Tag Archives: Flowers

Indiana’s Waters

Posted on May 16, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Indiana’s Watersby Michael DoyleIndiana first greeted me with a rainy season.It lasted about sixty days and tried my reason.Patiently, I’ve explored this place and its stops.There’s so much to see between the velvet raindrops.The backroads are filled with flowered beauty,And … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Backroads, Flowers, Indana, Lakes, Life, Nature, Photography, Poetry and Poems, Ponds, Raiin, Raindrops, Raviines, Riivers, Shore, Stops, Streams, Tapestry, Travel, Tree, Water, Wetland, Wildlife, Writing | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Take Care of Your Garden. And Keep Out the Weeds. Fill It With Sunshine, Kind Words, and Kind Deeds

Posted on May 14, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Care, Flowers, Fruit, Garden, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kind Deeds, Kind Hearts, Kind Thoughts, Kind Words, Roots, Sunshine, Thought For the Day, Weeds | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: What Sunshine Is To Flowers, Smiles Are To Humanity…Scattered Along Life’s Pathway, the Good They Do Is Inconceivable

Posted on December 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” – Joseph Addison

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Flowers, Good, Humanity, Inconceivable, Joseph Addison, Life's Pathway, Smiles, Sunshine, Thought For the Day, Trifle | Leave a comment

Whispered Words

Posted on August 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Whispered Wordsby Michael DoyleYour whispered words,I questioned why.When I listened closely,They sounded like goodbye.You hardly had time to live,Let alone time to die.At your graveside,All I could do was wonder why.In my eyes,You had been such a beautiful child.I say … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absence, Awake, Bear, Beautiful Child, Cold, Daisy, Daughter, Dead, Die, Discern, Embrace, Eyes, Father, Feel, Flowers, Frame, Go On, God, Goodbye, Graveside, Head, Hell, Inroads, Learn, Left Behind, Lion, Listen, Live, Love, Memories, Penguin, Picture, Poetic, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Prose, Question Why, Remember, Said, Silent Replies, Something Kind, Sound, Summer Breeze, Too Much, Touch, Unconquerable, Unvanquishable, Whisper On By, Whispered Words, Wild, Wonder Why, Your Name | Leave a comment

If We Never Said Hello

Posted on March 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

If We Never Said Helloby Michael DoyleMeet me where the sun setsI’ve never loved as much as I will, yetMeet me where our road endsAnd be my lifetime friendTell me all your secretsLet’s live a love of no regretsIn a … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Earth Laughs In Flowers

Posted on March 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought For the Day: Flowers Always Make People Better, Happier, and More Helpful; They Are Sunshine, Food and Medicine For the Soul

Posted on March 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank (7 Mar 1849-1926)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Better, Flowers, Food, Happier, Helpful, Luther Burbank, Medicine, People, Soul, Sunshine, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

It’s There In A Song Somewhere

Posted on February 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

It’s There In A Song Somewhereby Michael DoyleYou can find it in the record-spinning roundThere in the melody is where it is foundListen carefully to the words of the songYou’ll find the truth of our love where it belongsWhere this … Continue reading →

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Like Flowers In A Vase

Posted on November 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Like Flowers In A Vase (For Joni Mitchell)by Michael DoyleBlonde hair and a long silhouetteA beautiful voice, unforgotten yetLife’s so short and makes us numbBeauty like this is what we becomeA voice for her generationHeld by many with great venerationA … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful Voice, Beauty, Become, Blonde Hair, Circumspection, Clouds, Declarative, First-Person Narrative, Flowers, Generation, Hesitation, Introspection, Involved, Joni Mitchell, Known, Lady Blue, Life, Madmen and Badmen, Memory, Numb, Poetry and Poems, Point of View, Question, Short, Shown, Silhouette, Sus Chords, Taken For Granted, True, Truth, Unforgotten, Unresolved, Vase, Veneration, Voice, Words | Leave a comment

Like Leaves In Autumn

Posted on September 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Like Leaves In Autumnby Michael DoyleA quintessential road trip brings to mindThat Autumn has come to leave Summer behindMany roads can be taken, traveling any wayTo capture the colors that make up our daysAutumn falls like leaves becoming flowersThere is … Continue reading →

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