Tag Archives: Poem

Things Done

Posted on August 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

I have read somewhere that 22 veterans a day take their own lives. That’s staggering to think on. Isn’t it? https://flic.kr/p/rVUfxg Things Done by Michael Romani The things we do to survive Are things done to stay alive I’m left … Continue reading →

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Finding the Extraordinary

Posted on August 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Samuel 16:13 Finding the Extraordinary by Michael Romani Love burns like a blazing white light Bringing soul shine into my night The hallelujah in your bright eyes Offers it’s brilliant sense of surprise Lifted up … Continue reading →

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Subversive Words

Posted on August 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It’s funny to think of a dictionary as subversive isn’t it? Yet, there was a maelstrom of resistance to changes in how to approach English in 1961. Subversive Words by Michael Romani In 1961, wordsmiths grew defensive Declaring Webster’s … Continue reading →

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On Breaking Free

Posted on August 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

1 Kings 19:1-21 On Breaking Free by Michael Romani Coming into the presence with thanksgiving Finding the Lord helps my everyday living Standing in the garden looking at morning dew And thinking on all that I must endure and do … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Body, Break, Captivity, Deception, Emotion, Eternal, Feelings, Fitness, Free, Garden, Grace, Grow, Jesus, Kiings, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Salvation, Temple, Thanksgiving, Trapped, True Happiness | Leave a comment

Hearts That Burn

Posted on August 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

History shows a weird thread of interlacing love and hate that has come to influence all of humanity. Were it God’s way and not ours, I am thinking and believing there would be a lot more love and maybe none … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ages of Man, Burn, Bury, Child, Choice, Death, Enfold, Fate, Father Time, Fear, God, Hate, Hearts, History, Learn, Lessons, Love, Mother, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Sadness, Son, Tales, Teach, Trace | Leave a comment

Long Knife

Posted on August 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

I watched part of a Western tonight after not having watched one for years. So far two poems from it and over an hour more to go. Isn’t it interesting how there is a poem in just about everything. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Bleeding Heart, Burn, Cure, Death, Distress, Drink, Felt, Hesitation, Hours, Long Knife, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Question, Storied Life, Think, Western | Leave a comment

Musical Afterthoughts

Posted on August 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Music is a universal language that speaks to each of our souls. In all of my life, I have never someone whose heart cannot be reached through music. I started my study of music via classical music at a very … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alpha, Audience, Chaos, Concert Hall, Fleeting Moments, Heights, Icarus, Imagination, Immediacy, Maestro, Mood, Mozart, Music, Omega, Paradox, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relevance, Rest, Serenity, Silence, Soul, Symmetry, Universal Language | Leave a comment

The Squishy Sound of Democracy

Posted on August 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The suppression of free speech is a leading indicator of fascism not freedom and certainly not the small r republican values our Founding Fathers advocated in their classical liberalism. I for one refuse to bend to tyranny from any camp… … Continue reading →

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The Mission of Paris

Posted on August 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In the continuing saga of the fall of Troy: The Mission of Paris by Michael Romani Cheering Trojans party like no tomorrow Whispered rumors bring their sorrow A maiden finds her lips are sealed While coming darkness through a mirror … Continue reading →

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Reflections On Jamaican Memories

Posted on August 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A lifetime ago, but, still fresh in my memory somehow. Reflections On Jamaican Memories by Michael Romani The sun sets and reflects on the Caribbean sea As I think on all it has meant to me There in all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Caribbean, Clouds, Coconuts, Curry, Island, Jamaica, Jesters, Mangoes, Mermaid, Motifs, Ocean, Oxtail, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflections, Sunset, Themes, Tourists | Leave a comment