Tag Archives: Sincere

On the 1619 Project

Posted on May 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

An ahistorical work that seeks to repudiate the founding principles of America won the Pulitzer Prize today. In my eyes, all luster is now gone to both the Nobel prizes and the Pulitzer with this move. It’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ahistorical, Alienation, All Against All, Allege, America, American History, Arbitrary, Assert, Attempt, Balkanization, Bill of Goods, Capricious, Compromise, Conceived, Consideration, Constitutional Convention, Content, Core, Curriculum, Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Discern, Division, Do Away, Enough, Equal Under Law, Fabric, Fairy Tales, False, Fiction, Founding Principles, Good, Grapple, Group Rights, Groups, History, Hit Piece, Identity Politics, Ill-Liberal, Ill-Liberalism, Illiteracy, Individuals, Integrity, Intent, Invention, Issue, Journalists, Lack, Legitimacy, Liar's Club, Liberty, Loud, Love, Meander, Mentality, Miscreants, Mob Rule, Nation, Nonsense, Notes, Oversold, Overtern, Photograph, Pluralism, Poem, Poetry, Principles, Privilege, Promise, Propaganda, Proposition, Public Good, Pulitzer Prize, Purpose, Real, Repubican Values, Repudiation, Repudicate, Reveal, Right Path, Said, Sake, Self Loathing, Self-Serving, Sincere, Social Justice, Socialists, Struggle, The 1619 Project, Told, Tool, Toxic, Trotskyite, True, Truth, Tryanny, Unalienable Rights, Unity, Untrue, Value, Victimhood, Virtue Signaling, Want, Won't Do, Wrong Minded | Leave a comment

Finding the Good

Posted on May 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I had a discussion with someone many years ago about why I wanted two princesses to be familiar with the literary classics from which there were derived the 5′ Shelf of Books aka Harvard Classics. After all, the contention was, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Able, Applcable, Artistically, Assertation, Being, Best, Book, Can, Capable, Certainty, Choice, Choose, Churchill, Commotion, Confusion, Consistentcy, Contention, Creation, Culture, Daily Smoke, Depiction, Discern, Discussion, Do, Education Draw, Emotion, Experience, Exposure, Extent, Fiction, Find, Five Foot Shelf of Books, Forgot, Friction, Future, Glory, Good, Harvard Classics, Heard, Hesitation, Historicity, Human Beings, Human Soul, Humans, Illusion, Imagination, Imminent, Implicit, Investigation, Learn, Lfie, Literary, Literary Classics, Man, Meaning, Much, Mystery, Need, Neglect, Nuance, Obscure, Observation, Out, Perception, Photograph, Plays, Poem, Poetry, Pretenses, Principles, Question, Reading, Reason, Remember, Resolution, Right and Wrong, Rise, Role, School, Secure, Seen, Senses, Shakespeare, Sincere, Songs, Sonnet, Story Teller, Taint, Teach, The Tempest, Truth, Understood, Veil, Verbal, Visible, Ways, Wisdom, Words | Leave a comment

Simply Do Unto Others

Posted on March 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Matthew 7: 12: Simply Do Unto Others by Michael Doyle In Jesus’ name we give our gratitude Demonstrated in our loving attitude Thankful for His covering and His grace Looking at love given in His embrace … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Act, Action, Appreciation, Attitude, Avoid, Beautiful, Best, Bitter, Blessed, Blessing, Blind, Break, Brother, Call, Clarity, Commentary, Compassion, Competition, Consideration, Cycle, Daily, Dark, Day, Dignity, Divinity, Do, Done, Duty, Elevate, Embrace, Ethics, Expectation, Eye For An Eye, Father, Flame, Focus, Forgive, Give, God, Golden Rule, Grace, Gratitude, Hate, Heal, Help, Holy, Holy Spirit, Honor, Hope, Humility, Impact, Initiative, Inside, Intentional, Jesus, Judgment, Kind, Law, Less, Life, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Math, Matthew, Misconstrue, More, Morning, Mount Everest, Name, Need, Neighbor, Night, Oblivious, Obstacle, Others, Pain, Parise, Pass, Passion, Path, Peak, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, Promise, Reciprocity, Rejection, Religion, Repent, Right, Score, Seek, Shame, Simple, Sincere, Sister, Son, Spark, STuck, Summit, Test, Thanks, Think, Thought, Treat, True, Understand, Want, Will, Wish | Leave a comment

In Dedication To You

Posted on February 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

One day I met a really wonderful elf. As blessings would have it, the person behind that elf was even more wonderfully magical. Our first conversation started simply. We discussed the use of wind-lights in SL photography and one thing … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Acceptance, All, All Night, Awake, Beguile, Behind, Blessing, Blind, Breath, Broken Heart, Complete, Connection, Control, Conversation, Death, Dedication, Details, Devotion, Elf, Eyes, Fatality, Fear, Feeling, Find, Hand, Happiness, Heart, Hide, History, Hold, Inspiration, Join, Level, Life, Live, Love, Loving Connection, Meet, Mortality, Ocean, Pain, Past, Photograph, Pledge, Poem, Poetry, Question, Reel, Rest, Safe, See, Side, Sincere, Smile, Soul, Still, Storm, Sunrise, Sweet, Take, Talk, Vulnerable, Walk, Warm, Weather, Year | Leave a comment

Looking Forward With Clarity

Posted on February 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on a 02022020 Sunday sermon.: Looking Forward With Clarity by Michael Romani If your eye is the light of darkness Not too speak too much in harshness But you won’t see so much with clarity That sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 02022020, Accurate, Align, Bend, Best, Clarity, Cloud, Complacency, Connect, Conviction, Correction, Cost, Create, Cross, Darkness, Deception, Deserve, Dream, Duty, Embrace, Equally Yoked, Eventual, Eye, Face, Fear, Fill, First Step, Focus, Forward, Free, Gear, Gentle, God, God's Truth, God's Will, Good, Grace, Grow, Guide, Harshness, Hear, Heart, Hearts, Holy Spirit, Humble, Inner, Intent, Know, Lesson, Light, Listen, Live, Lives, Look, Lord, Love, Matter, Mind, Missed Mark, Moment, Need, New Year, Noble, North Star, Pastor, Perfect, Persevere, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Points of Grace, Power, Precision, Preseence of Mind, Protect, Pure, Reception, Rest, Reveal, Right Thing, See, Seed, Serve, Sin, Sincere, Skill, Soft, Sowing, Speak, Spiritual, Stare, Strength, Struggle, Submit, Sufficient, Teach, Think, Thorns, True, Tune, Understanding, Us, Vision, We, Weakness, Worse, You and Me | Leave a comment

Urban Christianity

Posted on December 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A Sunday sort of poem… Urban Christianity by Michael Romani Fully formed in my Christianity I have come to belief quite rationally But, also find it credible emotionally Bit by bit, I have been ratifying These things of belief, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Agrarian, Alive, Answer, Axiom, Belief, Big Questions, Christianity, Claim, Community, Conclude, Contemporary, Controversy, Credible, Cross, Deceive, Define, Earn, Emotionally, Equality, Essence, Evidence, Evil, Faith, Fight, Form, Gift, God, Grief, Human, Injustice, Is, Job, Just, Leap of Faith, Legacy, Life, Live, Logic, Mentality, Mercy, Moment, Morality, Nature, Office Hours, Ought, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Ratify, Rational, Reality, Reason, Receive, Relief, Respect, Satisfy, Science, Season, Sincere, Soul, Standard, Strong, Suffer, Sunday, Supernatural, Survive, Transcendent, Truism, Trust, Truth, Tussle, Understate, Understood, Urban, Youth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Excellence Is Not An Accident; It Results From High Intention

Posted on August 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.” – Aristotle

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Accident, Aristotle, Chance, Destiny, Determine, Effort, High Intention, Intelligent Execution, Result, Sincere, Thought For the Day: Excellence, Wise Choice | Leave a comment

Things I’m Learning From You

Posted on March 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated to all those I like and love however imperfectly… Things I’m Learning From You by Michael Romani I’ve long sought my authenticity Pursuing it with great integrity Only to find that in the much I believed I was too … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Authenticity, Begun, Beileve, Calvary, Checkered Past, Cherish, Clarity, Close, Deceived, Fell, Forgive, Gaffe, Gain, Grew, History, Hurt, Ignorance, Imperfect, Indecision, Integrity, Intimacy, Knew, Laugh, Learn, Love, Memory, Mind, Monkey, Morning, Night, One, Pain, Pajama Party, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Sincere, Sleepless, Smile, Soul, Sun, Surprise, Twenty Questions, Two, Words, You | Leave a comment

The Gentleness In Us

Posted on November 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Philippians 4:5: The Gentleness In Us by Michael Romani The Wizard announced his greatness Dorothy responded with her meekness Not a cowering bit of quiver But with the strength to make evil shiver This thing we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affront, Attitude, Balance, Better, Book of Phillippians, Bound, Care, Character, Children, Commission, Compassion, Confront, Consideration, Cower, Doing, Dororthy, Embrace, Evil, Extremes, Faith, Fanfare, Fine Art, Fortune, Found, Fundamental, Gentle, Gentleness, Good Tale, Greatness, Healing, Heart, Humility, Imitation, Imposture, Latitude, Lead by Example, Life, Limitation, Listen, Living Days, Living Well, Love, Meekness, Mother, Patient, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pursue, Quiver, Reasonable, Refrain, Rein, Release, Render, Rest, Righteous, Shiver, Shown, Sincere, Stand, Steady Hand, Strive, Strong, Submission, Surrender, Teachable Spirit, Tender, Test, Together, Tough, Us, Valid, Walk, Weak, Wizard, Wrong | Leave a comment

The Wolf of God

Posted on November 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Cursed bane or blessing… am I alone in sometimes wondering which is which when it comes to watching the tortured souls and their travails that often make for those who and what entertain us most? The Wolf of God by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answers, Back, Bane, Belong, Blessing, Blind, Darkness, Deep, Destiny, Extreme, Face, Fatigue, Forgiven, Friend, Gift, God, Harsheness, Ingratitude, Intrigue, Keep, Kind, Latitude, Legendary, Love, Mirrors, Paths, Photograph, Places, Poem, Poetry, Question, Second Sight, Shapes, Sharp, Side, Sincere, Supply, Thankfulness, Time, Tortured Soul, Treasure, Truth, Walk, Wolf, Wolf of God, Wrong | Leave a comment