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The Singularity of the Immersive
The Singularity of the Immersiveby Michael DoyleThe virtual offers its trailing breadcrumbsPushing forward into spaces where the mind numbsThrough the effort of examining its potential The path walked has become quite consequential This platform of mixed media is greater than … Continue reading
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Tagged Accent, Acceptance, Anonymity, Art, Artist, Black and White, Breadcrumbs, Calculated, Complexity, Consequential, Contemporary, Data, Direct Look, Drum, Embrace, Enhanced Sights, Extemporary, Face, Formation, Glimpses, Immersive, Impression, Kinetic, Mind, Mixed Media, Music, Numb, Observation, Path, Platform, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Preparation, Prints, Rejection, Respect, Shades, Simplicity, Singularity, Space, Stylistic Work, Sum, Virtual, Vision, Well Versed
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A Humble Servant’s Inquiry
A Humble Servant’s Inquiryby Michael DoyleIs it rebellious to question?I ask this in humblest confessionWe wish only that those we loveMight escape a little longer from heaven aboveWhile others wish for that deathThrough the struggle of wounded breathA second prayer … Continue reading
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Tagged Become, Blemish, Children, Confession, Conquest, Death, Eternity, God, Heaven Above, Holy Rain, Humble Servant, Inquiry, Life's Journey, Love, Merciful End, Mirror, Noble Quest, Paid In Full, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Question, Rebel, Redeem, Rest, Second Prayer, Servant's Request, Struggle, Test, Wish, Wounded Breath, Younger Self
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Thought For the Day: People of Modest Talent Can Attract Attention, At Least For A While, By Being Unrelentingly Offensive
“[Film and theater critic John] Simon has simply discovered the trick used with great effectiveness by certain comedians, talk show hosts and punk rock musicians: people of modest talent can attract attention, at least for a while, by being unrelentingly … Continue reading
Witches Brew
Witches Brewby Michael DoyleIn the shroud of fog, we find the doorAnd knock on it, hoping yet to exploreHidden secrets are lost behind smoky eyesBut it’s the kind of secret that is hard to disguiseWhat sort of secrets would it … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Advocation, Best, Better Good, Bright, Chase, Command, Courage, Darkness, Debate, Demands, Different Eyes, Discern, Disguise, Door, Eager, Elude, Encourage, Essence, Evidence, Experience, Experts, Explore, Fell, Fog, Follow, Forge Ahead, Forgive, Friend to Man, Good, Greatness, Hard Times, Heart, Heartbreaks, Hesitate, Hidden Secrets, Horrid Outcomes, Hostility, Humble, Ignorance, Inquiring Minds, Know, Lean, Lesser Minds, Light, Lived, Loving One Another, Mind, Minds, Misunderstood, Mystery, New Day, Open, Orthodoxy, Past Mistakes, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Price, Providence, Recluse, Refuse, Search, Secret, Share, Sharpen, Shine, Should, Shroud, Smoky Eyes, Sought, True Humanity, True Leaders, Unafraid, Understand, Vanity, Witches Brew, Would
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The Rejected Man Stumbles
The Rejected Man Stumblesby Michael DoyleThe rejected man stumbles back into the darknessFilled as he has become by this life’s harshnessHe had been helpful and knowledgeable in his waysAnd though ill-tempered, he was useful in his daysScience, too, is useful … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberration, Abomination, Acceptable, Accountable, Afraid, Anger, Appointed Stations, Argument, Arrogance, Blame, Blindness, Cautionary Tale, Challengers, Cloud, Consensus, Consicence, Cruelty, Darkness, Dedication, Differently, Disgrace, Diviine, Encourage, Enmity, Experts and Tyrants, Fortunetellers, Free, Full Moon, Governance, Harshness, Honest Peson, Ill-Tempered, Immune, Impertinence, Imposition, Infidelity To God, Inner Voices, Insurmountable, Intemperance, Knowledge, Last Words, Learn, Learned Positions, Lessons, Majority, Monster, Mystery, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Position, Prejudices, Proud, Pursuit of Truth, Question, Questions, Rage, Reject, Rejected Man, Remedy, Rule, Science, Seek, Shame, Shine, Sources, Status Quo, Steadfast, Struggle, Stumble, Swallow, Systeem, Tame, Test, Throne, Tongue, Tranquil, Travail, True Solutions, Trust, Undaunted, Undermine, Unkindness, Useful, Venomous, Vulnerability, Ways, Well, Wise Voice, Yoke, Young
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First Principles: There Is No Justification For Taking Away Individuals’ Freedom In the Guise of Public Safety
“There is no justification for taking away individuals’ freedom in the guise of public safety.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged First Prciniples, Freedom, Guise, Individual, Justification, Public Safety, Taking Away, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: I Shut My Eyes and All the World Drops Dead; I Lift My Lids and All Is Born Again
“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again.” – Sylvia Plath, poet (27 Oct 1932-1963)
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Tagged Again, All, Born, Dead, Eyes, Lids, Lift, Shut, Sylvia Plath, Thought For the Day, World
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The Morning Only Brings Bad
The Morning Only Brings Badby Michael DoyleFor some, the morning only brings badThese are those who are persistently sadIndulging only those things that will kill themAs if they missed the call of life’s good hymnInstead, they hear nonstop voices in … Continue reading
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Tagged Another, Bad, Bring, Call, Coins, Deep, Dowry, Fail, Good, Haunted, Hymn, Indulge, Kill, Life's Test, Morning, Neglected, Nightmares, Nonstop, Other, Poetry and Poems, Rejected, Rest, Sad, Sleep, The Dead, Trouble, Voices, Warning, Wicked, Wonder, Words
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Persistence
Persistenceby Michael DoyleWe create our locked prisons by choiceWhere our creatures find their voiceThe point of origins might be our schoolOr wherever we learned life’s rulesWindow shopping as we were thenPursuing our visions and our sinsPaying our price as we … Continue reading
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Tagged Belong, Bone, Choice, Create, Creature, Dreams, Experience, First Level, Further, Good God, Hungry, In the Beginning, Knowledge, Learn, Life's Food, Life's Rules, Lock, Mercy, Mock, Moved Along, Own, Persistence, Poetry and Poems, Point of Origins, Price, Prisons, Pursue, School, Sharpen, Sins, Stay Alive, Survive, Test, Visions, Voice, We, Will, Window Shopping, Wisdom
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