Tag Archives: Thankful

Wild Winds

Posted on August 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

As mentioned before, it is birthday weekend for a very sweet daughter whose gentle spirit and artistic ways make me a better man in every way. I am so proud to be her father. I thought it might be, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrive, Assured, Back and Forth, Banter, Birthday Weekend, Bison, Blessed, Brought Back From the Edge, Buffalo, Buffalo Dreams, Buffalos, Calamity, Charge, Conversation, Cows, Daughters, Distinction, Drive, Eldest Daughter, Embrace, Explain, Explore, Extinction, Faint Marks, Family, Fascination, Father, Few Remaining, Flicker, Forward, Fremont, Friends, Future, Future Trips, Great Beasts, Horns, Indiana, Journey, Kayaking, Learn, Less Dim, Liberty, Long Drive, Love, Mile by Mile, Moment, Move Along, Nation, No Complaining, Old, Once Was A Time, Open Door, Outside, Photograph, Playfully, Plentiful, Poem, Poetry, Present, Preserve, Proud, Quicker, Raining, Risks, Rivers, Rus, Safer, Salvation, Saturday, Song, Soul, Stormy, Strength, Talking, Teach, Tenacity, Thankful, The Girls, The Great Creator, Their, Time Spent, Torment, Toward, Trace, Tragedy, Treasure, Vulnerability, Wild Winds, Wilderness, Wonderful, World | Leave a comment

Reflections In Darkest Times

Posted on July 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Who should we turn to in these times if not God? Reflections In Darkest Times by Michael Doyle In these days of riotous insurrection I find myself quietly in my reflection Spending moments silently alone Needing love to be as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Anticipation, Chorus, Country, Dark Times, Family, Find, God, Hard, Health, Heart, Insurrection, Keep, Know, Legend, Live Life, Love, Love In Action, Mercy, Mind, Mindful, Moment, Need, Participation, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Prayer, Prayerfully, Presence, Reflection, Richness, Riot, See, Silent, Song, Sparkle, Steadfast, Stone, Strike Up, Strong, Tenderly, Thankful, Turn To | Leave a comment

Something Somehow Selfish Worn

Posted on June 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Cor.10:31: Something Somehow Selfish Worn by Michael Doyle There is something selfish in loving the Lord Because He loves us and we’re looking forward To that fellowship we feel here and up above And know … Continue reading →

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Reconciled In My Forgiveness

Posted on May 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 2 Cor 5:17-21 : Reconciled In My Forgiveness by Michael Doyle Stepping off the heavenly throne For the sake of humanity’s own We are bought and covered in our sin Thankful that we are saved again … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2nd Corinthians, Bought, Comfort, Console, Convict, Cover, Depth, Deserve, Fear, Forgiveness, Glory, Heaven, His, Holy, Humanity, Love, Part, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praisee, Reconcile, Sake, Save, Serve, Shadow, Sin, Soul, Step, Story, Submission, Thankful, Throne, Word | Leave a comment

Simple Saturday

Posted on April 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Day 17 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020 invites us to poetically examine the simple pleasures that make up the Saturdays of our souls. Simple Saturday by Michael Doyle Simply Saturday Could be no other way But over coffee or tea To share … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, Able, Bad, Bare, Behind, Being There, Best, Brave, Care, Coffee, Cry, Depart, Face, Feel, Feeling, Fulfill, Gather, Give, Good, Grace, Happy, Heart, Hurt, Improve, Lay, Listen, Live, Look, Love, Mind, Move, Na/GloPoWriMo, Peek, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Read, Rest, Reveal, Sad, Saturday, Share, Shout, Simple, Soul, Speak, Spill, Table, Tea, Thankful, Thought, Trace, Trail, Truth, Way, Weather, Words | Leave a comment

Leaped To Conclusions

Posted on February 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

February 29, 2020. This day shall live in my personal history as a day like no other. Leaped To Conclusions by Michael Romani Today is a day unlike any other day So many changes have blown my way Today is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Behind, Beyond, Blog, Bonds, Career, Certification, Change, Conclusions, Decision, Define, Discourage, Driven, Encourage, Faith, Family, February 29, First, Friends, Friendship, Game, Good Things, History, Injury, Keep, Known, Lane, Last Day, Leap, Leap Day, Loose End, Love, Matter, Miles, Name, New Start, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognition, Ripple, Risk, Self, Shatter, Show, Slave Mind, Standards, Tear, Thankful, Thirst, Time, Today, Vain, Walls, Wheel, Year | Leave a comment

Always Thankful

Posted on November 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of gratitude #27: Always Thankful by Michael Romani You pour another drink Taking time to think Seems we all pay our dues Too often singing the blues Dark side, downside Talking about wounded pride Staring at the shadow … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always, Appreciation, Beautiful, Blessed, Blind, Blues, Color, Deepness, Depth, Downside, Dream, Drink, Dues, Feel, Find, Graceful, Gratitude, Haze, Heart, Invitation, Know, Layer, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Push, Reaize, Real, Run, Scared, Shadow Play, Shove, Soul, Sweet, Thankful, Think, Time, Wounded Pride | 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

Thankful For That Yellow Brick Road

Posted on November 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of gratitude # 23 for the songs of my life that feel deeply in my heart: Thankful For That Yellow Brick Road by Michael Romani A pre-winter’s chill is felt to the bone As I sit here thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Belong, Castaway, Celebrity, Change, Chill, Chord, Dogs of Society, Drift, Echo, Eyes, Flow, Gratitude, Heart, Howl, Humble, Influence, Integrity, Keys, Land, Live, Lyric, Melody, Memory, Moment, Notes, Passage, Pet Sounds, Photograph, Please, Pockets, Poem, Poetry, Record, Sense, Song, Soul, Stumble, Thankful, Truth, When, Wonder, Yellow Brick Road, Youth | Leave a comment

Gratitude For the Real Love

Posted on November 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

This poem of gratitude #22 is based on thoughts on the obsession on Instagram and elsewhere to have people like your image or what you say or what you do without any genuine connection. And.. the converse beauty of those … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arc, Around, Authentic, Beauty, Best, Care, Contest, Cringe, Fake, Fame, Feel, Fringe, Game, Genuine Connection, Gratitude, Grounded, Harvest, Hilarity, Image, Instagram, Life, Love, Make, Move, Narcissism, Numbers, Obsession, Opinion, Out of the Park, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Popularity, Pursue, Rating, Real, Real Deal, Real Love, Reject, Savor, Smile, Stars, Substance, Surround, Talk, Thankful, There, Thumbs Up, True, Vapor, Velocity, Walk | Leave a comment