Tag Archives: Grieve

The Times We’re Living Through

Posted on December 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Times We’re Living Throughby Michael DoyleThe times we’re living through are not permanentStill, I need you to this solid sentimentAs a Christian, it is okay to grieve and lamentIn these days, this is a place that has become intimateSometimes … Continue reading →

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Full Asking Price

Posted on July 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Poem 2 in a series retelling a classic werewolf tale: Full Asking Price by Michael Doyle I know so little of what to believe As I sit here and quietly grieve We talk of counted blessings But most of these … Continue reading →

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Fruit of Devine

Posted on April 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

There are many theories on what the forbidden fruit might have been. On the 24th day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020, the optional prompt is to write about a particular fruit of our choice. Fruit of Devine by Michael Doyle Of every … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, Adam, Apple, Believe, Days, Define, Deity, Devine, Die, Drip, Eat, Fate, Fruit, Fruit of Grape, Good and Evil, Goodness, Grape Wine, Grieve, Holy Purposes, Immorality, Indulgence, Knowledge, Mallum, Man, Mortality, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Noah, Path, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Rectify, Sin, Sip, Splendor, Throat, Treasure, Trick, Unholy, Verity, Wine, Zohar | Leave a comment

An Easter Of Empty Churches

Posted on April 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What an odd sort of Easter wasn’t it? But perhaps a lesson to be learned… An Easter of Empty Churches by Michael Doyle April of 2019, Notre-Dame was burning And in this, we were surprised and learning That there would … Continue reading →

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Glass Onion Reality

Posted on March 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How many layers of conjecture do we need to peel back to find true reality? Is it even possible for us to comprehend? https://flic.kr/p/qowcXW Glass Onion Reality by Michael Doyle All things, all times, all places Bear the burden across … Continue reading →

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Finding Joy In the Tears

Posted on March 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Ecclesiastes 3:4: https://flic.kr/p/gsQDkz Finding Joy In the Tears by Michael Doyle In looking back on my many years I am finding joy in the tears There in the sweet music for my ears Is the finding … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Wise Rejoice In What They Have and Do Not Grieve For Things Not Had

Posted on May 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Epictetus, Grieve, Possess, Rejoice, Things, Thought For the Day, Wise | Leave a comment

Like Dominoes Falling

Posted on April 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

On this the 18th day of Na/GloPoWriMo, the challenge is to write an elegy in which the sadness is based less on abstraction than concrete verbiage that helps a person feel the depth of sorrow felt. To that degree, I … Continue reading →

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Eloquence of the Nothing Said

Posted on November 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes whispers speak fairly loudly. Eloquence of Nothing Said by Michael Romani There’s an eloquence In the nothing said Sweet hand of Providence Rested upon his head Whispers of sacred not Abides the man who believes Wrapped in a simple … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Brinksmanship, Dirty Tricks, Eloquence, Grieve, Love, Nothing, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Politics, Providence, Sacred, Thought, Trifle, Truth, Whisper, Wish | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Sleeve

Posted on May 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

I have next to nothing in my pockets And still even less up my sleeve Yet, I’m not afraid to talk it There is time enough to grieve Better still there is time to believe And in so doing yet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Believe, Conceive, Daily Prompt, Desire, Fear, Grieve, Heart, Hellfire, Magic, Nothing, Pockets, Sleeve, True, Wordpress | Leave a comment