Tag Archives: History

Sandhill Cranes Revisited

Posted on June 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sandhill Cranes Revisitedby Michael DoyleEvery year Sometimes twice a yearWe would make our pilgrimage Off to Jasper PulaskiTens of thousands of cranes Filled the airZoning in on their nesting groundsZig-zag patterns as grouping Crossed by grouping Into what looks like … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Better, Blessed, Bobbing and Weaving, Canada, Children, Cornfields, Could, Courtships, Cranes Mate Forever, Cycles, Dance, Danced, Dies, Different, Disregard, Drive, Every Moment, Every Year, Fail, Familial Groups, Feathered Paratroopers, Fledglings, Fleeting, Flight, Florida, Forget, Grouping, Guess, Happiness, Hardship, Harvested, Hearts, History, Hope, Humans, Ingrained, Inspired, Its Way, Jasper Pulaski, Keep, Landing, Last, Learn, Learning, Life, Loved, Marsh, Mate, Midwestern Flyway, Migrations, Migratory Routes, Minds, Momma and Poppa, Motion, Natural Wisdom, Nature, Nesting Grounds, Newly Planted, Next Generation, Nourishment, Observation Platform, Pilgrimage, Poetry and Poems, Point, Possible, Promises, Puzzle, Really So, Recognize, Remember, Rest, Revisited, Rituals of Dance, Romance, Romantic Couples, Sandhill Cranes, Scrabbles of Food, Should, Snow and Rain, Sorrow, Sounding Off, Spring, Survival, Taught, Think, Thousands, Times, Too Often, Trace, Tradition, Vain, Watch and Learn, Watching, Weariness, Wish, Wonder, Young, Zig-Zag Patterns | Leave a comment

Something Bleeding This Way Comes

Posted on May 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Something Bleeding This Way Comesby Michael DoyleWord slithered along the corporate groundWhere all is ancient, and nothing new is foundSecrets told through half-truths revealedRemind us all of the things better off concealedPregnant pauses signal latent twists in positioningAs corporate successions … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancient, Birthright, Bleed, Children, Conceal, Corporate, Dinosaur, Endgame, Generation, Grave, Half-Truth, History, Inclination, Journey, Lament, Maturation, Motherhood, New, Pain and Misery, Pause, Poetry and Poems, Position, Recrimination, Reject, Save, Secrets, Something, Space-Age Messiah, Stoic, Sucession, Tragedy, Tranisition, Twist, Words, Wrench | Leave a comment

The History That I’m Still Living

Posted on May 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The History That I’m Still Livingby Michael DoyleWhen the winds of change blew throughThe march of history became more trueThere really wasn’t much to sayBy those who outgrew their shackles of yesterdayThe Wild West became the Wild EastAs crime and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beast, Blind, Brave, Cages, Capitalist, Causes of Freedom, Cracked ideals, Crime and Corruption, Determined, Died For, Dignity, Dreams, Evidence, Fabians, False Alibis, Few, Fools, Forefathers, Freedom and Liberty, Good fight, History, Ignore, Invade, Liberty, Lies, Living, Mankind, March of History, Memories, Persist, Poetry and Poems, Resist, Restored Empire, Right and True, Say, Self-Chosen Slavery, Shackles, Socialists, Stubborn Facts, Success, Throw Away, True, Tyranny, Verdict, Watch, West, Wild East, Winds of Change, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Uthred of Bamburgh

Posted on April 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Uthred of Bamburghby Michael DoyleThe blood runs deepAs Saxon mothers weepSatan has crossed the landsUnder blood thirst’s craven commandVahalla’s gates open wideWatching as seven kings diedThe Valkyries accept the deathAs Uthred draws his last breathA hero though rarely namedIf England … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Betrayals, Blame, Blood, Breath, Burn, Burning Hearts, Cold, Craven, Death, Deep, England, Fall, Family Ties, Fiction, Flames, Flicker, Halls, Hero, History, Kings, Lands, Learn, Lost, Mytery, Oath, Poetry and Poems, Real Man, Sacred, Satan, Saxon, Seven, Sir Lancelot, Sky, Thirst, Uthred of Bamburgh, Vahalla, Valykyries, Weep, Wide, Winter, Word | Leave a comment

Thoughts On Palm Sunday 2023

Posted on April 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Thoughts On Palm Sunday 2023by Michael DoyleEvery man’s life is a conversationIt’s in the soul, not the presentationPalm Sunday is it’s own celebrationThat turned from hosanna to devastationOr so perception blinded, yet it gave goodOne day at a time, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All In Good Time, Bad Over the Good, Belong, Below, Benefit, Body of Christ, Celebration, Changes, Close, Composure, Cpnversation, Cross, Crowd, Debt, Devastation, Die, Difference, Dignity, Doubt, Each Moment, End, Eternity, Experience, Exposure, Fate, Gates of Hell, Given, Goal, God's Love, God's Plan, Grace, History, Holy Connection, Homily, Hosanna, Jesus Above, Judas, Last Supper, Life, Loss, Mystery, Open Handed, Paid In Full, Palm Sunday 2023, Path, Perception, Pesssures, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Praying For Judas, Preach, Present, Presentation, Revealed, Right, Roll, Rule, Salvation, School, See, Service, Shape, Shifting Tides, Silence of God, Sin, Soul, Tame, The Body, Time, Understood, Veneration, Victory, Wait, Washed Feet, World, Wrong, You and Me | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Liberty of Man To Search For Truth Ought Not To Be Fettered, No Matter What Orthodoxies He May Challenge

Posted on March 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Belief, Challenge, Civilization, Error, Felix Frankfurter, Fettered, History, Liberty, Mankind, Measure, Official Truth, Orthodoxies, Other Truths, Search, Thought For the Day, Truth, Yield | Leave a comment

Points Taken From the Best Mimes

Posted on February 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Points Taken From the Best Mimesby Michael DoyleWe felt so clever copying the rhymesUnspoken from the silence of the mimesWho knew how much could be and was saidWithout a single word escaping the headThis is the way of the very … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Copy, Found, History, Humanity, Legends, Mimes, Mystery, Obscene, Pages, Poetry and Poems, Points, Questions, Rhymes, Riddle, Said, Scribble, Silence, Single Word, Vivid Colors, Yesterdays | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: America Is the Only Successful Multiracial Constitutional Republic In History

Posted on February 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Pause to reflect that America is the only successful multiracial constitutional republic in history. To survive in an increasingly dysfunctional and hostile world abroad, the unique idea of the United States requires concord. But national cohesion is only possible through … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged America, Benjamin Franklin, Common Culture, Concord, Constitutional, Dysfunctional and Hostile, Hang Together, History, Multiracial, National Cohesion, Reflect, Republic, Separate, Survive, Thought For the Day, Tribal Interests, Victor Davis Hanson | Leave a comment

Cobblestoned Memories

Posted on February 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Cobblestoned Memoriesby Michael DoyleCobbled together in our memoriesAre the pictures of our communitiesThe pages drying out as historiesWe will one day look on as our legaciesTalking in our circled tomorrowsFinding drops of happiness in our sorrowLearning from each other to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apology, Cobblestone, Community, Days, Exploration, Friend, History, Learn, Legacy, Light, Mean, Memories, Mirror, Pictures, Poetry and Poems, Right, Slate, Sorrow, Splash Screen, Tomrrow, Ways | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Like the Dreams of the Future Better Than the History of the Past

Posted on December 31, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Better, Dreams, First Principles, Future, History, Past, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment