Tag Archives: Hear

The Rights of Even the Wrong

Posted on May 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Rights of Even the Wrongby Michael DoyleIt doesn’t matter if right or wrongAll ideas politely put do belongIn the public market for all to hearThis is the way of liberty and not of fearSpeak up for the sake of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Ideas, All Words, Allow, Anyway, Belong, Death of Our Nation, Details, Everyone, Favor, Fear, Hear, Hint, Liberty, Matter, Poetry and Poems, Polite, Public Market, Right or Wrong, Rights, Sake, Say, Speak Up, Suppression, Tale, Tell, True Diversity, Truth, Uncivil Perversity, Wrong | Leave a comment

Into Something More

Posted on February 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Into Something Moreby Michael DoyleStrive and fight for a better lifeFinding believed in utopia was naughtBut disappointment with hints of strifeIdeals purchased with bloodied tears soughtOnly to find these too lacking in the endAnd while life goes on, we cannot … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affliction, Ancient, Beauty, Better Life, Cancer, Change, Comic Opera, Connection, Correction, Darkness, Disappointment, Dripping Poison, End, Faith, Flittering By, Follies, Foreign Shore, Full Circle, Gain, Grasp, Happiness, Hear, Humor, Hypocrisy, Ideals, Jaded, Judgment, Lack, Life Goes On, Light, Lives, Mercy, Mirror, Passing By, Penitent, Plead, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Prayers, Prevail, Purity of Reason, Pursuits, Repent, Right, Season, Society, Something More, Sought, Storied Legacy, Strange, Strife, Suffering, Tale, Trend, True, Trust, Utopia, Views, Voices, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought of the Day: If Liberty Means Anything At All, It Means the Right To Tell People What They Do Not Want To Hear

Posted on February 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” —George Orwell (1903-1950)ople what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell (1903-1950)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Anything, George Orwell, Hear, Liberty, Mean, People, Right, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

The Unfolding Story of the First Christmas Day

Posted on December 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

The Unfolding Story of the First Christmas Dayby Michael DoyleChristmas didn’t come with a pretty bowIf you didn’t know this, you need to knowThere was a lot of ugly in what became beautifulThe something simple transformed into the wonderfulShepherds were … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Admiration, Ambition, Angels, Approach, Attention, Beautiful, Bethlehem, Blessed, Bow, Bridge, Broken Parts, Christmas, Christmas Day, Completeness, Cure, Dread, Eden, Everywhere, Fall, Famine, Fateful Night, Fearful Ways, Feast, Field, First, Flock, Forgotten, Fountain, Friend, Fullness, God, Gratitude, Habits of A Lifetime, Heal, Hear, Hearts, High, Holy, Hosts of Heaven, Humble, Humbled, Imprint, Inspiration, Intent, Intention, Israeli Nation, Kingdom, Know, Lambs of God, Least, Light Show, Listen, Live, Living Invitation, Living Waters, Lord, Love, Loved, Low, Majesty, Manger, Matter, Message, Mountain, Night's Skies, Open Eyes, Our Father, Overcome, Peace, Pews, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Presence of the Lord, Pure, Pure Hearts, Relationship, Rescue, Restoration, Sacred Words, Salvation, Satisfaction, Selfishness, Shalom, Shepherds, Shine, Simple, Situation, Sky, Social Standing, Spread, Status, Stranger, Surpass, Surprise, Surrender, Testimony, Trust, Truth, Understanding, Unfolding Story, Walk Among Us, Welcome, Wholeness, Wonderful, Word of God, Worship | Leave a comment

The Magic of Hope, Part I

Posted on December 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

The Magic of Hope, Part Iby Michael DoyleIn all of the hustled hassleOf a snow-blanketed sense of seasonLife is oft lived like an air-castleFilled with whimsy decorated with reasonA good Christmas is worked uponAnd not just a state-of-mindJust as soon … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air-Castle, Approach, Articles, Atomic Particles, Bear, Believing, Best Company, Blessed, Blessing, Bliss, Brave, Busy, Cheerful, Children, Christmas, Company, Cozy, Crisis, Danger, Destination, Elves, End of the Rope, Everywhere, Feet, Floorboards, Forget, Gentle Reminder, Giants, Girl, Half-Forgotten, Happiness, Hassle, Hear, Heart, Incentive, Journey, Knowing, Lost, Lurk, Magic of Hope, Magic of Snow, Making Ends Meet, Miserable, Nestled, Nightmare, Noise, Nordic Forest, Persevere, Place, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Purity, Read, Reason, Reclaim, Regret, Relief, Sacred Quest, Season, Secret Village, Silver Moon, Skies, Snow, Snowing, Speaking Without Words, Special Part, State-of-Mind, Story, Sympathy, Talked, Top Shelves, True Glory, Truth, Tune, Twinkle, Two Kind Words, Universe, Vapors, Walked, Warm Memory, Whimsy, Woods, Year | Leave a comment

I Need You To Fight

Posted on September 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

I Need You To Fightby Michael DoyleI’ve never had great answersTo life’s deeper questionsLike what is the meaning or how to cure cancersBut, I can say without hesitationThat I have meant to do goodTo do the best that I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Able, All I know, Brave, Clue, Corner, Cure Cancer, Dancer, Deep Within You, Deeper Questions, Degree, Do Good, Do the Best, Fight, God, Hear, Here I Am Again, Hesitation, I Need You To Fight, Just For You, Know, Life, Like You've Never Fought, Meaning, Meant, More Than Fable, Never, Out of Answers, Paper, Persevere, Please, Poetic, Poetry and Poems, Probably, Rely, Say, Search, Spirit, The Last, Turn This Thing Around, Understood, Where I'll Be Too, Words, Written, You | Leave a comment

First Principles: When A Man Who Is Honestly Mistaken Hears the Truth, He Will Either Quit Being Mistaken or Cease to Be Honest

Posted on August 1, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Being Mistaken, Cease To Be Honest, First Principles, Hear, Honestly Mistaken, Mankind, Quit, Truth | Leave a comment

Through the Years

Posted on July 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Through the Yearsby Michael DoyleSilently in my day to dayI live just as I prayNeeding a miracle some wayKnowing that at least God will stayEvery step grows my walkTaking my soul beyond talkInto the power of my emotionsEvery lesson strengthens … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Beauty, Day To Day, Destination, Devotion, Earthly Devastation, Emotions, Every Lesson, Every Step, Explanation, God, Hear, In You, Inside Information, Invitation, Knowing, Learn, Live, Needing A Miracle, Poetry and Poems, Power, Pray, Salvation, Silently, Soul, Stay, Talk, Taught, Through, Truth, Two Ears, Walk, Years | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Problem For Individuals and Nations When Standards of Right and Wrong Are Abandoned Is Where It Leads

Posted on July 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The problem for individuals and nations when standards of right and wrong are abandoned is where it leads. Moral anarchy has been one of the contributing factors to the collapse of empires and great nations of the past. Apparently, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Abandoned, Believing, Cal Thomas, Collapse, Court, Ears, Empires, Eyes, Great Nations, Hear, Inclusive, Individuals, Judgment of God, Judgment of History, Leads, Moral Anarchy, Nations, Past, Problem, Right and Wrong, Scripture, Seems Right, Standards, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Little Rocket

Posted on May 8, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Rocketby Michael DoyleTwinkle, TwinkleLittle RocketTruth be toldAnd we must talk itUp above the world somewhereWhere you are we know not whereBut worse is that we do not understandJust precisely where you will landI hear that we will … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Despite, Find Out, Hear, Hope, Hurt, Land, Little Rocket, Near Me, No One, Poetry and Poems, Precisely, Somewhere, Talk, Tonight, Truth Be Told, Twinkle, Under the Command, Understand, Up Above the World, We Know Not, Where, Worse | Leave a comment