Tag Archives: Day

A Hymn For A Winter’s Day

Posted on January 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Hymn For A Winter’s Dayby Michael DoyleLeaning by the firesidePutting away my vain prideFear is not my wayI’ll follow the Lord in all my daysGod’s house is my dwellingGod’s love is my true ceilingAs I find my heart in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Burn, Ceiling, Darkest Day, Day, Days, Death, Dwelling, Fear, Fireside, Follow, God's House, Heart, Him, History, Humanity, Hymn, Jesus, Joy, King, Lean, Light, Lord, Love, Moments, Naigate, Not My Way, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Pride, Put Away, Rolled Away, Savior, Silent, Sing, Stars, Stay, Stone, The Lord, Victory, Winter's Day | Leave a comment

Two Brothers Fight

Posted on November 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Two Brothers Fightby Michael DoyleTwo brothers are engaged in a fightOver their father’s founding legacyEach side as if as lost within vanityAs the day that divides the ends of nightDown through the centuriesEach side believes itself the betterRepeating cycles of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abandon, Allow, Believe, Better, Better Fate, Better Way, Brutality, Caught Up, Centuries, Chains of Yesterday, Claim, Cling, Coexistence, Construction, Crazy, Darkness, Day, Desert To the Sea, Difference, Disobedience, Divide, Each Side, Endless Cycles, Ends of Night, Every Day, Fallen Stakes, False Histories, Father, Fight, Gaslighting, God's Commands, Hate, Holy Lands, Humanity, Indignity, Land, Legacy, Love, Mercy, Miunderstood, Mutually Caused Destruction, One Side, Other Side, Paths, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Proclaim, Recognize, Repeating Cycles, Result, Sanity, Strength, Truth, Two Brothers, Vanity, Victimhood, Work Toward | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Some Day We Shall Know How To Heighten Creativity. Until Then, One of the Best Things We Can Do For Creative Men and Women Is to Stand Out of Their Light

Posted on October 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: “Only stand out of my light.” Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Alexander the Great, Ask, Best, Creative, Creativity, Day, Diogenes, Fame, Heighten, John W. Gardner, Know, Men and Women, Only Stand Out of My Light, Reply, Stand Out of Their Light, Teacher, Thought For the Day, Visit | Leave a comment

Wind River

Posted on September 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Wind Riverby Michael DoyleThe honest man finds solaceIn nature’s imperfectionsKnowing that nothing is flawlessHowever far man looks in any directionIn this lies the true beautyFelt as if compelled by dutyWith each passing year in successionMother Nature teaches her lessonsAs a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Big City, Blanket, Bled Out, Bruise, Day, Direction, Duty, Felt, Fight Hard, Find, Flawless, Hard Way, Help, Honest Man, Know How, Lesson, Life-Giver, Lose, Memories, Mother Nature, Pass, Passing Year, Poetry and Poems, Slip Away, Snow, Solace, Study, Succession, Tracks, True Beauty, Way, Wind River, Winds, Winter's Snow, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Anger Blocks the Way

Posted on August 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | 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 | Leave a comment

Love Lives On

Posted on July 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Love Lives Onby Michael DoyleDriving around the middle of the nationTrying to stimulate my daughters’ imaginationsAnd love for seeing the beauty of this nationLike their grandmother would have; if the situationHad somehow allowed this to followIf she had thrived; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Anniversary, Artist Eyes, Beauty of this Nation, Blossom, Bolder Dreams, Breath, Compromise, Daughters, Day, Death, Difference, Dreamer, Dreamt, Driving, Excited Eyes, Explore, Falling Tears, Fire, Follow, Food, Garden of Dreams, Grandmother, Happiness, Happy, Her, Home, Imagination, Inside of Me, Journey, Last Breaths, Lists, Lives On, Love, Love Lives On, Meant, Meet, Memories, Met, Middle of the Nation, Miss, More, Movies, Music, My Daughters, My Mom, Open, Pain, Paint, Places, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Rains, Regret, Remorse, Retrace the Steps, Reveal, Sad, See, Shadow, Situation, Sleep, Smile, Something More, Soul, Still, Stimulate, Surprise, Tears, Thrive, Tired, Traces, Two Hearts, Want, Watch, West Virginia, Whisper, Wish, World, Years Ago, Young Boy | Leave a comment

Beyond the Thunder Dome

Posted on May 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Beyond the Thunder Domeby Michael DoyleIt took a day to really sink inTo catch my peace and reach ZenA private dancer left the buildingTo rest in Heaven, if God be willingRock-n-roll has lost its acid queenThe hips that hollered a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acid Queen, All Night Long, Beyond, Building, Churning Waters, Day, Dust of History, Ear, Empress, Eternity, Excellence, Fire, Folktale, Giving, God Be Willing, Gone, Heaven, Her Call, High Voltage, Hips, Holler, Human Being, Human Expression, Iconic Star, Legacy, Lessons, Lived Long, Living, Love, Melodic Growl, Memories, Mountains High, Musical Treasure, Mystery, Mystique, No Victim, Note, Our Age, Peace, Personfiy, Poetry and Poems, Private Dancer, Pure Energy, Relevance, Rivers Deep, Rock-n-Roll, Scale, Silent Sigh, Sink In, Siren, Songs, Soul Survivor, Southern Kitchen, Speak Her Name, Stages, Strong, Tenderness, Thunder Dome, Tire, Too Soon, Tune, Vinyl, Will To Live, Woman Done Wrong, Zen | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Live Each Day With Enthusiasm, Optimism, and Hope

Posted on April 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Live each day to the fullest. Live each day with enthusiasm, optimism and hope. If you do, I am convinced that your contribution to this wonderful experiment we call America will be profound.” – Ronald Reagan

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged America, Contribution, Convince, Day, Enthusiasm, Full, Hope, Live, Optimism, Profound, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day, Wonderful Experiment | Leave a comment

Born In the Rockies (Part II)

Posted on March 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Born In the Rockies (Part II)by Michael DoyleThe backbone of North America stretches for milesBring life across the land with ceaseless smilesFrom shifting sand dunes to deep river valleys it goesFrom the most brilliant stretches of sun to deep shadowsEach … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Again, Animal Babies, Backbone, Beginning, Biome, Born, Childhood, Cranes, Cub, Dance, Day, Deep River Valley, Den, Earth, Ecosystem, Essential, Explore, Freshness, Generation, Grass, Habittual, II, Life, Miles, Mirth, Mist, Mother, Nature, New Life, North America, Play, Poetry and Poems, Rainbow, Renewal of Vows, Ritual, Romance, Sand Dunes, Shadows, Smiles, Spawn, Sun, Tale, Temperate, Time, Understood, Wait, Ways of Love, Win, Winter, Yellowstone Valley | Leave a comment

Don’t Play With Fire In the Dark

Posted on March 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Don’t Play With Fire In the Darkby Michael Doyle The edge of the cliff beckons meWhispering my name dangerouslyIs it taunting the edgeOf a lonely soul on the ledge A reasoned soul knows its contextWhen all the dots fail to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bargain, Cards, Carve, Child, Cliff, Connect, Context, Damage Is Done, Dark, Day, Die, Don't Play With Fire, Dots, End, Feel, Fold, Gray, Hand, Journey, Ledge, Poetry and Poems, Real, Reason, Setting Sun, Sky, Taunt, Thought, Thunder and Lightning, Travel, Whisper, Wind | Leave a comment