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Dancing With Ghosts
Dancing With Ghostsby Michael DoyleIn spaces where war is thought of as gloryThere are legends that make for great story.Those of us who have fought for our nationKnow this as a fantastic conversation.Around the fire, it’s meant to endlessly inspireSo … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptable Kind, Battle, Blind, Convesation, Death, Explantion, Fight, Fire, Flanked, Forwrd, Glory, Inspiraton, Legends, Marks of Battle, Monsters, Night, Ntion, Poetry and Poems, Real, Spaces, Story, Toward, Truth
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First Principles: Nations Do Not Die From Invasion; They Die From Internal Rottenness
“Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.” – Abraham Lincoln
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Death, First Principles, Internal Rottenness, Invasion, Nations
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Old Souls Never Die
Old Souls Never Dieby Michael DoyleOne by one, I see life slide by,Watching beautiful souls die.I’ve learned to silently cry,And understand, no one truly dies.It is just another glimmer of beauty done,As I say goodbye, one by one.I know who … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Souls, Best of Lves, Clandestine Eyes, Control, Dear Friend, Death, Debt, Done, Forgiven, Glimmer, Goodbye, Harbor, Human Soul, Last Breath, Loop, Loving Monument, Naked Eye, Old Souls, Passing Year, Pleaed, Poetry and Poems, Priceless, Raindrops, Remey, Silent Cry, Soul Shine, Soup, Sun, Tears, Thoughts, Transient Days, Truth, Well Lived In, Youth
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No Cause To Be Afraid
No Cause To Be Afraidby Michael DoyleSometimes it feels like death follows me,Creeping along like a shadow that swallows me.Maybe it is that I should already be dead,I know that’s too much to have been said.At three, I was pushed … Continue reading
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Tagged AFra, Afraid, Cause, Dad, Death, Follow, Life, Love, Number, Poetry and Poems, Pool, Shadow, Swallow
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Thought For the Day: Go, Therefore, To Meet the Foe With Two Objects Before You, Either Victory Or Death
“Go, therefore, to meet the foe with two objects before you, either victory or death. For men animated by such a spirit must always overcome their adversaries, since they go into battle ready to throw away their lives.” – Scipio … Continue reading
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Tagged Aversaries, Battle, Death, Foe, Go, Meet, Overcome, Scipio Africanus, Spiriit, Thought For the Day, Two Objects, Vctory
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First Principles: ‘Tis the Business of Little Minds To Shrink; But He Whose Heart Is Firm, and Whose Conscience Approves His Conduct, Will Pursue His Principles Unto Death
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Conduct, Conscience, Death, Firm, First Prnciples, Heart, Little Minds, Principles, Shrink, Thomas Paine
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The Cold Warmth of Economic Cruelty
The Cold Warmth of Economic Crueltyby Michael DoyleWhat is now happiness in its pursuit,Was once the right to own property.Democratic Socialism grows at the roots,While voters forget the tie-in with prosperity.It only needs a little patch of landFrom which the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Cold Warmth, Collective Socialism, Commence, Common Sense, Communism, Crossroads, Death, Distinction, Economic Cruelty, Extinction, Freedom, Government, History, Inseperable, Liberty, Liberty and Property, Marxist Math, Nepotism, Patch of Land, Philosophic, Planned Economies, Politically Capable, Private Property, Property, Property and Poems, Prosperity, Protection, Pursuit of Happiness, Roots, Shelter, The People, Tie-In, Tryanny, Ulterior Pessimism, Voters, Wrongness
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One Breath
One Breathby Michael DoyleHeaven has its melody,It plays like a full symphony.It’s calling us all home.We walk together, not alone.There’s a taste like eternityIn all that God has done for me.There is a home before our adoration,As certain as we … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoration, Arrival, Blessed, Certain, Contemplation, Death, Destination, Eternity, Full Symphony, Glory, God, Grave, Happy Story, Heaven, Home, Joy, Lord's Light, Melody, Night, Not Alone, One Breath, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Redemption, Revival, Satan, Stand Together, The Lamb, Theology, Trinity, Us, Walk Together
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Thought For the Day: The Object of War Is Not To Die For Your Country But To Make the Other Bastard Die For His
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.” – General George S. Patton Happy Veterans Day, especially to my fellow Veterans and their families.
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Tagged Country, Death, Die, General George S. Patton, Object, Thought For the Day, War
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The Pleasures of the Kill
The Pleasures of the Killby Michael DoyleTo be a vampire is to live a very long time.You can spend this time in venal pleasure or sublime.But either way, it is a counting of thousands of days,And this time is best … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood, Breath, Days, Death, Eternal Life, Hunt, Jealously, Kill, Poetry and Poems, Sin, The Devil, Time, Vampire, Word
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