Tag Archives: Ask

Screaming the Dream

Posted on April 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Screaming the Dreamby Michael DoyleWho would have believed Were my eyes deceivedCould this really beWithin any possibilityScreaming the dreamWho would have believedThe nutritional value of ice creamFactually known, not deceivedNow isn’t this something niceA glycemic index less than brown riceMaybe … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: All I Ask of Myself Is To Live A Good Christian Life, and Toward that Objective, I Bend Every Effort

Posted on April 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“All I ask of myself is to live a good Christian life, and toward that objective I bend every effort in shaping my personal, domestic and professional activities and growth. I have watched constantly that in my work the highest … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: One Does Not Ask of One Who Suffers: What Is Your Country and What Is Your Religion? One Merely Says: You Suffer, That Is Enough For Me

Posted on December 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.” -Louis Pasteur, chemist and bacteriologist (27 Dec 1822-1895)

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In Great Expectation

Posted on December 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

In Great Expectationby Michael DoyleJoy is conceived in every seasonGod’s miracles rise without reasonGiving birth of great expectationWe must rejoice without exceptionMeant as an ask fully requestingWe want to know what we’re expectingThough at times it feels we’re driftingWe keep … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Compliment That Was Ever Paid Me Was When One Asked Me What I Thought, and Attended To My Answer

Posted on August 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.” – Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)

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Thought For the Day: Good Fiction Creates Empathy

Posted on April 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.” – Barbara Kingsolver, novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 8 Apr 1955)

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Hands Tell the Story

Posted on January 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Hands Tell the Storyby Michael DoyleSmooth and sultryThe jazz flautistSmooths out her linesSoothing like a silk mysteryThe jazz flautistBlows our mindsWhile somewhereIn that over thereA man watches a womanWishing he might persevereAnd didn’t know the fearLike only a man in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Ask, Sir, What Is the Militia? It Is the Whole People. To Disarm the People Is the Best and Most Effectual Way To Enslave Them.

Posted on January 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason, Speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788

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Thought For the Day: The Most Important Discoveries Will Provide Answers To Questions That We Do Not Yet Know How To Ask

Posted on December 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The most important discoveries will provide answers to questions that we do not yet know how to ask and will concern objects we have not yet imagined.” -John N. Bahcall, astrophysicist (30 Dec 1935-2005) John N. Bahcall is known for … Continue reading →

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New Beginning Off Of An Old Ending

Posted on December 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

There is a tradition at the Short Form Poetry Workshop to work a couple of new poems from the end of famous older poems. This is one of the two written last night: New Beginning Off of An Old Endingby … Continue reading →

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