Tag Archives: Believe

Thought For the Day: Faith Is To Believe What You Do Not See. The Reward of Faith Is To See What You Believe

Posted on May 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Faith is to believe what you do not see. The reward of faith is to see what you believe.” – St. Augustine of Hippo

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Poetry Is Simple

Posted on May 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Poetry Is Simpleby Michael DoyleShe said writing poems is simple,Just write what you want to say.Then suddenly, it’s simple,Or so the natural-born poets say.They try to give the secret away,As if it were something of the everyday.Yet, what’s missing is … Continue reading →

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Father In A Modern World

Posted on April 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Father In A Modern Worldby Michael DoyleBeing a father who is generationally removedLeaves very little feeling that life has improved. The world is spinning, and it feels blurredWhen I think of the changes that have occurred.I watch my daughters rooting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aspiration, Believe, Blur, Broken Nations, Career, Change, Choice, Cradle, Daugvhters, Father, Feelling, Generationally Removed, Improved, Life, Modern World, Occur, Poetry and Poems, Relationship, Spin, Struggle, Voice, World | Leave a comment

From High To Low

Posted on April 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

From High To Lowby Michael DoyleToo many people believe in the nicheAnd from there won’t budge an inch.Truth? It pays to know about everythingBecause then, you can choose what to bringTo the party of life’s extremes.From this, you can learn … Continue reading →

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Stuck In Limbo

Posted on April 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Stuck In Limboby Michael DoyleI believe in miracles.Since you’ve arrivedSo much has happened And somehow, I’ve survivedThe time has pastBut we’re still dancingThey said we wouldn’t lastYet, we’re still romancingI’m stuck in limboBut I keep holding onI’m so afraidThat I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Arrived, Believe, Dance, Gone, Hand, Happen, Immense, Last, Life, Lightly, Limbo, Love, Miracles, Poetry and Poems, Romance, STuck, Survive, Tight, Time | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If We Don’t Believe In Free Expression For People We Despise, We Don’t Believe In It At All

Posted on April 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If we don’t believe in free expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Noam Chomsky

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My Living Prayer

Posted on April 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

My Living Prayerby Michael DoyleLooking on the mountainsDown to the seasLiving waters from the fountainsI live my life to pleaseThe God of generationsBringer of true venerationWe need you, here and nowBelieving in the somehowThat gets me day to dayAs I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Comunion, Connection, Day To Day, Fountain, Generation, God, God Is Always There, Grace, Here and Now, Jesus, Life, Live and Pray, Living Prayer, Living Waters, Mounatains, Peace, Place, Please, Poetry and Poems, Sacrifice, Sea, Somehow, Spiritual Reunion, Suffice, Thankful, True Choice, Veneration, Voice, Wonderful | Leave a comment

Set Free

Posted on March 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Set Freeby Michael DoyleLife has me trying to find myselfIt’s not like a book on the shelfBut it’s me who I learn how to readAs life comes at me as it makes me bleedTo live in faith brings graceIt’s known … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affection, Believe, Bible, Bleed, Children, Christianity, Confidence, Confront, Face-To-Face, Faith, Faithfulness, Find Myself, God, Grace, Holy Way, Jesus, King, Life, Nation, Place, Poetry and Poems, Read, Receive, Relation, Set Free, Worthy | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Believe A Leaf of Grass Is No Less Than the Journey-Work of the Stars

Posted on March 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” – Walt Whitman

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Truths Inside A Marsh

Posted on March 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Truths Inside A Marshby Michael DoyleThe watershed exists as a space of lightThat becomes evermore magical at nightAs water evaporates into the skyWe sit here watching as the egrets flyIn true swampy marsh, the herons nestThey fly there at night … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Brutality, Children, Courage, Crawdads, Cruelty, Doubt, Egret, Explore, Guilt Or Innocence, Heart, Herons, Hide, Hurting Things, Incredible, Invincible, Jury, Learn, Life and Death, Listen, Live Without Love, Magical, Marsh, Mystery, Night, Poetry and Poems, Private Hells, Rumor, Seen, Shells, Sky, Space of Light, Town Folk, Treated, Trouble, Truths, Watershed | Leave a comment