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Curiously Isolated
Curiously Isolatedby Michael DoyleThe Rockies abruptly pull upward.Away from drifting downward, Not toward the prairie grassSurprisingly, found in this mountain passAn insect flutters blade to blade,Sipping at flowered nectar to persuadeLife to go on as it rearrangesDespite all the inbreeding … Continue reading
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Tagged Calamity, Climate Changes, Coloration, Curiously Isolated Hairstreak, Downward, Drab, Evolutionary Trajectory, History, Insect, Math, Mountain Pass, Nectar, Poetry and Poems, Prairie Grass, River's Edge, Rivers Edge, Science, Splendid Isolation, The Rockies, Upward, Vulernable, Wildfire
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From High To Low
From High To Lowby Michael DoyleToo many people believe in the nicheAnd from there won’t budge an inch.Truth? It pays to know about everythingBecause then, you can choose what to bringTo the party of life’s extremes.From this, you can learn … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Absuidity, Accumulation, Beat, Believe, Born, Budge, Despite, Developed, Dreams, Extraordinary, Extremes, Fusion, High, History, Horn, Improvised, Inch, Jazz, Know, Legendary, Low, Miss, More, Music, Nation, Needed, Niche, Ordinary, Plain English, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Reality, Richness, Sensibility, Skill Set, Spread, Street Urchin, Syncopated, Truth, Wise, Writing
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Thought For the Day: Opinions Alter, Manners Change, Creeds Rise and Fall, But the Moral Law Is Written On the Tablets of Eternity
“Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity. For every false word or unrighteous deed, for cruelty and oppression, for lust or vanity, the price has to be paid … Continue reading
Too Many Miles, Too Many Tears
Too Many Miles, Too Many Tearsby Michael DoyleLooking back on all the miles I’ve drivenOver lands other believed they were givenI find a lot is needed to be forgivenWere it not for being too busy livingI remember coming to Indiana … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century Perspective, Acre, Aggression, Betrayal, Broken Promises, Brutal Erasure, Callous Savages, Cultural Reival, Curious, Despair, Dirupted Community, Dispossession, Driven, Essence, Expansion, Forgiven, Fracture, Given, Harmony, Heritage, History, Honor, Indian Territory, Indiana, Land, Last Breath, Laugh, Lineage, Living, Miles, Monticello Mansion, Native American, Native Land, native-americans, Photograph, Poetry and Poems, Portrayal, Prophetstown, Reborn, Revive, Road Trip, Sacred Cycle, Scream, Story, Survival, Tears, Tenskwatawa, Thomas Jefferson, Trail of Death, Trail of Tears, Trails, Unity, Vision
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First Principles: Stepping Up In Opposition
Stepping up in opposition to the gravitational suck of those who attempt to redefine what freedom and liberty mean: A fundamental difference between the allegedly progressive and true classical liberal idealists, now called conservatives, is in how freedom and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesop, All Citizens, Arrogant Kings and Greedy Elites, Bleed, Civil Rights, Classical Liberal, Coercive Influence, Conservative, Constitution, Constrain, Controversy, Critical Race Theory, Duty, Earn, Emancipatory Element, Equality of Opportunity, First Principles, Found, Founding Principles, Freedom and Liberty, Fundamental Difference, General Welfare, Government Encroachment, Grasp, Historical Oppression, History, Idealism, Illusory Shadows, Law, Mandate, Marcuse, Marx, Mercy Warren, Misinformation, Opposition, Philosophies, Political, Politics, Principles, Private Citizens, Private Individuals, Progressive, Propaganda, Property Rights, Pursuit of Happiness, Regressive, Sacred Obligation, Services and Goods, Stepping Up, The Declaration of Independence, The Founders, The Republic of the United States of America, Trample, Tryanny
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Thought For the Day: Of the Twenty-Two Civilizations That Have Appeared In History, Nineteen of Them Collapsed When They Reached the Moral State the United Sates Is In Now
“Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.” – Arnold J. Toynbee
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Tagged Arnold J. Toynbee, Civilization, Collapse, History, Moral State, Thought For the Day, United Sates
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An Introduction To First Principles
There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” —George Washington (1795) In the affirmative: Though the founding principles of the United States were drawn from another era, these principles remain essential to … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptable Authority, Aesop, America, American Revoluation, Branches, Constitution, Contemporary World, Declaration of Independnence, Delegated Rolles, Elites, Equality, Era, First Principles, Founding Principles, Franchise, Freedom, George Washington, Government, Government's Perogative, History, Humanity, Introduction, Justice, Law, Liberty, Madison, Nation, Natural Rights, Not Equity, Philosophy, Politics, Progressive Agenda, Property Rights, Providence of God, Pursue, Regressive, Representative Voice, Republic of the United States, Rights, Seek, Shadows, Shining Example, Straight Course, The People, Thomas Hobbes, Truth, Unalienable, United States, Voice
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Redemption In the Law
Redemption In the Lawby Michael DoyleIn God’s love, like a symphonyThe Book of Romans feeds the communityComplete in its fullness and integrityIt teaches history and theologyProdigals are welcomed to this storyAs we reveal the depth of God’s gloryKnees are bowed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad, Bible, Broken Patterns, Challenges, Christianity, Community, Complete, Confession, Consciousness, Corrrect, Courage, Define, Depth, Encourage, Faith, Foundation, Friend, God, God's Glory, God's Love, Good, Grace, Grow, History, Holy Relationship, Integrity, Jesus, Love, Missed Mark, Moral Law, No Quarter, Poetry and Poems, Prodgials, Redemption, Revelation, Sin, Soul, Symphony, The Law, Theology, Truth, Understood, Unvarnishedd
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Bob Dylan’s Blues
Bob Dylan’s Bluesby Michael DoyleBob Dylan’s tangle was a lot more than blueIts effect has had a multi-generational hueHis music, writing, and lyrical poetryHas etched its way into the best of historyMost of us take part in shallow walk-on rolesThere … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrival, Bell Tolls, Blessed, Blood On the Tracks, Blues, Bob Dylan, Chimes, Context, Destiny, Electrified, Etch, Folk Reborn, Folk Tradition, Freedom, Heard, History, Home, Lasting Impression, Left Alone, Lives, Lyrical Poetry, Mr. Tambourine Man, Multi-generational Hue, Music, Poetic Expression, Poetry and Poems, Respect, Shallow, Success, Survival, Tangle, Walk-On Role, Worn, Writing
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