Tag Archives: Reflections

Among the First Casualties

Posted on May 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Among the First Casualtiesby Michael DoyleAmong the first casualties of warIs the promise that love will live onAnd if something goes wrong, lovers will love moreThe white heat of passion burns until it’s goneA touch, a line, a singular traceA … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Dorian Gray, Pt. IX: Released From This Evil

Posted on October 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections on Dorian Gray, Pt IX: Released From this Evilby Michael DoyleA chain smoked cigar puffed on to make amendsBetween two estranged who had once been friendsTo be young again and to set sail into the dawnUntil one realizes it … Continue reading →

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Reflections On Dorian Gray, Pt VIII: Reality’s Seams

Posted on October 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections On Dorian Gray, Pt VIII: Reality’s Seamsby Michael DoyleThere on that snow fallen black of nightIn an alley filled with guilt’s blightDorian fears the tell of tongue wagged taleThat pursues him to the gates of HellThere are dreadful things … Continue reading →

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Reflections On Dorian Gray, Part VII: Remembrances

Posted on October 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections On Dorian Gray, Part VII: Remembrancesby Michael DoyleThe plague burns through old London TownWhile God casts his eyes aside with a frownObsessed with frightening visions of Sibyle VaineDorian crumbles perched on the brink of going insaneRemembrances of her and … Continue reading →

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Reflections On Dorian Gray VI: Tethered Leashes

Posted on October 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections On Dorian Gray VI: Tethered Leashesby Michael DoyleA slit-throat bloodied scarf knows its sacrilegeAs Dorian’s portrait holds his stains like privilegeHiding what’s done in the waters by the river bankIt offers little good to say about position and rankUntil … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Dorian Gray V: Immortality Revealed

Posted on October 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections on Dorian Gray V: Immortality Revealedby Michael DoyleArt imitates life as life imitates artMasquerading in the wantonness of the heartIt’s a fearful discovery of the monster withinThat while we don’t understand, causes us to sinActing in the the brazen … Continue reading →

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Things Remembered

Posted on August 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Things Rememberedby Michael DoyleDespite the well of star-crossed tearsHaving had been ponded through the yearsOf one thing, I have certainly foundThat there are enough words to be chased aroundOne thing proven is the swollen sure chanceInvolved in each moment lived … 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

Reflections In the Mirror

Posted on June 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Eyes may be the window to the soul, but, sometimes mirrors are soul revealing as well… Reflections In the Mirror by Michael Romani Everyday I look out into the mirror Beyond a doubt, it couldn’t be clearer I’m no longer … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Eyes, Mirror, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflections, Revealing, Soul, Window | 1 Comment