Tag Archives: Defeat

Depths of Despair

Posted on May 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How much sadness can one little girl’s heart hold? More than the number of angels that can dance on the head of an infinite pinhead. Depths of Despair by Michael Doyle In the depths of despair Her life out of … Continue reading →

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Consent of the Governed

Posted on May 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing in a series of poems about the establishment of our republican form of government and life under the rule of law as set out in our constitution: Consent of the Governed by Michael Doyle The standards are set by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abject, Ambition, American, Anarchy, Attention, Avoid, Balance of Power, Checks and Balances, Classics, Component, Consent, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Defeat, Deficiencies, Democracy, Detection, Discern, Distribution, Examine, Executive, Extremes, Freedom, Gather, Governed, Government, History, Hour, Human Beings, Imperfection, Improvement, Improvements, Independent Judiciary, Inhibition, Invitation, Just Government, Know, Last, Learn, Legendary, Legislative Representation, Lesson, Liberty, Lose, Mankind, Means, Nation, Nothing New, Old, Order, Past, Permanent, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Political, Power, Powerful, Publius, Representation, Republican, Republican Government, Rights, Rule of Law, Science of Government, Seat, Self Government, Series, Slavery, Society, Standards, Subject, Table, Tension, The People, Told, Transcendence, Truth, Tyranny, Unalienable, Unchecked Power, Vacillation, Vote, Work | Leave a comment

Triumphal Entry (Palm Sunday 2020)

Posted on April 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo 2020, Day 5 is Palm Sunday! Challenging, really challenging prompt today. 20 separate components: “Our (optional) prompt for today is one that we have used in past years, but which I love to come back to, because it so … Continue reading →

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Fragments Beyond Authenticity

Posted on March 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the words of Bob Dylan, the times are indeed a-changin’ Fragments Beyond Authenticity by Michael Doyle In a world less versed in prophecy Caught up in its whirl of hypocrisy The by-word become feigned authenticity And nothing is scarier … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Authenticity, Being, Beyond, Bleed Out, Bob Dylan, Brilliance, By-Word, Candlelit, Cannon, Caw, Change, Choose, Concrete, Crush, Cry, Defeat, Descent, Dream, Exist, Extinguish, Fabric, Fall, Fatal, Feign, Flaw, Flesh, Flight, Fragment, Grace, Heat, Honesty, Humans, Hypocrisy, Indifference, Ineuendo, Insist, Knowledge, Meaning, Mere, Mortal, Night, Particles, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Pour, Precious Life, Prophecy, Punctuality, Pure, Raven, Reality, Realize, Resiliance, Restore, Revelation, Scare, Science, Seams, Shift, Solace, Soul, Stained Glass, Sword, Time, Truth, Unified, Vigil, Whirl, World | Leave a comment

Scorecard

Posted on January 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Ever wonder how your life is tallying up? Scorecard by Michael Romani Sometimes like an idiot savant I do my best to be your servant Lord, to put things a little oddly I recognize that on earth, I am your … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Our Motives To Act In Life Should Be the Relief of the Distressed; the Detection of Frauds; the Defeat of Oppression; and the Diffusion of Happiness

Posted on August 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Learning is not virtue but the means to bring us an acquaintance with it. Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Let these be your motives to action through life, the relief … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Action, Defeat, Detect, Disfuse, Distressed, First Principles, Fraud, Happiness, Life, Motive, Nathanael Greene, Oppression, Relief | Leave a comment

First Principles: Let Knowledge and Virtue Enable Your Motives Through Life In Acting To Relieve the Distressed, Detect Fraud, Defeat Oppression and Diffuse Happiness

Posted on June 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Acquaintance, Action, Defeat, Detect, Diffuse, Distressed, First Principles, Fraud, Happiness, Integrity, Knowledge, Learn, Motive, Nathanael Greene, Oppression, Relief, Virtue | Leave a comment

Revelations No. 2

Posted on February 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Cor 15:24 : Revelations No. 2 by Michael Romani Caught up in the end days thundering Lost up in speculation and wondering We find ourselves looking for redemption Seeking this out in our stark contemplation … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged 1 Corinthians, Alpha, Contemplation, Death, Defeat, Destination, Divine, End Days, Faith, Final Days, First, Full Circle, Future, Heed, History, Jesus, Keys of the Kingdom, Kingdom, Last, Legacy, Lesson, Lord, Omega, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Redemption, Restore, Revelation, Righteous, Ruin, Salvation, Second Adam, Seeker, Service, Shield, Sorrow, Speculation, Steadfast, Thunder, Tomorrow, Truth, Wonder, Word | Leave a comment

Hunting Himmler – A Found Poem

Posted on February 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Milkwood’s Poem A Day #6 is the Found Poem form and has as its word prompt “gravity”. A found poem is quite literally that. Scanning through the written material of others a little snatch of verbiage here and there catch’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allies, Chaos, Checkpoint, Collaborate, Conspiracy, Cruel, Cyanide, Defeat, Destruction, Devil, Disguise, Dr. Wells, Due, Elbe, Escape, Found Poem, German, Henrich Himmler, History, Hitler, Holocaust, Humanity, Identity, Industrial, Justice, Legacy, Mercedes Benz, Mistake, Nazi Germany, Newsreel, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prisoner of War, Prussic Acid, Refugees, Reich, Served, Sinister, Society, Villans | Leave a comment

We Who Would Be Gods

Posted on February 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Some folks believe that we stand on the verge of a merger between man, machine and artificial intelligence. They espouse this prerogative as a next step in the evolution of mankind. Intriguing isn’t it? Some easily evident pluses. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bequest, Certain, Children, Defeat, Destiny, Discipline, Evolution, Force of Nature, Gods, History, Humanity, Inferior, Integrity, Kill, Lame, Legacy, Machine, Man, Merge, Name, Natural Cause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remnant, Revolution, Sin, Superior, Third Millenium, Unseat, We | Leave a comment