Tag Archives: Fall

For the Win

Posted on January 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

For the Winby Michael DoyleNever give upNever give inWhen you fall downGet up againRun through the valleysKeep your head lowRun through the alleysYou didn’t even knowDodge the punchesWhenever you canThis is the rumbleThat makes you a manHold your head highAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alleys, Battle, Die, Dodge Punches, Fall, Fall Down, Fight, Found, Get Up, Give In, Give Up, Good Reasons, Head, Head high, Keep You Down, Know, Man, Never, Poetry and Poems, Rattle, Rise Again, Rumble, Run, Soul, Stumble, Twice As Hard, Unafraid, Valley, Whenever, Win | Leave a comment

My Forever Valentine

Posted on December 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

My Forever Valentineby Michael DoyleAll the moments of life are lentCarelessly given and heavenly spentIt’s the separation and the lossThat defines what’s the bossCome away with me quietlyGiving your consent spoken and silentlyOpenly expressed inside your smileTelling me you’ll give … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adore, Beckon, Belong, Boss, Call, Carelessly, Come Away With Me, Consent, Dare, Define, Dreams Lived, Eyes, Fall, Forever Valentine, Given, Greet, Heavenly, Hold, Hoped For, Know, Lent, Line, Love and Humor, Moments, My, Openly Expressed, Phone, Poetry and Poems, Quiet, Sacred, Separation and Loss, Silently, Siren's Song, Smile, Spent, Spoken, Sunrise, Tell, Temple, Tomorrow, Wait, Well Enough, While, Whisper, Winter's Rain, Words | Leave a comment

Things Seen In 2023

Posted on December 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Things Seen In 2023by Michael DoyleLooking back on what has been 2023There was a lot to know and more to seeAI taught us some about our self-doubtAnd as always, there was a lot to work outEverywhere we looked, there was … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2023, AI, Allergy Seasons, Carbon Dioxide, Cause, Christmas, Databank, Debate, Decline, Electric Cars, Everywhere, Fall, Feral Chickens, Fit, Fold, Front Page, Fungi, Hawaii, Hippo, Impossible, Know, Local Waters, Mars, Pablo Escobar, Pirated Books, Plastic Sweaters, Poetry and Poems, Poets, Question, Ragee, Rank, Re-Engineering, Seasons, See, Self Doubt, Sky, Snow, Snowmen, Struggle, Style, Things Seen, Verse, Winter, Work Out, Worse, Yerba Mate | Leave a comment

What Can Be Said of A Woman’s Touch?

Posted on December 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

What Can Be Said of A Woman’s Touch?by Michael DoyleWith a touch of her handHe finds happiness againWith her look, he understandsWhat he is meant to ascertainHer walking beside himMakes his sight less dimAs he opens his heart to seeHer … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Arms, Ascertain, Beside, Bind, Bliss, Charms, Dim, Discover, Eyes, Fall, Falling Star, Fires, Hand, Happiness, Heart, Heart Unspoken, Lips, Look, Meant, No Longer Broken, Open, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Reach, Said, See, Shine, Sight, String, Surprise, Taste, Time, Togeher, Touch, Tranquility, Truth, Two Souls, Understand, Unwrap, Walk, Whisper, Wholeness, Woman's Touch | Leave a comment

Thoughts Looking Back

Posted on December 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Thoughts Looking Backby Michael DoyleI do not want to say anything that isn’t trueAt least, that is, from my deepest point of viewI have lived my life in its living, and as a writer,Often seeking to find life a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best Moments, Bright, Fall, First Admission, Gloss, Happy, Hasty Judgment, Heartbreaks, Horror and Pain, Language, Life, Looking Back, Miles, Mistakes, Mystery and Miracle, Poetry and Poems, Point of View, Seek Good, Smiles, Spring, Tell, Thoughts, True, Writer | Leave a comment

Something About Respect

Posted on November 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Something About Respectby Michael DoyleIt was a different lifeA different sceneLife was toughAnd the streets were meanLife was about respectAsking for the something better to be hadWas maybe a bit too much to expectBut the beauty seen could make him … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Backrow, Beauty, Bluebird, Catch My Fall, Champions, Content, Desire, Despearation, Different Life, Doubt, Drag, Expect, Face, Fall, Flirt, Glad, Had, Heartbreak, Life's Games, Made, Making Love, Mean, Melancholy, Mistake, Moment, Night, Nothing At All, Picture Show, Play, Poetry and Poems, Proverbial, Rainbow, Respect, Scene, Seen, Shadows, Something, Something Better, Stand, Streets, The Way, The World, Tough, Unafraid | 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

…Of Hope

Posted on October 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

…Of Hopeby Michael DoyleOur nightmares become us in the nightStartling us with their unholy lightMankind has always struggled as we doBut it is only in this that we renewAs God has mercy on us sinners in our endIn our knowledge … Continue reading →