Tag Archives: See

Thought For the Day: Poetry Is A Light By Which We See Life

Posted on April 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In the end, the poem is not a thing we see; it is, rather, a light by which we may see–and what we see is life.” – Robert Penn Warren, novelist and poet (24 Apr 1905-1989)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Capacity, Life, Light, Mankind, Meaning, Myth, Poem, Robert Penn Warren, See, Thing, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

I Am the Ocean

Posted on April 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 17 and the challenge is to write a poem from an unusual perspective. What if a drop of water thought it was the ocean itself?… I Am the Ocean by Michael Romani I am the ocean I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Alpha, Bit, Clear, Cosmic, Devotion, Divinity, Embrace, First, Flow, Forget, Future, God, Head, I, Know, Last, Light, Might, Na/GloPoWriMo, Obstacle, Ocean, Omega, Past, Perspective, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Recall, Respect, Saline, Sea, See, Shape, Signifigence, Smile, Song, Summer's Day, Trace, Truth, Wash, Water, Watery Grave, Wave, Wet, Whole | Leave a comment

Wordplay In Homographic

Posted on April 14, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriM0 Day 14’s challenge is to use words that sound or look alike or are always confused for one another. This took quite some doing in that I have used this twice this year and was out of ideas. Still…. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged About, Adieu, Ado, Allusion, Amiable, Amicable, Assume, Autumn, Bare, Bear, Bout, Flour, Flower, Gust, Homographic, Illusion, Knight, Knot, Leave, Life, Light, Na/GloPoWriMo, Night, Not, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presume, Right, Road, Rode, Sea, See, Sight, Slight, Told, Tolled, Too, Two, Violence, Violins, Wait, Weight, Wind, Wordplay, Write | Leave a comment

First Reasons Lost

Posted on March 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

What becomes of our individual worlds when our first reasons are lost? First Reasons Lost by Michael Romani First reasons have been lost And with that loss comes a cost The giving up when it becomes Too much to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accusations, Another, Busy Day, Call, Closed Eyes, Cold, Compassion, Conception, Cost, Dare, Demanding, Doubt, Down, Dreams, Drown, Fall, Fear, First Reason, Giving up, Good Lord, Gray, Imagine, Inquisition, Lashing Out, Listen, Lost, Love, Matter, Miraclees, Nightmare, Numb, Other, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Real, Requisition, Reveal, Rope, See, Self Inflict, Shatter, Snare, Snowfall, Sorrow, Tomorrow, Trap, True Light, Understanding, Voyage, Water, Winter, World | Leave a comment

Seeking the Face of God

Posted on March 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Psalms 27:8: Seeking the Face of God by Michael Romani Thankful for being a child of God Dwelling in prayer, not finding it odd But a place that knows my gratitude Keeping this thought in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acknowledge, Attention, Attitude, Blessed, Blessing, Book of Psalms, Bound, Breathe, Bring, Child, Chorus, Christianity, Church, Clear, Close, Clutter, Company, Conceive, Constrain, Day, Dwell, Earnest, Embrace, Emmanuel, Encounter, Essence, Eye Contact, Eyes, Face, Family Matters, Fill, Focus, Forget, Forgive, Found, Free, Function, God, God's Face, God's Nature, God's Presence, Godly Ways, Gratitude, Hallelujah, Harmony, Heaven, Him, His, Holy, Idolize, Importance, Indwelling, Jesus, Lesson, Life, Live, Love, Mature, Meaning, Message, Milk, Observe, Peace, Persist, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Prayer, Presence, Resound, Righteous, Sacred Ground, Scripture, See, Seek, Sleep, Spiritual Gutter, Spirituality, Strength, Strife, Thanksgiving, the Word, Things, Thrive, Truth, Vain, Verse, Wake, Walk, Wean | Leave a comment

Hello Brother

Posted on March 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Hatred stokes the fear that burns across our world in random outcroppings of rage and destruction. That being said, to take away the people’s right to bear arms and defend themselves seems like an ill thought out consequence, Madam Prime … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Awake, Being, Brother, Different, Disdain, Ears, End, Fascist, Fear, God, Greet, Hate, Heart, Insane, Late, Love, New Zealand, Pain, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Present, Reason, Release, Reverent, See, Smile, Talk, Wait, Walk, World | Leave a comment

Desert Skies

Posted on February 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

There are times that I truly miss driving through the deserts of the American West. I learned and saw and lived a lot there. Desert Skies by Michael Romani Life for all its anguish is ours It belongs to no … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anguish, Answer, Artists, Assume, Black Train, Blind, Budge, Clue, Company, Dare, Desert, Dream, Dreamers, Ego, Empty, Forgive, Give, Glory, Hunt, Life, Love, Paint, Patterns, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognize, Risk, Seam, See, Sing, Skeleton, Skies, Sky, Story, Surrender, Teem, Track | Leave a comment

Walk Alone

Posted on February 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

When Satan fell to the Earth, he did not fall alone. It takes that one brave enough to stand against these forces of evil… Walk Alone by Michael Romani When Satan fell from heaven He did not fall alone In … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Align, Alone, Darkness, Embrace, Fall, Fallacy, Fold or Stand, Free, Hand, Heart of Stone, Heartbreak, Heaven, Hope, Kind, Light, Mistake, Photograph, Plain, Poetry, Possible, Satan, See, Silly, Throne, Tragedy, Truth, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Much of What Forms Our Customs Is An Accident of Birth

Posted on February 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I see too plainly custom forms us all. Our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed belief, are consequences of our place of birth. “– Aaron Hill, dramatist and writer (10 Feb 1685-1750)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Belief, Birth Place, Consequence, Custom, Form, Moral, Plain, See, Thought, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Memory of Fireworks Haiku

Posted on February 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I keep stumbling around trying to catch up with this whole Milkwood Poem of a Day event. Mainly, it seems that when bits and pieces are done out of sequence, it confuses me to where to go from there. With … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Behind, Cherish, Chill, Close, Color, End, Eyes, Fade, Fireworks, Gone, Gratitude, Haiku, Heart, Hurt, Japanese, Laughter, Left, Linger, Lost, Love, Memory, Milkwood, One, Other, Past, Path, Poem, Poem A Day, Poetry, Safe, See, Smile, Summertime, Sweet Dream, Understand, Us, Will, Wish | Leave a comment