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Lessons In Ballet
Lessons In Balletby Michael DoyleNo one dares wake Suzy from her sleep.Her dreams of ballet run very deep.With the slippers on her young feet,The Devil’s own she’s gone to meet.Ruby red paints the airport’s walls,As she answers dance’s sacred call.Rushing … Continue reading
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Tagged Absuridty, Aiport, Ballet, Cost, Dance, Dancing Academy, Dead, Devil's Own, Dream, Fear, Feet, Flood Waters, Forest, Innocence, Lessons, Lost, Mytery, Nightmare, Poetry and Poems, Possessed Motion, Question, Rain, Red, Sacred Call, Shadow, Shisper, Sleep, Sliippers, Stormy Night, Suzy, Truth, Walls, Witch, Womb
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A Soldier Thinks On War and Peace
A Soldier Thinks On War and Peaceby Michael DoyleSantayana told a soldier’s life was true,When in a soliloquy written as if for you,He reminded us that only the dead have seen war end.The rest of us? We will fight on, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind, Blood, Cost, Dead, Demoted, Eyes, Fight, General, Glor, Hell, History, Language Fail, Left Behind, Lost, Military, Mine, Moonshine, Poetry and Poems, Promoted, Reach, Rifle, Santayana, Sherman, Soldier, Soliloquy, Speech, Spoonful of Glory, Stumble, Think, Tuth, War, War and Peace, War's End, Whisper
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The End of Darkness
The End of Darknessby Michael DoyleRunning after the goodness of life,I seek peace away from strife.I turned the faith that I follow,Keeping His ways everywhere I go.Sip after sip of living water,I have decided to follow our Father.Seeking as I … Continue reading
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Tagged Cost, Cross, Darkness, End of Darkness, Faith, Follow, Glory, Goodness of Life, Harshness, Heal, Jesus, Living Water, Lost, Peace, Penalty, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Run, Sacrifice, Sanctification, Seek, Shame, Sin, Strife, The Father
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Silent Cal
Silent Calby Michael DoyleSilent CalSpent a lot of time in his head.But those things he said,Keep on being said.Silent Cal,Kept in thought with little said.But what he said resonates a lot.It’s not very likely to be forgot.To the point, yet … Continue reading
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Tagged Belong, Best Percepts, Bust, Calvin Coolidge, Coming Trouble, Cost, Deetermination, Economic Bubble, Economic Prosperity, Empathic No, Excessive Speculation, Extraordinary, Fiscal Restraint, Forgot, Free Market, Friovlous, Governance, Hand Out, Hand Up, Head, Hello, Improvement, Keep America American, Limited Government, Lost, Nation, Persistance, Poetry and Poems, Point, Priciples, Principles, Republic, Resistance, Resonate, Said, Selfish Aggregation, Servitude, Silence, Silent Cal, Stand Fast, Strong, Succeed, The Elite, The People, Time, Trust, Unified Action, Walking Life, Weak
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First Principles: For My Part, Whatever Anguish of Spirit It Might Cost, I Am Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To Know the Worst, and To Provide For It
“For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.” – Patrick Henry (1775)
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Tagged Anguish, Cost, First Principles, Know, Part, Patrick Henry, Provide, Spirit, Whole Truth, Worst
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The Promise of Salvation
The Promise of Salvationby Michael DoyleIt took the Lord God Almighty,In all His mercy to save me.I was lost in the wrath of my sin,Losing my way, time and again.I suppose a lesser soul could have tried.I laughed to myself … Continue reading
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Tagged Address, Confession, Cost, Cried, Embrace, Evil's Control, Free, Frozen Mud, God, Gratitude, Healing Soul, Heart, Holy, Holy God, Humbly, In Debt, Joke, Lamb's Blood, Laugh, Lesser Soul, Lord God Almighty, Losing My Way, Lost, Mercy, Midnight Hour, Midnight Stars, My Sin, New Man, New Scars, Paid, Poetry and Poems, Positive, Promise, Promises, Redemption, Rise, Sacrifice, Salvation, Satan's Power, Soul, Stranger God, Undeserved Grace, Victory, Wrath
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Brilliant Pebbles and A Dome
Brilliant Pebbles and A Domeby Michael DoyleBrilliant pebbles laid outIs an efficient strategyAs it removes the layers of doubtResidual in our window of historyThere is a weave of known costAbout all that might be lostWere we to live by traditionWar … Continue reading
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Tagged Brilliant Pebbles, Cost, Dome, Doubt, Layers, Lost, Nations, Poetry and Poems, Strategy, Tradition, Ugly Business, War, Weave, Window of History
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Thought For the Day: Illegal Immigration Costs the Taxpayers of the United States A Lot of Money
“[Illegal immigration] costs the taxpayers of the United States a lot of money. And it’s unfair to Americans who are working every day to pay their own bills. It’s also unfair to a lot of people who have waited in … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Government Should Be A Referee, Not An Active Player
“Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government– in pursuit of good intentions tries to … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Player, Cost, Crime, Enforce Contracts, Government, Inefficiency, Lack of Motivation, Legislate Morality, Loss of Freedom, Military Defense, Milton Friedman, Primary Funcions, Property, Pursuit of Good Intentions, Rearrange the Economy, Referee, Self, Special Interests, Thought For the Day
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A Call For the Nation’s Unity
A Call For the Nation’s Unityby Michael DoyleFor God’s good satisfactionPrayers must be followed by the right actionsThis is true in our way of governmentEspecially if we are seeking after our improvementWe know we care for our familyWe must, therefore, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversity, America, Call, Center, Common Ground, Cost, Debate, Dignity, Divinity, Family, Foundation, God, God's Help, Government, Heart, History, Honesty, Humility, Improvement, Lasting Peace, Mandate, Mercy, Nation, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Prayer, Right Action, Satisfaction, Shining Light, Speak, Stand, Start, Steady, Storm, Treat, Truth, Understand, Uniffier, Unity
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