Tag Archives: Shadow

Thought For the Day: The Shadow of A Man Is Determined By Character

Posted on August 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (25 May 1803-1882)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Character, Heroism, Individual, Institution, Man, Organization, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Shadow, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Puzzled

Posted on February 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

With a lift of my glass, sometimes sipped sometimes guzzled I give you a look that tells you that I’m quietly puzzled The proposition is that it’s from the puzzles of the past That we find the answers that raise … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Bridge, Daily Prompt, Discovery, Door, Future, Guzzled, Key, Life, Love, Past, Perspective, Predictive, Puzzled, Reflection, Shadow, Wordpress | Leave a comment

King Nine Will Not Return

Posted on January 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

https://flic.kr/p/qGBbJC Continuing in the Series for my eldest daughter Angie, based on original Twilight Zone series, Season 2, Episode 1 King Nine Will Not Return by Michael Romani The place is Africa in 1943 Where war spits out so violently … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Africa, Bomber, Desert, Fragment, History, King Nine Will Not Return, Libya, Metaphor, Mystery, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shadow, Survivor's Guilt, The Twilight Zone, World War II | Leave a comment

Gestures To Hope

Posted on January 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Gestures To Hope by Michael Romani A shadow hangs over the dinner table In a manifestation of what we are capable As our fixation on intolerant ideology Marks the vandalization of our history Peace and good will for a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Buddleia, Dark, Fragile, Gestures, History, Hope, Humanity, Intolerance, Life, Mood, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Shadow, Urban Decay | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: You Do A Child No Favor By Shielding Them From Reality

Posted on December 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I don’t believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn’t treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should. Children are people, and they should have to reach to … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Children, Evil, Goodness, Grow, Learn, Life, Light, People, Playing Down, Reach, Reality, Shadow, Teach, Thought For the Day, Walt Disney | Leave a comment

To Know Your Soul

Posted on November 9, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

To Know Your Soul by Michael Romani I only want to know your soul Do you think that will be alright? For the first time, I’ve found my role I am content being the shadow to your light This seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Illusion, Know, Light, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Real, Shadow, Soul, We, Yang, Yin | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Tentative

Posted on September 19, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Looking out on the tentative signs There on the beginning of the storm There on all of the things that bind Realizing that this then is the new norm Looks like we might be in for nasty weather Sure hope … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Better, Daily Prompt, Gathering, Hatches, Mother Nature, Norm, Photograph, Right, Shadow, Storm, Tentative, Weather, Wordpress | Leave a comment

SL: Universe

Posted on April 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Exploring on Second Life can turn up some really beautiful places. One such place is the build called Universe. It’s an interesting build with lots of tricks of light and shadow. Still please be careful, you might just meet … Continue reading →

Posted in Second Life, Uncategorized | Tagged Beautiful, Build, Fate, Light, Planet, Second Life, Shadow, Universe | Leave a comment