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Monthly Archives: March 2025
First Steps Into the Shatter Zone
First Steps Into the Shatter Zoneby Michael DoyleSometimes, I allow myself an inward journeyAs I seek to know what the past means to meToday, nestled in my roadside booth I find myself eating tacos as I seek out the truthWhat … Continue reading
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Tagged Cortez, Destruction, First Steps, God, Gold, History, Inward Journey, Legacy, Mexico, Poetry and Poems, Roadside Booth, Shatter Zone, Spain, Tacos, The Past, Travel, Truth, Two Paths of Madness, Writing
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First Principles: A Sacred Respect For the Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principle, the Sustaining Energy of A Free Government
“A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.” – Alexander Hamilton (1794)
Thought For the Day: Just Cause You Got the Monkey Off Your Back Doesn’t Mean That the Circus Has Left Town
“Just ‘cause you got the monkey off your back doesn’t mean that the circus has left town.” – George Carlin
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Tagged Back, Cause, Circus, George Carlin, Mean, Monkey, Thought For the Day, Town
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If We Never Said Hello
If We Never Said Helloby Michael DoyleMeet me where the sun setsI’ve never loved as much as I will, yetMeet me where our road endsAnd be my lifetime friendTell me all your secretsLet’s live a love of no regretsIn a … Continue reading
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Tagged Admit, Beautiful, Better, City, Deep End, Dipping My Toes, Fast Train, Fate, Flowers, Greatest Pity, Hello, I Will, Know, Laugh, Life, Life's Shallow, Lifetime Friend, Loved, No Regrets, Nowhere, Ocean, Poetry and Poems, Road Ends, Say Hello, Secrets, Shadow, Small Town, Smile, Spring, Stopped, Sun Sets, Sunshine, Timeless Style, Together, We, Wonderful, Worth the Care
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First Principles: The Spring Is Now Approaching, and With It, I Hope, A Revival of Our Spirits and Fortunes. Here Spring Symbolizes Hope and Renewal
“The spring is now approaching, and with it, I hope, a revival of our spirits and fortunes.” Here, spring symbolizes hope and renewal, paralleling his optimism for the revolutionary cause.” – John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams on … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The First Day of Spring Is One Thing, and the First Spring Day Is Another. The Difference Between Them Is Sometimes As Great As A Month
“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.” ~ Henry Van Dyke
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Tagged Difference, First Day, First Spring Day, Henry van Dyke, Month, Spring, Thought For the Day
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The Great American Train Song
The Great American Train Songby Michael DoyleSometimes words come out stiltedLeaving heads hung and tiltedListening as the lonesome whistle blowsSuddenly, we’re all raggedy hobosAs we wonder to ourselves where time has goneWasn’t it just yesterday when trains rolled onSomewhere down … Continue reading
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Tagged Blow, Childhood, Coincide, Country, Days of Our Lives, Great Ameridcan, Horizon, Lonesome Whistle, Memories, Outside, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Pushing Our Luck, Raggedy Hobos, Rolled On, Rubber Hoses, Tilted, Time, Tracks, Train Song, Trains, Truck, Wonder, Words, Yesterday, Youth
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First Principles: The Earth Laughs In Flowers
“The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Tagged First Principles, Flowers, Laugh, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Earth
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Thought For the Day: I Believe A Leaf of Grass Is No Less Than the Journey-Work of the Stars
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” – Walt Whitman
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Tagged Believe, Grass, Journey-Work, Leaf, Stars, Thought For the Day, Walt Whitman
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Always Faithful
Always Faithfulby Michael DoyleWith a joyful soundI offer praise for what’s been foundLifting the name for sweet freedomGiven by the kingdomDeep in my spiritI know I can hear itIn all of my daysI was born to praiseHappy in the relationshipI’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Always, Capable, Faithful, Found, Grateful, Heart It, Joyful Sound, Kingdom, Lord, Mountain Peak, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Relationship, Speak, Spirit, Sweet Freedom, Valley, Worship
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 