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Thought For the Day: The Only Thing One Can Give An Artist Is Leisure In Which To Work. To Give An Artist Leisure Is Actually To Take Part In His Creation

Posted on October 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.” – Ezra Pound, poet (30 Oct 1885-1972)

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Remembering When Kindness Was In Fashion

Posted on October 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Remembering When Kindness Was in Fashionby Michael DoyleWe live in a time of self-limited imaginationWhere people cannot dream of outside creationBut mysteriously believe in writing only experienceSuch as found in personal and depraved dalliancesRather than dreaming of the bigger conceptionsToo … Continue reading →

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It’s A Generational Thing

Posted on October 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

It’s A Generational Thingby Michael DoyleHowever framed, we all begin with the creationNaming our family by this point of originationIt comes to note that most issues today are of identityBut, we Christians, know who we are through theologyChrist dwells in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Address, Adoration, Christ, Christians, Confess, Creation, Eyes, Family, Form, Frame, Generational Thing, Glory, Greed, Heaven, His Story, Identity, Intercession, Issues, Love, Loving One Another, Others, Petition, Poetry and Poems, Point of Origination, Pray, Souls, Succession, Theology, Unselfish | Leave a comment

First Principles: For He Chose Us In Him Before the Creation of the World To Be Holy and Blameless In His Sight

Posted on July 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy people in Ephesus,[a] the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3 Praise be … Continue reading →

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As If From Nowhere

Posted on April 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

As If From Nowhereby Michael DoyleHorrific images arise as if from nowhereThe sort of created crucifixion of unspoken fearHounded by the talons of the furiesThat creep up very slowly and kill with a hurryBringing back the Temple of Apollo, At … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abandonment, As If, Athena, Avenged, Avenger, Banish, Beauty, Body and Mind, Brand, Chest, Child, Circumstances, Conspire, Create, Creation, Creep, Crime, Crucifixion, Delphi, Dissonant, Divine, Doubt, Dread, Empire, Evil, Explanation, Exploitation, Fataility, Fatality, Free Agency, Gobsmacking, Gods, Heart of Darkness, Horrific Images, Horror, Humanity, Hurry, Iconic Moment, Importance, Impotence, Incoherence, Love, Man's, Mankind, Moments, Monsters, Morality, Murder, Narcissus, Nostoro, Nowhere, Parents, Pervasive, Plain View, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Rebellion, Refines, Serial Killer, Shattered Lullabies, Shriek, Sublime, Symphony, Synchroniciites, Tactile, Taken For Granted, Tales, Talons, Temple of Apollo, Test, The Furies, Thought, Torment, Triumph, Undoable, Unspoken Fear, Unwanted, Witches' Brew, Wounded Imagination, Wrong Doing, Zeus | Leave a comment

Unvanquished

Posted on April 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Unvanquishedby Michael Doyle Crescent moons signify deathNight births the heavens with her last breathThe realm of darkness buries the sunUntil once again a new day is begun Digging the way through disparagementNeeds perseverance when there is no encouragementThe seeds of … Continue reading →

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The Blessing of the Monarch Butterfly Journey

Posted on February 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Blessing of the Monarch Butterfly Journeyby Michael DoyleLong may it be that we keep this blessed memoryof what it means to take a 3000 mile journeyFrom Canada to the Oyamel forests in the Mexican nationReminding us that borders are … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Nations, Beauty, Birth, Blessing, Borders, Canada, Celebration, Celestial Cues, Creation, Cry, Cycle of Life, Domain, Explanation, Faith, Flight, Future, Generation, God's Confetti, Gold, Hint, Jouney, Light, Love, Man's Habitation, Memory, Messengers, Metamorphosis, Mexican Nation, Monarch Butterfly, Mountain Views, Mystery, Nation To Nation, Nature, Nature's Pages, Nurtures, Orientation, Overwintering, Oyamel Forests, Paths, Perception, Phases, Poetry and Poems, Polarized Light, Pollination, Sun's Compass, Tansformation, Winds | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Only Thing One Can Give An Artist Is Leisure In Which To Work

Posted on October 30, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.” – Ezra Pound, poet (30 Oct 1885-1972)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Artist, Creation, Ezra Pound, Leisure, Part, Thought For the Day, Work | Leave a comment

Together We Praise

Posted on September 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Together We Praiseby Michael DoyleWe look together toward the futureThinking on those things to nurtureLike spending time in full devotionWe live lives deeper than the oceanWalking together as our tribe of lifeWalking together toward peace, away from strifeHand in gentled … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blessing, Confide, Creation, Days, Devotion, Embracing, Facing, Faith, Future, Glory, Goodness and Love, Heaven, Jesus, Nurture, Ocean, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Salvation, Shine, Side By Side, Song, Steps, Strife, Together, Tribe of Life, Walking Together | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Obvious Reason For Inflation Is That the Government Printed A Zillion Amount of More Money Than It Had

Posted on May 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The obvious reason for inflation is that the government printed a zillion amount of more money than it had. … If the federal government writes checks, they never bounce. So that is effectively creation of more dollars. … If the … Continue reading →

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