Tag Archives: Contrary

Neon Eye Cage Conclusions

Posted on January 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Neon Eye Cage Conclusionsby Michael DoyleIn the heart of the neon eye cage of the cityThe glitz is overdone and isn’t really prettyBut despite the walk-in of unsteady delusionsIt is a happenstance that brings certain conclusionsOne of these is the … Continue reading →

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Rewarming Miracles On the Street

Posted on December 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Rewarming Miracles On the Streetby Michael DoyleI don’t want to seem to be too contraryOr an old-fashioned grump who is orneryBut does it seem creativity is stuck on repeatIs anyone questioning the miracle of any streetHollywood’s latest contributions seem derivative … Continue reading →

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A Split Decision Left Standing

Posted on November 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Split Decision Leaves Us Standingby Michael DoyleIn self-awareness, we look into the mirrorUnwilling to walk this world in errorBut instead, seeking to understand, not undermineUnderstanding first as the defining lineLoving one another as part of our worshipPaul and Barnabas … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Possible Outcomes: If the Result Confirms the Hypothesis, Then You’ve Made A Measurement. If the Result Is Contrary To the Hypothesis, Then You’ve Made A Discovery

Posted on September 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There are two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.” – Enrico Fermi, physicist and Nobel laureate (29 Sep 1901-1954)

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The Eye of the Storm

Posted on September 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Eye of the Stormby Michael DoyleTo find the eye of the passing storm in life’s wildernessIs to find quiet hope in the chaos approached in the stillnessWhere the arts find our attention despite all life’s distractionsThe place where somehow … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Think the Best Way of Doing Good To the Poor, Is Not Making Them Easy In Poverty, But Leading or Driving them Out of It

Posted on August 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is Not Honorable To Take Mere Legal Advantage When It Happens To Be Contrary To Justice

Posted on August 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not honorable to take mere legal advantage when it happens to be contrary to justice.” – Thomas Jefferson (1790)

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Blank Verse

Posted on May 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Blank Verseby Michael DoyleThe other day, I went to the libraryWith no intention to become contraryAnd picked up a famed anthologyOf poetry to see what it might teach meI’m sorry to say that it seems perverseWhen someone writes poetry in … Continue reading →

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Played On and On

Posted on March 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Played On and Onby Michael Doyle I always wonderedWhat tomorrow would bringAs I charged aheadDoing my best at everything And though I’ve made big mistakesI did my best at everythingFingers bled into these heartachesListening to the others sing Please don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Contrary, Cry, Endeavor, Extraordinary, Forever, Forget, Goodbye, Heartaches, Lipstick Trace, Memories, Mistakes, Night, On and On, Played, Poetry and Poems, Regret, Tomrrow, Years | Leave a comment

Life Out of Balance

Posted on August 7, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Life Out of Balanceby Michael DoyleThe specter of death springs forth with its talonsAs we seek to live lives far too far out balanceCertain as we can be with any semblance of certitudeThat we are striving to have just the … Continue reading →

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