Tag Archives: Darkness

Is Reverence So Alien?

Posted on June 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Is Reverence So Alien?by Michael DoyleAnd there it is againStated with righteous persistenceTrust is the necessary bondBehind peaceful coexistenceToo may ills bleed from greedArising in forms of aggressionPeace is easy enough to heedWhere love answers the questionsConflict splinters away all … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo #22: As A Sign of the Times

Posted on April 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #22: As A Sign of the Timesby Michael DoyleAs a sign of the timesThe last book I readWas read onlinePoetry told no longer rhymesNor does it impart lesson or deedYet, as an art, they call this fineAs a sign … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo #13: Yesterday’s Tomorrow’s News

Posted on April 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #13: Yesterday’s Tomorrow’s News by Michael DoyleSitting watching the evening news hourWatching the sun go down as night devoursI fell asleep to the bleat of the LED displayDisrupting a poem meant written yesterdayHaving missed my embossed invitationI make up … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo #12: No More Sense Than the Ancient Mariner

Posted on April 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #12: No More Sense Than the Ancient Mariner by Michael Doyle The river grew as it pushed Outward with its rich sediment Yet still, in this modern age, mankind Though too often willfully blind Fancies itself some sort of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness; Only Light Can Do That. Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate; Only Love Can Do That

Posted on January 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Thought For the Day: I Am the Light of the World. Whoever Follows Me Will Never Walk In Darkness, but Will Have the Light of Life

Posted on December 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” – Jesus, quoted in John 8:12

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An Incident of Oxford Compilation

Posted on December 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | 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 | Leave a comment

Hymn To the 2020 Christmas Star

Posted on December 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Hymn To the 2020 Christmas Starby Michael Doyle 2020 has been a year soul revealingCovid and larceny were ever stealingAny hope for semblance of hopefulnessDenying any hint of serenity and bliss We cried and wondered out of hopeTrying our best … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Are No Easy Answers…We Must Have the Courage To Do What We Know Is Morally Right

Posted on December 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right. … You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Courage, Darkness, Destiny, Earth, Last Best Hope, Last Step, Man, Morally Right, No Easy Answers, Our Children, Preserve, Rendezvous, Ronald Reagan, Sentence, Simple Answers, Thought For the Day, Thousand Years | Leave a comment

Beauty’s Brutality

Posted on December 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Beauty’s Brutalityby Michael DoyleIn the deeps of Finland’s heartThe land lies in its darknessBathed in the Northern LightFrom where whispers of hope startAgainst the chilling harshnessBelow winter’s frosted nightSummer has been quick and fleetingTo thrive here takes endurance and courageWorn … Continue reading →

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