Tag Archives: Clutter

Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of…)

Posted on December 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of…)by Michael DoyleCropper laid the template for rock-n-roll.Green Onions made the Soul Man cry. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay consoled our soulsAs Otis crashed and the rest of America cried.He proved that sometimes more … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged America, Bare Necessities, Belong, Certainty, Chugging Patterns, Clutter, Complexity, Console, Cry, Dissonance, Essential Groove, Feel, Flashy Solo, Green Onions, Guess, Jump Up, Language, Less, Licks, Madness, More, Move, Note, Otis Redding, Play, Pocket, Poetry and Poems, Precious and Tight, Primal Puriity, Remembrance, Right Place, Rock-n-Roll, Say, Siimple, Simply Right, Sitting On the Dock of the Bay, Space, Steve Cropper, Style, Succinct, Swagger, Template, Timing | Leave a comment

Mess Over Neatness

Posted on July 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Mess Over Neatnessby Michael DoyleShall we live as Lucy or LinusAs a spreadsheet of plus and minusMinimalism can be said to be neatBut life as messy has this beatIt is a deep-seated emotional needThat a life well-lived is one freedFrom … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Clumsy, Clutter, Constraint, Emotional Need, Eventually, Family, Freed, Hassles, Life, Linus Pauling, Lucy, Mess, Messy, Minimalism, Neat, Neat-Freaks, Neatness, Paperweight, Personality, Plus and Minus, Poetry and Poems, Possessions, Restraint, Sentimentality, Spreadsheet, We Were Here, Well-Lived | Leave a comment

A Twinge of the Mundane

Posted on July 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the continuing series on seeing the world through a photographer’s eyes, we look at the question as to what is to be done about the mundane… A Twinge of the Mundane by Michael Doyle Seeing the mundane into extraordinary … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Abound, All Places, Artistic, Atttention, Background, Being, Camera's Eye, Circumstances, Clarity, Clutter, Connections, Creative, Details, Done, Excellence, Extraordinary, Eyes, Flow, Focal, Forgot, Found, Glad, Grab Shots, Heart, Humans, Inane, Infinite, Known, Latitude, Life Lived, Meaning, Middle of Nowhere, Moments, Mundane, No Such Thing, Nuances, Opportunity, Ordinary, Page, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop, Question, Quietude, Shown, Simple, Sky, Soft Light, Something, Something In the Something, Somewhere, Sought, Split Open, Stage, Stand Out, Subject, Surround, Tales, Truth, Twinge, Unexpected Moments, Where, Wide Open Spaces, World Is An Oyster, Zest | Leave a comment

Depth of Field

Posted on April 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A photographer’s mind doodle: Depth of Field by Michael Doyle F-stops along the way Effect the sharpness of the day Owed all to the depth of field Is the clarity with which you yield Layers of composition Provide the focused … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ambient Light, Bemuse, Big, Chaos, Clarity, Clutter, Composition, Depth of Field, Edge, Exclusion, Eyes, F-Stop, Focus, Frame, Hole, Image, Intrusion, Layers, Lens, Lyrical, Mutter, Mystical, Notes, Photo, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pop, Shallow Depth, Sharpness, Shutter Speed, Soft Focus, Story, Tantalize, Tell, Tool, Touch, Wax | Leave a comment

Seeking the Face of God

Posted on March 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Psalms 27:8: Seeking the Face of God by Michael Romani Thankful for being a child of God Dwelling in prayer, not finding it odd But a place that knows my gratitude Keeping this thought in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acknowledge, Attention, Attitude, Blessed, Blessing, Book of Psalms, Bound, Breathe, Bring, Child, Chorus, Christianity, Church, Clear, Close, Clutter, Company, Conceive, Constrain, Day, Dwell, Earnest, Embrace, Emmanuel, Encounter, Essence, Eye Contact, Eyes, Face, Family Matters, Fill, Focus, Forget, Forgive, Found, Free, Function, God, God's Face, God's Nature, God's Presence, Godly Ways, Gratitude, Hallelujah, Harmony, Heaven, Him, His, Holy, Idolize, Importance, Indwelling, Jesus, Lesson, Life, Live, Love, Mature, Meaning, Message, Milk, Observe, Peace, Persist, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Prayer, Presence, Resound, Righteous, Sacred Ground, Scripture, See, Seek, Sleep, Spiritual Gutter, Spirituality, Strength, Strife, Thanksgiving, the Word, Things, Thrive, Truth, Vain, Verse, Wake, Walk, Wean | Leave a comment

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