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Open Declaration
Open Declarationby Michael DoyleThe cross is not a decorationIt is an open declarationOf how much love the Father bringsThese are the lessons of the hymns we singLooking carefully at all that we seeWhat brings happiness, what brings misery?Staring out bored … Continue reading
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Tagged Carefully, Contrary, Conversation, Cross, Cultivate, Decoration, Experiences, Finest Hours, God's Command, Happiness, Hit and Miss, Hymns, Learn, Lessons, Live Through, Living Life, Love, Misery, Nowhere to Live, Observation, Open Declaration, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Sanctuary, See, Shine, Sing, Stare, Strong, The Father, Timberline, Words of Power
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Thought For the Day: In Science Consensus Is Irrelevant. What Is Relevant Is Reproducible Results
“Let’s be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has … Continue reading
On This Path of Redemption
On This Path of Redemptionby Michael DoyleThe struggles we liveFill us with doubtWhatever life may giveTo the point we want outFaith works through us allHowever the winds might be contraryIt’s the high pressure we must recallHowever the opposition seems legendaryThe … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Coat Sleeve, Contrary, Doubt, Faith, Justification, Kingdom, Know, Legendary, Let Go, Life, Path, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Redemption, Satan, Struggles, Tug
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An Incident of Oxford Compilation
An Incident of Oxford Compilationby Michael DoyleIn my mind gathered so silentlyI pray against evil so vigilantlyIn the darkness of a blind alleyLost among the madmen in the galleryThough words come at me namedLanguage itself will not be tamedIt grows … Continue reading
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Tagged Agreed, Alley, Approach, Best Laid Plans, Capability, Cast, Change, Charade, Clear, Compilation, Contrary, Crumble, Darkness, Dictionary, Eloquent, Encroach, English Language, English Tongue, Gallery, Incident, Known, Lairds, Language, Lexicon, Linguist, Madmen, Mind, Nation, Need, Nuance, Oxford, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Proctor, Propriety, Quotation, Refine, Rubicon, Search, Shown, Silent, Sketches, Study, Supplication, Symbols, Tamed, Tumble, Turn, Vigilant, Volumes, Wise Men, Words
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In the Precedent of 2020
In the Precedent of 2020by Michael DoyleThere is something setQuietly there in the precedentAn unlikely principle we forgetThat we’d not be without accidentWho it is that we are todayI hope that’s not too flippant to sayThat despite our efforts to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Acceptance, Accident, Afraid, Answers, Beautiful, Beyond Cure, Border, Cherry Pick, Come and Go, Conceal, Contagion, Contemporary, Contrary, Converse, Crumble, Dare Not, Deinfe, Detail, Doctors, Efforts, End, Enforced Isolation, Familiar, Family Tree, Fantastic, Fealty, Find Our Way To Right, Flippant, Forget, Heads In Books, Heal, Impure, Ingredients, Intimacy, Itch, Light, Madness, Minds, Necessary, Noise, Notes In Bottle, Obsessive Order, One Another, Out of Order, Pan Flute, Patience of A Saint, Photograph, Pledge, Poem, Poetry, Popping Pills, Precedent, Quiet, Reality, Reverse, Sanity, Scratch, Send, Set, Sheer Edge, Still, Storms, Straighten, Sympathy, Tea, Teach, Today, Tragedy, Tremble, True, Unlikely Principle, Unpredictability, Whisper, Wind, Window Shopping, Wish, World, Wrong
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A Champion Rides On
There are a lot of great ways out there to be involved in what will actually improve our nation and its society. Among these is to communicate, grow, and then use your voice in effective non-violent ways. One project that … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, Absence of Fear, Adversity, Anarchy, Ancient Tradition, Bigger Person, Build, Champion, Community, Contrary, Conviction, Cope, Cost, Courage, Death Row Inmate, Destroy, Die, Dignity, Dirt Roads, Evidence, Falsity, Family, Gallows, Given Up, God, Good fight, Good Seasons, Grind Down, Hatred, Help, Home, Hope, Hurt, Improve, Innocence Project, Innocent Man, Integrity, Intensity, Involved, Lack Character, Lost, Make Better, Man, Modern Day, Nation, Non-Violence, Opportunity, Penitentiary, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Police Misconduct Litigation, Poor, Questionable, Reality, Reasons, Results, Ride, Scared, Shadows, Society, Stand, Standing, Strength, System, Testimony, True Heart, Untrue, World
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The Colors of Intensity
Self isolation is proving interesting. Continuing in thoughts on photography and the capture of light in general…. The Colors of Intensity by Michael Doyle From the blues of a snowy day To the reds of sunsets along the way Subject … Continue reading
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Tagged Being, Blues, Button, Call, Capture, Chosen, Color, Contrary, Coolness, Danger, Days, Decide, Dramatic, Express, Fall, Feel, Filter, Flick, Gray Blue, Heighten, Ice, Imagination, Immensity, Intensity, Interpretation, Lamentation, Latitude, Light, Light Spectrum, Meaning, Mind, Mood, Natural Limitation, Nights, Percision, Photographer, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Rays, Red, Refract, Saturation, Self Correct, Self Isolation, Situation, Smile, Snow, Soft, Specific, Subject, Sunset, Variety, Vision, Warmth, White, White Balance, World
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Idylls of the Progressive Age
Continuing in this look at American History. Idylls of the Progressive Age by Michael Doyle Theodore Roosevelt rose to the presidency Upon the assassination of William McKinley A cowboy rode into the White House that day Formidable and enthusiastic in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1904, 1912, Act, American History, Assassination, Booker T Washington, Bull Moose Party, Business, Century, Coalminers, Consoldiation, Constitution, Contrary, Cowboy, Dominance, Eugene Debs, Federal Reserve, Founders, Government, Idyll, Impropriety, John Muir, Land Reserve, Legislation, Nation, National Forest, Nationalism, Natural Beauty, Necessary, Photograph, Pillars, Poem, Poetry, Politics, Presidency, Progressive Age, Racism, Reform, Republican, Sanctity, Segregation, Senior Partner, Sentiment, Society, Stewardship, Sweeping Changes, Tariffs, Theodore Roosevelt, Trust Bust, White House, William Howard Taft, William McKinley, Winter, Woodrow Wilson
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Finding Our Time In Waiting
Based in part on Philippians 2:13: Finding Our Time In Waiting by Michael Doyle Patience in waiting is hard to do I wonder if it’s the same for you Yet, waiting reminds us of our need For God as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Away, Best, Contrary, Cross, Done, Energy, Failure, Find, Foot, Gain, Glory, God, Hard, His, Intermission, Intervention, Know, Loss, Necessary, Need, One, Our, Part, Patience, Philippians, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Realize, Reclaim, Regather, Relationship, Renew, Sacred Heart, Story, Success, Time, Tremble, Turned, View, Wait, Wonder
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