Tag Archives: Accident

In the Stillness of Night

Posted on December 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In the Stillness of Nightby Michael DoyleThings don’t always go as plannedSnows have stormed, and we’re undermanned.But the stars still twinkled on a silent night,And somehow, that makes everything alright.God knows how to play accidents out.All of time’s moments are … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accident, Appreciation, God, Human Being, Moments, Night, oubt, Panne, Poetry an Poems, Real Meaning, Silence, Silent Night, Snow, Star, Stillness, Storm, Time | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Fame Is A Vapor, Popularity An Accident, and Riches Take Wings. Only One Thing Endures, and That Is Character

Posted on December 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.” – Horace Greeley

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Accident, Character, Endure, Fame, Horace Greeley, Popularity, Riches, Thought For the Day, Vapor, Wngs | Leave a comment

Shift of Perspective

Posted on November 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Shift of Perspectiveby Michael DoyleMy joy is hard to keep hid,All that is, my savior did.Jesus walked among us, His Father’s son.The three-in-one is the one-and-done.Walking head-on in the name of humanity,We escape the chains of empty vanity.Lifting our faces … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accident, Bible, Christianity, Conscience, Faith, God, Humanity, Jesus, Joy, Poetry and Poems, Savior, Scince, Shift Perspective, Sorrow, Tomb, Tomorrow, Vanity | Leave a comment

The Accidents of Love

Posted on April 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Accidents of Loveby Michael DoyleLife is short and fleeting.It leads to accidental meetings,Some that can be meaningful in strideIf we do our best not to hideThe willingness to try To say hello or smile in reply.It turns out strangers … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accident, Accidental Meetings, Adventure, Born To Share, Care, Dance, Distant Miles, Find Our Way, Fleeting, Forget, Gift, Heaven Sent, Hide, Human Being, Journey, Life, Lived For Love, Living Day, Love, Meanintful, Meant, Measure, Met, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Romance, Say Hello, Secret, See, Seen, Smile, Smiles, Strangers, Stride, Together, Willingness | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If I Knew of Something That Could Serve My Nation But Would Ruin Another, I Would Not Propose It To My Prince, For I Am First A Man

Posted on January 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman … because I am necessarily a man, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Accident, Frenchman, Knew, Man, Montesquieu, Nation, Necessary, Prince, Propose, Ruin, Serve, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Pragmatic Inferences

Posted on May 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Pragmatic Inferencesby Michael DoylePragmatic inferencesHave all the meaningTo communicating As a human beingSystematic rulesTo all that we are sayingLaid outLike cards that we are playingGarden pathsOf quiet accidentShow a mapOf living inside this incidentWe fill out and inOur partial perceptionsBlind … Continue reading →

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In the Precedent of 2020

Posted on December 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the Precedent of 2020by Michael DoyleThere is something setQuietly there in the precedentAn unlikely principle we forgetThat we’d not be without accidentWho it is that we are todayI hope that’s not too flippant to sayThat despite our efforts to … Continue reading →

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Great Things Come Unexpected

Posted on November 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Great Things Come Unexpectedby Michael DoyleI have found in lifeThat it’s not to be neglectedTo say only that sometimesGreat things come unexpectedOpportunity sometimes fallsRight into our lapsAnd when that chance callsWith its rings or its rapsIt’s the only answer that … Continue reading →

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The Death Head of Night

Posted on November 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Death Head of Nightby Michael DoyleThere in the darkest of the 20th CenturyWere pages to learn from in our historySuch evil as was darker than the nightWhere our traditions still bring us lightNo matter what the king tells usTruth … Continue reading →

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A Federation Begins

Posted on March 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the formation of the American Constitution, the world’s political republican theory took a leap into reality despite some downsides. A Federation Begins by Michael Doyle The extending of institutionalized slavery Remains a bleak mark in American history Kicking the … Continue reading →

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