Tag Archives: Voices

Thought For the Day: The Self Congratulating Media Are Shocking In Their Self Aggrandizing Behavior That Will Haunt Journalism For A Long Time Coming

Posted on April 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It’s shocking to see national media voices after the release of Robert Mueller’s report patting each other on the back, congratulating themselves for a three-year faceplant they must know will haunt the whole business for a long time.” – Matt … Continue reading →

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Still the Monkey Grins

Posted on November 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The world has a monkey on its back. It’s the darkness inside us all. https://flic.kr/p/q4tKWX Still the Monkey Grins by Michael Romani Born innocent Victims to the sins The sins of the father Eden’s fall set the precedent Banished, cast … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Ban

Posted on September 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Voices of reflected euphoria do what they can To negate the curse I feel knowing of my ban To be fated against my every reasonable expectation I find myself in the throes of my own rejection In all my private … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories, Uncategorized | Tagged Anthem, Ban, Curse, Daily Prompt, Discontentment, Door, Emotion, Enchantment, Euphoria, Expectatioin, Hard Line, Heart, Holy War, Punishment, Rejection, Song and Dance, Toccata, Voices | 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

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Tantrum

Posted on April 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

We’re all truly mad to be here I heard whispered as if in fear Right in the middle of the doldrum I heard the hatter throw a tantrum Blaming it all on, well, all the others Like a spot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Blame, Contemplation, Daily Prompt, Drinking, Fear, Feeling, Mad, Signs, Smother, Tantrum, Thinking, Voices, Whisper, Wordpress | Leave a comment

#MeToo

Posted on January 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

#MeToo by Michael Romani It sometimes seems That the broken dreams Belong to the wealthy And maybe that’s unhealthy As in causes like #MeToo These privileges won’t do Won’t do; shouldn’t do Mustn’t do; you agree… don’t you? #MeToo needs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged #MeToo, Broken Dreams, Choices, Family, Justice, Light, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Protection, Redemption, Sexual Treason, Silence, Society, Spoken, Truth, Voices | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Winsome

Posted on January 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It’s a tear away world filled with points of beauty We have to fight for light like it is our best duty Too many long walks off of desperately short piers We all need somebody to wipe away all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Belong, Cry, Daily Prompt, Desperation, Duty, Letting Go, Pieces, Points of Beauty, Third Person, Voices, Winsome, Wordpress | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Meager

Posted on December 15, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Life can be so hard that at times its hard to speak You search for beauty but it’s hard to see through the pique And you know, I really don’t want to seem over eager Because I know life comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Beauty, Choices, Daily Prompt, Irritation, Peace, Prayer, Ugliness, Voices, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Cotter’s Saturday Night – Robert Burns

Posted on August 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

On August 5, 1788, Robert Burns married Jean Armour. It seems only fitting that we might take a look in on a verbal picture he paints of Scottish home life on this anniversary. Funny how times change and yet so … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Criticism, Dialect, Harvard Classics, Kilmarnock Volume, Poetry, Robert Burns, Rustic, Scot, The Cotter's Saturday Night, Voices | Leave a comment

Microcosm

Posted on August 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Microcosm by Michael Romani Small things make the connections The little rituals of invocation What is a morning with coffee? Each wake up kiss is its own memory Every step take with good intention Move beyond the places of convention … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Choices, Connection, Future, Generation, Humanity, Intention, Memory, Microcosm, Photographs, Poetry, Reverberation, Voices | Leave a comment