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Tag Archives: Family
To Learn To Love
Based in part on Colossian 3:13: To Learn To Love by Michael Doyle Bearing as we do with each other Learning daily to forgive and love one another It is always the greatest of love’s expression And the hardest to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Act, Action, Anger, Apology, ath, Bear, Begun, Belong, Beyond, Blindness, Born Again, Bring, Capacity, Colossian, Condemnation, Conquer, Decide, Despite, Dignity, Done With Each Other, Dwell, Each Other, Earnest, Everyone, Evil, Expression, Faithful Choice, Family, Father, Feeling, Forget, Forgive, Forgive Myself, Forgiven, Forgives, Full Voice, Fumble, God, God Flow, Good Works, Greatest, Hardest To Do, Healing, Healthiness, Heart, High Road, Holds This, Honesty, Humble Impression, Hurt, Image of Christ, Increase, Inert, Intentional, Jesus, Keep In Mind, Kindness, Knowledge, Learn, Learn Daily, Let Go of Hurt, Letting Go, Live In Peace, Love, Love One Another, Love Yet Again, Messing Up, No Excuse, One Step Closer, Others, Outbreak, Past, Photograph, Play It Down, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Power, Reach Out, Reconcialiation, Return, Righteous, Satisfaction, Shown, Sin, Sincerity, Sins, Strength, Struggle, Stumble, Tears, Tendheart, Theology, Things Gone Wrong, Time Heals All Wounds, Together, Total, Truly Live, Words, Wrongs, Years, You and Me
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Fly On A Photographer’s Wall
Another peek into the photographs of persons and their relationships: Fly On A Photographer’s Wall by Michael Doyle Photographs so perfectly still Are a marvel that makes us feel All these candid moments captured well Soul numbing as they tell … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Body Language, Camera, Candid, Capture, Cry, Devotion, Divnity, Duplication, Embrace, Emotion, Explode, Eyes, Family, Feel, Filter, Fly, Fly On the Wall, Force, Frame, Happy, Heart, Honesty, Inspiration, Leading Lines, Measure, Mechanics, Numbing, Paid Off, Persons, Photograph, Photographer, Poem, Poetry, Ready, Relationships, Remember, Reveal, Right Moments, Slice of Life, Smile, Soul, Space, Splash of Color, Steady, Still, Story, Suffering Fool, Surprise, Tale, Told, Treasure, Unfold, Unseen Guest, Wait, Wall, Whisper, Word
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Brand Me
Watched a Ted Talk with my princesses on branding. Brand Me by Michael Doyle Thinking back on life Through all of the joy and strife There has been one question Held back with some hesitation What then is my story? … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adore, All I'll Ever Be, All-American, All-Star, American, Any, Bed, Believe, Best of Life, Body, Books, Brand, Branding, Care, Choir Boy, Conversation, Crazy, Destiny, Devote, Dream, Dreams, Echo, Eighteen, Family, Fine Enough, First Chorus, Glory, Gratefully, Grave, Grindstone, Head, Hell, Hesitation, Humble, Joy, Just As Well, Laughter, Life, Love, Many, Me, Military Man, Moment, Nose Held Down, One Question, Open Door, Passion, Photograph, Place, Placed, Poem, Poetry, Precedent, President, Pride, Pride and Joy, Princesses, Privilege, Put Away, Read, Song, Story, Stride, Strife, Study, Sunbeam, Team, TED Talk, Thank God, Thinking Back, Time, Tombstone, Trust, Two, Wounded, Years
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On Attempting To Be A Good Father
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
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A Champion Rides On
There are a lot of great ways out there to be involved in what will actually improve our nation and its society. Among these is to communicate, grow, and then use your voice in effective non-violent ways. One project that … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, Absence of Fear, Adversity, Anarchy, Ancient Tradition, Bigger Person, Build, Champion, Community, Contrary, Conviction, Cope, Cost, Courage, Death Row Inmate, Destroy, Die, Dignity, Dirt Roads, Evidence, Falsity, Family, Gallows, Given Up, God, Good fight, Good Seasons, Grind Down, Hatred, Help, Home, Hope, Hurt, Improve, Innocence Project, Innocent Man, Integrity, Intensity, Involved, Lack Character, Lost, Make Better, Man, Modern Day, Nation, Non-Violence, Opportunity, Penitentiary, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Police Misconduct Litigation, Poor, Questionable, Reality, Reasons, Results, Ride, Scared, Shadows, Society, Stand, Standing, Strength, System, Testimony, True Heart, Untrue, World
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The Lateness of the Hour
Returning back to a promised project that was set down for a time and based in part on The Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 8: The Lateness of the Hour by Michael Doyle In a labyrinth of the mind’s imprecision We … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Anger, Artistic, Asylum, Automated, Automaton, Back Story, Belong, Bill, Chance, Chorus, Clock Hands, Comfort, Competition, Confront, Console, Constrain, Contempt, Control, Cost, Counter Argument, Craving, Creation, Creature, Daughter, Decay, Deliberation, Design, Difference, Dimension, Discontent, Distraught, Disturbing, Dream, Empty, Environment, Exposure, False, Family, Father, Feel, Felt, Fine, Free, Glide, Hand Dealt, Harshly, Heart, Hour, Humanity, Ill Afford, Imprecision, Infer, Insular, Intentional, Irritation, Labyrinth, Lateness, Lost, Love, Maid, Mausoleum, Measure, Mechanical, Memories, Memory Track, Menagerie, Mental, Mental Inventory, Museum, Neuroses, No Strings, Noise, One Dance, Outside, Own Mind, Passing Day, Perfect, Petulant, Photograph, Pleasant, Poem, Poetry, Pond, Poverty, Prattle, Prefection, Prejudice, Pride, Project, Quality, Ravages of Time, Reach, Real, Recitation, Recount, Recreated, Reference, Refine, Relative, Repetition, Rest, Right, Rigor, Robots, Safe, Sameness, Science, Second, Secret, Security, Sensation, Serenity, Share, Shrill, Speak, Speech, Stone Thrown, Stormy Night, Strive, Stumble, Superaltive, Survival, The Twilight Zone, Tick, Tick Tock, Toys, Travel, Twist, Twist of Fate, Understand, Unhappy, Unruffled, Vegetable, War, Will, Willful, Wish, World, Worn Out
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Venice – Piazza San Marco
Venice, Italy is one of the beautiful and historical places in the world that we could all use some familiarity. This is a look at Piazza San Marco. Venice – Piazza San Marco by Michael Doyle Through the Bacino … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adornment, Ancient, Angel, Bacino di San Marco, Basilica of San Marco, Broglio, Byzantine, Cafe, Case, Centuries, Chance, Column, Conspiracy, Culture, Doge Palace, Earthly, Elegance, Embroil, Execution, Face, Family, Forgive, Foscari Arch, Four Horsemen, Games of Chance, Gate, Gates of Heaven, Gather, Government, Grand Palace, Guiding Light, History, Home, Hour, Ignorance, Italy, Journey, Justice, Live, Mask, Memorial, Merchants, Mosaic, Mystery, Napoleon, Night, Old, Orchard, Overthrow, Paint, Paper, Patron Saints, Perch, Perfection, Photograph, Piazza San Marco, Piety, Poem, Poetry, Politic, Political, Power, Pride, Republican, Roman Emperors, Romance, Royals, Secret, Serve, Society, Spiritual, Spoils, St Mark, St Theodore, Stolen, Symmetry, Tangle, Temporal Power, Theft, Time, Triangle, Triumpal, Union, Venetians, Venice, Welcome, Whisper, Words, Wrong
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Rites of Passage
What might it be to see the rites of passage for a Viking daring to reach west not east and in so doing changes perceptions of possibility? Rites of Passage by Michael Doyle As odd as it may seem You … Continue reading
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Tagged Born, Confess, Dead Thigns, Depth, Die, Doorframe, Dragon Ships, Dreams, East, Edge, Eye, Family, Fight, Flavor, Give, Guard, Had, Knowledge, Life, Man, Mistress, Northern Lights, Odd, Odin, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Quest, Right, Rites, Sad, Satisfied, Sea, Seem, Seen, Seldom, Sight, Test, Tried, True, Viking, West, Worry, You
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First Principles: Government Is Instituted For the Protection, Safety, Prosperity and Happiness of the People, Not One Man, Family Or Class of Men
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alter, Change, Class of Men, Common Good, Family, First Principles, Government, Happiness, Incontestable, Indefeasible, Institute, John Adams, Not, One Man, Prosperity, Protection, Reform, Require, Right, Safety, The People, Thoughts On Government, Unalienable
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