Tag Archives: Friends

Voices Cry

Posted on July 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Watched a bit of a show that reminded me of the folks out there who suffer from PTSD. From that I got this: Voices Cry by Michael Doyle The voices crying into the night Its hard to take this light … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Better Than the Rest, Bleed, Block, Change, Clown, Cry, Dead, Did My Best, Done, Echo, Far Behind, Friends, Hard To Take, Haunt, Head, In the End, Know, Light, Medal, Memory, Mind, My Name, Never Change, Night, No Good, Normal, Normally, Photograph, Pin, Poem, Poetry, PTSD, Said, Sentences, Shame, Some Things, Stranger, Things Went Down, Thought, Tortured, Trouble, Unfinished, Voice | Leave a comment

The Temptation of Wanting Another’s Share

Posted on June 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Exodus 20:17: The Temptation of Wanting Another’s Share by Michael Doyle It’s hard to be content in comparison Always measuring yourself on what is done By others when your race is your own Only to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, All, Another's, Bait, Better, Brother, Comparison, Content, Contentment, Course, Covet, Desire, Discontentment, Do, Done, Door, Eve, Exodus, Fact, Faith, Fall, Far, Forbidden, Friends, God's Throne, Had, Hand, Happy, Hard, Have, Heart, Instead, Keep, Keep Your Eyes, Look, Measure, More, No Further, Offer, Others, Paul, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Providence, Race, Reverence, Rich, Run, Safe, Satisfaction, Self, Serpent, Service, Set, Share, Sin, Sister, Snare, Soul, Star, Stem, Tempt, Temptation, Treasure, True, Truth, Want, Well, Wise, You, Your Own | Leave a comment

The Mystery of Crow

Posted on June 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Another inspired by the blues I listened to on my road trip today. I have to say, while there are scenic road trip guides, this is the first time I’ve driven the beautiful country roads of Morgan and Monroe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allusion, Bangles, Begin, Blossom, Blues, Blues History, Carolinian, Change, Country Roads, Crow, Dance, Dark Delight, Divine, Everything, Fly, Friends, Groove, Heartbreak, High, Indiana, Life, Mastery, Meet, Memories, Mountain, Mystery, Night, Nothing, Oriole, Outshone, Pages, Pass, Passion, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Purity, Rearrange, Remember, Rhythm, Road Trip, Self Assured, Shadow, Smokey Joe, Something, Songbird, Soul Shake, Sparkle, Sugar Cane, When, Whirlwind, Window | 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

Happy Mother’s Day, Too

Posted on May 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

My ex-wife could never gracefully receive a present. Not just from me but from our daughters, they tell me. Still, despite all, there is one gift I would yet give her on this day particularly after the reminders received over … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agree, Apples, Bad, Best, Better, Blessed, Bliss, Button, Christmas Songs, Click, Company, Conversation, Country Road, Damage, Daughters, Day, Destinations, Done, Drive, Due, Eve, Ex Wife, Family, Fascination, Forever, Forgive, Forgiveness, Forgotten, Friends, Girls, Go, God, Good, Grace, Gratitude, Happy Mother's Day, Highway, History, Homeward, I, Inter-State, Joke, Joyful, Laugh, Laughing, Listen, Made, Marvel, Mirror, Near, Pandemic, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Present, Radio, Realize, Return, Reveal, Road, Road Trip, Search, See, Seen, Shine, Short Hike, Sing, Slow Down, Song, Soul, State, Station, Sweet, Tales, Tell, The Girls, Think, Thinking, Together, Told, Tomorrow, Tree, Ugly, Vibrant, Watch, Way Back, Wrong, Youngest | Leave a comment

On An Ancient Pathway

Posted on April 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Today is the last day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! 30 days of poetry. Congratulations to my traveling companions through this journey who stuck with all of this. They tell me it’s really something to write 30 days of poems. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2.5 Million Years, 2020, Adhere, Always, Ancient, Autumn, Birds, Birth, Bundle, Catch, Cheeks, Children, Clockwork, Daughters, Day, End, Eyes, Fall, Family, Father, Feed, Food, Forehead, Formation, Friends, Glide, Good, Gray, Hope, Human, Hunter, Jasper Pulaski, Joy, Laughter, Look Away, Magical, Memories, Mississippi Flyway, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Nature, Pathway, Photograph, Pilgrimage, Play, Plumage, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, Profound, Recall, Red, Returns, Ribeye, Ride, Run, Sacred Ground, Sandhill Cranes, Savage, Silent, Sky, Soar, Spring, Tears, Thermal, Thrill, Tradition, Unison Calling, Whistle Stop, White, Whooping Crane | 2 Comments

Remonstration

Posted on April 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The 28th Day of Na/GloPoWriMo asks for optional prompt of recalling our favorite bedrooms in the manner of our choosing. Mostly what I remember growing up shouldn’t be. Remonstration by Michael Doyle Looking back without much remonstration I recall how … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Barren Walls, Beauty, Better, Bookends, Books, Community, Confined, Consistent, Derelction, Destination, Dust, Duty, Enrich, Family, Fill, Forts, Friends, Globe, Grow, Guitar, Human Beings, Imagination, Improve, Inspection, Kids, Lives, Long, Looking Back, Loud, Loved, Marks, Military Brat, Music, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nation, Natural, On-Base Housing, Outside, Photograph, Plain, Play, Poem, Poetry, Quarter, Remonstration, Retreat, Room, Same, Scuffles, Seen, Sentient, Songs, Spartan, Tape, Tidy, Together, Truth, Wall, Way, Week, White Gloves, World, Years | Leave a comment

Set’s Legacy

Posted on March 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A continuing look at Egyptian myth: https://flic.kr/p/rkrr2Y Set’s Legacy by Michael Doyle Only a mad man would steal Those things that a god would conceal Two bridges rigged with traps Cloaked in the veil of mystery wraps All power is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anubis, Banks, Blaze, Blind, Border, Breath, Bridges, Cheat, Clever, Cloak, Conceal, Darkness, Dead, Deal, Death, Deceive, Deception, Deed, Defy, Descend, Ear, Egyptian, End, Eternal, Evil, Eyes, Fame, Fates, Forgiving, Friends, God, Grace, Harshness, Heart, History, Immortality, Journey, Labyrinth, Legacy, Light, Living, Love, Lovers, Mad Man, Mortality, Mystery, Myth, Nile, Nine Gates, Obelisk, Order, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pray, Proclaim, Reverence, Secret, Set, Skies, Smile, Speak, Steal, Strong, Sun, Thousand, Trap, Truth, Two, Undone, Veil, Whisper, Wish, Wound | Leave a comment

Words To Feeling

Posted on March 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

These days with so many choices out there, it seems an endless spiral of restless hearts. Here’s to those whose hearts have found their home. I see it in a plethora of friends who have now been married a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Admiration, Being, Believe, Best, Bliss, Choices, Cliche, Compel, Complexity, Dare, Defy, End, Fear, Feeling, Follow, Friends, Give, God, Happiness, Heartbond, Hearts, Home, Honest, Humans, Lovers, Marriage, Never, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Push Away, Receive, Restless, Reveal, Rock, See, Seeing, Sensibility, Soul, Spin, Stability, Step, Truth, Understand, Walk, Will, Wonderland, Words | Leave a comment

Leaped To Conclusions

Posted on February 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

February 29, 2020. This day shall live in my personal history as a day like no other. Leaped To Conclusions by Michael Romani Today is a day unlike any other day So many changes have blown my way Today is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Behind, Beyond, Blog, Bonds, Career, Certification, Change, Conclusions, Decision, Define, Discourage, Driven, Encourage, Faith, Family, February 29, First, Friends, Friendship, Game, Good Things, History, Injury, Keep, Known, Lane, Last Day, Leap, Leap Day, Loose End, Love, Matter, Miles, Name, New Start, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognition, Ripple, Risk, Self, Shatter, Show, Slave Mind, Standards, Tear, Thankful, Thirst, Time, Today, Vain, Walls, Wheel, Year | Leave a comment