Tag Archives: Find

To Find Peace

Posted on July 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

So many movies and books predict nothing but darkness and gloom in our future. Maybe that’s easy enough to understand with the fact that we so often seek force rather than reason to overcome past and present hurts. But, maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Annihilation, Better, Beyond, Books, Bring, Dark, Darkness, Death, Desolation, Devastation, Down, Find, Find Our Way, Force, Forgiveness, Future, Gloom, Healing, Hope, Imagery, Key, Loss, Metaphor, Minds, Morning's First Light, Movies, Nakedness, Nation, Nations, New Day, Night, Once We Do, Only, Our, Overcome, Path, Peace, Photograph, Pithy Words, Poem, Poetry, Prayers, Prevent, Quicker, Reason, Reconciliation, Regrets, Release, Rolls Out, Ruin, Said, Selves, Set, Shelf, Sting, Stretch, Suffer, Toppled, Understand, Undoing, Victory, War, We, Whittled, World | Leave a comment

Blood Moon Rising

Posted on July 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Poem 3 in a continuing series of retelling of a classic werewolf tale: Blood Moon Rising by Michael Doyle Torchlight flows and leads the way As the full moon comes to claim the day Are you braver than me, my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ask, Belief, Best, Bind, Blood Moon, Brave, Claim, Classic, Consume, Credit, Day, Distinction, Doom, Errors, Few, Find, Fortify Courage, Full Blood Moon, Full Moon, Gloom, Good, Heart, Hero, Hunt, Lead, Learn, Life, Man Among Men, Manly, Moments, Move, Nerve, One By One, Page, Paint, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rise, Rising, Seal, Shock Proof, Soon, Steady, Strong Drink, Such Things, Take, Tale, Task, Terror, Think, Torchlight, True Courage, Understood, Unready, Way, Werewolf, Wolf | Leave a comment

From Darkness To Light

Posted on July 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Spent an interesting day learning, seeking and then seeing and then simply being … Or maybe, it was more like several hours in 90+ degrees photographing left me more just taking it all in while conveniently clicking to take photos … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authenticity, Awaken, Baggage, Being, Beyond, Blown Fuse, Blues, Carry On, Cosmos, Crevices, Dark, Darkness, Day Trip, Deal, Death, Dedicate, Destination, Destiny, Discover, Done, Doors, Ducklings, Enough, Eternal, Eventuality, Exquisite, Find, Forgetfulness, Found, Freed, Freedom, Gain, God, Greater Consciousness, Human, Ignorance, Immortality, Incessant, Interesting Day, Journey, Keys, Kingdom, Knowledge, Learn, Less Me, Light, Live, Locks, Luck, Mirror, More and More, Mother Duck, Need, Night, One, Open Doors, Park Pond, Part, Perception, Perfected, Photograph, Photographing, Pick, Poem, Poetry, Pointless, Quiet, Realization, Reflection, Remember, Remember When, Reunite, Right, Rocks, Scurry, Search, Seeing, Seem, Set Free, Shake, Share, Show, Shrug, Simplicity, Simply, Soul, Star Stuff, Swim, Takes, Tangled, Think, Thinking Back, Times, Truth, Unreal, Untarnished, Web, When, Wholeness, Wiser, Within, World, Young Ducklings, Zen | Leave a comment

Indiana Back Hills

Posted on June 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I am not sure really how Google’s mapping GPS works. It usually gives me the most direct and quickest route to my destination. On my way home last night, I received directions that could not have possibly have been the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Too Near, Angel, Ask, Back Hills, Back Road, Being Alone, Belong, Blind, Bones, Burning Down, Capture, Catch, Close, Cool Breeze, Cross, Direct Route, Endless, Except, Explore, Fall, Feel, Fill, Find, Four Wheels, Good Kind of Tired, Google, GPS, Gratitude, Grow, Growth, Headlights, Here, Hold Me, Indiana, Last Light, Lonesome, Long, Loose, Map, Mask, Me, Meander, Memory, Mile, Moment, Moon, Need, Night, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Probably, Raccoon, Rain, Read, Rearview, Rise, Road, Roll, Secrets, Seem, Shadows, Signs, Slow Down, Smile, Somewhere, Sun's Eyes, Sunrise, Surround, Takes Me There, Tears, Thought, To Do, Today, Tomorrow, Too Busy Looking, Track, Trees, Twilight, Two Angels, Unexpected, Unfold, Unseen, View, Whisper, Wish, Without You | Leave a comment

On Attempting To Be A Good Father

Posted on June 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

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 | Leave a comment

The Journey Back

Posted on June 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Things of memory have the worth of time revealed in the quiet moments of our hearts. The Journey Back by Michael Doyle Somewhere in a cup of coffee Is the reflection that is memory Somehow a photograph starts to show … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back, Broken, Burdens, Childhood, Children, Coffee, Confusion, Cruel, Crush, Dance, Disappointments, Every Day, Fanciful Hopes, Fantastic Schemes, Find, Firm, Forgot, Given, Graveyard, Half Measure, Hearts, Hope, Humility, Idleness, Illusion, Journey, Kin Is Kin, Know, Left Behind, Lies, Little Things, Living Dreams, Love, Memory, Mind, Open, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Pretend, Prove, Quiet Moments, Reflection, Remind, Reveal, Show, Skin, Spoken, Strong, Times, Treasure, Trouble, True Love, Truer Words, Truth, Utility, Warm, Wishing It So, Words, Worth, Yesterday, Youth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Justice Consists Not In Being Neutral Between Right and Wrong, But Finding Out the Right and Upholding It, Wherever Found, Against the Wrong

Posted on May 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Against, Consists, Find, Found, Justice, Neutral, Right, Right and Wrong, Theodore Roosevelt, Thought For the Day, Uphold, Wrong | Leave a comment

Framing the Lines

Posted on May 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Photographic composition often has the challenge of how to turn the two dimensional into something that has depth and seems a bit three dimensional. Framing the Lines by Michael Doyle Doorways, windows and rock formations Layer our photos with their … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2d, 3d, Catalysts, Chaos, Composition, Connection, Containment, Control, Craft, Depth, Detection, Dimension, Doors, Doorways, Draw, Elements, Entertain, Eye, Eyes, Find, Focal, Focus, Forgot, Frame, Guide, Holy Grail, Information, Interest, Involve, Journey, Key, Layer, Leading Lines, Light, Lines, Lot, Multiple, Open, Photograph, Photos, Poem, Poetry, Right, Road, Rock Formations, Soul, Story, Tales, Tools, Truth, Unfold, Windows, Windows of the Soul, World, Zest | Leave a comment

On Being Eleventeen

Posted on May 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

My youngest daughter turns 11 tomorrow. She’s brilliant, witty, charming in her own ways and has a bright future ahead of her. Yes. I am a very proud father of both of my princesses. The only kingdom I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always Know, Answer, Attention, Beautiful, Become, Best, Birthday, Blind, Books, Brave, Brilliant, Celebrate, Change, Changes, Charming, Child, Communication, Confidence, Consideration, Cooking, Counting, Cuddle, Curled, Do, Ear, Ears, Eleventeen, End of the World, Eye to Eye, Eyes, Fascination, Fear, Feelings, Find, Friends, Good, Grow, Growing, Hear, Heart, Here, Hesitation, Important, Independence, Interests, Investigation, Joke, Kind, Know, Knowing, Learn, Learning, Like, Listen, Love, Loving, Magazines, Magic, Missed, Must, My Heart, Night, Nuance, Online, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pursue, Questions, Retention, Revealing, Right, Riled, Safe, Saturday, Search, See, Seek, Shine, Sleep, Stars, Step, Stretch Out, Surprise, Talk, Thoughts, Thoughts and Feelings, Transcendence, Treat, True, Truly, Trust, Turn To me, Walk, Watch, Witty, Wonderful, You, Young Lady, Youngest Daughter, Yourself | Leave a comment

Beasts of No Nation

Posted on May 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Random thoughts on children confronting war form the basis of this poem. Beasts of No Nation by Michael Doyle In a parliament of owls It’s easy to believe And to keep busy Certain only of the war Dancing now while … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beasts, Believe, Busy, Can, Certain, Children, Coin, Dancing, Draw Out, Find, Hope, Imagination, Junk, Know, Learn, Life, More, Nation, Old Men, Owls, Parliment, Photograph, Picture Show, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Price, Questions, Random, Rescue, Smile, Spent, Teach, Television, Treasure, Unanswered, War, Way, Wish, Young | Leave a comment