Tag Archives: Space

Slow Like A Mule

Posted on June 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Blues and fusion offers it’s own kick of long solos filled with hot licks. But in all of this, there is that groove and it punches slow like a mule. No one threw those punches better than Betty Davis. Slow … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Betty Davis, Blues, Boogie, Born, Celebration, Choice, Critics, Deep, Difference, Disappear, Disenchant, Enigma, Falling Light, Fear, Full Truth, Funk Queen, Fusion, Genteel, Get It On, Gift, Gone, Heart, Heavy, Inclusive, Keep, Keeping It Real, Legend, Liberation, Life, Long Legged, Loose Goose, Mojo, Mule, Music, Mystery, Night, Note, Offer, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Polish, Queen, Raven, Raw, Reclusive, Reign, Reverence, Ring, Road, Show, Sirens, Slap Down, Slow, Soul Sacrifice, Space, Starlight, Steamy Night, Told, Tome, Tree, Walk, Watch, Whiskey Courage | Leave a comment

All That Mistaken Jazz

Posted on June 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In this day and age, there is so little convention of civility that is kept and each indiscretion perhaps leads further to those things that act in concert to break down society. All That Mistaken Jazz by Michael Doyle Conversations … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Alone, Animal Magnetism, Avoidance, Broken, Civility, Convention, Conversation, Desperate, Dignity, Dreams, Felt Deeply, Fit, Focus, Heart of Stone, Hesitation, Hidden, Host, Importance, Indiscretion, Jazz, Life, Live, Losses, Mistake, Most, Past, Phase, Photograph, Phrase, Poem, Poetry, Pragmatism, Price Paid, Privacy, Question, Quit, Random Chance, Sad, Sake, Seldom, Shattered, Society, Space, Spoken, Treasure, Trite, Voice, Want, Whimper, Winners, Words | Leave a comment

Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse

Posted on May 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I heard an interesting global reading of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. From this contrasted with the pandemic lockdown came: Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse by Michael Doyle As is the way of many a hero’s journey Enduring the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adrift, Apocalypse, Atomized, Beach Comb, Better, Bit Players, Bottomless, Bound, Bravado, Case History, Coleridge, Compel, Condition, Contrast, Corrosive, Cue, Deathfire, Desolation, Digital, Doing, Dream, Edge, Edition, End, Endure, Epic, Evening, Existential, Eye, Find, Geyser, Global, Hanging, Harrowing, Hero's Journey, History, Hug, Idea, Idle, Impersonal, Important, Inexplicable, Isolation, Jung, Kissed, Lips, Lockdown, Loneliness, Man, Masterpiece, Meanness, Measure, Message, Miles, Mist, Modernity, Moment, Morning, Mystery, New, Nightmare, Noon, Old World, Our, Outsiders, Pandemic, Passage, Path, People, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Probable, Prophecy, Protagonist, Reach, Read, Response, Ruin, Sad, Sail, Sea, Sense, Senseless, Ship of Fools, Space, Speak, Split Up, Spurn, Storm, Story, Successive, Symbol, Terrible, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Threat, Time, Together, Tomorrow, Transform, Trial, Trials, Trouble, Tug, Undone, Unleash, Unmeant, Verses, Vibrant, Voyage, We, Winner's Cup, Wise, Word, Words, Worse, Zone | 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

Thoughts On the Hubble Space Telescope

Posted on May 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I find it fascinating that my lady love and I are both interested in things like the exploration of universe and soul. I actually wrote this poem yesterday but didn’t post it. Sort of ran out of time talking… … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Alone, Assauge, Assure, Beauty, Blot, Blue, Born, Cloudy, Collective, Cross, Dark Places, Deep Space, Diffuse, Discover, Eyes, Face, Familiar, Forgiver, Forlorn, Form, Galactic, Galaxies, Glow, Home, Hubble Space Telescope, Intensity, Interstellar, Light, Light Pollution, Light Years, Marvel, Might, Milky Way, Night Skies, Overlap, Passing Days, Path, Perspective, Photograph, Pink, Poem, Poetry, Program, Puzzle, Question, Sea, Search, See, Shine, Silver River, Skies, Space, Spiral, Spy, Stars, Straw Path, Study, Tapestry, Tears, Thoughts, Three Billion, Tonight, Trace, Universe, Urban, Wander, Wish, Wonder, You and I | Leave a comment

Sunshine On A Rainy Day

Posted on April 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Day 26th of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo and the optional prompt is to write an almanac poem using: Almanac Questionnaire Weather: Rainy Day Flora: Marsh Roses Architecture: Limestone Customs: Pork Tenderloin Mammals/reptiles/fish: Sandhill Cranes Childhood dream: Becoming the president Found on … Continue reading →

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Metrics of Consideration

Posted on March 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I believe that one day we will look back at this time of creativity for the human race and see it as a time of near global renaissance. Metrics of Consideration by Michael Doyle Tickled with the details of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accident, Angle, Awareness, Awe, Believe, Bless, Breathe, Call, Collaboration, Conceive, Concept, Connection, Consideration, Constraints, Content, Creativity, Day, Define, Detail, Edge, Energy, Exist, Expand, Fall, Flow, Freedom, Globe, Hide, Human Race, Infatuation, Inifnite, Inside, Introspection, Know, Loose Ends, Magic, Metric, Moderation, Motivation, Navigate, New World, Observe, Path, Perceive, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Refine, Renaissance, See, Separate, Shape, Simple, Soak, Space, Stairs, Time, Touch, Universe, Way, Web, World | Leave a comment

Valentine Thoughts 2020

Posted on February 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Beautiful weekend spent in part with two little princesses that I adore and a lady who is the queen of my heart. One later for the girls. One for my lady just written: Valentine Thoughts 2020 by Michael Romani To … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, Appearance, Beauty, Begin, Blind, Catch, Connection, Control, Core, Deception, Deep, Dream, Everything, Fall, Find, Float, Forget, Grand Slam, Heart, Hours, Intimate, Knee, Life, Love Song, Loved, Mind, Open, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Real, Right, Sight, Smile, Sought, Soul, Space, Start, Talk, Thoughts, True, Truth, Unconditionally, Valentine's Day, Walk, Walls, Weekend, Zen | Leave a comment

Barbie and Barney Backlash

Posted on December 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It’s quite like me to pedal as fast as I can and still be a day behind and several dollars short. But that’s not going to stop me from living my days to their fullest. Yesterday, as it turns out … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accessorize, Arson, Backlash, Barbara Millicient Roberts, Barbie, Barney, Bash, Beauty, Blind, Box, Correction, Cutie, Dash, Day, Detection, Dinosaur, Epitome, Face, Favor, Fire, Fray, Girl, Home, Hotel, Idea, Inspection, Inspire, Ken Carson, Kind, Know, Last Words, Love, Magnificent, Malibu, Mattel, Nerve, Normal, One Size Fits All, Pardon, Perfection, Photo, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pose, Poster, Purple, Sand, Savor, Serve, Shake, Space, Strike | Leave a comment

Natural Collaboration of Lights

Posted on November 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Okay.. so it’s a stretch. But, since I’m always grateful for art and artistic endeavors, this will be my poem of gratitude #26: Natural Collaboration of Lights by Michael Romani Water falls Like the passage of time The angle calls … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Angle, Art, Beauty, Child's Game, Collaborate, Color, Few, Grace, Grateful, Gratitude, Light, Love, Natural, Nature, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Same, Sea, Sight, Space, Spectrum, Sublime, Tale, Thankful, Time, View, Water, Weather | Leave a comment