Tag Archives: Chains

For All the Dickens…

Posted on December 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

For All the Dickens…by Michael DoyleIt’s on all these places and pages of the pastThat we look back on the things that didn’t lastWhen we do it is a surety that we will findAll those chains that constantly come to … Continue reading →

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A Story’s End

Posted on November 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Story’s Endby Michael DoyleA story must be told through its endHowever little we think that we can defendAs the hero struggles to free himself from chainsWhile holding onto the dreams of the morning rainsIt’s hard to cut through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger and Fear, Attendant Lies, Blur, Chains, Charade, Cut, Defend, Dreams, End, Grow, Hero, Hidden Road, Humanity, Ignorance, Maturity, Morning Rains, Offense, Paid In Full, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Security, Story, Struggle, Think, Tired Eyes, Travel, Truth | Leave a comment

First Principles: In Questions of Power, Then, Let No More Be Heard of Confidence In Man, But Bind Him Down From Mischief By the Chains of the Constitution

Posted on November 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1798)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Bind, Chains, Confidence, Constitution, First Principles, Heard, Mischief, Power, Question, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment

In An Unfolding of Glory

Posted on August 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In An Unfolding of Gloryby Michael DoyleThe playwright was dragged from public displayOf his satire written to illustrate another wayThriving with an acrid taste of acrimonyThat was held up with ridicule as sanctimonyAs the Spanish Inquisition held the world in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acrimony, Chains, Dressed Up, Glory, Illustrate, Playwright, Poetry and Poems, Poets, Points of View, Prison, Public Display, Ridicule, Sanctimony, Satire, Spanish Inquisition, Stories, Thoughts, Trappings, True, Unfolding, Vain | Leave a comment

In the Names of God

Posted on July 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In the Names of Godby Michael DoyleGiving thanks for the past weekThinking back even as I begin to speakStudying the value of God’s holy namesAssured in differences that are yet the sameIn being our savior in every momentIn all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chains, Deity, Difference, Enumerate, Fortress, Good, I Am, Inane, Names of God, Options, Passing Hour, Poetry and Poems, Prism, Quality, Same, Savior, Seasons, Shades, Speak, Thanks, Theology, Understood, Vain, Value, Week | Leave a comment

Above the Earth, Heaven Reigns

Posted on May 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Above the Earth, Heaven Reignsby Michael DoyleAbove the earth, Heaven reignsNone of our efforts are in vainGod is with us in all our daysPresent for us always, in all waysWe would be nowhere without His lovePouring down from the Heavens … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Adoration, All Our Days, Chains, Dedicate, Devote, Earth, Efforts, Eternal Gratitude, Faithfulness, Father's Kingdom, Forget, Freedom, God, Grave, Heart, Heaven, His Love, Hour, Humility, In All Ways, Platitude, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Down, Power, Praise, Present, Regret, Reigns, Salvation, Save, Sin, Supplication, Thankfulness, Vain, Voices | Leave a comment

Leather Jacket Nerves

Posted on April 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Leather Jacket Nervesby Michael DoyleThere I was bleeding on the insideHidden behind the tall wallThat bears the scars of my prideA worn mask with a hidden callNot quite worn as a poker faceDrifting back in my perilous dazeWe would toughen … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amaze, Bleed, Bloody Fingers, Brace, Brutal Sin, Chains, Childhood, Dying Inside, Dzae, Heroes, Iron Men, Leather Jacket, Mask, Nerves, Nerves of Steel, Painted Black, Play, Poetry and Poems, Poker Face, Pride, Scars, Six String, Solo, Unforgiving, Vain, Wall | Leave a comment

Well Donne, Spirits In the Night

Posted on May 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Well Donne, Spirits In the Nightby Michael Doyle To Donne’s feigned scorn the murderer was deadOnly to reappear as an apparition inside his headAll the spiritualism to be had inside one’s bedFrom the nightmares and seances, and things said The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Answers, Apparition, Bed, Beg Questions, Black Cat, Bridge of Light, Cat's Meow, Chains, Connect, Dead, Died, Donne, Fantasy Faire, Feet, Floating Table, Floor, Ghostly, Groans, Haunted Houses, Head, Hope, Host, Human Beings, Ignore, Impression, Inivisible, Last, Lived and Died, Murderer, Neglect, Night, Nightmares, Passages, Past, Peek, Poetry and Poems, Puzzled, Quizzical, Respect, Seances, Seekers of Truth, Seen, Sorrows, Spirits, Spiritualism, Wandering Guests, Week, Wish | Leave a comment

Beneficial Benediction

Posted on February 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Beneficial Benedictionby Michael DoyleIt should really come as no surpriseThat when all anyone ever tells is liesTo tell the truth is a revolutionBut it’s beneficial in our evolutionDon’t fear the monsters in your headMake them afraid of you insteadLike figments … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Begun, Benediction, Beneficial, Break, Chains, Comfort, Dream, Evolution, Fear, Figments, Fool's Gold, Future, Glistens, Head, Hold Us Back, Journey, Lies, Listens, Machination, Mast, Monsters, Past, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Regain, Revolution, Rocks, Sail, Shadows, Ship, Sleep, Speaking Truth, Surprise, Tortured Imagination, Truth, Victory, Wall, Won | Leave a comment

In the Example of the Okapi

Posted on October 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

In the Example of the Okapiby Michael DoyleUnique in our awesomenessWe are known by our awkwardnessIt’s not to be living in arroganceBut to live God’s thumbprint in confidenceStewarding the space between our earsLiving to our best in all of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrogance, Aware, Awesomeness, Brokenness, Chains, Confidence, Contemplation, Doubt, Ears, Edge, Ego, Example, God, God's Thumbprint, Good, Habit, Heaven, Insecurity, Life, Living, Love of Self, Maturity, Okapi, Paths, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Positivity, Redemption, Sake, Searching Hearts, Shake, Space, Steward, Strife, Surety, Thumbprint, Years | Leave a comment