“If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the Inquisition might have let him alone.” -Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet (2 Jun 1840-1928)
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Thought For the Day: If Galileo Had Said In Verse That the World Moved, the Inquisition Might Have Let Him Alone
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Room Read
Room Read
by Michael Doyle
It's hard to make a room read
Especially when I'm the hero no one needs
But there's something to be said
For all the nonsense that we're fed
Nobody is that special anymore
I wonder if we ever were even before
No one needs the extraordinary ordinary
When we all wish for something legendary
Dreams of the future serve as reflection
Who knows what will bring connection
With all the heaviness of gravity
It's a moment like this that calls for levity
I'm rarely serious but I am now
In hoping that we all muddle through somehow
With the garbage in which we wade
We lay waste to the plans we've made
It's funny, the things bringing us together
All the differences that make us better
All checkpoints that can't be checked
Is it any wonder our universe isn't more wrecked?
(c) June 1, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Before, Better, Checkpoints, Connection, Dreams, Garbage, Gravity, Hero, Legendary, Levity, Mddle, Need, Nonsense, Ordinary, Plans, Poetry and Poems, Read, Reflection, Room, Said, Serious, Special, Together, Universe, Wrecked
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First Principles: Of All the Dispositions and Habits Which Lead To Political Prosperity, Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensible supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness — these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. … Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths…” – President George Washington (1796)
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Thought For the Day: Music Expresses That Which Cannot Be Said and On Which It Is Impossible To Be Silent
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” – Victor Hugo, From Hugo’s Work William Shakespeare (1864), Part 1, Book II, Chapter IV
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First Principles: I, However, Place Economy Among the First and Most Important Republican Virtues, and Public Debt As the Greatest of the Dangers To Be Feared
“I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.”– Thomas Jefferson
Thought For the Day: Speculation Is Perfectly All Right, But If You Stay There You’ve Only Founded A Superstition. If You Test It, You’ve Started A Science
“Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you’ve only founded a superstition. If you test it, you’ve started a science.” -Hal Clement, science fiction author (30 May 1922-2003)
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Face To Face
Face To Face
by Michael Doyle
Coming face to face
With my mortality
I'll be never be
Just another fatality
Let there be no doubting
That I'll go out shouting
Grabbing on as hard as I can
I live to be that kind of man
Gonna, gonna hit it!
You know that I'll
Never quit it!
If you think so
You'd better forget it
Cause
I'm gonna, gonna hit it
It is a serious fight
That much, you've got right
But I've seen the morning light
And I'm good for yet another fight
You might think I'm blind
But look again, I think you'll find
Don't talk to me of animus or history
Raising the Devil, is no great mystery
Gonna, gonna hit it!
You know that I'll
Never quit it!
If you think so
You'd better forget it
Cause
I'm gonna, gonna hit it!
Rocking hard and solid
I'm gonna blow my lid
With a tight shot, forget me not
Living the only clue I got
Twisted and turned
Bleeding out as I've learned
I reach for all that is within
Starting from the top again
Gonna, gonna hit!
You know I'll
Never quit it!
If you think so
You'd better forget it
Cause
I'm gonna, gonna hit it!
(c) May 30, 2022 Michael Doyle
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It sounds better with the guitar work behind it. But I don’t know how to get this properly recorded onto this format.
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First Principles: I Am Well Aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure That It Will Cost To Maintain This Declaration, and Support and Defend These States
“I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States.” – John Adams
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Thought For the Day: Greater Love Has No One Than This: To Lay Down One’s Life For One’s Friends
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:12-14
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In the Process of Confession
In the Process of Confession
by Michael Doyle
Keeping reality and the Bible in context
Is a paradigm that constantly corrects
To keep truest meaning in its place
Throughout our lives, it's a truth to embrace
God answers prayers in His time
To do otherwise would be a crime
Each answer must come when it is due
If the right answer is going to come to you
Even in exile, we must pray for the best
Believing in truth is the real, final test
God's promises are certain but not always immediate
Sometimes life plays out as we remediate
At times, darkness comes to bring light
We must keep faith in the Lord to make this right
It's the process of keeping the promise
Sometimes life comes at you and it is what it is
Failing to the bottom to yet rise again
These are the times we find Jesus is our friend
The helping hand to bring us to that rise
To come up and through to our pleasant surprise
The hurt we experience can help others
If for nothing else, as lessons, for one another
There is a pardon given in our forgiveness
If we will only wise up and live this
When we press on broken glass, we bleed
From every thought and feeling germinates the seeds
Bringing that everything that we truly need
We can cipher this truth in the good book that we read
Full circle in our mangled, messy process
Is the truth of our lives that we confess
The Father above gave the life of His Son
So that we might be forgiven and our damage done
Ending in prayer that is sorely needed
In hope that grace and redemption is heeded
There is a victory at the foot of the cross
That brings us hope and never our loss
(c) May 29, 2022 Michael Doyle
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