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End of the Frontier
Between the 1870s to the early 1900s, American society became a vast sea of sea change in matters of all forms of transformation going on at once. End of the Frontier by Michael Doyle The travesty of the Civil War … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Assimilation, Big, Big Business, Blessing, Bold, City, Civilization, Cohesion, Columbus, Commerce, Commodity, Corporation, Curse, Development, End, Exploration, Face, Family Business, Federal, Finance, Foreign Born, Frederick Turner, Frontier, Gains, Grand Review, Hero, History, Immigration, Industrialization, Industry, Infrastructure, JP Morgan, Labor, Losses, Melting Pot, Moderinization, Modern, Money, Moot, Nation, National Power, Nature, Oil, Peril, Photograph, Pluralism, Poem, Poetry, Population, Power, Profession, Providence, Railroad, Republican Values, Revitalization, Rockefeller, Salad, Sea Change, Society, Spirit of the West, Town, Transformation, Transportation, Unification, Urban, Virtue, Washington D.C., World Columbian Exposition
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Set’s Legacy
A continuing look at Egyptian myth: Set’s Legacy by Michael Doyle Only a mad man would steal Those things that a god would conceal Two bridges rigged with traps Cloaked in the veil of mystery wraps All power is centered … Continue reading
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Tagged Anubis, Banks, Blaze, Blind, Border, Breath, Bridges, Cheat, Clever, Cloak, Conceal, Darkness, Dead, Deal, Death, Deceive, Deception, Deed, Defy, Descend, Ear, Egyptian, End, Eternal, Evil, Eyes, Fame, Fates, Forgiving, Friends, God, Grace, Harshness, Heart, History, Immortality, Journey, Labyrinth, Legacy, Light, Living, Love, Lovers, Mad Man, Mortality, Mystery, Myth, Nile, Nine Gates, Obelisk, Order, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pray, Proclaim, Reverence, Secret, Set, Skies, Smile, Speak, Steal, Strong, Sun, Thousand, Trap, Truth, Two, Undone, Veil, Whisper, Wish, Wound
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Thought For the Day: Every Day Is a New Beginning and Every Sunset Is Merely the Latest Milestone On A Voyage That Never Ends
“Every day is a new beginning and every sunset is merely the latest milestone on a voyage that never ends.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Begin, Day, End, Every, Milestone, Never, New, Ronald Reagan, Sunset, Thought For the Day, Voyage
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Pandemic Confronted
On looking slightly back at a day of visitation with two princesses who mean all the world to me and reflection on the current events of our times. Pandemic Confronted by Michael Doyle What a day to roundly irrational In … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Afraid, Angel, Answer, Bad Joke, Better, Bravado, Bring, Brisk, Calm, Celebrate, Choke, Confess, Confront, Consequence, Covoid 19, Dad, Dancer, Day, Day's End, Deep, Depart, Devil, Diplomatic, Eldest, Embrace, End, Epidemic, Eye, Face, Father, Fear, Fear Monger, First, God, Goodbye, Heart, Hid, Hug, Imperfect, Irrational, Joke, Kill, Know, Last Day, Laugh, Loneliness, Looking Back, Love, Meal, Memory, Pandemic, Photograph, Pi, Poem, Poetry, Recompense, Reply, Revealing, Right, Risk, Round, Saint Patrick's Day, Sarcoidosis, See, Sent Off, Shower, Smile, Soul, Tear, Tell, Together, Trace, Visitation, Warm, Watch, Way, Wordplay
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Thought For the Day: Rushing Into Action, You Fail
“Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe. Therefore the Master takes action by letting things take their course. He remains as calm at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, All, Always, Beginning, Calm, Care, Conronavirus, Course, Desire, End, Fail, Force, Grap, Lao Tzu, Learn, Lose, Master, Not Desire, Nothing, Practical Care, Prevention, Remind, Ruin, Rush, Tao, Tao Te Ching, Thought For the Day, Unlearn, Wisdom
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A Return To the Sea
A pirate’s lot remains on my mind today. To me, like many, there has always been a bit of allure to some of the legendary pirates. Not the least of these is a chapter in a book I aim to … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Andrew Jackson, Banditry, Battle of New Orleans, Best, Call, Claim, Earn, End, Fatal, Fate, Final, Footnotes, Forgot, Gallantry, Gold, History, Jean Lafitte, Know, Legacy, Legend, Life, Lot, Me, Monument, Mystery, Photograph, Pirate, Poem, Poetry, Remains, Return, Sea, Sirens, Soul, Storm, Swallow, Tales, Told, Unwanted, Water, Whole, You
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Words To Feeling
These days with so many choices out there, it seems an endless spiral of restless hearts. Here’s to those whose hearts have found their home. I see it in a plethora of friends who have now been married a … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiration, Being, Believe, Best, Bliss, Choices, Cliche, Compel, Complexity, Dare, Defy, End, Fear, Feeling, Follow, Friends, Give, God, Happiness, Heartbond, Hearts, Home, Honest, Humans, Lovers, Marriage, Never, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Push Away, Receive, Restless, Reveal, Rock, See, Seeing, Sensibility, Soul, Spin, Stability, Step, Truth, Understand, Walk, Will, Wonderland, Words
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Game of Hearts
Some say the grass is always greener. I don’t. Game of Hearts by Michael Doyle Don’t make my heart Into another game of homes Or, you’ll soon see me depart I’d rather just be alone I’ve seen the trades made … Continue reading
My Thorny Crown
War never truly ends for some. My Thorny Crown by Michael Doyle It’s said and it’s true As a lesson learned by me and you That only the dead Know the end of war For the rest of us, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bring Down, Comfort, Crown, Cut, Day and Night, Dead, Death, Embraces, End, Forsaken, Good, Harbinger, Head, Heed, Infinite, Intimate, Keep, Line, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pure, Small Spaces, Soul, Sure, Thorn, Torment, Traces, True, Understood, Unforgettable, Unknown, Untainted, War, Ways, Wear, Wrong and Right, Yesterday
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