, Wide, Witness, Wonderful, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: Laws Are Made For Men of Ordinary Understanding and Should Be Construed By Ordinary Rules of Common Sense

Posted on February 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Common Sense, Construe, Everything, First Principles, Law, Mankind, Meaning, Metaphysical, Nothing, Ordinary, Pleasure, Rule, Sought, Thomas Jefferson, Understand | Leave a comment

There’s the Deep of That

Posted on January 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Common culture often sees child’s play as an expression of something basic. Modern psychology suggests that it is otherwise. I am inclined to agree. There’s the Deep of That by Michael Romani There is as it seems A world that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agency, Arbritrary, Archetype, Building Blocks, Child's Play, Choice, Confide, Culture, Deep, Discern, Dreams, Expression, Face, Hype, Impose, Joy, Learn, Photograph, Place, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Predesign, Preference, Psychology, Push Back, Reference, Refine, Seems, Smile, Step, Voice, Zillion | Leave a comment

A New Found Treasure

Posted on January 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

There are things in this world that are priceless and not replaceable. There are things given a value that outweighs their worth. But the greatest treasure is that which cannot be taken and only given. A New Found Treasure by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Breath, Chill, Complete, Dark, Dread, Dream, Embrace, Eyes, Given, God, Hand In Hand, Harsh, Heal, Heart, Hope, Illusion, Kiss, Know, Love, Miss, Pass, Photograph, Place, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Priceless, Sacred, Safe Harbor, Skin, Sorrow, Surprise, Tear, Tiny Death, Tomorrow, Treasure, Two, Uncertainty, Value, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Season of Fear

Posted on October 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #26: Season of Fear by Michael Romani Queue the creepy music For the just the right vibe Dare to step inside And then you decide As an indulgent prattle With wicked stories told Bones shake and start to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alarm, Bones, Bump, Cold, Creepy, Dare, Dark, Decide, Delight, Enough, Fear, Goose Bumps, Halloween, Haunt, Horror, Music, Night, Old, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Prattle, Rattle, Scary, Season, Shrill, Sold, Soul, Story, Stuff, Thrill, Time, Vibe, Wicked, Witching Hour, Year | Leave a comment

Wolf’s Call Coming

Posted on July 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Love and life are becoming increasingly clearer in my mind as part of one and the same. Without love there is no life, without life there is no love. And what of this to a man who has been told … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Call, Choice, Circle, Courage, Death, Drum, Eyes, Faith, Fall, Fear, Fight, Gaze, Ghost, Incendiary, Last Days, Life, Limited Time, Live, Love, Man, Military Man, Mystery, Pass, Persevere, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Reflect, Sanctuary, Sight, Sound, Spectra, Time, Voice, Well, Wise, Wolf, Wonder | Leave a comment

Story Teller

Posted on July 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It’s a great gift to tell tales that are seem so true that they almost walk right of the pages we read. Isn’t it? Story Teller by Michael Romani Story tellers bring the tale Where once upon will prevail In … Continue reading →

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A Vancouverite Current

Posted on April 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The Na/GloPoWriM0 Day 15 challenge is to provide a Robert Brown or Shakespearian styled monologue sort of a poem. I opted for a redo on Hamlet’s “To Be or Not To Be” monologue. Kind of.. I opted for happy thoughts not … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arms, Beaten, Border, Caution, Conscience, Country, Coward, Current, Decision, Deep, Delay, Devote, Dream, Flesh, Folly, Fortune, Friend, Gloom, Good, Gray, Happiness, Happy, Heartache, Heir, Hope, Infatuation, Insolence, Jammies, Know, Life, Love, Me, Merit, Moment, Monologue, Mortal Coil, Motivation, Na/GloPoWriMo, Naked, Native Resolution, Noise, Patience, Pause, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Purn, Puzzle, Question, Quiet, Regret, Respect, Return, Reward, Robert Brown, Sake, Shock, Sky, Sleep, Song, Thought, Time, To Be Or Not To Be, Traveler, Trouble, Turn Back, Vancouver, Voyage, Warmth, Weary, Will, William Shakespeare, Wisdom, Wish, Worth | Leave a comment

Wishing The Maybe

Posted on January 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Do you ever have moments where you stop and pause and think on things like maybe things might have been different or maybe this or that? I do. Those are the moments to be quiet and listen in. Trying to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Balance, Borrow, Bought, Chess, City, Compassion, Consider, Could, Deliberate, Dragon, Eye, Family, Fool, Gift, God, Good, Hesitate, Hiding Seek, Late Night, Let It Be, Lines, Maybe, Moment, Morality Play, Nothing, Outcast, Photograph, Pity, Plain View, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Relive, Remembrance, Rule, Sky, Sleep, Society, Sought, Think, Throwaway, Tomorrow, Travesty, Treasure, Truth, Wish, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Samson V

Posted on January 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing the tale in poetic form and based on the Book of Judges: Samson by Michael Romani V Too often living by pleasure and whim Seeing only what is in front of him Yet, still the living God is within … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Book of Judges, Control, Disbelief, Distinguish, Extinguish, Extol, False Praise, Fool, Kingdom, Known, Live, Living God, Philistine, Pleasure, Poems, Poetry, Prince, Rule, Samson, Shown, Silent, Spark, Symbol, Teach, Thief, Throne, Truth, Whim, Within | Leave a comment