Tag Archives: Greed

It Strives To Make Things Right

Posted on December 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

It Strives To Make Things Rightby Michael DoyleDespite what the day brings,Some of us are simply broken things.It’s not a crime to count on self-defense.To believe otherwise is simply a false pretense.A father takes his congregant’s confession,Willingly making his valid … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Broken Things, Cold of Wnter, Concession, Confession, Crime, Dark Night, Day, False Pretense, Father, Few, Fix, Greed, Life, Penance, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Prisoner, Ride Hard, Right, Self-Defense, Speak, Strive, Suffer | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Never Be Afraid To Raise Your Voice For Honesty and Truth and Compassion Injustice and Lying and Greed…It Would Change the Earth

Posted on December 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.” – William Faulkner

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Afraid, Change, Compassion, Earth, Greed, Honesty, Injustice, Lyring, People, Raise, Thought For the Day, Truth, Voice, William Faulkner, World | Leave a comment

Ed Gein’s Mind

Posted on October 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Ed Gein’s Mindby Michael DoyleThis time of year, with all of its chillsHas taught us, along with all the thrillsThat the worst monster is the human one.Among the animals, we are who kill for fun.Post-World War II saw a rising … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aggression, American Murderland, American Society, Answer, Bloodstream, Brokenness, Catastrophe, Chill, Common Thread, Confluence, Conspiracy, Crazy Wall, Devastation, Deviance, Ed Gein, Eden, Evaluation, Fetus, Fun, Greed, Haste, Hate, Horror, Human, Impulse, Indifference, Industrial Waste, Lead, Lunacy, Meta-Analysis, Mnd, Myster, Nerrative, Patterns, Pins, Poetry and Poems, Poison, Serial Killing, Smelter Smoke, Taught, Thrill, Trtuh, Violence, Worst Monster | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Never Be Afraid To Raise Your Voice For Honesty and Truth and Compassion Against Injustice and Lying and Greed…It Would Change the Earth

Posted on September 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Afraid, Change, Compassion, Greed, Honesty, Injustice, Lyies, Raise, Thought For the Day, Truth, Voice, William Faulkner, World | Leave a comment

Probability and History

Posted on September 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Probability and Historyby Michael DoyleThe past indicates the probability,And the rest, as they say, is history.We learn these things with humility.The passing days become our legacy.The mercantile types take life without any need.The wise take this into account and pay … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blad Luck, Crumble, Facade, Greed, History, Humility, Legacy, Mercantile Types, Need, Neon Signs, Passing Days, Pay Heed, Poetry and Poems, Probability, Read, Stumble, Subway Walls, The Past, The Wise, Warning, Words | Leave a comment

West Coyote Hills

Posted on July 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

West Coyote Hillsby Michael DoyleI spent some time in Fullerton, hanging around.It’s there that West Coyote Hills can be found.We wondered bits and pieces during the day,And playing guitar at the Brea dam along the way.The advantage of staying simple … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ambition, Assertion, Atone, Barren Land, Bits and Pieces, Bllod, Brea, Command, Consequence, Contest, Cracked Heart, Depths of Hell, Derrick, Entry, Explanation, Familial Bonds, Freedom, Fullterson, Futility, Greed, Guitar, Gusher, Haunted Lodge, Life, Mankind, Materialism, Mother Earth, Naked Aggression, Oil Men, Pain, Password, Poetry and Poems, Power and Domination, Rebirth, Relgion, Sacred Veil, Sacrifice, Secret Tongue, Shale Stone, Shards of Death, Stay Simple, Stumbling Passage, Supremacy, True Liberty, True Spiritualism, Weep, West Coyote Hills, Wsidom, Young | Leave a comment

My Final Victory Won

Posted on April 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

My Final Victory Wonby Michael DoyleMy soul has no place to hideAs I face the night and rideRolling away that stoneWherever I am, I’m not aloneBurning ashes spread with the windBlown hot until the endPraying that things turn aroundMy feet … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Attitude, Blown Hot, Burning Ashes, Care, Complete, Done, Earthly Treasure, Face, Final Victory, Fixed, Forever, Freed, God, Gratitude, Greed, Heaven, Heavenly Treasure, His Control, Human Being, Jesus, No Place To Hide, Offer, Owe, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pray, Recall, Replete, Ride, Secure, Seen, Solid Ground, Songs, Soul, Stone, Tainted Soul, Thankful, The Night, True Pleasure, Wind, Won, Worth | Leave a comment

Periodic Burn Offs

Posted on September 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Periodic Burn Offsby Michael DoyleIt is all about maintaining our true wealthWhen we cooperate with our natural healthKeeping the functions on which we dependIs absolutely necessary, or we will all surely endWith a world less desirable for all to liveAnd … Continue reading →

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All the Wicked Men (A Dickinson Poem For Peace)

Posted on August 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

All the Wicked Menby Michael Doyle So many times I have searched for peaceLooking for peace in the farawayAll the wicked men – have thoughts of warAs the Centre of their Maps – Myself a struggled slacker- set out to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Center, Centre, Emily Dickinson, Foreign Shores, Greed, Hopeless, Let Go, Love, Many Times, Maps, Peace, Poem, Poetry and Poems, Prove, Safe Harbors, Search, Slacker, Stay, Thoughts of War, Wicked Men | Leave a comment

Profit and Schemes

Posted on June 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Profit and Schemesby Michael DoyleIt’s hard to tell the differenceBetween the pursuit of profit and schemesThe wise pirate holds great reverenceFor the pirate captain’s dreamsLandlubbers hold their stockIn the mild talk of stabilityBut an adventurer holds to the talkOf betting … Continue reading →

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