Tag Archives: Constraint

To Be A Woman

To Be A Womanby Michael DoyleIt would be false to paint tranquility.A woman’s world is one of complexity.Phrased in its phases, it takes a distortionist.To be a woman is to be a contortionist.In the push-and-pull world of always there,It’s plain … Continue reading

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Mess Over Neatness

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

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Stay On the Path

Due to time constraints and a day much better spent with my two princesses, I will be going off prompt from Day 25 of Na/GloPoWriMo gazillion requirements for a form of poetry that I would never want to write in … Continue reading

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Self Rule Rises

Continuing in a series on American history: Self Rule Rises by Michael Doyle From the High Middle Ages, society had a transformation As Calvin and Luther led the church’s reformation In a faithful take befitting the Bible’s explanation Making these … Continue reading

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The Last Days of Death

Regard well the moments of your life and never disregard a chance given to tell someone you care about or who needs an encouraging word those things that you might say to make their world better.  You never know when … Continue reading

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Article 19 (The Burden of Secularism)

I have been reading through a series of works by Yuval Noah Harai that seems topical and a historian’s blend of philosophy and history projecting into humanity’s future.  It’s been challenging and is spawning a few poems that are often … Continue reading

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