Tag Archives: See

Graveled Voice

Posted on May 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I was thinking the other day about another poet not so long ago another poet that I respect telling someone else that my shorter poems are more like rock lyrics. That probably comes as somewhat of a surprise to some. … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Be the Change In the World That You Want To See

Posted on May 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

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Empire State’s Eternity

Posted on April 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I missed Day 24 of the Na/GloPoWriMo 2019. The challenge that day was to pick a reference book and blindly choose something from any given page. Having no reference books currently handy, I turned to Wikipedia. One of today’s featured … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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