Tag Archives: Season

Day From Night

Posted on July 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

After God said let there be light, He divided day from night… Day From Night by Michael Romani Earth in balance requires adjustment With multiple areas of entrustment But trusting in whom? Man or God? And isn’t it a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 24 Hour Day, Adjust, Balance, Cool, Day, Days, Drag, Earth, Entrust, Flow, God, Grain, Heat, History, Light, Man, Mankind, Mechanistic, Mistake, Modern Man, Moment, Moon, Night, Odd, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Right, Season, Tide, Trust | Leave a comment

Summer, Newport Beach

Posted on April 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo 2019, Day 25 and the challenge is to write a poem that incorporates: Is specific to a season Uses imagery that relates to all five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell) Includes a rhetorical question, (like Keats’ “where … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bain de Soleil, Balboa Pier, Beach House, Breeze, Brothers, Contact High, Cousin, Crab, Crash, Fire Pit, Growing Up, Huntington Beach, Jetty, Ladies, Na/GloPoWriMo, Newport Beach, Ocean, Older, Paddle, Park, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Question, Rock, Saltwater, Season, Sense, Shoreline, St Tropez, Summer, Sunshine, Surf, Talk, Tan, The Zoo, Water, Wave, Young | Leave a comment

Hope In Love Becomes A Battlefield

Posted on April 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 22 challenges us to write a poem engaging another art form. For me, it took but a moment to realize I would take on Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture. Many reasons behind this I suppose, but, the largest of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anonymity, Art, Aspiration, Attic, Battlefield, Category, Daddy, Danger, Design, Didone, Divorce, Dream, Dumpster Dive, Encourage, Family Man, Feeling, Happy, Hearts, Homeless, Hope, Little Girls, Live, Love, Memory, Na/GloPoWriMo, Paint by Number, Pattern, Photograph, Plead, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Princess, Reason, Robert Indiana, Scattegory, Sculpture, Season, Sing, Soul, Spring, Strong, Success | Leave a comment

Heartbreaks Forgiven

Posted on February 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I wrote this poem just now. Please forgive the typos. It’s sort of a word flow thing…. Heartbreaks Forgiven by Michael Romani I watched you kill your child today I held your hand and did not look away You told … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Answer, Beautiful, Call, Child, Christian, Conspiracy, Cry, Daughter, Despite, Different, Fogive, Forgive, Forsake, Forty Years, Found, God's Plan, Goodbye, Grateful, Halo, Hand, Hard, Heartbreak, Heathen, Hell, Horrible, Hours, Hug, Hurt, Laugh, Left, Life, Live, Looking Out, Love, Man, Mistake, Morning Light, Patience, Phone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Prayer, Project, Promise, Reason, Regret, Remember, Right, Risk, Satan, Season, Secret, Shake, Shoe, Silent, Smile, Soul, Sparkle, Stay, Taught, Tears, Time, Tonight, Watch, Wild Man, Years, You, Young, Your Way | Leave a comment

Three Card Monte

Posted on January 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Mostly shills or marks, there’s something wrong with the world today… Three Card Monte by Michael Romani We see it play out on the street Where each of us should gladly greet Our neighbors not as strangers but friends God … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Con, Confidence Game, Despearate, False Confidence, False Star, God, Mark, Poem, Poetry, Providence, Reason, Season, Separate, Shill, Shrewd, Three Card Trick, World | Leave a comment

Lessons For Advent

Posted on December 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on James 2:23: Lessons For Advent by Michael Romani Jesus is the friend whose friendship will never cease Jesus is the friend whose love will never decrease We need a reminder of this especially in this season We … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advent, Assurance, Best, Bible, Blessing, Bliss, Book of James, Born, Call, Choice, Direction, Essence, Eternity, Evidence, Family, Freindship, Friend, God, Good, Good Work, His Will, Jesus, Kingdom, Lessons, Listen, Love, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Repentance, Sacred, Season, Test, Together | Leave a comment

To Truly Belong

Posted on December 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Second poem mostly absorbed from watching the new Mowgali Jungle Book movie on Netflix: To Truly Belong by Michael Romani The fruit there hangs low And don’t you know Life can make a monkey out of you In all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ashes, Bees, Belong, Broken, Change, Dash, Distortion, Dream, Ebb and Flow, Eyes, Fear, Float, Fruit, Green, Harmony, Hope, Jungle, Jungle Book, Know, Life, Meaning, Melody, Monkey, Mowgali, Neftlix, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proportion, Prove, Revelation, Scenery, Season, Song, Sorrow, Swarm, Thunder, Tomorrow, Trap, True, Wisdom | Leave a comment

Black Friday Concessions

Posted on November 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Crass commercialism versus spirit of Christmas anyone? Black Friday Concessions by Michael Romani Looking down from my self imposed mountain I spied a parade announcing one thing certain At the end of one very long advertisement Santa Claus’s arrival came … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advertisment, Bank, Bill, Black Friday, Caroler, Christ's Mass, Christmas Shopping, Church, Concession, Counting, Credit Card, Dollar, Economy, Focus, Gifting, Giving, Greed, Indulgence, Jesus, Joy, Listen, Macy's Day Parade, Parking Lot, Payment, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Possession, Purge, Santa Claus, Season, Shopping Day, Shopping Mall, Sleigh Bells, Spirit of Christmas, Stocking Stuffer, Stop, Thankfulness, Value, Victoria Secret, Weeping, Winter Wonderland, Worship | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Exquisite

Posted on September 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes in the quiet hours of late night When my sleep somehow isn’t going right That is when I take a moment to revisit All the memories of you that are so exquisite It only took a moment for me … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Daily Prompt, Dream, Exquisite, Fall, Journey, Late Night, Layers, Life, Meaning, Memories, Reasons, Recall, Revisit, Right, Season, Sleep, Subtle, Trouble, Wife | Leave a comment

In Remembrance of An Autumn’s Storm

Posted on July 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Asked her what things she loved most about Autumn. Wrote this in response: In Remembrance of An Autumn’s Storm by Michael Romani Arriving home to her warm, sweet embrace She kisses me slowly dancing face to face We listen outside … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Autumn, Candle, Colors, Embrace, Fall, Frost, Grin, Home, Jack O'Lantern, Kiss, Memory, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pumpkin, Season, Storm, Trees | Leave a comment