Tag Archives: Child

Sometimes Anyway

Posted on August 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes Anywayby Michael DoyleGood food like gumbo is hard to replaceIt opens people up and puts a smile in placeWhile a child makes a wish on the evening starA wished upon wish just might take her farBut even the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anyway, Ball, Bottom, Child, Count, Crown, Dedication, Dreams, Evening Star, Eyes, Fairy Tale, Far, Faraway, Gambler, Gumbo, Hard Work, Inspiration, Love, Mardis Gras, Mississippi, Money, New Orleans, Pancakes, People, Poetry and Poems, Replace, River City, Smile, Sometimes, Surprise, True, Waltz, Wish | Leave a comment

Between the Uncomfortable Truths

Posted on July 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Between the Uncomfortable Truthsby Michael DoyleIn the uncomfortable truths there were connectionsNothing compared to her open, honest reflectionsOn those things often very difficult to sayShe never paid much mind to bringing controversy to the dayPerhaps it is that she truly … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ahead of Her Time, Another Day, Approximation, Artistry, Attempt, Bardo, Bardo of Experienced True Reality, Between, Between Death and Rebirth, Bi-Polar Disorder, Bled, Bound, Brought Down Slow, Caged, Candle, Child, Circumspection, Clear Light, Come, Compassion and Wisdom, Concealed, Connection, Controversy, Conversations, Corridor, Cosmic Liberation, Cross, Culpable, Death, Death Closes In, Defiled, Deities, Devastation, Different Orders, Difficult To Say, Dimensions, Drawn Back, Duality, Earth, Edges, Entirely Undone, Express, Extinction of Illussion, Fateful Day, Fearlessness, Fine Romance, Fleeting Mometns, Forgot, God's Kingdom, Guide, Honest, Honesty, Increments, Karmic Hazard, Last Breath, Liberation, Life, Lived Undead, Lose, Losses, Love Transcended, Maya's Veils, Morality, Multiple Forms, Mystical Union, Nothing Compared, One's Breath, Open, Paid, Parent, Peace, Peaceful, Place of Healing, Poetry and Poems, Post-Conventional, Prior, Properly Alive, Properly Dead, Realities, Reality, Reflections, Regained, Regret, Rememberings, Remorse, Restratined, Said It Best, Sinead O'Connor, Slide, Sorrow, Soul Revealing, Soulmate, Spiritual Borders, Spiritually Capable, Starry Firmament, Stone, Success, Surprising, Suspended, Tomorrow, Truly Hearing, Truths, Tweet, Twilight Language, Uncertain Circumstance, Uncomfortable, Understanding, Unholy Feeling, Up-Ended, Voice, Walk, Walk the Line, Wisdom, Words, Words of Love, World's Loss, World's Soul, Wrathful, Yab-Yum | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Fear of Telling the Truth – Whatever That Truth May Be – That Fear Is the Most Painful Sensation of A Moral Life

Posted on July 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth — whatever the … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Adult, Child, Fear, June Jordan, Moral Life, More Painful, Not To Tell Truth, Painful, Sensation, Taught, Thought of the Day, Truth | Leave a comment

For Sierra (At Age 14)

Posted on May 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

For Sierra (At Age 14)by Michael DoyleThough sometimes now, I have to squint To get the clue of what it is you meantThis poem is for you as you reach 14Growing into one of my favorite human beingsWhether it’s building … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abstraction, Age 14, Amaze, Believe, Bigger and Lesser Things, Bolder, Breath, Building, Capable Mind, Care, Child, Clue, Coding, Conceive, Confidently, Confusing, Confusion, Day Passes, Daze, Dreams, Favorite Human Being, For Sierra, God, Grapple, Grow, Have Your Say, Head-On, Hesitation, Hold, Illusion, Impressive, Issues, Meant, Never Lost, Older, Parts of You, Path, Poem, Poetry and oems, Pray, Proud, Questions, Reach, Robots, Safe, Share, Sometimes, Squint, Standing Your Ground, Talk, Time and Day, Vote, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: Marriage Is In Its Origin A Contract of Natural Law. It Is the Parent, and Not the Child of Society; the Source of Civility, and A Sort of Seminary of the Republic

Posted on April 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Marriage is … in its origin a contract of natural law. … It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic.” – Justice Joseph Story (1833)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Child, Civility, Contract, First Principles, Joseph Story, Marriage, Natural Law, Origin, Parent, Republic, Seminary, Society, Source | Leave a comment

As If From Nowhere

Posted on April 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

As If From Nowhereby Michael DoyleHorrific images arise as if from nowhereThe sort of created crucifixion of unspoken fearHounded by the talons of the furiesThat creep up very slowly and kill with a hurryBringing back the Temple of Apollo, At … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abandonment, As If, Athena, Avenged, Avenger, Banish, Beauty, Body and Mind, Brand, Chest, Child, Circumstances, Conspire, Create, Creation, Creep, Crime, Crucifixion, Delphi, Dissonant, Divine, Doubt, Dread, Empire, Evil, Explanation, Exploitation, Fataility, Fatality, Free Agency, Gobsmacking, Gods, Heart of Darkness, Horrific Images, Horror, Humanity, Hurry, Iconic Moment, Importance, Impotence, Incoherence, Love, Man's, Mankind, Moments, Monsters, Morality, Murder, Narcissus, Nostoro, Nowhere, Parents, Pervasive, Plain View, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Rebellion, Refines, Serial Killer, Shattered Lullabies, Shriek, Sublime, Symphony, Synchroniciites, Tactile, Taken For Granted, Tales, Talons, Temple of Apollo, Test, The Furies, Thought, Torment, Triumph, Undoable, Unspoken Fear, Unwanted, Witches' Brew, Wounded Imagination, Wrong Doing, Zeus | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Many Who Have Spent A Lifetime In It Can Tell Us Less of Love Than the Child That Lost A Dog Yesterday

Posted on April 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.” -Thornton Wilder, writer (17 Apr 1897-1975)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Child, Dog, Less, Lifetime, Lost, Love, Many, Spent, Thornton Wilder, Thought For the Day, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Any Parent or Doctor Who Sterilizes A Child Before They Are A Consenting Adult Should Go To Prison For Life

Posted on April 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life.” – Elon Musk

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Child, Consenting Adult, Doctor, Elon Musk, For Life, Parent, Prison, Sterilize, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accommodation, Ask, Believed, Brown Ric, Bulge, Child, Chill, Churning, Cultural Bias, Deceived, Dream, Energy, Factually Known, Findings, Glycemic Index, God's Grace, Good, Good Conscience, Goodness, Half A Cup, Healthy, Hunger, Ice Cream, Indulge, Insult, Know, Less, Messy Process, Minerals, Moderation, Modest, Nice, Nutritional Value, Obsess, Poetry and Poems, Possibile, Result, Scientists, Scream, Show, Skip Past, Stigma, Treat, Tummy, Understood, Urge, Wealthy, Willing | Leave a comment

Born In the Rockies (Part I)

Posted on March 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Born In the Rockies (Part I)by Michael DoyleSpring has come with this mornAs another young life is bornEach step in the Rockies must be solvedAt every turn, there are tests to be resolvedEvery opportunity is used to hone skillsIn Mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Baby, Born, Child, Decade, Destiny, Diligence, February, Flight, Flock, Generations, Journey, Light, Morn, Morning's Light, Mother, Mother Nature, Opprtunity, Poetry and Poems, Resolve, Rocky Mountain, Sandhill Crane, Security, Skill, Solve, Spring, Springtime, Thousand, Vigilance, Wild | Leave a comment