Category Archives: Poetry and Poems

Hard To Fix

Hard To Fixby Michael DoyleHitchhiking without a direction knownIt’s not on the map and is seldom shownLooking for God and if He’s in chargeIt’s as close as I come to living largeSome things are like bags of tricksImpossible to handle … Continue reading

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Wrist Cutter Blues

Wrist Cutter Bluesby Michael DoyleShe was born hard to impressHe was maybe overly dressedFor a boy deep in his thoughtsBut she could never be boughtThey were standing in the deep endSomehow waiting for a friendNeither of them was from anywhereThat … Continue reading

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Cowboys and Mustangs

Cowboys and Mustangsby Michael DoyleThe Conquistadors brought horses to these landsBack 500 years ago, as best as I understandNow, thousands are allowed to wander freeCausing irreversible damage to the rangeland countryThe conflict arises over the carrying capacity50,000 horses await adoption … Continue reading

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She Learns To Survive

She Learns To Surviveby Michael DoyleTo her, I’m her fatherAs I watch my daughterWalking alone in the nightShe’s always been my lightBut it wasn’t always this wayShe’s haunted by the dayThese moments hidden insideBehind her fragile prideHe took her innocenceI’ve … Continue reading

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That I Might Be of Service

That I Might Be of Serviceby Michael DoyleJesus is the holy and sacred nameOf the one who took away my shamePowerful enough to break every chainRefreshing my life like the pouring rainEvery day begins on my kneesTalking to God who … Continue reading

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History Dignifies the Presidents

History Dignifies the Presidentsby Michael DoyleOn this Presidents Day, a few comments are deservedAs we look back on nation as it is preservedTrue to the faith of our republic’s sovereignty Is the struggle to keep our nation’s dignityOur story is … Continue reading

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The Struggle To Get It Right

The Struggle To Get It Rightby Michael DoyleGetting right with God in every wayIs an explanation made every dayTo see what we believe and understandAnd what it means to study what God commandsThe soundest study is done creativelyAs we openly … Continue reading

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Slipstream of History

Slipstream of Historyby Michael DoyleSeven cycles in a stream of errorsThe collaboration of history might be seenIn terms of a series of erasAs these are experienced by human beingsIt feels like a long time in the comingAs we waited in … Continue reading

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It’s There In A Song Somewhere

It’s There In A Song Somewhereby Michael DoyleYou can find it in the record-spinning roundThere in the melody is where it is foundListen carefully to the words of the songYou’ll find the truth of our love where it belongsWhere this … Continue reading

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No Victim of My Circumstances

No Victim of My Circumstancesby Michael DoyleOn the mountains, in the sun raysIt’s your name that I praiseIn the green valley far belowIt is all your creation, and I knowSharing what I know of your graceThese are you living ways … Continue reading

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