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What Is To Be Will Be
What Is To Be Will Beby Michael DoyleAs the day of celebration approaches,My thoughts turn to the prayer that encroachesOn every other day and on all my ways.It is as important as Christmas Day.The Lord’s Prayer is, itself, a revolution.It … Continue reading
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Tagged Approach, Aspration, Attention, Beatitudes, Beleiver, Burning Bush, Celebation, Christmas Day, Day, Dread, Egypt, Embrace, Encroach, Family, Father, Focus, Freedom, God, God's Name, Heart, Hillside, Holy Father, Israelites, Jagged Hearts, Jesus, Kingdom, Label, Line, Moses, Narrow Place, Nile, Path, Phrase, Poetry and Poems, Poner, Pray, Prayer, Reach, Redeemer, Rescuer, Revolution, Right Attitude, Sacred Flame, Sermon on the Mount, Sinai, Slavery, Souls, Spiritual Evolution, Teaching, The Lord's Prayer, Thought, To BE, Unerstanding, Walk, Ways, What Is
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Dancing Shoes
Dancing Shoesby Michael DoyleChristmas brings back faded memories,Mostly of how we love our family.The thing is that most of mine are dead,And still there is what needs to be said.I gather myself by the gravestone,Self-aware that I’m on my own.Thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged Alibis, Ballerinas, Christmas, Cows, Dancing Shoes, Explore, Fade Memories, Family, Gravestone, Life, Love, Miles, My Life, Open Road, Poetry and Poems, Self-Aware, Slips By, Smiles, Tiny Miracles, Truth, Ultrasound, Writing
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First Principles: Families Are the Nurseries of All Societies; and the First Combinations of Mankind
“Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.” – Cotton Mather
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Tagged Cotton Mather, Family, First Combiniation, First Principles, Mankind, Nursery, Society
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A Healthy Affordability
A Healthy Affordabilityby Michael DoyleThe trick to this is durability,If you’re looking for real sustainability.Common sense is the secret to an economyIn which everyone gains the needed ability…For all of us to make a reasonable living,And without that ability, there … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, AFfordibility, Afforibility, Agility, Agriculture, America First, Breathing Room, Charity, Common Sense, Country, Durability, Economy, Family, Farmer, Farming, Follow, Fuel, Give-A-Damn, Giving, Green New Scam, Healthy, Insecurity, Liquidity, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Price, Real Susttainability, Reasonable Living, Secret, Sustainability, sustainable-agriculture, Taxes, Trick, True Cost, Uncertainty, Wrong Policies
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To Become Better
To Become Betterby Michael DoylePumping my brakes amidst the celebration,It’s time to focus on my destination. The old year is held in quiet reflectionAs we start the new year, amid this contemplation.Steps are taken in our life’s journey,Bringing our fulfillment … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, Brakes, Ce;lebration, Contemplation, Destination, Destiny, Door, Family, Foscus, Fulfillment, God, Happy, Heavy Lifting, Journey, Life, Liink, New Year, Old Year, Path, Poetry and Poems, Pump, Reflecttion, Steps, Thrive
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The Fight After the Fight
The Fight After the Fightby Michael DoyleThe first death you seeStrips away a layer of life’s dignity.It stays with you like an aura you wearWhile you fight the pangs of despair.The pain grips you by the heart.As you look into … Continue reading
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Tagged Aura, Battle, Bury, Christmas Season, Dead and Gone, Despair, Dignity, Due, Eyes, Family, Fight, First Death, Glory, Heart, Lack, Layer, Life, Love, mental-health, Misery, Move On, Mystery, Night, Pain, Pan, Pangs, Poetry and Poems, Rattle, Rucksack, Saber, Soul, Story, Treason, War, Writing
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Macy’s 99th Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy’s 99th Thanksgiving Day Paradeby Michael DoyleA slight smile replaces my poker faceAs I rush with everyone to find my place.This beautiful parade of yours and mineComes just like an early Valentine.A little special love shines our way,Brought to us … Continue reading
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Tagged 99th, Balloon, Broadway, Character, Christmas, Dancers, Dancing Shoes, Elves, Explore, Family, Felix the Cat, Float, Happiness, Herald Square, Holidays, Inflation, Love, Mack the Knife, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Marching Band, New York City, Poetry and Poems, Radio City Rockettes, Ragtime, Smile, Super Fan, Thanksgiving, Tom Torkey, Travel
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Happy Thanksgiving To One and All!!
As families gather across the nation, and our military families may gather overseas, I wish everyone a joyful, Happy Thanksgiving 2025! We are grateful and give thanks to the Lord, God Almighty above us all, for the love and goodness … Continue reading
A Reverence For Hurts Felt
A Reverence For Hurts Feltby Michael DoyleIt’s never easy on the children. Is it?Perfection is not really a standard. Is it?There is so much to be worked out,Between the fears, the tears, and the doubts.It’s too bad about the power … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Children, Daughter, Difference, Done, Doubt, Earnest, Failure, Faith, Family, Father, Fear, Felt, Forgiving, Hurt, Jesus, Life, Lord, Love, Measure, Omission, Perfection, Poetry and Poems, Power of Animosity, Pray, Rage, Reverence, Son, Starndard, Tears, Thanksgiving, Treasure, Understood, Worked Out, Writing, Wrongs
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