Tag Archives: Pretend

Ode To An Orangutan In My Thoughts

Posted on December 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Friday was the Day of the Monkey. This brought to mind a certain event that happened maybe 12 or more years ago. I could not fact any references to this orangutan on the net so I could not completely flesh … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Guard Against the Impostures of Pretended Patriotism

Posted on November 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” – George Washington (1796)

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Betrayed With A Kiss

Posted on October 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #6 – Once you’re under evil’s dominion, it doesn’t matter how you got there. Does it? Betrayed With A Kiss by Michael Romani With a kiss, we turned the key Sinking deep into your debauchery It’s certain I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Attitude, Betray, Bite, Blade, Bllind, Broken, Company, Content, Controll, Cure, Debauchery, Debt, Defiance, Demon, Disdain, Distraction, Dominion, Door, Ease, Enchant, Escape, Essence, Evil, Firelight, Gratitude, Halloween, Hate, Howl, Key, Kind, Kiss, Know, Letha, Lost, Madness, Mistress, Night, Owe, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Reliance, Return, Righteous, Sad, Satisfaction, Science, Secret, Servant, Slave, Slice, Soul, Spare, Spirit, Table, Throat, Unholy | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Be Careful To Pretend To Be Who You Want To Be Because Who We Pretend To Be We Are

Posted on March 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” — Kurt Vonnegut

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The Do Nothing Days

Posted on March 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

My inner child likes yours more than a little, he said… The Do Nothing Days by Michael Romani The do nothing days come to pass With only their memories held; alas Kept as long as we can in our minds … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Behind, Childhood, Cling, Crime, Do Nothing Days, Done, End, Fond, Force, Forget, Friends, Hurry Along, Kept, Lifetime, Live, Memory, Mend, Message, Minds, Pass, Pastimes, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Regret, Shade, Talk | Leave a comment

Echo Chambers of Disbelief

Posted on March 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Beware the monsters under our beds.. but worse still are the monsters just behind the veneer we casually wear…. Echo Chambers of Disbelief by Michael Romani In a thousand seedy places There are monsters behind faces Playing cleverly as saying … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged After, Cancer, Chamber, Chase, Choke, Clever, Commotion, Dancer, Death, Depth, Disaster, Disbelief, Dream, Dreamer, Echo, Emotion, Facade, Face, Friend, Grace, Grief, Illusion, Irony, Know, Life Dream, Monster, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Seedy Place, Shallow, Stillborn | Leave a comment

The Greatest of All Time

Posted on December 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Often in discussing sports and things, people talk in terms of who is the greatest of all time. That’s never made much sense to me. We can never know who is up and coming for example as to why… The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Argument, Art, Braggadocio, Century, Collective, Cultural touchstone, Eloquent, Excellent, False Choice, False Claims, Front Cover, Greatest of All Time, History, Invective, Legacy, Music, Objective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Reflective, Rhyme, Sports, Truth Unseen, Warrior, Word | Leave a comment

Outcast

Posted on October 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Another for Halloween: Outcast by Michael Romani There are those with affinity Shared brokenness cast within infinity Those who find company with the sad men And pleasure in the darkness of bad men I am one of those Self consumed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affinity, Bad, Blood Frenzy, Born, Brokenness, Company, Darkness, Details, Face, Heart, Infinity, Kind, Lethal, Love, Memory, Men, Outcast, Peace, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Sad, Self Consumed, Shadow, Shine, Solace, Sparkle, Two Part Harmony, Ugly | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Suffer

Posted on August 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Life hides deep behind the buffer Of all that comes to make us suffer In that corner of welled tears In the numbered days of years That pass as we learn not to cry Or perhaps we’ve just run dry … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Accept, Buffer, Cry, Daily Prompt, Day, Dry, Forget, Life, Passage, Pretend, Regret, Strong, Suffer, Tears, Well, Wrong, Years | Leave a comment

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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