Tag Archives: Glare

First Principles: All See, and Most Admire, the Glare Which Hovers Round the External Trappings of Elevated Office…To Me There Is Nothing In It , Beyond…Its Connection With A Power of Promoting Human Felicity

Posted on May 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the lustre which may be reflected from its connection with a power of promoting human felicity.” … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Connection, Elevated Office, External Trappings, First Principles, George Washington, Glare, Human Felicity, Lustre, Nothing In It, Power, Promote, Reflect | Leave a comment

Sea Fire

Posted on February 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Sea Fireby Michael DoyleI brush the strands of your long hairIt is as soft as the finest silkI can feel it as you stand thereAnd we talk about the seas white as milkAs our ship passes through deep blue waterStanding … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1985, Airglow, Bacteria, Barriers, Beauty, Bioluminescence, Changes, Chemistry, Circular Dances, Cloud, Dance, Darkness, Daughter, Deep Blue Water, Degree, Diffusion, Dim, Disruption, Dread, Earth, Edges, Encroach, Eternity, Explore, Face of Nature, Father, Fed, Firmament, Glare, Glow, Harshness, Haunted Places, Hoirzon, Imagery, Imagination, Impossible, Infinitely Closer, Instrument, Interruption, Know, Learn, Living Light, Long Hair, Luminescent White, Mankind, Milk, Mix, Mysteries, Night, Ocean, Ocean Floors, Patches, Permanent, Phantom, Plethora, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Sail, Sea Fire, Sea Snow, Seas, Sense, Ship, Shore, Sight, Silk, Space, Stand, Strands, Supersititious, Swim, Tall Tales, Traces, Veil of Light, White | Leave a comment

The Mothman Cometh

Posted on July 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Mothman Comethby Michael DoyleGraceful yet frighteningI saw him by lightening With two red eyes glaringI couldn’t help staringPleading his wild eyed mysteryA part of West Virginian historyThis mysterious sort of beingThat the moonlight might bringA chilling whisper finds its … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Being, Blame, Breath, Bring, Cornfield, Courage, Danger, Death, Doom, Fear, Feeling Lost, Fog, Frightening, Game, Glare, Graceful, History, Late Night, Moonlight, Mothman, Mysterious, Mystery, Outrun, Poetry and Poems, Prank, Red Eyes, Run, Sight, Span, Spell, Stare, Stranger, Talons, West Virginian, Whisper, Wings | Leave a comment

Come To the End

Posted on September 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Come To the Endby Michael DoyleYou want me to take you seriouslyAs you glare at me furiouslyWith your arms around the guyI caught you with before my replyYou flame me by way of “fuck you” balloonAs I advert my eyes … Continue reading →