Tag Archives: Heart

For All the Dickens…

Posted on December 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

For All the Dickens…by Michael DoyleIt’s on all these places and pages of the pastThat we look back on the things that didn’t lastWhen we do it is a surety that we will findAll those chains that constantly come to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beat, Bind, Birth, Bright, Chains, Christmas Cheer, Christmas Tale, Depths, Dickens, Doubt, Dream, Earth, Everything, Excited Eyes, Fear, Find, Flames, Flickers, Ghost, Ghosts, God, Heart, Holy Morning, Hope, Humanity, Last, Light, Love, Night, Noel, Pages, Past, Places, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Reason, Recall, Season, Shadows, Shallows, Shine, Sing, Sky, Smile, Star, Sum, Surety, Tenement Walls, This World, Travel, True Love, Truth, Walk Among Us, Warm, Warming, Worth | Leave a comment

What Can Be Said of A Woman’s Touch?

Posted on December 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

What Can Be Said of A Woman’s Touch?by Michael DoyleWith a touch of her handHe finds happiness againWith her look, he understandsWhat he is meant to ascertainHer walking beside himMakes his sight less dimAs he opens his heart to seeHer … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Arms, Ascertain, Beside, Bind, Bliss, Charms, Dim, Discover, Eyes, Fall, Falling Star, Fires, Hand, Happiness, Heart, Heart Unspoken, Lips, Look, Meant, No Longer Broken, Open, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Reach, Said, See, Shine, Sight, String, Surprise, Taste, Time, Togeher, Touch, Tranquility, Truth, Two Souls, Understand, Unwrap, Walk, Whisper, Wholeness, Woman's Touch | Leave a comment

Feels Like Singin’ In the Rain

Posted on December 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Feels Like Singin’ In the Rainby Michael DoyleAcross the musicals of American BroadwayThe composers have found a thousand waysTo move our spirits to hurt and to soarAnd they leave us wanting to hear moreAs the songsters lay our souls bare … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful Girl, Bouquets, Broadway, Broadway Melody, Composer, Dance, Dream, Explain, Fabric, Feel, Fiddle, Glory, Guide, Happiness, Heart, Hurt, Inscribe, Love, Middle, Montage, Musical, Note, Painted Dolls, Poetry and Poems, Poses, Rain, Rhythm, Romeo and Juliet, Roses, Showtime, Sing, Singin' In the Rain, Snare, Soar, Songster, Soul, Spirit, Stars, Temptation, West Side Story | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Writers, However Mature and Wise, Are Children At Heart

Posted on December 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are children at heart.” – Edna O’Brien

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Edna O'Brien, Eminent, Heart, Mature, Thought For the Day, Wise, Writers | Leave a comment

The Kindness of Blind Love

Posted on December 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Kindness of Blind Loveby Michael DoyleEvery once in a while, you findThat life can be a smile and be kindYou find, as I’ve sometimes foundThat if you don’t chase it aroundLove shows up, and it is kindThe best kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ages, Ask, Ask For More, Authentic Communication, Blind Love, Charge, Cleanest Way, Connection, Core, Down, Eyes, False Pride, Find, Found, Great Sign, Heart, History's Pages, Kind, Kindness, Led, Life, Lost, Love, Nose, Nowhere, Once In A While, Poetry and Poems, Questions, Real, Show Up, Smile, Somewhere Inside, Soul, Stop Trying, Trace, Truest Connection, Vanity | Leave a comment

Poinsettia Day 2023

Posted on December 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Poinsettia Day 2023by Michael DoyleUsually quiet and sometimes reservedSometimes death seems so undeservedIt’s hard to find the words to sayLike on this present Poinsettia DayLife is sad, yet interesting, in processionMoments like these reveal this is not a possessionBut a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2023, Abovee, Accept, Afrar, Angels, Aware, Borrow, Breakdown, Breathe, Bring, Christmas Tale, David, Death, December, Do My Best, Eyes, Family, Filled, First Noel, Flower, Forgiving, Fullness, Gift, Giving, Guitar, Hard, Healing Light, Heart, Heavens, Him, Important, Know, Laughter, Life, Lived, Love, Midnight, Moments, My Life, News, Openly Weep, Plucking Notes, Poetry and Poems, Poinsettia Day, Possession, Procession, Quiet, Remember, Resentment, Reserved, Reveal, Sad, Sad Day, Shepherd, Shining Bright, Sing, Smile, Sorrow, Star, Story, Turn Out Right, Undesvered, Up Close, Wise, Wish, Words | Leave a comment

Like A Dickens Ghost

Posted on December 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Like A Dickens Ghostby Michael DoyleA distant streetlight offers illuminationA secret peek inside a dreamer’s imaginationSuddenly, the curtain is pulled asideAnd you can see inside where the demons hideFunny as it is as to what each day bringsAs we chase … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 3d, Angels, Curtain, Demons, Dickens, Dirty, Elves, Feel, Figures of Speech, Flirty, Ghost, Golden Rings, Heart, Heaven, Heaven Sent, Illumination, Intent, Interactive, Mischievious, Pipers, Play Nice, Poetry and Poems, Price, Real, Street Light | Leave a comment

The Naughty List

Posted on December 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Naughty Listby Michael DoyleWhen the truth’s told even in the best of timesA heart should beware of the easiest rhymesKeeping an eye out for the details of the DevilIs best because we know he’s never on the levelThere’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Because, Best, Best of Times, Beware, Bright Lights, Careful, Christmas, Christmas Magic, Coca-Cola Santa, Contest, Crass Commericalism, Dark Side, Decorations, Details, Devil, Display, Doubt, Eye Out, Fights, Forgotten, Heart, Hustle and Bustle, Level, Modern Age, Parades, Poetry and Poems, Point of View, Pray, Question, Real Reason, Reason For the Season, Rhymes, Room Enough, Teasin', The Naughty List, Time Enough, Told, Too Bad, Tragic, True, Truth, Wish | Leave a comment

A Split Decision Left Standing

Posted on November 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Split Decision Leaves Us Standingby Michael DoyleIn self-awareness, we look into the mirrorUnwilling to walk this world in errorBut instead, seeking to understand, not undermineUnderstanding first as the defining lineLoving one another as part of our worshipPaul and Barnabas … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Antioch, Apostle, Christ, Conflict, Contrary, Defining Line, Dignity, Disagree, Embrace, Encouragement and Light, Error, Eyes, Forward, God, Good, Heart, Heroes of Faith, Holiness of Doubt, Insight, Jesus, Jounrey, Killer, Leadership, Left Standing, Look, Loving One Another, Mirror, Missionaries, Model, Not Undermine, Paul, Paul and Barnabas, Poetry and Poems, Relationsip, Road to Damascus, See, Self Awarness, Split Decision, Step-By-Step, Three Days Grace, Timing, Understand, Understood, Unwilling, Walk, Wise, World, Worship, Wrong To Right | Leave a comment

Other Side of Hell

Posted on November 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Other Side of Hellby Michael DoyleThis isn’t meant to discourageBut sometimes, true courageIs found on the other side of HellWhen your eyes have seen enough to dispelAny notion that peace can be foundThrough the taking of lives in warAnd when … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Affliction, Answer, Any, Bleed, Chase, Cuts Deep, Discordant Chords, Discourage, Dispel, Do Not Fight, Dread, Every Drop, Expense, Eyes, Fact, False Bravado, Form, Found, Hands, Heart, Hell, Ignore, Know, Life, Lives, Lonesome Trail, Multiple Choice, Notion, One Bullet, Other Side, Others, Peace, Plant, Play, Poetry and Poems, Power, Reflection, Repeated, Rest, Reveal, Road, Scared Cause, Seeds, Seen, Shadows, Sickened, Sorrow, Soul, Stand, Story, Sudden, Swords, Test, Test of First Light, Told, Tomorrow, Too Many, True Courage, Truth, Veteran, War, Windows | Leave a comment