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On Christmas Island
On Christmas Islandby Michael DoyleIt’s those accidental greetingsThat lead to monumental meetingsThese fill our lives with loveAs if somehow guided from aboveOn Christmas Island, looking for a roomIt’s surprising the miracles that bloomOpen hearts put a smile on our facesIt’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Accidental Greetings, Bloom, Candle-Making, Christmas Island, Christmas Magic, Christmas Memories, Christmas-Style, Cocoa, Color, Every Life, Face, Guided, Happy Families, Heartbreaking, Hearts, Little Help, Lives, Living Love, Love, Magic of Christmas, Miracles, Mistletoe, Monumental Meetings, New Starts, Open Hearts, Place, Poetry and Poems, Room, Silliness, Smile, Snowflakes, Time, Tongues, Tragic, True, Young
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Thought For the Day: Love the Life You Live. Life the Life You Love.
“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” – Bob Marley
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Tagged Bob Marley, Life, Live, Love, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Life Is A Succession of Lessons Which Must Be Lived To Be Understood
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Tagged First Principles, Lessons, Life, Lived, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Suecession, Understood
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Several Levels From Myself
Several Levels From Myselfby Michael DoyleLiving lifeSeveral levels from myselfI usually have my noseStuck in a book from a shelfYou were a swirl of perfectionWithout a flaw in detectionWhat was I supposed to doBut to fall madly in love with … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrift, Answer, Ars, Being With You, Belong, Book, Certain, Chaos, Christmas Serenade, Detection, Done, Doubt, Dreamy Eyes, Flaw, Hello, Hint, Hope, Living Life, Look Out, Love, Making, Near, Nose, Nothing Better, Path of God, Perfection, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Risk, Self, Several Levels, Shift, Storms, Swirl, Taking, The one, Together
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First Principles: The Most Sacred of the Duties of A Government Is To Do Equal and Impartial Justice To All Citizens
“The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all citizens.” —Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged All Citizens, Duties, Equal, First Pricniples, Government, Impartial, Justice, Sacred, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Art Should Be Like A Holiday: Something To Give A Man the Opportunity To See Things Differently and To Change His Point of View
“Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.” -Paul Klee, painter (18 Dec 1879-1940)
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Tagged Art, Change, Different, Holiday, Opportunity, Paul Klee, Point of View, Thought For the Day
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Gifts On this Morn
Gifts On This Mornby Michael DoyleIt’s just how it is since we were bornWe await the superficial gifts of this mornExcited eyes search around the Christmas treeWondering what presents are for you and meThen when all the gifts have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Born, Carolers, Change, Cheer, Christmas Tree, Chrstmas, Digital, Excited Eyes, Family, Family Table, Find, Found, Fun, Garland, Gifts, Go Outside and Play, Hide, Innocence, Memory, Moonlight, Morn, Mourning Yesterday, Our Children, Outside, Parents, Poetry and Poems, Screens, Sun, Supper, Tinsel, Toys, Undone, Wonder
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First Principles: Peace Is the Real and Right Memorial For Those Who Have Died In War
“Peace is the real and right memorial for those who have died in war.” – Richard M. Nixon
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Tagged Death, First Principles, Memorial, Peace, Real, Richard M. Nixon, Right, War
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Thought For the Day: Is Sloppiness In Speech Caused By Ignorance Or Apathy? I Don’t Know and I Don’t Care
“Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don’t know and I don’t care.” – William Safire
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Tagged Apathy, Care, Ignorance, Know, Slopiness, Speech, Thought For the Day, William Safire
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Crossing Over From Greenpoint
Crossing Over From Greenpointby Michael DoyleMy crossing over from Greenpoint into the cityEvery day was had via subway and was not prettyAnd it was different for a Californian manYet, there was no other way into ManhattanAt least, not that made … Continue reading
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Tagged Bronx Zoo, brooklyn, Buzz, California, Central Park, Complexity, Coney Island, Crossing Over, Ferry, Food After Midnight, Friendliness, Getting Lost, Greenpoint, Horse-Drawn Cariage, Hospitable, Hospital, Hot Dogs, Little Oddessa, Manhattan, Memories, Morning Until Night, Neon Lights, New York City, Open Hearts, Photography, Poetry and Poems, Sights, St. John's, Sublime, Subway, Sunday, Transit System, Travel, Williamsburg
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