Tag Archives: Death

Poinsettia Day 2023

Posted on December 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Poinsettia Day 2023by Michael DoyleUsually quiet and sometimes reservedSometimes death seems so undeservedIt’s hard to find the words to sayLike on this present Poinsettia DayLife is sad, yet interesting, in processionMoments like these reveal this is not a possessionBut a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2023, Abovee, Accept, Afrar, Angels, Aware, Borrow, Breakdown, Breathe, Bring, Christmas Tale, David, Death, December, Do My Best, Eyes, Family, Filled, First Noel, Flower, Forgiving, Fullness, Gift, Giving, Guitar, Hard, Healing Light, Heart, Heavens, Him, Important, Know, Laughter, Life, Lived, Love, Midnight, Moments, My Life, News, Openly Weep, Plucking Notes, Poetry and Poems, Poinsettia Day, Possession, Procession, Quiet, Remember, Resentment, Reserved, Reveal, Sad, Sad Day, Shepherd, Shining Bright, Sing, Smile, Sorrow, Star, Story, Turn Out Right, Undesvered, Up Close, Wise, Wish, Words | Leave a comment

Happy Halloween 2023

Posted on October 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Happy Halloween 2023by Michael DoylePumpkin, ghosts, and black catsCoffins, ghouls, and witches hatsIt’s a dizzying juxtapositionOf death in a freeform composition Each holiday has its own marked placeThat helps society’s children embraceThe traces of life that we all knowThat shift … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Black Cats, Children, Coffins, Composition, Death, Dormancy, Embrace, Fall, Fear, Freeform, Frivolity, Ghost, Ghouls, Grow, Halloween, Happiness, Happy Halloween 2023, Holiday, Horror Tales, Juxtaposition, Know, Laughter, Life, Magic, Marked Place, Mean, Memento Mori, Mortality, Movies, Nonsensical, Pieces, Poetry and Poems, Pumpkins, Reminder, Saint, Scare, Scares, Scattered, Shift, Smile, Society, Soul, Stitches, Teach, Trace, Whimsical, Winter, Wish, Witches, Witches Hats | Leave a comment

A Humble Servant’s Inquiry

Posted on October 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Humble Servant’s Inquiryby Michael DoyleIs it rebellious to question?I ask this in humblest confessionWe wish only that those we loveMight escape a little longer from heaven aboveWhile others wish for that deathThrough the struggle of wounded breathA second prayer … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Become, Blemish, Children, Confession, Conquest, Death, Eternity, God, Heaven Above, Holy Rain, Humble Servant, Inquiry, Life's Journey, Love, Merciful End, Mirror, Noble Quest, Paid In Full, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Question, Rebel, Redeem, Rest, Second Prayer, Servant's Request, Struggle, Test, Wish, Wounded Breath, Younger Self | Leave a comment

In Healing Hymn

Posted on October 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In Healing Hymnby Michael DoyleTo be human is to fantasizeMore than can be seen with naked eyesWorried about what ghouls might beAfter death’s last-breath tragedyWe keep our eyes on what is nextAnd all the riddles that do connectCaught in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrogance, Bittersweet, Blasphemy, Breath, Burn, Bury, Climb, Conceal, Courage, Cure, Death, Desceration, Die, Dream, Endure, Fadeaway, Faithlessness, Fantasize, Flowers, Fluidity, Ghouls, God, Grave, Grow, Heal, Health and Sickness, Heart, Heartbreak, Heaven's Gate, Hesitation, Human, Hymn, Know, Lives, Lullaby, Measure, Memories, Mortal Love, Mountain, Mourn, Mystic, Naked Eyes, Offense, Pockets of Desolation, Poetry and Poems, Pursue, Question, Remembered, Resurrection, Riddles, Sacred Reason, Save, Sin, Sorrow, Sympathy, Timid Souls, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Treasure, Yesterday | Leave a comment

The With-Ness of Our Witness

Posted on October 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The With-Ness of Our Witnessby Michael DoyleGod isn’t a cosmic killjoy out to dealOut the harsh things that keep it realGod is faithful and loves celebrationAnd lessons he often teaches are with elationWe sometimes arrive a little rough around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Bridgee, Celebration, Connection, Cosmic Killjoy, Deal, Death, Edge, Elation, Four Gospels, God, Godly Ways, Hars, Pentecost, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Real, Reborn, Resurrection, Rough, Sin, Teach, Traction, With-Ness, Witness | Leave a comment

Step Inside A Haunted Mansion

Posted on October 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Step Inside A Haunted Mansionby Michael DoyleWhat if death was not the endingBut instead, just a new beginning?What if the paranormal was realAnd not just something that we feel?Skepticism has its own kind of turningIn all walks of life, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged After Midnight, Answers, Bad Luck, Bad News, Beginning, Beyond, Blind, Conceal, Crystal Ball, Dark Spirits, Dead, Death, Devil, Discern, Disquieted Spirits, Ending, Fear, Fears, Feel, Fight, Final Play, Follow, Ghastly Sight, Ghosts, God, Good Intent, Grandeur, Grasp, Gravee, Haunted Mansion, Haunting, Hear, Hell Bent, Hollow, Inside, Lead, Learn, Life, Medium, Message, Mirror, Mortal Beings, Move On, Mysterious Ways, New, New Orleans, No Hope, Numbered Days, Our Ghosts, Paranormal, Personal Fiight, Pessimism, Play, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pray, Real, Return, Reveal, Save, Scare, Seance, Skepticism, Spiritualism, Step, Substantial, Succumb, Trap, Truth of Life, Turn, Voice, Walks, Wanting, Watched Steps, Whisper | Leave a comment

If We Wish For the True Keys of the Kingdom

Posted on October 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

If We Wish For the True Keys of the Kingdomby Michael DoyleIt is said that in life’s great travestyThat it was the things of curiosityThat finally killed off the barn catBut I would bet that if we looked in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abeerration, Accepted Thought, Admission, Affiliiation, All Growth, Angle, Artists, Barn Cat, Blank Page, Cage, Captivity, Conquered, Constrict, Creativity, Curiosity, Dangle, Death, Declarative, Definitive, Disappear, Expression, Fear, Freely, Hat, Hidden, Hide, Ideological Tribes, Imagination, Imposition, Impressions, Intellectual Freedom, Keep, Kill, Kingdom, Life, Literacy, Looking In, Moralistic, Narrative, Nation, One Story, Orthodoxy, Outsdie, Path, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Self-Censorship, Shrink, Stridency, Submit, Tale, Thought, Travesty, True Keys, Unheeded, Unneeded | Leave a comment

Autumn Seen Starkly

Posted on October 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Autumn Seen Starklyby Michael DoyleOctober 2nd and the days are wearing thinI suppose it is true that Winter is coming againThis, then, is the truth of Autumn seen starklyAs the days grow shorter and are seen darklyPoetry captures violent moments … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Amplify, Ancient Lineage, Autumn, Bend, Blessedness, Blossom, Breath, Change, Childhood, Cold, Collect, Creep, Cycles of Life, Dark, Days, Death, Decadence, Deciduous, Everywhere, Flower, Golden, Heartbeats, Hibernate, Hours, Ice, Knew, Love, Memories, Moments, New, Old Lifee, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Radiance, Reaper, Rearrange, Seep, Simple, Slip, Spin Out, Spring, Stark, Stay, Sunlight, Taces, Thin, Time, Transmute, True Growth, Truth, Universal, Vivid Color, Warnth, Weather, Winter, Wither | Leave a comment

Continually and Helpfully

Posted on August 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Continually and Helpfullyby Michael DoyleContinually and helpfully, we must setGod’s word before us studied, not just a peekSeeking to live as Jesus would teachKeeping the things above within our needed reachFocused on what is truly our very bestThat we might … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Battlefield, Breath, Compel, Continue, Death, Devil, Dwell, Evil, Eyes, Flawed, Focus, Fumble, God, God's Word, Good, Grow, Helpful, Impulse, Jesus, Know, Learn, Light, Live, Minds, Outward, Path, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Purity, Push and Pull, Reach, Satan, Season, Soul, Study, Talk, Teach, Tempt, Test, Toward, Treason, Truth, Understood, Victory's Crown, Walk, Word of God, Yield | Leave a comment

The Fight For Nobility

Posted on August 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Fight For Nobilityby Michael DoyleTo fight for nobilityOften causes many to loseIn life’s lack of sensibilityWhich comes though we refuseThe Spanish InquisitionHad its inglorious powerThat it used without hesitationTo rule any given hourMadmen and poetsHave much in commonEven when … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Best, Born To Die, Broken Dreams, Brutality, Cause, Common, Confuse, Cure, Dare, Death, Desire, Destination, Dreams, Fight, Fool, Give, Grasp, Hesitation, Hour, Idle Talk, Inglorious Power, Judge, Knight, Life, Live, Lived, Lose, Madmen and Poets, Mirror, Moments, Nobility, Noble and True, Plain, Poetry and Poems, Pose, Prevail, Proverbs, Question, Real, Reality, Rebuild, Refuse, Rule, Seem, Sensibility, Test, The Spanish Inquisition, Truth, Why, Youth | Leave a comment