Tag Archives: Wilderness

Thought For the Day: With the Destruction of the Last Remaining Wilderness, We Will Have Destroyed Our Humanity

Posted on September 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin forests to be turned into comic books and plastic cigarette cases; if we drive the … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Clear Air, Comic Books, Destroy, Dirty, Extinction, Last Silence, Paved Roads, People, Pollute, Something, Streams, Thought For the Day, Virgin Forest, Wallace Stegner, Wild Species, Wilderness, Zoos | Leave a comment

What Is the Enough?

Posted on June 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Of some things, we can never have enough. What Is the Enough? by Michael Romani Of nature, art and poetry All of these things dear to me There is never enough to be enough Nothing in the world can ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Beauty, Behind, Being, Best Mark, Bluff, Canopy, Circumstance, Comfort, Enough, Find, Flower, God, Grown, Heavens, Hour, Human Being, Lonely, Meaning, Nature, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remedy, See, Shown, Sin, Solace, Tear, Time, Unhappy, Weep, Wilderness | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Hearts, Away From Nature, Becomes Hard

Posted on June 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Wherever forests have not been mowed down, wherever the animal is recessed in their quiet protection, wherever the earth is not bereft of four-footed life – that to the white man is an ‘unbroken wilderness.’ But for us there was … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Beauty, Chief Luther Standing Bear, Friendly, Grow, Hard, Harmony, Heart, Hospitable, Humanity, Lakota, Living Things, Nature, Respect, Thought For the Day, Wilderness, Wise | Leave a comment

Finding My Way Home

Posted on February 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Joshua 5: Finding My Way Home by Michael Romani Finding peace in all my trouble Hurrying along on the double Knowing that God is on my side Dwelling in this absent pride Hard times sometime come … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affliction, Barrier, Believe, Book of Joshua, Broke, Circumstance, Courage, Embrace, Eternal, Family, Find, Full Gospel, Gigal, Glory, God, Heart, Him, Holy Kingdom, Home, Infernal, Legacy, Light, Old Testament, Pain, Peace, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Process, Pure, Side, Soul, Stumble, Talk, Trouble, Trust, Truth, Walk, Way, Wilderness | Leave a comment

Posted on November 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

What makes a writer write? Even When Fractured Endlessly by Michael Romani Motifs of wilderness and isolation Provide the origin’s ragged narration These are the stories that keep company Even when fractured endlessly Repapered randomness may seem inane But in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Drunkard, Explanation, Fool, Fracture, Impression, Intervention, Irony, Isolation, Motif, Narration, Overlap, Poem, Poetry, Random, Sanity, Stories, Urge, Wilderness, Writers, Writing | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Morale

Posted on August 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Though most seem to steal when they should be buying I am not the one who encourages this even when lying I am the man who does the best that he knows and can With morale built up in an … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Belong, Buy, Daily Prompt, Darkness, Fortitude, Lie, Light, Loss, Missed, Morale, Overplayed, Realization, Song, Steal, Voice, Walk Away, Wilderness | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Slight

Posted on May 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

With only a moment’s slight hesitation I think back on a winter’s destination It might be that Summer came on too fast Or, that with a blink, Spring is past Whatever the plentiful half forgotten reasons I am nostalgic for … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Daily Prompt, Destination, Hestitation, Neglect, Nostalgic, Patterns, Record Heat, Remorse, Season, Slight, Snow, Spring, Summer, Wilderness, Winter, Winter's Child, Wordpress | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Partake

Posted on April 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Though I would be among the first to argue That earth day should be an everyday view I would also be among the first to encourage others to partake of the beauty with courage Courage enough to stand for what … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Argue, Courage, Cruelty, Daily Prompt, Earth Day, Encourage, Every Day, Fauna, Flora, Mankind, Nurture, Paradise, Partake, Posterity, Protection, Right, Sight, View, Wilderness, Wordpress | Leave a comment

This Then Is Alaska

Posted on October 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

This Then Is Alaska by Michael Romani America’s last frontier Half a million square miles Wilderness to explore there A land filled with as many smiles Where there’s one thing serious The seasons run fast and furious Opportunities are often … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alaska, Attitude, Beauty, Bold, Ice, Last Frontier, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Seasons, Snow, Wilderness | Leave a comment