Tag Archives: Stage

Vision Strikes Its Pose

Posted on January 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Always insight be it on stage or on screen, there’s a lot that goes into being a costume designer, right? Vision Strikes Its Pose by Michael Romani To design, to tell a story A costume in all its glory Accents … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accent, Actor, Audience, Brilliance, Choice, Chose, Color, Costume, Costume Design, Creation, Detection, Dream, Fabric, Flow, Fluidity, Glory, Heart, Humanity, Illuminate, Imagination, Inventory, Know, Larger Than Life, Laundry, Life, Movie, Need, Painter, Perception, Performing Arts, Photograph, Playwright, Plot, Poem, Poetry, Pose, Read, Reflection, Screen, Script, See, Seen, Stage, Story, Strike, Subtle, Texture, Theater, Vanity, Vision, Wardrobe, Worn | Leave a comment

Stage Craft

Posted on October 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #27: Stage Craft by Michael Romani All of the magic in hocus pocus Is merely that of diverting focus Legendary in its sleight of hand It’s all just illusion; understand? Like guns on a stage in the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actor, Air, Applause, Approach, Assault, Audience, Children, Compulsion, Costume, Craft, Cup, Dig Deep, Dirt, Discuss, Distraction, Doctor, Dull, Dying, Fact, Factor, Fear, First Act, Flair, Flow, Focus, Frankenstein, Gauge, God, Grown Ups, Gun, Half, Halloween, Hocus Pocus, Illusion, Imagination, Junk, Known, Levitation, Magic, Malt, Memory, Mind, Morphine, Odd, Offstage, Old Actor, Part, Pause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polite, Preception, Protocol, Psychological, Ramble, Saw, See, Shamble, Shell Game, Show, Shown, Shriek, Simple, Sleight of Hand, Stage, Stake, Storm, Suspense, Treats, Trunk, Use, Woman | Leave a comment

Dragged Down

Posted on June 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Little something that fell together while I was playing guitar tonight… Dragged Down by Michael Romani Feeling less than fulsome Dragged down something awesome Drinking to oblivion stage side Letting my rage riff on a free ride At the turn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Awesome, Battle, Clever, Clue, Cry, Down, Drag, Drink, Feeling, Forever, Free Ride, Goodbye, Guitar, Knew, Lost, Messed Up, Noewhere, Oblivion, Page, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rear Pew, Riff, Sage, Secret, Slow, Stage, Stumble, Thicck, Wave | Leave a comment

Lost In the Sound

Posted on March 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Some days, I miss the bad ole days of playing music and thinking that was where my journey would always lead. Lost In the Sound by Michael Romani Taking all All in stride Taken for A wild ride Taken too … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aground, Allowed, Around, Ballet, Change, Chase, Desire, Fire, Found, Guns For Hire, Heart, Journey, Lost, Loud, Music, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proud, Ride, Rooftop, Shake, Sing, Song, Sound, Stage, Stage Lights, Straight No Chaser, Stride, Tiptoe, View, Wild, Wire | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Fascism Is What Comes After Communism Is Proved An Illusion

Posted on February 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Fascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.” – FA Hayak

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Communism, FA Hayak, Fascism, Illusion, Stage, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Couple of Couplets To Get It Right

Posted on February 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Poem A Day #3 is the rhyming couplet form. From Wikipedia: “A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Boy Meets Girl, Caught, Cleave, Close, Couplet, Dance, Danger, Day, Found, Good, Happiness, Joy, Leap, Life, Light, Lost Time, Lovers, Meter, Moon, Night, Oblivioius, One, Page, Photograph, Poem, Poem A Day #3, Poetry, Ran, Regret, Rhyme, Right, Romeo and Juliet, Smile, Stage, Stranger, Swirl, Tight, Time, Together, Two, Whirl, World | Leave a comment

In The Truth of Murder

Posted on February 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It’s said that Agatha Christie went missing for a short period of time and that no one has ever fully explained this… In The Truth of Murder by Michael Romani The best of tales start at the beginning Where we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acrimony, Agatha Christie, Agreed, Authoress, Begin, Cautionary Tale, Clue, Crime, Deed, Disappear, Fall, Ink, Inner Child, Jigsaw, Legacy, Memory, Murder, Mystery, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Rest, Sin, Stage, Suspect, Task, Time, Truth | Leave a comment

Jenny Lind

Posted on December 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

P. T. Barnum once said something like the greatest art is the art of making people happy. Personally, I think he was really onto something with this. Then again, as the child that I’ve always been, I’ve always loved a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Air, America, Angel, Applause, Art, Beauty, Bell Ringer, Breath, Broken, Cage, Care, Circus, Critic, Crowd, Dare, Decision, Destination, Devine, Devotion, Game, Happy, Heart, Heartless, Hoodwink, Imagination, Jenny Lind, Legacy, Legitimate, Lights, Night, Nightingale, Opera, P.T. Barnum, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Privilege, Real, Real Deal, Reputation, Self Promotion, Sham, Shame, Showman, Sing, Soundrel, Sparkle, Spotlight, Stage, Station, Tale, Taste, Top Shelf, Truth, Unwise, Voice, Wealth | Leave a comment

Stages of Gratitude

Posted on November 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Life when seen through the lens of a western movie …. https://flic.kr/p/rMa2hR Stages of Gratitude by Michael Romani Down the old dusty, winding road A creaky stagecoach takes it’s journey Each passenger an expert and a scold Pressed for wisdom … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrogant, Broken Watch, Certainty, Choices, Countenance, Defiant, Expert, Family Table, Flow, Gifts, Glisten, Grace, Gratitude, Ground, Imagination, Injury, Jesus, Journey, Listen, Loyal, Mask, Mercy, Mock Superiority, Passage, Photograph, Platitude, Pleasant, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Reverence, Scold, Stage, Station, True, Wisdom | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Cozy

Posted on December 28, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

In the smoldering heat Of a cozy little venue You’re in for a real treat Sliding in on electric blue A singer glides up to the microphone Suddenly you’re not alone As each word hits your heart The band counts … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Band, Blue, Cozy, Daily Prompt, Music, Rock N Roll, Singer, Singing, Smoldering, Stage, Venue, Wordpress | Leave a comment