Category Archives: Poetry and Poems

Due North

Posted on March 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Due Northby Michael DoyleIn these daysWhen everything has gone frothyIn a million waysWe need those around to be worthyThat’s who my friend had always beenThe one I knew was good for the winEver since back in high schoolI knew her … Continue reading →

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Set Free

Posted on March 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Set Freeby Michael DoyleLife has me trying to find myselfIt’s not like a book on the shelfBut it’s me who I learn how to readAs life comes at me as it makes me bleedTo live in faith brings graceIt’s known … Continue reading →

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It’s Sublime

Posted on March 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

It’s Sublimeby Michael DoyleDisappearing moments spentIn all of my hours lentI walk along the wooded trailsThinking about all of life’s talesI watch with quiet fascinationAs all of the glory of creationPraise His holy nameAs he lifts up, even the lameWalking … Continue reading →

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First Steps Into the Shatter Zone

Posted on March 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

First Steps Into the Shatter Zoneby Michael DoyleSometimes, I allow myself an inward journeyAs I seek to know what the past means to meToday, nestled in my roadside booth I find myself eating tacos as I seek out the truthWhat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cortez, Destruction, First Steps, God, Gold, History, Inward Journey, Legacy, Mexico, Poetry and Poems, Roadside Booth, Shatter Zone, Spain, Tacos, The Past, Travel, Truth, Two Paths of Madness, Writing | Leave a comment

If We Never Said Hello

Posted on March 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

If We Never Said Helloby Michael DoyleMeet me where the sun setsI’ve never loved as much as I will, yetMeet me where our road endsAnd be my lifetime friendTell me all your secretsLet’s live a love of no regretsIn a … Continue reading →

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The Great American Train Song

Posted on March 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Great American Train Songby Michael DoyleSometimes words come out stiltedLeaving heads hung and tiltedListening as the lonesome whistle blowsSuddenly, we’re all raggedy hobosAs we wonder to ourselves where time has goneWasn’t it just yesterday when trains rolled onSomewhere down … Continue reading →

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Always Faithful

Posted on March 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Always Faithfulby Michael DoyleWith a joyful soundI offer praise for what’s been foundLifting the name for sweet freedomGiven by the kingdomDeep in my spiritI know I can hear itIn all of my daysI was born to praiseHappy in the relationshipI’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always, Capable, Faithful, Found, Grateful, Heart It, Joyful Sound, Kingdom, Lord, Mountain Peak, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Relationship, Speak, Spirit, Sweet Freedom, Valley, Worship | Leave a comment

Troubles In the Real World

Posted on March 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Troubles In the Real Worldby Michael DoyleSometimes, the law gets in the wayThe way of what passes for justiceIt isn’t as it should beBut it is simply what it is Sometimes, life fills up our daysFills up our days in … Continue reading →

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Moving Forward

Posted on March 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Moving Forwardby Michael DoyleLiving the world’s way is often a lossIt is at best, a coin tossTo die and live again in our relationshipMoves beyond the wisdom of our worshipIt’s unshakeable in this accomplishmentOur lives are redeemed in their improvementWalking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accomplishment, Alive, Breath, Broken Tendencies, Christ's Power, Coin Toss, Consequence, Die, Dying To Sin, Fallen, Freedom, Glory, Goodness, Grace, Holiness, Improvement, Justification, Live Again, Loss, Moving Forward, Poetry and Poems, Providence, Redeem, Relationship, Reverence, Roads, Sanctification, Savior Calling, Sin, Sin's Slavery, Spiritual Genetics, Thrive, Unshakable, Wisdom, World's Way, Worship | Leave a comment

Geyser Dreams and Stone Footsteps

Posted on March 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Geyser Dreams and Stone Footstepsby Michael DoyleA chronicle’s story has been revealedAbout sacred ground that has been unveiledHayden’s expedition surveyed the majestyThat they happened on in Yellowstone ValleyThis stretch of land was meant for explorationIt became a crown jewel benefiting … Continue reading →

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