Tag Archives: Beasts

Dire Consequences

Posted on April 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Dire Consequencesby Michael DoyleBack breeding and use of DNA sequenceWithout thinking of possible consequencesSeems so easily at our potential expenseThat I struggle to make it make any senseYes, what we have lost was wonderfulAlmost all of it has been something … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Are Apt To Shut Our Eyes Against A Painful Truth – and Listen To the Song of That Syren, Till She Transforms Us Into Beasts

Posted on March 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Apt, Beasts, Ears, Eyes, First Principles, Painful Truth, Patrick Henry, Shut, Siren, Struggle for Liberty, Temporal Salvation, Wise Men | Leave a comment

First Principles: We Are Apt To Shut Our Eyes Against A Painful Truth – and Listen To the Song of That Siren, Til She Transforms Us Into Beasts

Posted on July 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts.” – Patrick Henry (1775)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Beasts, Eyes, First Principles, Listen, Painful Truth, Patrick Henry, Shut, Siren, Song, Transform, We | Leave a comment

Beasts of No Nation

Posted on May 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Random thoughts on children confronting war form the basis of this poem. Beasts of No Nation by Michael Doyle In a parliament of owls It’s easy to believe And to keep busy Certain only of the war Dancing now while … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beasts, Believe, Busy, Can, Certain, Children, Coin, Dancing, Draw Out, Find, Hope, Imagination, Junk, Know, Learn, Life, More, Nation, Old Men, Owls, Parliment, Photograph, Picture Show, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Price, Questions, Random, Rescue, Smile, Spent, Teach, Television, Treasure, Unanswered, War, Way, Wish, Young | Leave a comment

Wild Romania

Posted on April 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It’s the second day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! The prompt today is: “to write a poem about a specific place — a particular house or store or school or office. Try to incorporate concrete details, like street names, distances (“three … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancient Forest, Autumn, Awake, Backbone, Beams, Beasts, Beauty, Bounty, Breath, Brown Bear, Carpathian Mountains, City, Conifer, Crisp, Cruel, Day, Deep Sleep, Drift, Eat, Embrace, Europe, Explore, Flow, Forage, Forest, Freeze, Frozen, Giants, Ice, Light, Mistress, Mountain, Myth, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020, Nature, Nibble, Photograph, Place, Play, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Rest, Rivers, Romania, Season, Shake, Skies, Slip, Snow, Spring, Story, Straggler, Struggle, Summer, Sunlight, Sunrise, Time, Wild, Wild Boar, Wilderness, Winding, Winter, Wolves, Wonder | Leave a comment

Set’s Blinding of Horus

Posted on March 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Egypt has some fascinating legends from long ago. Some get slightly retold as time goes on. Set’s Blinding of Horus by Michael Doyle Few know the whole of the story A tale needed in all of its glory In a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attempt, Bad Reputation, Beasts, Black, Blind, Bow, Cause, Chase, Coronation, Creation, Darkness, Desert, Destiny, Detail, Doubt, Egypt, Family, Fate, Fight, Foolish, Glory, Gods, Gratitude, Heart, History, Horus, Immsrse, Isolation, Just, Keep, King, Know, Legacy, Legend, Less, Love, Man, Manifest, Mankind, Nation, Negation, Night, Nile, Nimble, Noble, Osiris, Own, Papyrus, Paradise, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Promise, Raise, Righteous, Rule, Rumor, Salvation, Self-Glory, Set, Shake, Sing, Sky, Slay, Song, Story, Strife, Struggle, Surrender, Tale, Tender, Test, Throne, Time, Toast, Token, Transformation, Tremble, Unholy, Vain, Wealth, Weep, Weight, Willow, World, Worship, Wrought | Leave a comment

First Principles: Humanity Naturally Indulges False Hope While Shutting Our Eyes to Painful Truth

Posted on February 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.” – Patrick Henry, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Beasts, Eyes, First Principles, Illusions, Indulge, Man, Natural, Pain, Patrick Henry, Shut, Siren, Song, Transform, Truth | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – Curtain

Posted on August 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Drawn deep from the pits of hell Is the watcher behind the half veil Blown in the night air like a curtain Never knowing his prey for certain Older than house he haunts More wicked than those he taunts The … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Afraid, Beasts, Children, Curtain, Daily Prompt, Drawn, Haunt, Hell, Horror, House, Imagination, Light Switch, Night, Prey, Taunt, Torment, Veil, Watcher, Wicked | Leave a comment