Tag Archives: Sigh

21st Century Goings On

Posted on June 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated to George Floyd and all victims of brutality in hope that we may yet find our way to a more just and less cruel world shared in our walk of humanity. Marvin Gaye would probably be rolling over in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 21st Century, America, Antifa, Arm In Arm, Belong, Better Way, Brick, Brother, Brutality, Burning Down, Cancer, City, Common Bonds, Conquer, Cruel World, Death, Despair, Do the Trick, Dying, Each Other, Embrace, Farther, Father, Find Our Way, George Floyd, God's Sake, Goings On, Good Answer, Hate, Humanity, Just, Lawlessness, Light, Locking, Loss, Love, Make, Martin Luther King Jr, Marvin Gaye, Me, Mother, Not Too Late, Our Day, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Radicals, Rage, Right, Riot, Scar, See, Shared Humanity, Sigh, Strong, Talk Your Truth, Tell Me Now, Terms, The Streeets, Think, Today, Together, Uncaring, Understanding, Unjustified Homocide, Us, Walk, We, Weary, What's Going On, World, Wrong | Leave a comment

Nourishing the Spirit

Posted on May 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Matthew 5:6: Nourishing the Spirit by Michael Doyle Blessed are those who hunger and thirst Putting the ways of righteousness first Sustained as these are in their every day Effected as we are; moving out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Amen, Betterment, Biology, Bite, Blessed, Body, Book of Matthew, Change, Condemnation, Convention, Day, Destiny, Divinity, Dopamine, Dread, Effect, Embrace, Endure, Faith, Feelings, First, God, God's Kingdom, God's Word, Grab, Guzzle, Heaven, Humanity, Hunger, Hungers, Jesus, Journey, Life, Marathon, March, Metaphor, Miles, Mix, Move, Mystery, Nourish, Order, Path of Life, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious Love, Race, Rearrange, Redemption, Rhythm, Righteous, Righteousness, Sacrifice, Satisfaction, Satisfied, Self Actualization, Sigh, Sleeves, Smile, Space, Spirit, Sustain, Theology, Thirst, Time, Trick, Tug, Walk, Warn, Ways, Whim, Whisper | Leave a comment

To A Northern Cardinal

Posted on March 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It’s almost that time…. April 1st is the first day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020. As a warm up, the first suggestion was to write a poem about any bird. I thought of an eagle in this time when we all need … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Blanche, Branch, Breeze, Bright Spot, Brim, Call, Chipping, Company, Crowd, Dart, Dash, Den, Disappear, Dress, Flutter, Fly, Holiness, Joy, Life, Limb, Loud, Loved Once, Loyalty, Mate, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020, Northern Cardinal, Perch, Photograph, Pines, Pleasant, Poem, Poetry, Red, Remember, Shelter, Sigh, Silken Wings, Sing, Song, Stand Out, Tears, Visit, Warning, Window, Writing | Leave a comment

Ruined Absolution

Posted on December 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

This poem was meant for December 19, 2019. This is, among other observances, National Emo Day.. So Happy that… In my own confessional, I am struggling a bit these last few days with my upcoming birthday, Christmas almost here and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absence, Absolution, Afraid, Angst, Bangs, Beautiful, Brithday, Burn, Care, Chemical Romance, Christmas, Compression, Confession, Confessional, Contemplate, Dark, December 19 2019, Die, Do It Or Die, Embrace, Emotional, Escape, Expression, Fall, Fraught, Glance, Hair, Happy, Hollywood, Human Being, Ink, Inspiration, Intropective, Jet Black, Life, Little Girls, Love, National Emo Day, Nothing, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Question, Ruin, Savage, Sigh, Silence, Skinny Jeans, Sleeve, Smile, Something, Sonic Attack, Sorrow, Stride, Structure, Sunday, Taste, Tee Shirt, Tenderness, Thin, Think, Violence, Violin, Want, World, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Tears In Misted Eyes

Posted on October 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #21: Tears In Misted Eyes by Michael Romani Tears in his misted eyes A monster cries as his child dies While the mother prays her lullaby It’s all the watcher can do to sigh Life like a twisted … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anguish, Blade, Blind, Breath, Broken Heart, Child, Choice, Confusion, Cross, Crucifix, Cruel, Cry, Deep, Dies, Down, Dying, Echo, Enfold, Eyes, Family, Father, Fear, Feel, Halloween, Hand, Hard, Heaven, Hesitate, Illusion, Keep, Kill, Lies, Life, Lord, Loss, Lullaby, Misstep, Mist, Moment, Monster, Monstrosity, Mother, Night, Perservere, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Pray, Question, Reel, Revere, Sacred, Shown, Sigh, Silence, Sleep, Souls, Suffer, Tear, Temper, Troubled Soul, True, Voice, Weep, World, Wounded Heart | Leave a comment

At A Half Mumble

Posted on September 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Like the song says, if there’s a rock n heaven, you know they got a heck of a band. Have you ever really stopped to think on all those who rose up like some latter day shamen only to burn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Band, Bend, Blend, Blind, Blues, Burn, Complex, Devil, Dignity, Distort, Dreams, Emotion, End, Epitaph, Fade, Fragile, Frontier, Future, Generation, Genuine, Gracious, Ground, Happy, Heaven, High, Hills, Hint, History, Ideal, Learn, Left, Magic, Melody, Memory, Mind, Mixed Message, Mumble, Personal Level, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Promises, Puzzle, Rock N Roll, Rush, Said, Shade, Shake, Shaman, Show, Sigh, Signal, Sonic, Sould, Space Out, Steely Eyes, Stolen Line, Strength, Sweep, Tender, Toxic, Troubador, Weep, Whisper, Wind | Leave a comment

Like Brothers

Posted on August 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The things done in the military grows most men’s units in whatever force into something like family. Most of us ended fighting for our brothers and sisters more than ideals or nations. Some of us carry the memories of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back, Battles, Beer, Brothers, Caution, Count On, Crime, Danger, Day, Distance, Do It, Done, Doubt, Fallen, Family, Fight, Forever Faithful, Friend, Giving up, God, Head, Joke, Laugh, Live, Longer, Memory, Miles, Military, Mother, Movie, My Time, Need, Nothing to Say, Odds, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Push Past, Race, Remember, Resistance, Ring, Semper Fi, Sigh, Sisters, Smile, Sonds, Stronger, Tears, Toss, Twin, Weight, Years | Leave a comment

Eulogy For the Profane

Posted on August 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The last few days have been painful. I wonder if that means I’m growing? Isn’t that the saying “no pain, no gain”? Eulogy For the Profane by Michael Romani They say profanity Is the sign of a lazy mind All … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aneurysm, Appreciate, Boss, Charles, Clever, Cry, Days, Death, Decisions, Depend, Disdain, Doubt, Duty, Endeavor, Eulogy, Eyes, Falling Out, Fascination, Find, Friend, Funeral, Glory, Good Man, Goodbye, Grief, Head, Honor, Infer, Insane, Lazy, Light, Listen, Loss, Lost, Love, Mentor, Mess, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points, Price, Profane, Profanity, Reaper, Right, Sage Advice, Sigh, Soldier, Story, Strain, Tell, Train Wreck, Try, Undone, Venity, Whiskey, Whisper | Leave a comment

In the Middle of…

Posted on June 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Life is what happens when you’re making plans about plans you’ve been making while others unravel and well.. ummm Life Happens! Flow with it and grow! In the Middle of… Michael Romani Life.. is as beautiful Sometimes.. even wonderful Then … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Beautiful, Believe, Blessing, Breath of Life, Capability, Choice, Connection, Cry, Dream, Dying, Faith, Fear, Flow, Focus, Forgive, Genuine, Gift, Gratitude, Grow, Happen, Healing, Hope, Infinite, Joy, Laugh, Life, Live, Living, Love, Mission, Moment, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Remission, Sigh, Strive, True, Voice, Wonderful, You | Leave a comment

Inward Crash

Posted on June 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The injuries from the military that are visible only scratch the surface of the totality. Inward Crash by Michael Romani There’s a loneliness in his memory Sitting and looking out to the sea Images explode, implode and won’t go away … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abyss, Blade, Blame, Bullet, Choice, Chopper, Claim, Close, Conflict, Crash, Cry, Dark, Decision, Disturb, Duty, Explode, Fear, Finger Point, Friend, Good Solcier, Hades, Hard Decisions, Hell, Images, Implode, Inflict, Injury, Linger, Lonely, Lost, Lucid, Memory, Military, Overwhelm, Pain, Phantoms, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Resent, Sigh, Sniper, Soul, Strong, Tagged, Thunder, Tool, Under, Voice, War, Withdraw | Leave a comment