Tag Archives: Touch

Spoons Full of Memories

Posted on August 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A good man was laid to rest today, as good a man as men are these days. I offer this attempt of a poem to honor his memory in a final salute of sorts. Master Sargent Charles Oliver Brooks, boss, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Atone, Boss, Bugle, Bury, Ceremony, Company, Country, Depend, Depth, Faithful Servant, Family, Friend, Good, Good Nature, Heaven, Heroism, Home, Honor, Ice Cream, Legacy, Life, Lord, Master Sargent Charles O Brooks, Memorial, Memory, Mentor, Name, No Shame, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rest In Peace, Reverend, Salute, Sermon, Soul, Spoon, Taps, Taught, Touch, Tribute, Valor, Warrior, Wings, Words | Leave a comment

Those Who Have To Shower

Posted on August 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

How did the alleged party of the working man in my country become so elitist and based on class division? Go watch the last Democratic debates and see how many references were made to those who have to shower after … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bargaining Chip, Base, Choice, Class Division, Cleanliness, Common, Debase, Elite, Grief, Hip, Integrity, Lost, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Populist, Present, Pride, Prosperity, Shower, Shower After Work, Signal, Steeple, Synch, The People, Touch, Trope, Vote, Working Man | Leave a comment

Happiness Finds Its Ending

Posted on July 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Nothing better than a happy ending, right? Happiness Finds Its Ending by Michael Romani Not even happiness finds its ending Despite the best intentions in friending We look for ways to find our way home Walking our journey not wanting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brave, Breath, Castle, Company, Decent, Dragon, Dream, Empathy, End, Fairy Tale, Family, Fear, Friend, Happiness, Hide and Seek, Home, Hope, Intention, Journey, Legend, Magic, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Search, Share, Sympathy, Touch, Vision, Word | Leave a comment

Is There Hope?

Posted on July 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I am feeling down today. Had way too long of a walk through prairie wildflowers and then woods in a riparian corridor, but, even that hasn’t cheered me up. Still, it has led another poem at least. Is There Hope? … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age of Chivalry, Battle, Bond, Brave, Contemplate, Empty Pages, Forget, Handshake, Heart, Hope, Introspection, Met, Moments, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Premise, Promise, Random, Remember, Tattle, Touch, Trees, Try, Word, Words, World | Leave a comment

I’m Not Saying…

Posted on July 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A little something that I just felt onto paper before putting here. I’m Not Saying… I’m not saying That I need you But, what if I did And wasn’t playing About always being true It’s something I can’t keep hid … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Capacity, Choice, Compassion, Do, Empahty, Everything, Hand, Hid, Lives, Love, Man, Much, Mutuality, Need, Old Fashion, Photograph, Playing, Please, Poem, Poetry, Say, Stay, Sympathy, Talk, Touch, True, Voice, Walk, Want | Leave a comment

Meanders At the Oxbow

Posted on April 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo 2019, Day 29 and the challenge is to write on the after thoughts about a strong emotion and its results. This is my attempt to clarify thoughts I had just yesterday about the days prior and the future that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adore, Ahead, Always, Banks, Behind, Bends, Best Friend, Better or Worse, Bridge, Cautious, Cherish, Churn, Commonality, Cool Creek, Creek, Crime, Demand, Deserve, Different, Duck, Eyes, Feel, Flow, Forget, Fresh, Frown, Hike, Kiss, Laugh, Living, Love, Meander, Memory, Mud, Na/GloPoWriMo, Need, New, Obnoxious, Oxbow, Photograph, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Remind, Reverence, Rise, Safe, Secure, Similar, Simple Man, Slosh, Smile, Speak, Stand, Startle, Surprise, Sweetest Love, Swerve, Talk, Think, Thoughts, Times, Today, Tomorrow, Touch, Turn, Turns, Twist, Walk, Water, Wish, Words, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: May Your Heart Never Harden, Your Temper Never Tire and May You Have A Touch That Never Hurts

Posted on March 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” – Charles Dickens

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Charles Dickens, Harden, Heart, Hurt, Temper, Thought For the Day, Tire, Touch | 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

Samson VI

Posted on January 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Further attempt to depict the story of Samson and Deliah from the Book of Judges: Samson (VI) by Michael Romani VI An uncertain meeting at the granary Speaks of that wistful bit of insanity A servant girl separating chaff from … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Book of Judges, Calling, Chaff, Dazzle, Distraction, Falling, Granary, Love, Own, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Samson, Servant Girl, Smile, Sparkle, Spin, Sweet, Throne, Time, Touch, Wheat, Whisper, Win, Words | Leave a comment

Felt (The Loss of Shangri-la)

Posted on January 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It’s interesting. This poem started of with the intention of being a lighthearted look at the sort of a person who would look at Shangri-La an think that all it’s missing is a casino. By the time, my pen hit … Continue reading →

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