Tag Archives: Death

Don’t Talk To Strangers

Posted on July 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

First in a series of poems based on a retelling of the classic werewolf story, or is it… Don’t Talk To Strangers by Michael Doyle Mama said don’t talk to strangers You’re never out of danger When you live on … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bleed, Blood, Call, Charming, Danger, Dangerous, Day, Death, Directions, Disarming, Edge of Darkness, Eyes, Fall, Half Hidden, Hearts, Mama, Map, Meaningless, Measure, Night, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Proven, Purity, Rules, Running Away, Series, Silently, Strangers, Talk, Trap, Uncertainty, Us, Werewolf, Wolf | Leave a comment

From Darkness To Light

Posted on July 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Spent an interesting day learning, seeking and then seeing and then simply being … Or maybe, it was more like several hours in 90+ degrees photographing left me more just taking it all in while conveniently clicking to take photos … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authenticity, Awaken, Baggage, Being, Beyond, Blown Fuse, Blues, Carry On, Cosmos, Crevices, Dark, Darkness, Day Trip, Deal, Death, Dedicate, Destination, Destiny, Discover, Done, Doors, Ducklings, Enough, Eternal, Eventuality, Exquisite, Find, Forgetfulness, Found, Freed, Freedom, Gain, God, Greater Consciousness, Human, Ignorance, Immortality, Incessant, Interesting Day, Journey, Keys, Kingdom, Knowledge, Learn, Less Me, Light, Live, Locks, Luck, Mirror, More and More, Mother Duck, Need, Night, One, Open Doors, Park Pond, Part, Perception, Perfected, Photograph, Photographing, Pick, Poem, Poetry, Pointless, Quiet, Realization, Reflection, Remember, Remember When, Reunite, Right, Rocks, Scurry, Search, Seeing, Seem, Set Free, Shake, Share, Show, Shrug, Simplicity, Simply, Soul, Star Stuff, Swim, Takes, Tangled, Think, Thinking Back, Times, Truth, Unreal, Untarnished, Web, When, Wholeness, Wiser, Within, World, Young Ducklings, Zen | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Is Love, Not Reason, That Is Stronger Then Death

Posted on June 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.” – Thomas Mann

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Death, Kind Thoughts, Love, Not Reason, Oppose, Stronger, Thomas Mann, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Facing Fear Toward Tomorrow

Posted on June 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A review of race history in America is a mix of hope and of fear; rights and wrongs; in short and in truth a mixed story. Today, we confront that which was wrong. Still, we should do so not in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 13th Amendment, 25%, 5%, Alleged, America, American Blacks, Art, Avoidance, Border, Broad Based, Brothers and Sisters, Burning Crosses, Choices, Civil War, Commentary, Confront, Contain, Convicts, Cried, Criminality, Culture of Fear, Death, Delayed, Democratic Convention, Denied, Descent, Done, Economic Devastation, Economy, Emancipation, Emmett Till, Envision, Equal, Exactitude, Exception, Explode, Exploit, Face, Fear, Fragmentary, Freedom, God's Family, Great Nation, Grow, Harm, Home, Hope, Indignity, Innocent, Jim Crow, Justice, Klansmen, Learn, Liberty, Loom, Mix, Nation, Neighbors, Not Allowed To Stand, Not Alone, One, People, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Predicament, Prison, Prison Boom, Punitive, Race History, Relegate, Remedy, Resistance, Right, Righteous Kill, Righteous Nation, Second Class, Seek, Segregation, Servitude, Shackles, Shadow, Shatter, Slavery, Survivors, Tattered, The Birth of A Nation, The Other, The South, Thousand Points of Light, Tomorrow, Toward, Tried, Truth, Understood, Unity, Width, Wise, World Population, Wrong, Wrong Answer | Leave a comment

To London, Across the Sea

Posted on June 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A further retelling of Dracula in poetic form: To London, Across the Sea by Michael Doyle In a tested game of chess A knight is menacing a queen The losing side will confess What this really means A voyage has … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Across, Age, Agreement, All, Appearance, Array, Attached, Breath, Broken Down, Canopy, Chess, Coffin, Complication, Confess, Conversation, Crul, Damnation, Dark, Deaf and Dumb, Death, Destination, Destroyer, Detached, Door, Dracula, Drape, Elegance, Eternity, Eyes, Eyes To See, Fear, Feared, Flies, Fog, Fragile, Glory, Good, Good Company, Hard, Hunger, Intuition, Journey, Knight, Known, Life, Light, Listen, London, Losing Side, Mark, Master, Master of Darkness, Means, Menace, Middle, Necessary Evil, Night, Nightfall, Obvious, Passage, Penalty, Photograph, Plain, Plans, Poem, Poetry, Price, Queen, Ravenous, Read, Sail, Scratches, Sea, Shaking Hands With the Devil, Ship, Slavery, Speak, Spice, Stark, Story, Strangeness, Tale, Test, Travel, Truth, Turns, Understand, Voyage, Vulgarity, Wages, Wickedness | Leave a comment

Something Somehow Selfish Worn

Posted on June 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Cor.10:31: Something Somehow Selfish Worn by Michael Doyle There is something selfish in loving the Lord Because He loves us and we’re looking forward To that fellowship we feel here and up above And know … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Always, Ambassador, Astray, Best, Best Days, Best Things, Bittersweet, Blessing, Breath, Call, Chains, Church, Complex, Connect, Crown, Dare, Day, Death, Depth, Despite, Destination, Distraction, Down, Drag, Dreams, Embrace, Escape, Essence, Eternal, Face, Fascination, Father, Feel, Fellowship, First Corinthians, Flow, Foot of the Cross, Forward, Free, Gain, Gather, Get Back Up, Give, Glory, God, God Given, Grace, Grateful, Gratitude, He, Hear, Heaven, His Story, Holy Spirit, Human, Integrity, Light, Listen, Live Right, Living, Lord, Lose, Loss, Love, Name, Never Quit, Obstacles, Passing, Path, Patient, Pattern, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Prayer, Pressing On, Prodigal Son, Requirement, Return, Right Attitude, See, Selfish, Set Free, Simple, Somehow, Something, Struggle, Tears, Thankful, Things of Life, Total, Truth, Vain, Way, Winning, Wisdom, Wrong Turn, Years, Yoke | Leave a comment

Letting An Innocent Man Die

Posted on June 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Yes, this is still a big issue if not the biggest issue with me left over from the work for which I will always take a bit of my dignity and honor (such as it is) from. Even one … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Another Day, Better, Big Issue, Breath, Brutal, Burn, Compel, Daze, Death, Decide, Devil, Die, Dry Eye, Electric Chair, Emotions, George Floyd, Guilty Man, Heart, Hell To Pay, High, Injustice, Innocent Man, Learn, Less, Let, Lie, Live, Nothing, Path of Destruction, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reform, Selma, Sigh, Smell, Smoke, Snare, Somethign, Teachable Moments, The Devil, Time, Unacceptable, Ways, Weak Man | Leave a comment

21st Century Goings On

Posted on June 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated to George Floyd and all victims of brutality in hope that we may yet find our way to a more just and less cruel world shared in our walk of humanity. Marvin Gaye would probably be rolling over in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 21st Century, America, Antifa, Arm In Arm, Belong, Better Way, Brick, Brother, Brutality, Burning Down, Cancer, City, Common Bonds, Conquer, Cruel World, Death, Despair, Do the Trick, Dying, Each Other, Embrace, Farther, Father, Find Our Way, George Floyd, God's Sake, Goings On, Good Answer, Hate, Humanity, Just, Lawlessness, Light, Locking, Loss, Love, Make, Martin Luther King Jr, Marvin Gaye, Me, Mother, Not Too Late, Our Day, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Radicals, Rage, Right, Riot, Scar, See, Shared Humanity, Sigh, Strong, Talk Your Truth, Tell Me Now, Terms, The Streeets, Think, Today, Together, Uncaring, Understanding, Unjustified Homocide, Us, Walk, We, Weary, What's Going On, World, Wrong | Leave a comment

Towards A Science of Yoga

Posted on May 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

More and more, my mind is increasingly turned toward the benefits and science of alternative medicine and self care such as meditation and yoga. To the degree that it does not conflict with Christianity, I cannot imagine where it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adjustment, Alternative Medicine, Benefit, Body, Breath, Christianity, Connection, Correction, Day, Death, Delay, Detect, Difference, Ease, Evidence, Feel, Gain, Harm, Hatha Yoga, Heal, Health, Healthy, Imposture, Little Breaks, Management, Meditation, Mental Preception, Mind, Mind Body, Moments, Movement, Multiple Direction, Pain, Peace, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Posture, Prevention, Providence, Real, Reduce, Refrain, Science, Self Care, Sleep, Slow, Spine, Stress, Stretch, Temperament, Temple, Therapy, Useful, Way, Yoga | Leave a comment

Pinkerton Lawman

Posted on May 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Pinkertons became the crux of what became the Secret Service. Their storied history is often looked these days. Pinkerton Lawman by Michael Doyle A snake isn’t hard to find In the what that’s left behind When you flip over … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bad Man, Behind, Civil War, Death, Demise, Duty, Fatal, Fate, Fight, Find, Flip, God, History, Hung, Intensity, Justice, Lawman, Left, Light, Meet, Nation, Nature, Neck, Photograph, Pinkerton, Poem, Poetry, Preacher, Proclmation, Quick As A Wink, Quiet, Reaper, Rock, Seal, Secret Service, Served, Silver, Six Gun, Snake, Stand, Stoic, Sudden, Surprise, Talks, Tent City, Trigger Finger, Violent, War Criminal, Wrung | Leave a comment