Tag Archives: Survive

Shadows Played Revisited

Posted on November 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Not knowing what a person is actually facing down can sometimes seem more intense than actually knowing the battle ahead. When I started off this morning, I thought I would know what is going on. I had not realized it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attitude, Confident, Dread, Fight, Forever, Gratitude, Heart, Live Each Moment, Love, Mettle, Moments, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Shadows, Soul, Survive, Time, Wish, X-Ray | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Breast Cancer Awareness

Posted on October 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I, for one of too many, do not need to be reminded. I lost my sister and best friend after her nine year battle. There is at least one other person that I know … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Absence, Angels, Barrenness, Best Friend, Bravado, Breast Cancer Awareness, Daily Prompt, Define, Fight, Fine, Fought, Heart, Heartache, Heaven, Hero, Keen, Last Call, Misbehaving, Modern Age, October, Pain, Prayer, Rage, Scourge, Survive, Tears, Understanding | Leave a comment

Short Form Poetry – Tercou – Big And Vicious

Posted on September 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Tonight’s workshop: What is a Tercou • 8 line poem of 3 stanzas. • First 2 stanzas are tercets • Third stanza is a couplet • Syllable count is 5/4/5, 5/4/5, 8/6 • Rhyme scheme aba aba aa After some … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Alive, Category Four, Coast, Disaster, Fear, Hurricane Florence, Rain, Short Form Poetry, Survive, Tercou | Leave a comment

Her Legacy

Posted on August 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Last Sunday was a day of recognition and honor for women on an international level. When you think about it and all that women have done for us in all of their roles, shouldn’t every day be one? Her Legacy … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Challenges, Choices, Dignity, Doors, Dream, Fire, Freedom, Happiness, Her, Keys, Legacy, Melody, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shackle, Space, Survive, Tension, Test, Treasure, Truth, Voices, Woman | Leave a comment

Things Done

Posted on August 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

I have read somewhere that 22 veterans a day take their own lives. That’s staggering to think on. Isn’t it? Things Done by Michael Romani The things we do to survive Are things done to stay alive I’m left wondering … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Ashes, Battle, Core, Dance, Day, Enough, Fight, Human Being, Lashes, Legend, Lost, More, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Survive, True North, Worth, Wrong | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo 5: To Be me, Not You

Posted on April 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Day 5 arrived yesterday about the same time that I upped my running (albeit at a very slow pace) to an hour of running. There’s my excuse and I’m keeping with it. It’s hard to write a new poem when … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adapt, Challenges, Complexity, Crisis, Disease, God, Heaven, Identity, Life, Lithuania, Love, Overcome, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Simplicity, Survive, The Greatest Artist, Thrive | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Look Up to the Stars, Not Down At Your Feet

Posted on March 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Adapt, Adversities, Awe, Curiousity, Difficulty, Mindfulness, Overcome, Sense, Stars, Stephen Hawking, Survive, Thought For the Day, Understand, Universe, Wonder | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Grasp

Posted on March 13, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Looking in from the confused but not so distant outside It must have seemed I was grasping from the riptide Flailing around while drowning on apparent dry land That’s what a deep lack of oxygen will command One minute I … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Adapt, Annoying, Daily Prompt, Daughters, Drowning, Form, God, Grasp, Gratitude, ICU, Mental Confusion, New Norm, Outside, Overcome, Oxygen, Pain, Remission, Riptide, Survive, Toxic Exposure, Vagal Nerve, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Thought of the Day: To Thrive Be Responsive To Change

Posted on February 13, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin, naturalist and author (12 Feb 1809-1882)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Change, Charles Darwin, Intelligence, Responsive, Species, Strongest, Survive, Thought of the Day | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Agile

Posted on January 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Breaking and entering like a perfectly formed wave Skimming along the top avoiding a watery grave Some might say that I’ve proved myself agile But, if they could see inside, they would see I’m fragile Marked up, bruised and somewhat … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Agile, Barrel, Daily Prompt, Dawn, Fragile, Grave, Memory, My Place, Ocean, Risk, Safe Space, Soul, Survive, Wave, Wordpress, Zen | Leave a comment