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Writer, poet, musician, surfer, father of two princesses.

An Albatross Weighs Me Down

Posted on May 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

An Albatross Weighs Me Downby Michael DoyleOnce again, I stand reminded of a weightThat my days are numbered and have a dateOn which no more effort will be to my gainI push forward that my life is not in vainIt … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Constitutions of Civil Government Are Not Framed Upon A Calculation of Existing Exigencies, But Upon A Combination of These With the Probable Exigencies of Ages

Posted on May 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies of ages, according to the natural and tried course of human affairs.” – Alexander Hamilton … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: How We Spend Our Days Is, of Course, How We Spend Our Lives

Posted on May 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” -Annie Dillard, author (b. 30 Apr 1945)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Annie Dilliard, Days, Doing, How, Our Lives, Spend, This Hour, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

To Find That One Person

Posted on May 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To Find That One Personby Michael DoyleTo find that person in life’s journeyIs instrumental to being happyWith each touch and every kissI know now how much I would truly missIf ever I should not have foundIn this world where no … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Barefoot, Best, Best Dream, Better, Black, Bring, Fat, Find, Found, Fragility, Hand In Hand, Happiness, Happy, Heart To Heart, Instrumental, Joys, Kiss, Lfe, Life's Storms, Life's Journey, Life's Noise, Lifetime, Love, Marry, Meant, Miss, Near, No One Else, One Look, One Person, Passion, Poetry and Poems, Pour, Return, Ring, Sand, Secret, Special Peace, Stand, Still, Test, There, Thousand Reasons, Together, Touch, True, True Bliss, Veil, World, You | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Love of A Mother Is the Veil of A Softer Light Between the Heart and the Heavenly Father

Posted on May 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Posted in First Principles | Tagged First Principles, Heart, Heavenly Father, Love, Mother, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Softer Light, Veil | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The World Is More Malleable Than You Think and It’s Waiting For You To Hammer It Into Shape

Posted on May 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” – Bono, musician and social activist (b. 10 May 1960)

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In Pursuit of Great Expectations

Posted on May 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Pursuit of Great Expectationsby Michael DoyleI love the way you love meThe way that it makes me feelIt helps me find the abilityTo make it through and keep things realShining like a beacon of lightIt’s you that gets me … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Bare, Beacon, Best, Devotion, Done, Dreams, Emotions, End, Explain, Feel, Fell Apart, Fly, Flying, Forever, Great Expectations, Head, Heartbroken, Hearts, Keep, Key, Landimines, Lost, Love, Love You, Meaning, Memories, Miracle, My Friend, My Love, Night, Paper Cuts, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Promises, Pursuit, Real, Recall, Share, Somehow, Someone, Soul, Stop, Struggle, Tears, The one, Too Close To the Sun, Truth, Undoing, Unsaid, Vain, Weep, Why, Wings, Words, Writing | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Life of Every Man Is A Diary In Which He Means To Write One Story, and Writes Another, and His Humblest Hour Is When He Compares the Volume As It Is With What He Vowed To Make It

Posted on May 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.” -J.M. … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Another, As It Is, Compare, Diary, Every Man, Humblest Hour, J.M. Barrie, Life, Mean, One Story, Thought For the Day, Volume, Vowed To Make It | 3 Comments

First Principles: The Accumulation of All Powers…In the Same Hands…Whether Hereditary, Self-Appointed, Or Elective, May Justly Be Pronounced the very Definition of Tyranny

Posted on May 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison (1788) This … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Accumulation, Definition, Elective, Executive, Few, First Pinciples, Hereditary, James Madison, Judiciary, Legislative, Many, One, Powers, Pronounce, Same Hands, Self-Appointed, Tyranny | Leave a comment

Under A Caribbean Moon

Posted on May 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Under A Caribbean Moonby Michael DoylePirates pursue without pauseEvery sort that passes for lost causeTheir future holds an appointmentWith the vagrancies of disappointmentChasing their run by constellationThey follow a black flag with consternationEach pirate dreaming of making his scoreAnd to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appointment, Argument, Black Flag, Brigands, Broadside, Caribbean, Chase, Consort, Constellation, Consternation, Crew, Defend, Dignity, Disappointment, Dogs of the Sea, Doubloons, Fallen Souls, Fantasy, Find, Forgot, Free, Friends, Future, Lost Cause, Misjudge, Moon, Mutiny, Noose, Path, Pirates, Plan, Plot, Plunder, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Quartermaster, Resentment, Rich, Run, Score, Scoundrels, Scratch, Sea, Spanish Galleons, Spanish Main, Treasure Ships, Treasures, Trouble, Twelve-Pounders, Under, Vagrancies, Wait | Leave a comment

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About alohapromisesforever

An Albatross Weighs Me Down

First Principles: Constitutions of Civil Government Are Not Framed Upon A Calculation of Existing Exigencies, But Upon A Combination of These With the Probable Exigencies of Ages

Thought For the Day: How We Spend Our Days Is, of Course, How We Spend Our Lives

To Find That One Person

First Principles: The Love of A Mother Is the Veil of A Softer Light Between the Heart and the Heavenly Father

Thought For the Day: The World Is More Malleable Than You Think and It’s Waiting For You To Hammer It Into Shape

Thought For the Day: The Life of Every Man Is A Diary In Which He Means To Write One Story, and Writes Another, and His Humblest Hour Is When He Compares the Volume As It Is With What He Vowed To Make It

First Principles: The Accumulation of All Powers…In the Same Hands…Whether Hereditary, Self-Appointed, Or Elective, May Justly Be Pronounced the very Definition of Tyranny

Under A Caribbean Moon

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