Tag Archives: Poetry

Na/GloPoWriMo 2: With This Moment

Posted on April 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The challenge today is to write a poem in either a different voice or multiple voices. Listening to the tiny voices inside my head, I’ve gone with voices…..and so that I am caught up… With This Moment by Michael Romani … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo 1: Cryptid Curiosity

Posted on April 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Yesterday began the National/Global Poetry Writing Month. The first challenge up for April 1 was to write a poem based on a secret pleasure or shame. Since I am a fairly open guy and it was also Easter, I waited … Continue reading →

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Message From the Cross 2018

Posted on April 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Message From the Cross by Michael Romani Without the suffering on the cross There is only our death and final loss There is no other Holy name We would have only our own blame There is no other stake to … Continue reading →

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Out In the Badlands Made Good

Posted on March 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Out In the Badlands Made Good by Michael Romani The tiger pushes the mountain With the force of an eagle’s claw There under the red sun And just before the silver moon The palm of an angry iron fox Leaps … Continue reading →

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Scribble and A Scratch

Posted on March 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Scribble and A Scratch by Michael Romani With a scribble and a scratch My words flow together Sometimes in prose; sometimes in verse Hopefully, for the better Always filled with hope That I might have something to say Just keep … Continue reading →

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Laid At the Cross

Posted on March 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Laid At the Cross by Michael Romani All of my many debts of sinning Were given a new sort of beginning All of this was paid while I’m at a loss Paid by all of my faith laid at the … Continue reading →

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Lessons In Living History

Posted on March 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Lessons In Living History by Michael Romani The hardest thing to comprehend Is why so many fail to understand That lessons in history tend to repeat Maybe because the lessons are incomplete Like angel wings openly spread History is more … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Daughter, Family, Heritage, History, Lessons, Living, Living Museum, Love, Magical, Moments, Mystery, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Revelation | Leave a comment

Eye of the Beholder

Posted on March 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The next in the series of poems based on now Episode 6 of Season 2 of the Twilight Zone for my eldest princess: Eye of the Beholder by Michael Romani Suspended in a time and space of harshness Miss Janet … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday 2018

Posted on March 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Palm Sunday 2018 by Michael Romani In the mindset of the times A saint’s acts could be crimes But even the king had come To learn of the coming Kingdom Wall to wall in observance Passover spoke of perseverance To … Continue reading →

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#Pennies For Dollars

Posted on March 24, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

#Pennies For Dollars by Michael Romani There is something off Hollow and desperate In the context collapse That keeps the music separate From the artistic soul And given to the corporate behemoths Who steal the control While trading pennies for … Continue reading →

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