Tag Archives: Writing

A Night At the Opera

Posted on December 26, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

It seems that Santa Claus has brought my daughters a book called Write the Story.  It’s a series of writing prompts to encourage daily writing.  After I finished cursing under my breath, I have agreed to write along with them.  Today’s … Continue reading →

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Refractive Lens

Posted on December 15, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Refractive Lens by Michael Romani Each story that we weave Rather story or verse We come to believe As its own hermetic universe The hows and the whys That define our fiction As we half realize Our best depiction Can … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Writing Is the Great Invention of the World

Posted on October 25, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Writing—the art of communicating thoughts to the mind, through the eye—is the great invention of the world…—great, very great in enabling us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn, at all distances of time and of space.” … Continue reading →

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Purpose

Posted on July 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Purpose by Michael Romani Through our trials We earn our name Be it one that’s proud Or bring us shame In this name We find our purpose Honor or blame This is how the world knows us We beat the … Continue reading →

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My Last Confession

Posted on June 17, 2017 by allyromani

My Last Confession (c) Allyson Romani (2017) I stood at the back of the huge sanctuary, smoothed my skirt, fussed with my hair. Late afternoon sun streamed through the high stained glass windows, and seemed to illuminate the whole of … Continue reading →

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Elegy

Posted on June 11, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The challenge by my eldest daughter, Angelique, goes on.  In return for sharing the incomparable writing styles and lessons that might be garnered from an old television series called The Twilight Zone, she asked for one simple thing.  “Daddy, write me … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Write To Express, Not to Impress

Posted on May 22, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good.” – Thornton Wilder For an interesting interview with Wilder see:https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4887/thornton-wilder-the-art-of-fiction-no-16-thornton-wilder      

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The Purple Testament

Posted on May 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

My daughters want to be writers.  In talking about this along the way, I was asked who I thought were the best of the writers that I had come across in my life.  Well, I thought of course of all … Continue reading →

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