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A Dragon Born
A Dragon Bornby Michael DoyleIn the province of Henan, gungfu was bornTo rise to defeat China’s enemies as swornShaolin’s grace side by side with Tai Chi’s schoolBrought honor to their disciples’ ruleA battle head was one of strictly set contestFighting … Continue reading
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Tagged All That Is Left, Alley Ways, Anger and Pride, Avoid, Battle, Born, Brick, Building Up, China, Contest, Deciding Factor, Defeat, Disciple, Discipline, Dragon, Ebb and Flow, Enemy, Equilibrium, Every Moment, Extra Weight, Fall, Fate, Fights, Forget, Game, Glass, Glory, Grace, Gracious, Grow, Gungfu, Hard Learned, Henan, Hollywood, Honor, Humility, Importance, Increase, Increasing Strife, Inside, Keep Control, Lessons, Life Comes, Live, Live Strong, Live Yet Another Day, Lost In Life, Need, Other Person's Head, Pain, Path, Penance, Poetry and Poems, Power, Province, Restoration, Rule, Seal, Seifoo, Shaolin, Share, Side By Side, Skill, Spirit Unbroken, Spoken, Step By Step, Street, Strict, Tai Chi, Tea, Torn Down, Trick, True, Unspoken, Victory's Crown, Ways, When, Whisper, Will, Win, Won, Words
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Do Not Be Troubled
Do Not Be Troubledby Michael DoyleDo not be troubled by the struggleOr the times we falter and we bungleDifficulties have come and they will goSuch is the path of life’s ebb and floUnsettled fates make for troubled heartsThe sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrive, Bungle, Calmness, Come, Coming Toll, Cosmic Language, Deep, Departs, Difficulties, Discouragement, Don't Get Lost, Ease, Ebb and Flo, Encouragement, Fail, Faithfulness, Fall, False Prophecy, Falter, Heavens, Hours, Illustration, Life's Frustrations, Life's Storms, Live Through, Nation, Poetry and Poems, Political Leaders, Recall, Reckon Hard, Revelation, Second Coming, Seeming Norm, Sense of Courage, Signs of Glory, Stars, Struggle, Survives, Times, Times Like These, Troubled, Troubled Century, Troubled Hearts, Unsettled Fates
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Na/GloPoWriMo #27: In A Cemetery Obscure
Na/GloPoWriMo #27: In A Cemetery Obscureby Michael DoyleToday’s walkFilled with historyFootsteps fallenIn the silent cemeteryMelancholy and forlornThis modern world Needs some of the ringlornTo realize, everyday is a questHarmless decision pointsLead to the agnosthesiaWords spoken and unspokenHold their forms of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, Absolution, Agnosthesia, Amnesia, Baby, Calls, Cemetery, Cure, Decision Points, Dormant, Everyday, Fall, Footsteps, Forlorn, Forms, Ghost, Harmless, History, Lead, Lilo, Melancholy, Modern World, Na/GloPoWriMo, No Tomorrow, Obscure, Poetry and Poems, Quest, Ringlorn, Silent, Silo, Some, Sorrow, Tears, Today, Tombstone, Vision, Walk, Words
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First Principles: Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Should Fall
“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.” – John Adams (1777)
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Tagged Be Done, Fall, First Principles, John Adams, Justice, The Heavens
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First Principles: Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Should Fall
“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.” – John Adams (1777)
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Tagged Be Done, Fall, First Principles, Havens, John Adams, Justice
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Life Worth Living
Life Worth Livingby Michael DoyleI’ve never been one given to chanceDetermined to rise above my circumstancesAs a child of God driven by destinyTaking this challenge as my legacyHeaven holds all of my best treasureGod first, then family, is my measureA … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts, Adversity, Belief and Love, Blindness, Bliss, Brith, Challenge, Chance, Cherish, Child of God, Circrumstance, Clasped, Destiny, Dignity, Discerned, Done, Driven, Embrace, Faith, Fall, Family, Forgiving, Gaze, God, God Above, God First, God's, God's Favor, Grace, Grown In Faith, Guided, Hands, Happiness, Heaven, Heavenly Host, Holds, Humility, Integrity, Learned, Legacy, Lessons, Letter, Life, Life Worth Living, Live, Living, Living These Moments, Lord's Face, Love, Love and Kindness, Mad, Mean To Me, Most, My Best Treasure, My Measure, Our Battle, Our Legacy, Place, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prayer, Purpose Filled Life, Rattle, Recall, Rise Above, Son, Steward, Thanks, Thanks Be To God, This World, To All, Treat Others, True, Waking Moments, Walk Our Walk, World, Worth
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Pressure Put On Coal
Pressure Put On Coalby Michael DoyleLike a herd of deer comes crashing inFalling like a gift from the skyFalling like snowflakes as it’s Christmas againAnd the angels sing their hallelujah replySnow clouds form again and yet there is no snowStill, … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Air, Angels, Authenticity, Christmas, Coal, Crash, Diamonds, Drift, Fall, Fit the Part, Form, Gift, Given, Glow, Good For the Soul, Hallelujah, Happiness, Hard Pressure, Heart, Herd, Innermost, Integrity, Jolliness, Living, Love, Mirth, Nine Reindeer, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pressure, Said, Sing, Sky, Sleep, Snow, Snow Clouds, Snowflakes, Songs, Truth, Warmth, Within
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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens. They Fall, When the Wise Are Banished From the Public Councils…
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading →