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Thought For the Day: The Only Sure Way To Avoid Making Mistakes Is To Have No New Ideas
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First Principles: One Useless Man Is A Shame, Two Is A Law Firm, and Three Is A Congress
“One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.” – John Adams
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It’s A Wonderful Wonder
It's A Wonderful Wonder
by Michael Doyle
The works at God's hands
Are a wonder to understand.
I worship all that the Lord has made,
And my love for this will never fade.
It's a wonderful wonder
Filled with love and grace.
There is no unforgiven blunder,
Just an undying love that I embrace.
My God makes my journey's way
Through each and every day.
He has erased the sin of my past,
And replaced it with miracles to last.
I walk in wonder and I worship,
The Lord and this undying relationship.
Where He corrects my every wrong,
And I praise Him with my song.
It's through His will that I transform,
And to the ways of Jesus, I do conform.
Though the storms may rage and toss,
I am redeemed by His sacrifice at the cross.
In this world, I try to do a little good,
Though I may miss the mark, as it's understood.
Through loving ways of the Trinity
God's ways are revealed as no longer a mystery.
(c) October 29, 2025 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: I Never Considered A Difference of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Everyone Discusses My Art and Pretends To Understand, As If It Were Necessary To Understand, When It is Simply Necessary To Love
“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” – Claude Monet
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Promises Made
Promises Made
by Michael Doyle
I remember the fateful day
That I finally decided
To embrace your heavenly ways
As God, you confronted me, and provided
The answers to all of my doubt.
I dove under the murky water,
But you eased my way out.
I give my promise to you, my Father.
They say I nearly died.
I say you had e in your hand.
I breathed my las, and you sighed,
Bringing me back to understand.
Every moment spent is a moment
That could have been too late.
I lived through the anguish and torment,
And your answer was for me to wait.
Every wrong move, you saw me through.
Your time is changing the night for me.
Yet, you'll always see me through.
Bringing me to the Holy and sublime.
(c) October 28, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: All Men By Nature Are Equal In That Equal Right That Every Man Hath To His Natural Freedom, Without Being Subjected To the Will or Authority of Any Other Man
“All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.” – John Locke
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First Principles: A Patriot Without Religion In My Estimation Is As Great A Paradox As An Honest Man Without the Fear of God
“A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?” – AbigailAdams
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New Orleans Home Rules
New Orleans Home Rules
by Michael Doyle
"Whites Only", read the ugliest sign.
It was as if, by some sort of design
The conspiracists were inclined to provoke,
The arrogant mulatto who so often spoke.
Little did they know the shadow empire
In which the Devil befriends the vampire.
The Alderman fired two shots in confidence,
Aimed as it were at a rogue accused of arrogance.
Little did he know it would kill a vampire,
And at that bleak moment, he could not conspire.
Finding a way to remove himself of any doubt,
It was instead a quiet gasp that he let out.
Hung up as a lesson to provide its warning.
The Alderman was found drained that morning.
It seems there were enough lessons to learn,
But the ways of the vampire are plain to discern.
Tossed into circumstance and gone for the throat,
Hand the people a story and see if it will float.
With great aplomb, the vampire's will has been done,
But he can never see the pleasure of the morning sun.
Still, darkness walked has its own sort of measure,
And the secret taste of blood has its own pleasure.
The killing done will be finished in its own season,
As long as the bite taken was taken for his reason.
Seen as it is with blood-strained contemplation,
The vampire does what he can to find his sweet redemption.
It's clear that all innocence is dead and completely gone,
But perhaps there is a way to walk the road he's on.
Like a child, he has learn to live through sacrifice
Demanding only so much blood as found to barely suffice.
Captive as he is as a desolate child of the darkest night,
A black angel cries tears of mercy as he hopes for the light.
The blood of life once shared gives strength to the weak,
Giving passion unfelt before and confidence to the meek.
The thoughts of vampires made are silent to the creator,
Family secrets linger in the heart as he creates her.
(c) October 27, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Tagged "Whites Only", Alderman, Confidece, Desing, Devil, Fantasy, Home Rules, Horror, Mulatto, New Orleans, Poetry and Poems, Provoke, Shadow Emire, Sign, Vampire, vampires
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Thought For the Day: Between Thought and Expression Lies A Lifetime
“Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.” – Lou Reed
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 