Flickr Photos
Author Archives: alohapromisesforever
Slightly Out of Tune
Softly Out of Tuneby Michael DoyleThe piano plays slightly out of tuneThe preacher is drunk, crazy as a loonA voice whispers hello old friendThe bemused look hints at the endLife is one continuing negotiationIt seems a program of collaborationIt is … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ashes, Bemused, Brave Enough, Cards, Collaboration, Conceal, Dealer, Decisions, Door, Drunk, End, Free Will, Heresy, Illusions, Irony, Life, Loon, Masquerade, Matters, More, Negotiation, Old Friend, Played, Poetry and Poems, Preacher, Regrets, Scorched Earth, Secrets, Skeletons In Closets, Skill Sets, Slight, Tatters, Tune, Victory, Visions of Dreams, Whisper
Leave a comment
First Principles: Hide Not Your Talents, They For Use Were Made, What’s A Sundial In the Shade
“Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What’s a sundial in the shade?”– Benjamin Franklin
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Hide, Made, Shade, Sundial, Talents, Use
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Politeness Is the Art of Choosing Among Your Thoughts
“Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.”- Madame de Stael, writer (22 Apr 1766-1817)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Art, Choose, Madame de Stael, Politeness, Thought For the Day, Thoughts
Leave a comment
Falling In the Darkness
Falling In the Darknessby Michael DoyleWhatever your beliefI do not mean you griefPlease don’t be annoyedWhen I explain about the voidThat some see and believeBecause it is what they conceiveBetween God and brother manThat confuses us when it canSome react … Continue reading
First Principles: The Real Man Smiles In Trouble, Gathers Strength From Distress, and Grows Brave By Reflection
“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” – Thomas Paine
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Brave, Distress, First Principles, Grow, Real Man, Reflection, Strength, Thomas Paine, Trouble
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: We Are As Liable To Be Corrupted By Book As We Are By Companions
“We are as liable to be corrupted by books as we are by companions.” – Henry Fielding
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Book, Companions, Corrupted, Henry Fielding, Liable, Thought For the Day, We
Leave a comment
Land Hold
Land Holdby Michael DoyleThe land holds its historyThe heart has its mysteryHeld generations in a familyIt’s the passing of love steadilyFrom generation to generationThe way of society’s inclinationAs we simply pass it onResisting that it ever be tornBut kept instead … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Clever, Continuation, Degrees of Affection, Family, Forever, Forlorn, Future, Future Generations, Garment, Generations, Heart, History, Inclination, Land Hold, Lawyers Up, Legacy, Legendary, Love Kept, Mystery, Part, Pass It On, Passing of Love, Perfection, Poetry and Poems, Posterity, Prosperity, Resist, Sever, Society, Souls, Stake-Hold, Tear, The Land, Torn, Unchanged, Unfold
Leave a comment
First Principles: The Magnitude of This Evil (Slavery) Among Us Is So Deeply Felt, and So Universally Acknowledged That No Merit Could Be Greater Than That of Devising A Satisfactory Remedy For It
“The magnitude of this evil [slavery] among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged; that no merit could be greater than that of devising a satisfactory remedy for it.” – James Madison (1825), 4th President of the United States … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Deeply Felt, Devise, Evil, First Principles, Greater, James Madison, Magnitude, Merit, Satisfactory Remedy, Slavery, Universally Acknowledged
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: In Order To See Birds It Is Necessary To Become A Part of the Silence
“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.” – Robert Lynd
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Become, Birds, Necessary, Order, Part, Robert Lynd, See, Silence, Thought For the Day
Leave a comment
First Principles: Happily For Mankind, Liberty Is Not…Confined To Any Single Point of Time, But Lies Within Extremes, Which Afford Sufficient Latitude For all the Variations
“Happily for mankind, liberty is not, in this respect, confined to any single point of time, but lies within extremes, which afford sufficient latitude for all the variations which may be required by the various situations and circumstances of civil … Continue reading
