Tag Archives: Voice

To Life (L’Chaim)

Posted on January 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Sundays like all other days are best lived with at least a touch of reverence for the divine. To Life (L’Chaim) by Michael Romani Life is long And often filled with questions Too many of which have no answers Only … Continue reading →

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Smiled On A Blue Note

Posted on January 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Despite all the controversies surrounding the band, probably my all time favorite musical group is Led Zeppelin. I was reminded of this only just yesterday. Smiled On A Blue Note by Michael Romani Come to me so gently Floated on … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Audacity, Blue Note, Capacity, Clown, Complete, Controversy, Dance, Delight, Delta Blues, Drama, Due, Feel, Garden, Gentle, Karma, Know, Lawyer, Led Zeppelin, Levee, Line, Melody, Moonlight, Moss, Open Secret, Own, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Prince, Quiet, Rhapsody, Riff, Rock N Roll, Rote, Say, Sing, Smile, Song, Sonic, Soul, Stone, Story, Stroll, Voice, Yer Blues, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Rules of the Beast I

Posted on January 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A sort of start at a poetic retelling of the classic Dracula tale: Rules of the Beast I by Michael Romani As the approach is made to castle There is fear amongst its vassals A crucifix is given in protection … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Bats, Beast, Blood, Castle, Chill, Choice, Circumspect, Compare, Contradiction, Count, Creaks, Crucifix, Death, Destination, Dracula, Drop, Embrace, Fear, Groans, heartbeat, Heaven, Home, Humanity, Jonathan Harker, Knock, Known, Labyrinth, Learn, Life, Lives, Lock, Love, Maze, Mirror, Mistake, Numb, Oblige, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Prison, Protect, Pulse, Question, Rules, Shadow, Shown, Snare, Solace, Soul, Startle, Step, Stumble, Turn, Vanity, Vassal, Veins, Voice, Window | Leave a comment

Dream Becomes the Choice

Posted on January 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

There is a connection between those who would do art of any kind and the sacred. Sometimes this connection becomes broken and flawed. Sometimes it fulfills itself and offers that connection for others to partake in. Dream Becomes the Choice … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Art, Become, Change, Choice, Connection, Creation, Direction, Display, Doubt, Draw, Dream, Experiment, Flow, Grow, Imperative, Intention, Interactive, Internetion, Known, Line, Magic, Meditation, Misfit, Nod, Permission, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Room, Science, Seed, Tell, Texture, True, Voice, Way, Wink | Leave a comment

Ring, Ring Rings the Phone

Posted on December 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Today is both National Call A Friend Day and National Chocolate Candy Day! In honor of this, to paraphrase a military tradition, ‘eat them if you got ’em’ and call a friend if only to tell that person or persons … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bliss, Box of Chocolate, Care, Choice, Christmas, Coco, Coconut Curry, Confectionery, Dares, Days, Dictionary, Dreams, Good, Happiness, Hours, Hurry, Imagination, Lose, Minutes, National Call A Friend Day, National Chocolate Candy Day, Nights, Phone, Photograph, Pleasant, Poem, Poetry, Quiet, Realize, Ring, Seconds, Seem, Share, Sit, Spent, Squares, Sudden, Text, Three, Tonight, Voice | Leave a comment

In A Relative Theory of Violin

Posted on December 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Happiest National Violin Day! In A Relative Theory of Violin by Michael Romani I know it’s all relative but who’s to argue But to play well one must add in divisions of two At least often, if you happen to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1922, Affinity, Architecture, Audience, Beauty, Beethoven, Ceremony, Choice, Complex, Count, Cry, Daydream, Disparate, Divisions, Encore, Fear, Fragments, Frame, Great Unified Theory of Everything, Influence, Inner Unity, Instrument, Japan, Joy, Kreutzer Sonata, Love, Math, Melody, More, Music, Name, Narrative, National Violin Day, Nobel Prize, Note, Photograph, Physics, Planet, Poem, Poetry, Positive, Relative, Relax, Score, Seams, Smile, Song, Sphere, Stress, Superlative, Tax, Theory, Uncle Albert, Universe, Violin, Voice | Leave a comment

In the Wonder of the Star

Posted on December 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A star led the wise men to find a babe in a manger. The wise still seek Him. In the Wonder of the Star by Michael Romani In my loss, I feel my shame No longer certain in my own … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absurd, Adequate, Answers, Babe, Beacon, Best, Better, Beyond, Bleed Out, Blurred, Brave, Choice, Christmas Star, Dear, Demand, Destiny, Divinity, Eyes, Feeling, Flood, Follow, Footsteps, Hesitation, Him, Hurt, Infant, Lead, Lord, Loss, Magi, Manger, Mystery, Name, Need, Occur, Overwhelm, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Proceed, Questions, Reach Out, Remember, Saint, Seek, Shame, Star, Star Gaze, Stars, Twinkle, Unclear, Understanding, Voice, When, Wise Men, Wonder, Word, Wrinkle, Years Ago | Leave a comment

Tears In Misted Eyes

Posted on October 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #21: Tears In Misted Eyes by Michael Romani Tears in his misted eyes A monster cries as his child dies While the mother prays her lullaby It’s all the watcher can do to sigh Life like a twisted … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anguish, Blade, Blind, Breath, Broken Heart, Child, Choice, Confusion, Cross, Crucifix, Cruel, Cry, Deep, Dies, Down, Dying, Echo, Enfold, Eyes, Family, Father, Fear, Feel, Halloween, Hand, Hard, Heaven, Hesitate, Illusion, Keep, Kill, Lies, Life, Lord, Loss, Lullaby, Misstep, Mist, Moment, Monster, Monstrosity, Mother, Night, Perservere, Pestilence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Pray, Question, Reel, Revere, Sacred, Shown, Sigh, Silence, Sleep, Souls, Suffer, Tear, Temper, Troubled Soul, True, Voice, Weep, World, Wounded Heart | Leave a comment

Music of the Night

Posted on October 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #20: Music of the Night by Michael Romani Creatures of the night Make such music don’t they? Listen closely until first light To the things that make the undead happy The vampire lord finds love tragic As it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Change, Choice, Creature, Day, Destiny, Dracula, Fight, First Light, Force, Glow, Halloween, Happy, Howl, Join, Legacy, Listen, Lord, Love, Mad, Magic, Moon, Music, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Savage, Spoke, Tragic, Undead, Vampire, Victory, Voice, Werewolf, Wolf | Leave a comment

Dracula’s Bride

Posted on October 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #12: Dracula’s Bride by Michael Romani The master does not want as she has given Feasted into blood, never to be forgiven An eternal kiss shared in the late night As betrayer of truth and hater of light … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Betrayer, Blood, Breath, Bride, Burn, Candle, City, Death, Dracula, Eternal, Fate, Feast, Fly, Forgiven, Give, Good, Graveyard, Halloween, Hate, Horror, Kiss, Light, Master, Night, Night Creatures, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Poison, Pride, Remember, Scorpion, She, Shout, Slay, Soul, Spider, Sting, Truth, Unreason, Voice, Web, Wedding Gift, Wicked, Yesterday | Leave a comment