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Nehemiah (To Fix What’s Broken)
Nehemiah (To Fix What’s Broken)by Michael DoyleWe find God’s lessons spokenServing like Nehemiah to fix what’s broken,Renewing Israel’s holy prosperityFollowing many years of austerity. Nebuchadnezzar exiled the Jews to Babylon,Until allowed to return from the pantheon.The Jewish people returned from … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Taken, Austerity, Babylonian Exile, Bible, Broken, Broken Heart, Change, Compassion, Control, Devotion, Discontent, Example, Faith, Fix, God, God's Glory, Grace, Guile, Holy Commands, Holy Imprint, Homeland, Humanity, Israel, Leadership, Legacy, Lessons, Mourning and Fasting, Nebuchadnezzar, Necessary, Nehemiah, Opposition, Ordinary People, Place, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Prosperity, Protection, Recovery, Redemption, Renewal, Soul, Story, Task, The Jewish People
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It Takes Money (A Farmer Meets Reality)
It Takes Money (A Farmer Meets Reality)by Michael DoyleThe land and youAre everything to me.The mortgage is due,And hellhounds are dogging me.All that I want to doIs to farm this land.A simple, honest farm and you,But the Lord gave me … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Harvest, Bullet, Certain, Devil's Lies, Dusky Eyes, Fall In, Family, Farmer, Forty Acres and A Mule, Fuel, Hell Hounds, Honest Wages, Hunter, Land, Money, Mortgage, Paradise, Poetry and Poems, Reality, Rogue, Soar, Steady Hand, Tall Blue Skies, The Dead Line, The Law Man, The Lord, Turkey Vultures, War, Wasted, Watch
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What Do Critics Know?
What Do Critics Know?by Michael DoyleCritics are those with little ability,Often bashing those with greater capability.While the talented few find their success good,It’s a confusing arrangement seldom understood.Those without skill find talent self-indulgent,And seldom suffer to give others acknowledgment.Unimaginative translates … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Acknowledgment, Capability, Critics, Dazed and Confused, Harmonics, Imrpovisation, Intensity, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Music, Pay To Play, Performers, Poetry and Poems, reviews, Robert Plant, Rock, Self-Induldgent, Success, Talented Few, The Rolling Stone Magazine, Unimaginative, Violin Bow, Writing
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Consistency
Consistencyby Michael DoyleStepped into His presence,I stumble at His essence.Feeling humbled and weak,There are times I cannot speak.Stumbled by His integrity,Here then is the consistency.And I know He is the allOf all the truth that I recall.I offer my love … Continue reading
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Tagged Truth, Integrity, Stumble, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Presence, Days, Step, Word, Speak, Consistency, Humbled and Weak, The All, Love and Praise
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Hallelujah Confession
Hallelujah Confessionby Michael DoyleMaybe it’s true there’s nothing new.I hold to what is known to be true.The Hallelujah Chorus is on my breath.Once again, I’ve defiled unholy death.I stand with my arms held wide,Confusing my faith over my pride.The song … Continue reading
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Tagged Pride, God, Jesus, Worship, Conversation, Arms, Soul, Faith, Poetry and Poems, Surrender, True, Confusion, Breath, Invitation, Deceived, Wide, Nothing New, Hallelujah Confession, Unholy Death, Life's Control, Testinomy, Receieved
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Some Eyes Blaze
Some Eyes Blazeby Michael DoyleIn some passing instances,There is a reach of circumstances.We let it pass amusedThat it’s customary to feel abused.There’s a sense of brutalityAnd it prevades our family.We laugh at ourselves and cruelty,Uncertain how these things become banality.Some … Continue reading
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Tagged Abused, Amused, Banality, Blaze, Brutality, Circumstance, Conversation, Customary, Eyes, Family, Immensity, Instance, Intensity, Laugh, Less Capable, Poetry and Poems, Uncertain
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Jonah’s Whale of A Tale
Jonah’s Whale of A Taleby Michael DoyleJonah and the Whale tells the storyOf how even reluctance comes to glory.Jonah was a prophet that God spoke throughTo teach the Israelites what to do.Jonah’s life was an illustrationSpoken of for its simple … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Compression, Confrontation, Consequence, Escape, Faith, Glory, God, Hear, Heed, Humanity, Illustration, Israelites, Jesus, Jonah, Lesson One, Lessons, Poetry and Poem, Presence, Prophet, Reach, Reluctance, Sea, Storm, Tale, Teach, Toward, Truth, Vanity, Whale, Wisdom
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Spinning Wheel Spun
Spinning Wheel Spunby Michael DoyleWhen the wheel is spunAnd you look at what you’ve wonYou find the truth in what has been doneAt the end of it, you’re number one.The crowd gets overly loud, But you know that it’s allowed.You … Continue reading
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Tagged "The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted." - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799), Allowed, Done, Dream, Game, Hustle, Lights, Loaded Dice, Number One, Poetry and Poems, Rock-n-Roll Circus, Scene, Show, Spinning Wheel, Spun, Street, Sympathy, Symphony, The Crowd, Twice, Wheel, Won
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Celebrity Wife (Celebrity Life)
Celebrity Wife (Celebrity Life)by Michael DoyleHe says he loves her modesty,But he won’t allow her the dignityOf choosing how she’ll dress.Her makeup is smeared into a mess.Going out in public on her own,Sitting on the grass and not her throne,Allows … Continue reading
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Tagged Allowance, Celebration, Celebrity Life, Celebrity Wife, Conception, Dance, Deception, Dignity, Dress, Fragility, Goddess, Human Being, Imagination, Lights, Little Lies, Makeup, Modesty, Nights, Personal Taste, Poetry and Poems, Public, Rock Star, Speak, Spoken, Throne, Waste
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Love When the World Is Broken
Love When the World Is Brokenby Michael DoyleThere’s no need to wonderAbout how the world broke.That still voice inside meWhispered as it quietly spoke.Too often we chasedSeeking the way over the pedestalWith chemicals and technology as we pacedAnd we surrendered … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken, Chemicals, Dirty Bomb, Hase, Ideal, Love, Pedestal, Poetry and Poems, Still Voice, Surrender, Technology, The World, Whisper, Wonder, World
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