Tag Archives: Darkness

Da Vinci’s Glow

Posted on May 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Da Vinci’s Glowby Michael DoyleIt is said that the Master of All TradesWas a miracle worker coming up all spadesHe said that every painting is visual poetryAnd all poetry is a masterpiece verballyWhat others glimpse, the artist learns to seeIn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancient Riddle, Artist, Ashen Glow, Astronaut, Braver Souls, Charms, Clouds, Crescent Moon, Da Vinci's Glow, Darkness, Earthshine, Embrace, Error, Fear, Full Moon's Sight, Ghost, Glimpse, God Is the Greatest Artist, Heavens Above, In Motion, Iridescent, Know, Leonardo Was Here, Light, Light Pollution, Little Minds, Made Clear, Magic, Master of All Trades, Masterpiece, Mentally, Miracle Worker, Mistaken Gesture, Mistakes, Moon, Moon Dust, Mystery, New Moon, Night Skies, Ocean, Old Moon, Open Arms, Painting, Poetry and Poems, Quibbles, Reflection, Resolution, Sea of Tranquility, See, Simplicity, Sophistication, Spring, Stargazers, Summer, Swallow, Think, Verbally, View, Visual Poetry | Leave a comment

Wonderous Sea’s Night Dive

Posted on May 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Wonderous Sea’s Night Diveby Michael DoyleAt the end of the day comes the night diveTo find that at the bottom, it’s the tinyThat somehow manages to keep us all aliveThe millions of phytoplankton are lights, however tinyEvery other breath that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Basket Stars, Bends, Bottom, Breath, Carbon Dioxide, Chance Encounter, Chancy Balance, Colors, Comb Jellies, Constellations, Darkness, Decompress, Delicate, Depths, Down Side Up, Embrace, Enigmatic, Fly, Gift of Life, Health, Impression, Inner Space, Law, Ledge, Lessons, Millions of Species, Moon, Moonlight, Nature's Balance, Night, Night Dive, Ocean's Edge, Ocean's Floor, Oxygen, Phytoplankton, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Reefs, Sea Shore, Sea Turtles, Shine, Teach, Tiny, Tug-A-War, Vibrant, Zooplankton | Leave a comment

A Poem for Patriots Day 2023

Posted on April 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Poem For Patriots Day 2023by Michael DoyleIn the heart of every patriot rests a songIn our love of country, under God, as we belongThe foundations are strong and pillars are highAs long as Old Glory ripples across the skyOther … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2023, American Dream, Beauty, Belong, Bold, Brave, Centuries Old, Clarity of Reason, Coastal Gates, Dark Hour, Darkness, Deep, Dignity, Endure, Eternal Vigilance, Every Patriot, Fade, Faith, Fate, Foundations, Freedom, Future, God, Guard, Heart, High, Honor, Justice, Liberty, Light, Love of Country, Mankind's Troubles, Minds, Night, Nobility, Old Glory, Passing, Patriots, Patriots Day, Persevere, Pillars of a Healthy Society, Poetry and Poems, Power, Republic's Principles, Rule of Just Law, Secure, Song, Song of Our Nation, Stay, Stay Firm, Stream, Strong, The Course, The People, Under God, United, Virtuous, Without Fear | Leave a comment

Held In Silence

Posted on October 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Held In Silenceby Michael DoyleDarling, I’ve learned to love youBut somehow hate you moreDarling,I could never be without youBut trust me, I know the scoreThe traces may be coldFrom the fenced goods soldAll the secrets circled roundTo the treasures; they … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answers, Darkness, Darling, Don Quixote, Fenced Goods, Found, Grieving Widow, Harshness, Hate, Held, Hope, Light, Lonely Mother, Love, Night, Poetry and Poems, Pray Alone, Right, Score, Scream, Secrets, Sense, Silence, Squeeze, Startlled, Traces, Trust, Understand, Violence, Without | Leave a comment

Between Sleep and Awake

Posted on October 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Between Asleep and Awakeby Michael DoyleBetween asleep and awakeIs the recounting ofEvery single mistakeSome deeper than othersSome of hate, some of loveAll of which are heartbreakThey sent me to fight in warI went out a well-trained beastAnd yet somehow I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Awake, Between, Brash, Brokenness, Colors, Darkness, Deep, Deeper, Demon, Fight, Harshness, Hate, Heartbreak, Hero, Love, Mistake, More, Outspokenness, Poetry and Poems, Recounting, Repressed Years, Seep, Sleep, Soul, Stagger, Struggle, Tears, Utterance, War, Well-Trained Beast, Wish | Leave a comment

A Twist of Darkness

Posted on September 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Twist of Darknessby Michael DoyleA twist of darkness enters Elven leavesAs evil descends beyond edged beliefsSeeping into the crevices of lifeReceding with peace gradually into strifeIt is that begins the origin of the ringsDeemed upon us as all dreamers … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beliefs, Blood of My Blood, Cervices, Childhood's Dream, Darkness, Daughters, Dreamers, Evil, Hobbits, Mid-Earth, Peace, Rings, Scenes, Scribbled Notes, Story, Strife, Tale, Twist | Leave a comment

We Are Who We Are

Posted on September 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

We Are Who We Areby Michael DoyleWe are who we areNot from our ancestorsBut because of who we cultivateAs our souls travel among the starsScratched and scrapped in our courageSearching for hope we might encourageTo remove the malignant tumorThat spreads … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancestors, Company of Elves, Control, Courage, Cultivate, Darkness, Days of Battle, Encourage, Evil, Glory, Hope, Known, Met, Misfortunes, Poetry and Poems, Pursuit, Rumor, Sail, Shown, Skies, Souls, Stars, Sweet Secrets, Tales, Tumor, We, Weight, Who | Leave a comment

Evil Does Not Truly Sleep

Posted on September 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Evil Does Not Truly Sleepby Michael DoyleEvil does not truly sleepIt merely waitsOut there in the darkness deepGone unseen, it seals our fateOnly in the blessed is there restIn the secrets where it’s confessedThat hearts must find their healingBringing truth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blessed, Breath, Confessed, Darkness, Death, Evil, Fate, Fear, Found, Healing, Hear, Hearts, Past Lives, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Rest, Revealing, Seal, Secrets, Sleep, Sound, Tragedies, Truth, Wait, Whispers | Leave a comment

Before the Darkness

Posted on September 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Before the Darknessby Michael DoyleBefore the darknessThere was lightAnd with that divisionBecame the nightLegends have it As legends willThat the evil oneIs necessary to the taleBleak is the seasonIn which we search for answersIt is the soul’s own treasonWhen fear … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answers, Before, Bleak, Cancer, Darkness, Division, Evil One, Fear, Flow, Grow, Legends, Light, Necessary, Night, Poetry and Poems, Quietly, Search, Season, Seep, Silent, Soul, Spark, Tale, Treason | Leave a comment

In the Shadows of Cheerfulness

Posted on August 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

In the Shadows of Cheerfulnessby Michael DoyleOn the edge of zero There’s a shadowy historyIn land of anti-heroesIs there any real mysteryThat someone wants to stripThe aura of wonderfulnessIn a lustful cynical gripBringing a darkness to cheerfulnessA style of loving … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anti-Heroes, Building Lives, Cheerfulness, Cynical Grip, Darkness, Deception, Double, Edge, Falsity, Flimsy, Full Face, Hint of Grace, Knife Edge, Loving Kindness, Middle Ages, Moderate Upticks, Modernity, Modest Feelings, Mystery, Optimism, Pessimism, Poetry and Poems, Pressure, Protect and Serve, Shadows, Shadowy History, Strip, Substance, Surface, Times of Trouble, Trust, Twist, Willful Blindness, Wonderfulness, Zero | Leave a comment