Tag Archives: Taste

Triumphal Entry (Palm Sunday 2020)

Posted on April 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo 2020, Day 5 is Palm Sunday! Challenging, really challenging prompt today. 20 separate components: “Our (optional) prompt for today is one that we have used in past years, but which I love to come back to, because it so … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Cleanliness and Order Are Matters of Education and Must Be Cultivated

Posted on March 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.” – Benjamin Disraeli

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Benjamin Disreali, Cleanliness, Cultivate, Education, Instinct, Order, Taste, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Shelf Life

Posted on December 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Today Is National Fruit Cake Day!! (run….) Shelf Life by Michael Romani Raise a glass of eggnog in good cheer Blessed by this holiday time of year But what do we do about this one gift One that creates sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ages, Bless, Brandy, Cheer, Christmas Time, Crime, Cup, Fill, Food, Fruit, Gift, Grandma, Guilty Pleasure, Holiday, Improve, Mayhem, National Fruit Cake Day, Nuts, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poke, Pretend, Regret, Reject, Revile, Rib, Rift, Roman, Rubber, Sages, Sculpture, Sentence, Shelf Life, Shudder, Sight, Smile, Sweet, Taste, Treasure, Treat, Unique, Waste | 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

Lechon Americano

Posted on December 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Happy Roast Suckling Pig Day!! Lechon Americano by Michael Romani Sipping down a San Miguel You with your port and ale Thinking back on yesterday So many memories seem throwaway I was three or maybe four And while the Philippines … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Apple, Baby, Celebration, Center Stage, Chielf, Crisp, Family, Feast, Happy Roast Suckling Pig Day, Hypocrisy, Inspiration, Lechon, Memory, Mouth, Mt Santa Rita, National Dish, Page, Philippines, Photograph, Pig, Poem, Poetry, Roast, San Miguel, Senorita, Taste, Toast, Uneasy, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Felt Like Home

Posted on September 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Home is a place of gratitude, loving appreciation and warmth. Right? Felt Like Home by Michael Romani Moments of gratitude felt like heaven Counting our blessings over bread un-leaven Every step feels like a new journey With each yesterday treasured … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appreciation, Best, Blessings, Felt, Flavor, Gratitude, Heaven, Home, Journey, Love, Marketplace, Memory, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Savor, Smell, Spice, Star, Story, Taste, Treasure, Twinkle, Unfold, Warmth | Leave a comment

Fortune Cookie’s End

Posted on May 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

At the end of many an Oriental meal, there is that tidbit of sweetness and fortune told. My last one reads,” (D)o not wish to be anything but what you are and try to be that perfectly”. … and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cheese Cake, Complicate, Cookie, Delicious, Embrace, Enjoy, Fate, Fit, Fortune, Haste, Intricate, Lesson, Moment, Oriental, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Practical Chemistry, Simple, Taste, Tempura | Leave a comment

Looking At You, Looking At Me

Posted on March 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

More of a song than a poem though it’s missing an effective chorus maybe? Looking At You, Looking At Me by Michael Romani I’m looking at you You’re looking at me I’m dreaming of you And what we might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Body, Call, Comfort, Dance, Dream, Embrace, Grace, Legendary, Lips, Looking, Love, Lyric, Me, Melt, Might, Photograph, Place, Poems, Poetry, Romance, Seams, Shadow, Sing, Slow, Song, Taste, Think, Touch, True, Wall, You | Leave a comment

Paddington Breaks Out

Posted on January 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Truly enjoyed this Paddington 2 movie. It offered lots of food for thought… mostly marmalade as I recall…. Paddington Breaks Out by Michael Romani There is a prison worse than a prison It is the prison of loneliness That is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Bliss, Clockwork, Despair, Dreams, Food for Thought, Forgotten, Friends, Haste, Home, Jungle, Lie, Loneliness, Lonely, Marmalade, Miss, Paddington 2, Paddington the Bear, Pages, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prison, Promise, Spring, Taste, True, Turn, Us, Without You | 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 →

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