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Always Time For A Story

Posted on December 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Always Time For A Storyby Michael DoyleQuietly sitting on the pewThere in one sense, familyWearing our brother’s coatAnd in this, draped in povertyKeeping warm on Christmas nightAll for the sake of spirits brightKept a flicker in swaddling clothesAs only as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Child, Child's Heart, Christmas Day, Christmas Night, Coat, Comfort, Compare, Distances, Doll, Dream, Dull Surprise, Empathy, Excite, Eyes, Family, Glory, Gold, Heart, Hole, Home, Hurt, Joyful, Kings, Know, Lonely Heart, Love, Love's Story, Loving Heart, Miss, Paupers, Pew, Place, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Saddened Eyes, Second Hand Embarrassment, Secret, Seem, Sentiment, Shadow, Share, Sit, Soul, Spirits Bright, Story, Surprise, Swaddling Clothes, Sympathy, Time, Too Young, Unafraid, Voice, Warm, Window, Wishes | Leave a comment

Christeaster Christians

Posted on October 8, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Christeaster Christiansby Michael DoyleChristeaster ChristiansWithout real meaningTwice a yearFind their way homeChrister ChristiansIn their presence beingBubbled in their tearsFeel lost and aloneMiracles prayed forWithout believingFind their own wayHitting hard without courageThere must be moreDespite the deceivingCan it be felt todayLived … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Believe, Christians, Christmas, Courage, Deceive, Declare, Easter, Encourage, Endure, Find, God, Hitting Hard, Home, Hope, Live Again, Love, Meaning, Miracles, More, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Presence, Pure, Square, Steps, Surrender, Tears, Today, Twice, Way | Leave a comment

Struck On A Bridge To Nowhere

Posted on August 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Struck On A Bridge To Nowhereby Michael DoyleI’m struck on a bridge to nowhereLooking for a bit of faithfulnessI’m stranded in an unfaithful worldChasing around the circles and nobody caresSuddenly seeing with sight for awarenessFeeling so completely fetaled and curledI’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Awareness, Become, Bridge, Care, Care To See, Chasing, Circles, Cold, Curl, Darkness, Denial, Faithfulness, Fate, Feeling, Fetal, Grace, Hate, Heart, Home, Integrity, Live, Love, Meaning, No Longer, Nowhere, Offer, Pity, Poetry and Poems, Seal, See, Sight, Smile, Stranded, Struck, Talk, This Morning, Told, Truth, Two Eyes, Unfaithful World, Walking Wounded, Woke, World | Leave a comment

In the Sneeze of A Sweet Blink

Posted on February 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

In the Sneeze of A Sweet Blinkby Michael DoyleIn the sneeze of a sweet blinkShe was deeper than I’d thinkBreathing through my old heartNever to ever want to departThe memories that we buildWhether at home or afieldAre those that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afield, All My Heart, Always Keep, At Least This Clever, Between the Lines, Blink, Breathing, Build, Cherish, Constantly, Deeper, Depart, Dreams, Each Other Cares, Ever Together, Forever, Heart, Home, I Write, Know, Know Enough, Knowing, Link, Love You, Memories, Our Love, Poetry and Poems, Promises, Said, Share, She, Sighed, Smiles, Sneeze, Start, Sweet Love, Sweetest Dream, The Words, Think, Times, Tried, Trust, What I Need, Will Always Abide, Yet To Sleep, You Read | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: When It Comes To Developing Character Strength, Inner Security and Unique Personal and Interpersonal Talents and Skills In A Child, No Institution Can Or Ever Will Compare With…the Home’s Potential For Positive Influence

Posted on January 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home’s potential for positive influence.” – Stephen … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Character Strength, Child, Comes To, Compare, Developing, Effectively Substitute, Home, Inner Security, Interpersonal Talents, No Institution, Positive Influence, Potential, Skills, Stephen Covey, Thought For the Day, Unique Personal | Leave a comment

In the Truth of Poetry

Posted on November 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the Truth of Poetryby Michael DoyleLife, it seems in as far as it is reachableIs filled with those moments that are teachableOne of the most powerful of lessons to learnIs the ability to quick study, determine and discernA poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Being, Certainty of Knowing, Choose Between, Cryptically Fractured, Dark Tango, Deeply, Determine, Disappear, Discern, Evoke, Fear, Fills, Final Cost, Firm, Goodness, Home, Honest Handshake, Images, Incite, Increase, Integrity, Journey, Lessons To Learn, Life, Light, Lost, Love and Fear, Means, Moments, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Calls, Powerful, Quick Study, Reachable, Reality, Resistance, Return, Seen, Seen Before, Shake, Teachable, Tortured Souls, Truth, Tyranny, Virtual, Words Form, Writing, Wrong From Right, You and Me | Leave a comment

Knowing of the Why

Posted on October 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Knowing of the Whyby Michael DoyleI believe I know the whyOf why a weeping willow criesWhen there was no time for goodbyeAnd that’s the case for each of us who diesEven in the best case of stabilityThere lies the uncanny … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Air, Ambiguity, Believe, Best, Best Case, Beverage, Case, Caught, Chill, Choice, Choose, Clue, Cold, Country, Cry, Death, Defusion, Dies, Drink, Ease, End, Flourish, Gather Around, Ghost, Ghost Stories, Give Time, Glory, Good, Goodbye, Hesitation, Hide, Home, Illuminate, Illusion, Imagination, Imperfection, Inner, Just Beyond the Bend, Knowing, Live, Love, Most, Mystery, Night, No Time, One, One More Story, People Die, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Probability, Question, Reach, Risk of Losing, Run On, Serves, Situation, Some, Spurt, Stability, Storied Voice, Superstition, Tales, Think, Tragic, Truth, Two, Uncanny, Warm the Heart, Weeping Willow, Why, Wonder, Worth While | Leave a comment

Thought for the Day: Let’s Make A Weeping Child Laugh

Posted on October 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The mosque is too far from home, so let’s do this / Let’s make a weeping child laugh.” -Nida Fazli, poet (12 Oct 1938-2016)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Child, Home, Laugh, Let's Do This, Mosque, Nida Fazli, Thought For the Day, Too Far, Weep | Leave a comment

This Boy Is Yours

Posted on September 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

This Boy Is Yoursby Michael DoyleThis boy is yours is engraved on my heartAlways to stay and never to departMy love will always be there and be trueThat is as long as you want me tooMy home is in your … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always, As Long As, Beautiful Eyes, Beyond Compare, Engrave, Flair, Heart, Home, Incomparable, Me, My Love, Never Depart, Night Time, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Stay, Sunrise, This Boy, True, Want, You, Your Style, Yours | Leave a comment

Ghosts of A Daddy’s Duty

Posted on September 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Ghosts of A Daddy’s Dutyby Michael DoyleSpent the weekendHoping for the GodsendThat of finding a ghostOr, at least making the mostOf finding a haunted houseQuiet like a church mouseCreeping around a shadow’s homeWondering if we are aloneWe didn’t find any … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Around, Believe, Church Mouse, Creeping, Dad, Daddy, Daddy Duty, Driving, Duty, Fear, Find, Fun, Gain, Ghost, Ghosts, Godsend, Haunted House, Home, Hope, Less, Making the Most, Miles, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Saw, Shadow, Smiles, Spirits, Weekend, Wonder, Young | Leave a comment