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Real Without Regret
Real Without Regretby Michael DoyleYou started realAnd sold out for a mansion.It’s the corporate feel,Soulless suits were never in fashion.Life is raw,And only sometimes pretty.Singing about what you sawIn every man’s town and city.This world can be strongly frayed.You hear … Continue reading
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Tagged Arranger, Blog, Brick By Brick, Broken Dream, Brotherhood, Cold Sympathy, Corporate Feel, Corporate Greed, Distraction, Downtown Train, Empire, Faishion, Family, Fast-Food Satisfaction, Flash and Bang, Footnotes, Forget, Frayed, Legacy, Lived Out of Step, Mansion, Mile, MTV Styles, Music, Note, Past, Poetry and Poems, Poison, Ragged Rivalry, Raw, Real, Regret, reviews, Road Dogs, Rock, Rock-n-Roll, Serendipity, Sing, Smile, Sold Out, Soul, Soulless Suits, Sympathy, Thick, Tour, Town and City, World, Writing
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To Feel Good, Do Good
To Feel Good, Do Goodby Michael DoyleUnhappiness Is an affliction on bliss.By Cicero’s severed neck,Duty can make us into wrecksThose who live in their mindAre too often left behind.Such is the way of those in powerWho care only for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Advance, Advice, Affliction, Bliss, Cardinal Virtues, Cicero, Correct, Courage, Direct, Do Good, Duty, Everything, Faithful, Family, Feel Good, Glory, Honorable, Hour, Justice, Least Resistance, Life, Memory, Mind, Neck, Nothing, Path, Persistance, Poetry and Poems, Power, Price, Success, Temperance, Test, Unhappiness, Wisdom
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We Will Do the Rest
We Will Do the Restby Michael DoyleWith a little rain and the truest grit Following admonitions to never forget,We’ll know liberty’s tree from its roots grownTo the top of freedom’s leaves, deeply flowing.We’ve driven the distance to see the sightsAcross … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoninitions, Belong, Constitution, Constitutional Republic, Dare, Daughters, Democracy, Dictum, Distance, Eyes, Failures, Family, Fight, Flowing, Forget, Freedom, Government, Grit, Hearts, Hereditary, Honor, Hope, Improvement, Independence Day, Just Causes, Legendary, Liberty, Mankind, Misunderstanding, My Fault, Necessicty, Nobility, Obama, Poetry and Poems, Posterity, Rain, Republian, Righteous, Roots, Self-Evidenct, Sights, Sing, Song, Start, Stop, Struggle, Talk, Test, The Rest, Think, Thought, Tree, Trust, Truth, Tyranny, Unalienable Rights, Walk, We
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A Small Matter of Growing Faith
A Small Matter of Growing Faithby Michael DoyleWe gather in an authentic community,We are at one with all other members of the family.After all, all churches are truly oneLost in the thunder of the Father and the Son.Faith grows at … Continue reading
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Tagged Authentic Community, Bible, Blessings, Christianity, Church, Era, Faith, Family, Father, Feeling, God, Gratitude, Growing Faith, Jesus, Members, Miracles, Pace, Platitude, Poetry and Poems, Sensitive, Small Matter, Son, Space, Spiritual Healing, Thunder, Truth
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As Invincible As the Stars
As Invincible As the Starsby Michael DoyleAnother Father’s Day approaches soon.I think on this under the shining moon.I love talking to each of my daughters,And I realized I’m blessed to be their father.I think on the long drives and all … Continue reading
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Tagged Babies, Blessed, Cars, Catch Fire, Coddled, Daughters, Desire, Eyes, Family, Father, Father's Day, Invincible, Joy, Life, Long Drives, Love, Moon, Poetry and Poems, Stars, Stars Above, Talk, Window, Young Ladies, Youth
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A Holy Genealogy
A Holy Genealogyby Michael DoyleIt didn’t really begin with the rolling back of a stoneAs Jesus reached out to prove we are not alone.The church was born to spread the faith of our gospelAllowing believers to have assurance that all … Continue reading
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Tagged Accept, Acceptance, Alone, Assurance, Be;lieve, Beginnning, Believers, Bible's Pages, Call, Chosen, Christianity, Chronology, Cotemplation, Deviation, Discern, Discovery, Faith, Family, Fospel, Genealogy, God, Good, Good News, Goodness of God, Grace, Great Banquet, History, Holy, Holy Remnant, Holy Spirit, Humanity, Inspection, Jesus, Love, Open Door, Poetry and Poems, Receive, Redemption, Self-Control, Soul, Stone, Struggle, The Church, Treasure, True
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Memory’s Connection
Memory’s Connectionby Michael DoyleMemory goes beyond mere collection.Below the skin is the synaptic connection.Life is weathered by the sun and the rain,Until there is no awareness left in the brain.Dementia is nature’s worst solitude,Alone in the night where emptiness intrudes.Alzheimer’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, Awareness, Brain, Bruise, Burn, Collection, Connection, Dementia, Emptiness, Eyes, Family, Forget, Fractal, Fragments of Thought, Huanity, Life, Loss, Lost, Love, Loving Face, Meaning, Memory, Poetry and Poems, Regret, Self-Identity, Soitude, Soul, Tether, Timelines, Touch, Trace, Unlean, Valley, Weathered
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Time Will Tell
Time Will Tellby Michael DoyleTo begin a familyEven in a place like Tahiti,Is something to approach gently.It will be if it’s meant to be.It was a day like any other,If your day was anotherDay filled with paradise.But if you’re looking … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Blossom, Chose, Compromise, Day, Discovery, Door, Family, First Light, Flower, Gently, Grab On Tight, Happen, Heats, Kindness, Know, Life, Love, Love Is Love, Measure, Memories, Night, Own Way, Paradise, Path, Pearls, Poetry and Poems, Recovery, Right, Search, Sigh, Sow, Tahiti, Tell, Time, Treasure, Want
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Best Friends Without Words
Best Friends Without Wordsby Michael DoyleWithout words, because they mustOur furry friends show their trustIn small subtle signs of deep meaningAs they attach to their human beingsWith the unrestrained touch of their pawsWe feel and hear as their love callsHolding … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, Attach, Best Friends, Days, Deep Meaning, Dog, Dogs, Family, Fate, Feel and Hear, Furry Friends, Gaze, Happiness, Hapy, Human Beings, Love and Happines, Love and Joy, Love Calls, Miss, Must, Natural State, Once Had Me, Paw, Pets, Poetry and Poems, Puppy, Relaxed Ears, Subtle Signs, Trust, Type of Dog, Unrestrained Touch, Without Words
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