Tag Archives: Fail

In Dream’s Shadow

Posted on July 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Sort of a word play on a Celtic adventure of romance, magic and dreams. In Dream’s Shadow by Michael Doyle Drowning in your spell My secrets to reveal Fallen to blade you wield I suddenly find, I yield To sleep … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adventure, Blade, Bring, Celtic, Day Breaks, Dream, Dream's Shadow, Dreams, Drown, Ebbs, Everything, Fail, Fair, Fallen, Find, Flows, Follow, Go, Hair, Heart, Hips, Inside, Know, Lips, Magic, My secrets, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reveal, Romance, Scarlet, Search, Seen, Shadow, Sleep, Snare, Spell, Two Hands, What Was Once Not, Wield, Word Play, Words, Yield, Your Love | Leave a comment

Shrunken Jesus

Posted on June 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It’s a paradox really… Shrunken Jesus by Michael Doyle We trust as we say with our might Believing as we will in truth and light That Jesus has the power to save our souls Then in whispers we wonder at … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Public Sentiment Is Everything. With Public Sentiment, Nothing Can Fail; Without It, Nothing Can Succeed

Posted on June 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.” – Abraham Lincoln

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Everything, Fail, First Principles, Nothing, Public Sentiment, Succeed | Leave a comment

On Attempting To Be A Good Father

Posted on June 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

As Father’s Day approaches, I am thinking a lot on what it means to be a father to my two daughters. I am woefully aware that as they approach their teenage years, there are things I might have said and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Approaches, Attempt, Bless, Case, Cause, Choice, Circumstances, Daughters, Disrupt, Do My Best, Don't Know What To Do, Eyes, Fail, Fall, Family, Father, Father's Day, Father's Face, Find, Follow, Forgive, Forgiveness, God, Good, Good Father, Grace, Guidance, Hard Calling, Hope, Knees, Know, Lead, Learn, Let Down, Little Voice, Live, Look, Love, Lucifer, Mean, Mend, Mercy, My Family, Not In Vain, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Press Onward, Prevail, Priceless, Princesses, Proud, Providence, See, Show by Example, Show Them, Steel, Strength, Strive, Tear, Tears, Think, Totality, Treasure, True, Two, Understanding, Velvet, Vulnerability, Weaknesses, Will, Wish | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Believe In A Heavenly Father Who Is Loving and Caring and Who Rejoices In Our Every Effort To Stand Tall and Walk Toward Hiim

Posted on June 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I do not believe in a God who would set up rules and commandments only to wait for us to fail so He could punish us. I believe in a Heavenly Father who is loving and caring and who rejoices … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Believe, Caring, Commandments, Dieter F Uchtdorf, Disxourage, Effort, Fail, Faith, Flee, God, Heavenly Father, Him, Keep Trying, Loving, Never Give Up, Punish, Rejoice, Rules, Set Up, Stand Tall, Stumble, Take Courage, Thought For the Day, Urge, Wait, Walk | Leave a comment

Disinfected Press Briefing

Posted on April 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The 27th day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020, has the optional prompt of writing a poetic review of something not often reviewed. Disinfected Press Briefing by Michael Doyle Even though there by sincere invitation Very few of them had whatsoever any … Continue reading →

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Retroactive Kaleidoscope

Posted on April 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The optional objective for Day 17 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020 is to write a poem incorporating a ‘forgotten’ technology. Well, my choice is not so much as forgotten but once a has been yet now a collectible among some. Retroactive … Continue reading →

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Silence Is Our Reply

Posted on April 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What was once thought the end is but the beginning and all the words make no difference when silence is our final reply. Silence Is our Reply by Michael Doyle In the black and white of integration There is a … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Passion Never Fails To Wrest the Sceptre From Reason

Posted on April 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. … Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.” – Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Assembly, Athenian, Character, Citizen, Compose, Fail, Federalist Papers, First Principles, Mob, Numerous, Passion, Reason, Sceptre, Socrates, Wrest | Leave a comment

On the Importance of True History

Posted on March 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How did an intellectual fraud like Howard Zinn become the go to guy for American history in our public schools? It’s sort of outrageous. I remember when I was of a different mindset and more open to his … Continue reading →

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