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Tag Archives: Darkness
The Rejected Man Stumbles
The Rejected Man Stumblesby Michael DoyleThe rejected man stumbles back into the darknessFilled as he has become by this life’s harshnessHe had been helpful and knowledgeable in his waysAnd though ill-tempered, he was useful in his daysScience, too, is useful … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberration, Abomination, Acceptable, Accountable, Afraid, Anger, Appointed Stations, Argument, Arrogance, Blame, Blindness, Cautionary Tale, Challengers, Cloud, Consensus, Consicence, Cruelty, Darkness, Dedication, Differently, Disgrace, Diviine, Encourage, Enmity, Experts and Tyrants, Fortunetellers, Free, Full Moon, Governance, Harshness, Honest Peson, Ill-Tempered, Immune, Impertinence, Imposition, Infidelity To God, Inner Voices, Insurmountable, Intemperance, Knowledge, Last Words, Learn, Learned Positions, Lessons, Majority, Monster, Mystery, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Position, Prejudices, Proud, Pursuit of Truth, Question, Questions, Rage, Reject, Rejected Man, Remedy, Rule, Science, Seek, Shame, Shine, Sources, Status Quo, Steadfast, Struggle, Stumble, Swallow, Systeem, Tame, Test, Throne, Tongue, Tranquil, Travail, True Solutions, Trust, Undaunted, Undermine, Unkindness, Useful, Venomous, Vulnerability, Ways, Well, Wise Voice, Yoke, Young
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The Path of Generosity
The Path of Generosityby Michael DoyleStanding on a mountain of epiphanyStill, wondering what might come for meThis is no moment of bumper-sticker fameSome of the things happening are a shameReaching out for all the unreachedBringing the resources so that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Bumper-Sticker, Chance, Christmas Spirit, Church, Circumstances, Connection, Darkness, Embrace, Epiphany, Fame, Feed, Fish and Loaves, Five Thousand, Forge, Generosity, Give, Gospel, Gratitude, In Light Of, Live, Mount Kilimanjaro, Nobility, Opportunity, Paralable, Path, Poetry and Poems, Preach, Promise, Reach, Resurrection, Right Attitude, Satisfaction, Shame, Space, Speak, Spiritual Economy, The Lord, Tomorrow, Truth to Power, Unchurched, Understand, Unreached, Wonder
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Anger Blocks the Way
Anger Blocks the Wayby Michael DoyleAnger Seals away Steals away Keeps away Love Until the day We learn to say That which must be said Hope will be dead With disappointmentDanger Rules our decisions Without precision With the derision Keeping … Continue reading
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Tagged Again Right, Anger, Appointment, Arrow, Authenticity, Block, Build, Clarity, Darkness, Day, Dead, Decisions, Derision, Disappointment, Dnager, Faraway, Find, Flight, Forever More, Future, Guide, Hearts, Hold On Tight, Hope, Indecision, Integrity, Keeps Away, Learn, Life, Light, Lose, Love, Make Our Way, Morrow, Now, Past, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Put Away, Regain, Rules, Said, Say, Seal Away, See, Seek, Sincerity, Sorrow, Stay, Steal Away, Straight and Narrow, Tomorrow, True, Way
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The Journey of Parenting
The Journey of Parentingby Michael DoyleSeeded with a lot of quietudeIs the truth of parenting’s magnitudeEvery day begun in earnest prayerTo take on all moments, hard or fairThe challenges sometimes come on hardAs we hold closely to each player’s cardsIt’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountable, All Moments, Approach, Begin, Belief, Belong, Bible, Blessing, Bright Light, Cast Aside, Challenges, Coach, Consistency, Darkness, Discern, Encourage, Frame, Free Will, Full-Hearted, Godly Ways, Grief, Grow, Guessing, Hearts, Hold Closely, Holiness of Life, Hypocrisy, Integrity, Journey, Legacy, Living Days, Love, Magnitude, Miss, Modeled Example, Parenting, Plays, Poetry and Poems, Prcoess, Preach, Principles, Protection, Quietude, Reach, Road, Scripted Lessons, Scripture, Seeded, Shape, Shine, Stages of Life, Teaching, Teaching Right, Think, Truth, Values, Walk the Walk
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Da Vinci’s Glow
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
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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
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Wonderous Sea’s Night Dive
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
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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
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A Poem for Patriots Day 2023
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
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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
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Held In Silence
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
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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
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Between Sleep and Awake
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
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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
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A Twist of Darkness
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
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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
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