Category Archives: Poetry and Poems

Leap of Faith

Posted on March 7, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Leap of Faithby Michael DoyleAt times, you feel trapped,And more than just a little scared.The Lord has tenderly wrappedHis arms around you and cared.There have been times you’ve paid the cost,Waking in the middle of the night, feeling lost.If you … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affirmation, Care, Compassion, Cost, Faith, Hope, Leap, Listen, Lost, Middle of the Niight, Paid, Poetry and Poems, Presure, Satsfction, Scared, Second Chances, Tapped, Tell, The Lord, Wrapped | Leave a comment

Oracle Reliance

Posted on March 6, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Oracle Relianceby Michael DoyleWhen forever is overLet’s not fade into zero.Crippled, like a soul bent over,Tomorrow is looking for its hero.Setting heaven on fire,We cut and run, prospecting for sorrow.There’s an interference known as desire.I hope it gets us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Conclusion, Desire, Fade, Forever, Future, Heaven On Fire, Nurture, Oracle, Poetry and Poems, Prrojection, Rejectoin, Reliance, Sorrow, Soul, The Oracle, Tomorrow, Zero | Leave a comment

Let God’s Love Flow

Posted on March 5, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Let God’s Love Flowby Michael DoyleLook at what the Lord has done.He’s gone and set me free.By the power of the Father and the Son.Their truth brings our liberty.Here through my famished dignity,I experience my damaged humanity.Serious business finished on … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Blessed Echo, Blessing, Creation, Cross, Dignity, Experience, Fascination, Flow, Free, God's Love, Holy, Holy Story, Humanity, Impression, Kingdom and the Glory, Liberty, Poetry and Poems, Power, Receive, Sacrifice, Shadow, Stars, Step Out, The Father, The Lord, The Son, Truth, Wretch | Leave a comment

A Life’s Quest For Wisdom

Posted on March 4, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

A Life’s Quest For Wisdomby Michael DoyleThe quest for wisdom is one for which we yearn,There is so much of life that even as we learn,We cannot help but see for ourselves as we analyze,There is so much more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Analyze, Decision, Eyes, Faith, Lear, Life, Life's Quest, Love, Newborn Sun, Passing Hours, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Roads, Seldom Traveled, Shatter, Spirrit, Strength, Truth to Power, Wisdom, Yesterdy | Leave a comment

Too Many Voices

Posted on March 3, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Too Many Voicesby Michael DoyleThe mourning after is brought by its happy day.Maybe it amounts to the memory kept, and by the way.How do I keep you today, hoping for our tomorrow,Without my smile, sometimes slipping into sorrow.If I should … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged ADHD, Believe, Best Lies, Choices, Clouds, Dismiss, Ears, Eyes, Faith, Gathered Pieces, God, Happy Day, Heart, Hope, Jesus, Justiice, Love, Majesty, Memory, mental-health, Mourning, Much Ado, Orphan Moon, Passing Through, Poetry and Poems, Promse, Ran, Rock Paper Scissors, Smile, Sorrow, Soul, Spoken Dreams, Time, Today, Tomorrow, Too Many, Tragedy, True, Voices, Void, Way, Whole, Witness, Writing, Years | Leave a comment

Quiver

Posted on March 2, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Quiverby Michael DoyleI reach for words from a quiver of choices,Drowning in a wave of three kinds of voices.This, then, is what makes up the poet’s armoryAnd the choices made make for dissonance or harmony.I find myself talking to me … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Armory, Attempt, Audience, Bout, Busy, Capable, Choiices, Creativity, Defiance, Dissonance, Drama, Fake, Harmony, Ingenuity, Inner Path, Life, Love, Neglect, Noble, Notable, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Quiver, Rafael, Respect, Rummage, Sonnet, Star-Crossed Lovers, T.S. Elliot, Talk, The Brownings, Truth, Verse, Voices, Waltz, Whisper, Word, Words, Writing | Leave a comment

Joseph: Into the Lord’s Presence

Posted on March 1, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Joseph: Into the Lord’s Presenceby Michael DoyleGod reveals His wonders in wonders spoken.We who believe do our best though we’re broken.We walk our best in this mystical game.We do our best to play our part in the fame.Faithfulness walks among … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Beliief, Bible, Broken, Christianity, Courage, Crowd of Witnesses, Difficulties and Challeges, Dream, Dysfunctional Family, Egypt, Endurance, Extraordinary, Faith, Faithfulness, Focus, Glory, God, History, Holy, ibling Rivalry, Iimage, Integriry, Jealousy, Jesus, Joseph, Joy, Lord, One of These ays, Ordinary, Poetry and Poems, pper Story, Precpectve, Presence, Reliace, Resentment, Righteouus, Run, Satan's Sin, Slavery, The Lord, Wonders | Leave a comment

Contemplation of War

Posted on February 28, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Contemplation of Warby Michael DoyleThere are times to pause and wait,When a poet breathes and contemplates.What are the pieces and how each connects,And what, pray tell, will come next?It is easy enough to flex and show raw power.But after initiation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Connection, Contemplatonn, Control, Decision, Endless Threat, Evolution, Flex, Forget, Gravty, Iran, Israel, Naton, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Raw Power, Reverence, United States, War | Leave a comment

Bonhoeffer, Part 7

Posted on February 27, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Bonhoeffer, Part 7by Michael DoyleTime stands still with its lit fuse,We wonder why life makes us choose.We do our best to stop the evil in men,To give or take life feels a lesser sin.What would one give to save one’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Better, Bible, Choose, Christ's Blood, Christianity, Communio, Cordial Driink, Destiny, Die, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Doom, Evil, Face of Evil, Fail, Faith, Faithfully, Fuse, Gallow, Genocide, God, God's Love, Hate, Hello, Holy, Humanity, Jesus, Journey, Last Chance, Life, Live, Love of God, M, Mankind, Memory, Miracle, Mourn, Nation, News, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Purity, Purpose, Racism, Reality, Reputaton, Rescuue, Room, Salvatiion, Service, Shadow, Silence, Sin, The Gift, Time, Together, Unbroken, Vain Whispers, Will of God, Words of Love | Leave a comment

Bonhoeffer, Part 6

Posted on February 26, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Bonhoeffer, Part 6by Michael DoyleSometimes the pieces come together,And the time to act is now to make it better.In the face of atrocity and naked despair,It takes action, not prayer, if you truly care.Christ bids believers to come and follow,To … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acttion, Atrocity, Believerrs, Better, Burn, Care, Christ, Die To Self, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Euroope, Faith, Follow, History, Humanty, Jews, Learng, Naked Despar, Pieces, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Shadow, The Devil, Tim to Act, Together, World War II | Leave a comment