Tag Archives: Contradiction

Thought For the Day: A Work of Art Does Not Answer Questions; It Provokes Them; and Its Essential Meaning Is in the Tension Between the Contradictory Answers

Posted on October 14, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“A work of art does not answer questions; it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” – Leonard Bernstein

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Answer, Contradiction, Essential Meaning, Provocation, Question, Tension, Thought For the Day, Work of Art | Leave a comment

Desperately Seeking True Intelligence

Posted on October 10, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Desparately Seeking True Intelligenceby Michael DoyleHas AI come to save usFrom our worst folly?Or will it oversee us?And diminish temper finally?We stand on the vergeOf killing each other with the urgeWith the need to seek to accomplishThe last of what … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged AI, Contradiction, Desparate, Folly, Intelligence, Poetry and Poems, Soul, Tradition | Leave a comment

Living On the Double-Edge

Posted on September 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Living On the Double-Edgeby Michael DoyleIt’s one of the most intriguing dancesThis life under the God of second chancesRock solid beliefs guide my wayAs I live my best each and every dayKept alive by the library, we liveFrom this, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Account, Alve, Best, Bible, Christian, Christianity, Comprehend, Comprehension, Contain, Contradiction, Dance, Depth, Double-Edged Sword, Everyday, Expalin, Faith, Fulfilled, God, God of Second Chances, Guide, Hear It, Heresy, Intentional, Jesus, Justice and Mercy, Library, Life's Test, Living, Love and Forgive, Misidentify, New Testament, Obey, Old Testament, Pen-To-Pad, Penetrate, Personal Friend, Poetry and Poems, Revealed, Rock Solid Beliefs, Soul, Spirit, The Bible, The Cross, The Son, Two-For-One, Unbelievers, Vital Truth, Wisdom, Word of God, Words and Promises, Written | Leave a comment

Remember To Forget

Posted on July 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Remember To Forgetby Michael DoyleAs long as there is lifeThere is, at least, some hopeRegardless of our strifeThis helps us to quietly copeThose things that bring us to edgeWe need to forgive as our sinThat which as brought us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Begin Again, Brashness, Break, Caught On Fire, Circle, Comedy, Common Man, Contradiction, Cope, Dante, Dawn, Deranged, Doing Good, Doing Unto Others, Dramas, Edge, Eternity, Fake, Forget, Forgive, Found, Ghosts, Goethe, Golden Rule, Good, Grow, Hope, Human Operation, In the Flesh, Infinity, Informal Philosophy, Inspire, Jealousy, Know, Lack, Learn, Ledge, Lessons, Life, Long, Mist, Motifs, Nations, No Getting Past, No Live and Let Live, Our Condition, Payback, Poetry and Poems, Precious Time, Puzzled Complexities, Remember, Revenge, Secret Alphabet, Secret Seeds, Shakespeare, Sin, Sincere, Souls, Spoken About, Stories, Strange, Strife, Sublime, Vengeage, Vexatious World, Words of Wisdom, World, Worthy To Hear | Leave a comment

A Federation Begins

Posted on March 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the formation of the American Constitution, the world’s political republican theory took a leap into reality despite some downsides. A Federation Begins by Michael Doyle The extending of institutionalized slavery Remains a bleak mark in American history Kicking the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 19th Century, Abolition, Abomination, Accident, Ambition, American History, American Nation, Anarchy, Angels, Bad, Begin, Bill of Rights, Checks and Balances, Clause, Constituion, Contradiction, Deception, Disappear, Economy, Edict, Enslavement, Evidence, Exemplary, Federation, Foul, Founding Fathers, Freedom, Fugitive Slave, George Washington, God, Good, Government, Gratitude, Hamilton, Immaculate Conception, Incomprehensible, Indentured Servitude, Inhibition, Inhuman, Instituion, Institution, Interpretation, Issue, Jay, Kick, Knight, Language, Lesson, Liberty, Madison, Mankind, Necessary, Neglect, Offense, Oilver Ellery, Opposing View, Patrick Henry, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Power, Protection, Ratification, Republican, Right, Roger Sherman, Slavery, Speck, Stain, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Trans-Atlantic Slavery, Transition, Unity, Wreck, Wrong | Leave a comment

Rules of the Beast I

Posted on January 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A sort of start at a poetic retelling of the classic Dracula tale: Rules of the Beast I by Michael Romani As the approach is made to castle There is fear amongst its vassals A crucifix is given in protection … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Bats, Beast, Blood, Castle, Chill, Choice, Circumspect, Compare, Contradiction, Count, Creaks, Crucifix, Death, Destination, Dracula, Drop, Embrace, Fear, Groans, heartbeat, Heaven, Home, Humanity, Jonathan Harker, Knock, Known, Labyrinth, Learn, Life, Lives, Lock, Love, Maze, Mirror, Mistake, Numb, Oblige, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Prison, Protect, Pulse, Question, Rules, Shadow, Shown, Snare, Solace, Soul, Startle, Step, Stumble, Turn, Vanity, Vassal, Veins, Voice, Window | Leave a comment

American Lion: Speaker of Truth

Posted on November 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Frederick Douglass was a Republican. I love when I read the Left try to work its way around that with lies and pretense and then try to make the case anything but than it was. The Republicans formed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged American, American History, American Lion, Believer, Chains, Change, Color, Confederacy, Contradiction, Craftwork, Democrats, Derision, Division, Equality, Frederick Douglass, Freedom, Hero, Humanity, Identity, Jim Crow, Liberty, Life, Marxist, Mock, Mortal Sin, Nation, Nuances, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Principles, Republican, Reverse Discrimination, Skin Color, Speak, Tales, Tension, Truth | Leave a comment

Points of Consideration

Posted on November 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Tonight on election eve, it seems we have some things to think about in the US. This is how my side sees it. It wouldn’t be my side if I didn’t tend to agree, ya know? Points of Consideration by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Achievement, Aggrievement, Choice, Choices, Complain, Conformity, Consequences, Conservative, Consideration, Contradiction, Culture, Dedication, Direction, Dissent, Diversity, Education, Election, Enormity, Erosion, Forget, Free Market of Ideas, Free Speech, Freedom, God, Health Care, Identity Politics, Nation, One Size Fits All, Pain, Patriotism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Progressive, Reflection, Regret, Rule of Law, Socialism, Stratification, Struggle, Together, Tradition, Trample, Unity, Values, Victim, Voice | Leave a comment

Ravens of the Tower

Posted on September 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based on the ravens found at the Tower of London: https://flic.kr/p/rb54mF Ravens of the Tower by Michael Romani To most, a raven is a raven is a raven A bird of some mystery and a little craven But simply a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bird, British, Contradiction, Corvid, Croak, Final Hour, Intelligence, Monarchy, Photograph, Poem, Poetic Word, Poetry, Raven, Social Hierarchy, Symbols, Tower of London | Leave a comment

Constant Flux

Posted on January 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Constant Flux by Michael Romani Poetry finds its way to breach distance As two hearts meld into one romance This life is for the living Though often harsh and unforgiving Still, it is only death that makes life immortal As … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abstraction, Circle, Concrete, Constant, Contradiction, Distance, Dreamers, Flux, Immortal, Living, Obliteration, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Romance, Unforgiving | Leave a comment