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Tag Archives: Alive
A Void of Emptiness
A Void of Emptinessby Michael DoyleApproaching the study of the edges of space Has only begun as technology sets the paceFor the time, it must be studied in deferenceAs it is a humbling, character-building experienceThe stars we watch are like … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alive, Alone, Anguish, Approach, Bell Jars, Better Angels, Beyond, Bleak, Bond, Breathing, Burn, Character Building, Choose, Compelling, Conversations, Crash, Cruelty, Decontamination, Deference, Distant Stars, Ebb and Flow, Edge, Emptiness, Envy, Essence, Experience, Fail, Fear, Flow, Forest, Happiness, Heads, Hear, Heirs Apparent, Human Heart, Humbling, Hurt, Imagination, Intrude, Jealousy, Know, Learn, Loneliness, Love One Another, Made of Stone, Making Friends, Moments, Mortals, Moving Sea, Muddy Waters, Need, One Another, Others, Ourselves, Ovens, Overwhelming, Pangs, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Shore, So Much Love, Soul Revealing, Space, Stars, Strive, Study, Suffering, Sum, Swear, Taking Form, Technology, Transparent, Trees, Vanity, Voice, Void, Voyage, Watch, Watch Back, Waves, Wear, Wore, Worn
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Thought For the Day: Perhaps the Earth Can Teach Us, As When Everything Seems Dead and Later Proves To Be Alive
“Perhaps the earth can teach us, as when everything seems dead and later proves to be alive.” – Pablo Neruda
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Alive, Dead, Eath, Everything, Later, Pablo Neruda, Prove, Thought For the Day, Us
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The Devils We Wish We Didn’t Know
The Devils We Wish We Didn’t Knowby Michael DoyleThe NCAAWas, and is, the DevilWe knew enough to knowA scam for payNever on the levelIt was for extra coinsNot for any college bowlGraveyard memoriesDedicated to familiesThat gave their allIn the name … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alive, Broken Bones, Brothers, Champions, Character, Coin, College Bowl, Concussions, Cried, Dead, Dedicated, Devil, Died, Dies, Explanation, Fame, Family, Fifty Yard Line, Football, Fortune, Game, Graveyard, Head, Human Being, Jive, Know, Lies, Loan, Organization, Pay, Played, Poetry and Poems, Rode, Sake, Scam, Spirits, Tears, The NCAA, Ton of Bricks, Tragic, True, Unseen, Wish, Worth, Wounded Voice
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First Principles: Labor To Keep Alive In Your Breast That Little Spark of Celestial Fire Called Conscience
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.” – George Washington (1748)
Traverse City Blues
Traverse City Bluesby Michael DoyleIt comes about every now and thenWhen a soul feels lost and needs some zenThen is the time to hit the roadAnd ease the tension looking to explodeThe thing is that seven hoursSnaking through construction soursEven … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alive, Attitude, Beach, Blues, Choose, Construction, Dues, Dunes, Explode, Fun, Hit the Road, Homesick Sufer, Hues, Latitude, Light Pollution, Lighthouses, Magic, Mile, Mind, Muse, Peninsula, Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive, Poetry and Poems, Quiet Time, Reach, Runes, Sand, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Smile, Soul, Stars, Suntan, Tension, Third Coast, Traverse City, Tunnel of Trees, Vacation, Whisper, Zen
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Wonderous Sea’s Night Dive
Wonderous Sea’s Night Diveby Michael DoyleAt the end of the day comes the night diveTo find that at the bottom, it’s the tinyThat somehow manages to keep us all aliveThe millions of phytoplankton are lights, however tinyEvery other breath that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Basket Stars, Bends, Bottom, Breath, Carbon Dioxide, Chance Encounter, Chancy Balance, Colors, Comb Jellies, Constellations, Darkness, Decompress, Delicate, Depths, Down Side Up, Embrace, Enigmatic, Fly, Gift of Life, Health, Impression, Inner Space, Law, Ledge, Lessons, Millions of Species, Moon, Moonlight, Nature's Balance, Night, Night Dive, Ocean's Edge, Ocean's Floor, Oxygen, Phytoplankton, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Reefs, Sea Shore, Sea Turtles, Shine, Teach, Tiny, Tug-A-War, Vibrant, Zooplankton
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A Truth Told
A Truth Toldby Michael Doyle Trapped within lies within liesA truth illuminates under artificial skiesAnd the pain makes for the better manIt’s a script a believer can understand Meant, as it is, to make us believeThough written so carefully as … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Anguish, Answer, Artificial Skies, Beginning, Believe, Better Man, Breaking My Heart, Broken Life, Cancer, Clever, Complexity, Construct, Construction, Deceive, Dexterity, Eggs, Faith, Fools, Forgiving, Found, Frames Per Second, Game, Illusory, Imporbable, Lies, Living, Mass Destruction, Meant, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Real, Reflection, Reveals, Revolt, Rules, Script, Self-Destruct, Start, Trapped, Truth, Truth Told, Understand, Vault, Win
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Life Out of Balance
Life Out of Balanceby Michael DoyleThe specter of death springs forth with its talonsAs we seek to live lives far too far out balanceCertain as we can be with any semblance of certitudeThat we are striving to have just the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Bended Knee, Bluff, Certitude, Contrary, Death, Familiar, Hands, Life, Living Years, Love of God, Necessary, Need, Out of Balance, Poetry and Poems, Rearrange, Recharge, Right Attitude, Rush, Seed, Talons, Tears, Thrive, Zenith
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