Tag Archives: Glory

To London, Across the Sea

Posted on June 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A further retelling of Dracula in poetic form: To London, Across the Sea by Michael Doyle In a tested game of chess A knight is menacing a queen The losing side will confess What this really means A voyage has … Continue reading →

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Something Somehow Selfish Worn

Posted on June 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Cor.10:31: Something Somehow Selfish Worn by Michael Doyle There is something selfish in loving the Lord Because He loves us and we’re looking forward To that fellowship we feel here and up above And know … Continue reading →

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Reconciled In My Forgiveness

Posted on May 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 2 Cor 5:17-21 : Reconciled In My Forgiveness by Michael Doyle Stepping off the heavenly throne For the sake of humanity’s own We are bought and covered in our sin Thankful that we are saved again … Continue reading →

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Lessons From Eden Park

Posted on May 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Roaring Twenties were a fascinating time. Among the lessons to be learned was that a woman could do and be more than they had been allowed until then, vice and other personal choices could not be controlled and that … Continue reading →

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On Perspective and Horizon

Posted on May 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A second look at photographic composition: On Perspective and Horizon by Michael Doyle A good clean background Focuses the attention When aptly found These photos are worthy of retention Layered photographs have their place But cleaner is best to embrace … Continue reading →

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Finding the Good

Posted on May 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I had a discussion with someone many years ago about why I wanted two princesses to be familiar with the literary classics from which there were derived the 5′ Shelf of Books aka Harvard Classics. After all, the contention was, … Continue reading →

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With the Turning of the Screw

Posted on May 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Legend is replete of those who live and die by the sword, all in the name of honor and glory. It is a noble story. With the Turning of the Screw by Michael Doyle Bitterness born of grief The warrior … Continue reading →

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An Examination of Novels

Posted on May 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

When it comes to fiction, there is no greater work of prose than the novel. An Examination of Novels by Michael Doyle A fiction in prose of a certain extent Presented in many ways of palatable content How further might … Continue reading →

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Death and A Desert God

Posted on March 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A further adventure in Egyptian myth. Death and A Desert God by Michael Doyle Without ambition, Horus would quietly assert That to kill a desert god, you must kill the desert To kill a desert, requires Ra, God of the … Continue reading →

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A New Nation Born Pt I

Posted on March 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In a continuing cycle on America, we look at the Revolutionary War through England’s defeat at Yorktown: A New Nation Born Pt I by Michael Doyle Let’s have no sense of delusion The united states were but illusion Or, perhaps … Continue reading →

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