Category Archives: Poetry and Poems

New Paths Shown

Posted on April 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

New Paths Shownby Michael DoyleWorking hard for changes that we needThe kernels of thought plant the seedArtificial interface brings us to zeroEngineers solving for real play the heroesBe it carbon free concrete or green steelThe same names bring a renewed … Continue reading →

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On the Third Day

Posted on April 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

On the Third Dayby Michael DoyleThe Holy Spirit brings us powerBut we bring tenderness to this hourEaster then is the pinnacle of gloryAs we tell the tale of the resurrection storyGod is the business of setting things rightHe paid for … Continue reading →

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Seder For This Human’s Grace

Posted on April 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Seder For This Human’s Graceby Michael DoyleIn fulfillment of the command that God GaveWe honor the Lamb who came with intent to saveIn humble response to our redemption from sinOn this 15th day of Spring’s coming once againOn this altar … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 15th Day of Spring, Altar of Courage, Answers, Ascend, Atonement, Blind, Body, Bondage, Bridge of Sighs, Celebration, Christ, Deliverance, Different, Dignity, Divine, Doubt, Embrace, Evil Tyrant, Fifteen Steps, Four Questions, Free, Freedom, Fulfillment, Gather, God's Chosen People, Grace, Honor God, Honors, Human, Human Declaration of Rights, Humanity, Hunger, Jerusalem, Justice, Kuddush Blessing, Lamb, Last Supper, Laws, Left Behind, Lives, Lives Up, Loving One Another, Mankind, Messiah, Mind, Next Year, Night, Not In Vain, Obedience, Paschal Sacrifice, Passover, Poetry and Poems, Protection, Recall, Redemption, Remembrance, Response, Right, Righteous Expression, Room, Sacred Memory, Sacrifice, Sanctification, Save Us All, Seder, Selfish Intention, Sin, Slavery, Soul, Tasked, Ukraine, Wail, Wall, Wash, Why, Wine | Leave a comment

Nihilistic Stumble Grumble

Posted on April 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Nihilistic Stumble Grumbleby Michael DoyleLife in all its historiesIs filled with a million mysteriesThings that might have gone betterWritten and unwritten, letter by letterWe find ourselves filling up the holesTrying to bring comfort to our soulsStepping in an avalanche pulling … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Avalanche, Best, Better, Comfort, Conquer, Detail, Dull Surprises, Frowns, God, Heartbreaks, History, Holes, Inner Demons, Letter, Life, Lost, Mistakes, Mortal Man, Mystery, Nihilistic, Pain, Passing the Test, Peace, Puzzle, Rear View, Reveal, Secret Plan, Smiles, Souls, Stumble Grumble, Thrill By Thrill, Troubled, Veneration, Will, Wish the Best, World | Leave a comment

In the Depth of God’s Love

Posted on April 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

In the Depth of God’s Love(Thoughts on Good Friday 2022)by Michael DoyleIn the depth of God’s loveWe’re wondered after life’s disastersAs we raise our prayers aboveAnd think on the outcome of forever afterTrue love is held in meditationIts meaning causes … Continue reading →

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Blown Smoke

Posted on April 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Blown Smokeby Michael DoyleBlown smoke seen through a windowThe feel of doubt, imprinted on her shadowThe detective watches the young widowLooking for clues, he might recognize and knowHe thinks back on days of reverieThat are no longer more than memoryShivering … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arms, Blown Smoke, Borrow, Burn, Children, Clues, Contrite, Dark, Days, Detective, Empty, Feel of Doubt, Forgot, Keep Out, Know, Life, Love, Memory, Misery, Night, Not Divine, Numbers, Paganini, Poetry and Poems, Present, Recognize, Revenge, Reverie, Rocks, Rude, Run, Secret Moods, Shadow, Ship of Fools, Shiver, Sign, Silver Strings, Sorrow, Souls, Stargazer, System, Tomorrow, Troubles, Widow, Window, Wise, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Take the Dice and Roll

Posted on April 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Take the Dice and Rollby Michael DoyleEvery choice that we makeCould be the wrong oneMake it anyhow!The best shot we takeCould miss the targetTake it anyhow!Wrong or rightIf you couldn’t live with youIf you didn’t do as you mightDo what … Continue reading →

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From Hosanna to Crucifixion

Posted on April 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

From Hosanna to Crucifixion (Palm Sunday 2022)by Michael DoyleIPassages in sermons find seed in our lifeSpeaking to us to create peace and take our strifeStilled hearts help us reach the truth to seePraying that we might commit to this way … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accord, Accountability, Afraid, Alienation, Anticipation, Beliefs, Bethlehem's Star, Betrayal, Blindman, Blood of Jesus, Book of Mark, Branches of Palm, Clemency, Collide, Come As You Are, Command, Commit, Conviction, Create Peace, Creation, Crucifixion, Death, Depiction, Destiny, Discipleship, Dying on the Cross, Easter, Expectation, Faith of a Believer, Family, Favor, Followers of Christ, Forgiven, Found, Friday, Full Blessings, Giving One's All, Glory, God's Love, Grace, Greet, Ground, Healing, Holy Week, Homily, Hosanna, Humble Dignity, Imputation, Incident of Circumstance, Indwell, Infliction, Jersusalem, Jesus's Suffering, Jewish Nation, Justice, Left to Chance, Lens of Heaven, Lesson, Lessons, Life, Light, Lord, Lordship, Love, Mansion, Merssiah, Messes Made of Life, Meticulous Witness, Motivaated, Observation, Paid for In Full, Pain, Palm Sunday 2022, Pass Us By, Passages, Passover, Path, Patient Smile, Pharisees, Plans, Poetry and Poems, Prasie, Pray, Preach, Prediction, Professions, Profound, Puzzled, Ransom, Recall, Reception, Redemption, Repentance, Respect, Resurrection, Reveal, Revelation, Right, Royalty, Rules, Sacrifice, Sanctified, Sermons, Shake, Sins, Sovereignty, Stilled Hearts, Story, Sunday, Take Our Strife, The Bible, Theology, Told, Triumphant Entry, Truth, Undersood, Undeserved Mercy, Unfold, Unknowing, Way of Mercy, Whole | Leave a comment

Social Media Blues

Posted on April 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Social Media Bluesby Michael DoyleIt’s really kind of funnyAbout this social media sceneIt really kind of bugs meHow all these geniuses want to vent their spleenWeren’t these guys the same onesWho sat in back, claiming they were street smartAdmiring oil … Continue reading →

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While They Break Our Hearts

Posted on April 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

While They Break Our Heartsby Michael DoyleLife is full of imprecisionsToo many mistakesAnd too many bad decisionsRomances gone wrongNever knowing where one belongsJust another round of heartbreak songsStaying up late to catch a breakSome things can’t be fakeWhile they break … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Another Kiss, Bad Decisions, Belong, Best Swing, Break Our Hearts, Burn, Burn Slow, California Sands, Catch A Break, Certain, Dance, Dream, Dreams, Every Night, Eyes Sparkle, Fake, False Start, Find Ourselves, Fire Pit Embers, Forgot, Full Moon Fever, Gone Wrong, Guitar, Hands, Heartbreak Songs, Holding You Tight, Huntington Beach Girl, Imprecisions, Keep You, Know, Life, Lose Ourselves, Love At First Sight, Magic, Miss, Mistakes, Never Let You Go, Night, Pardon, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Pretty Ballerina, Rarely Right, Romances, Sands, Senorita, Sight, Slipped Through Our Hands, Slow, Staying Up Late, Sure As We Are, Sure Chance, Times, True, Walk, Watch | Leave a comment