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Love Lives On

Posted on July 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Love Lives Onby Michael DoyleDriving around the middle of the nationTrying to stimulate my daughters’ imaginationsAnd love for seeing the beauty of this nationLike their grandmother would have; if the situationHad somehow allowed this to followIf she had thrived; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Anniversary, Artist Eyes, Beauty of this Nation, Blossom, Bolder Dreams, Breath, Compromise, Daughters, Day, Death, Difference, Dreamer, Dreamt, Driving, Excited Eyes, Explore, Falling Tears, Fire, Follow, Food, Garden of Dreams, Grandmother, Happiness, Happy, Her, Home, Imagination, Inside of Me, Journey, Last Breaths, Lists, Lives On, Love, Love Lives On, Meant, Meet, Memories, Met, Middle of the Nation, Miss, More, Movies, Music, My Daughters, My Mom, Open, Pain, Paint, Places, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Rains, Regret, Remorse, Retrace the Steps, Reveal, Sad, See, Shadow, Situation, Sleep, Smile, Something More, Soul, Still, Stimulate, Surprise, Tears, Thrive, Tired, Traces, Two Hearts, Want, Watch, West Virginia, Whisper, Wish, World, Years Ago, Young Boy | Leave a comment

Daring To Live Different

Posted on June 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Daring to Live Differentby Michael DoyleAs we learn to accept who we areWe set our eyes on the mother starIt’s the urge to get back homeTo the family, no longer aloneThe heart breaks on the shoreBut still we dare to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Alone, Bonds, Brave Souls, Create, Dare, Defile, Different, Eyes, False Gods, Family, Home, Imitate, Learn, Life Happens, Live, Mother Star, Motivation, Outcast, Past, Poetry and Poems, Search, Shape and Mold, Shore, Style, Traditions, Urge, Wait | Leave a comment

Home For the Win

Posted on June 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Home For the Winby Michael DoyleThe most important place to winIs in our home; every now and thenTo be the parents that we wish to beLiving in every thoughtful possibilityIt’s not about being perfect but presentTo declare the truth wisely … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apology, Authority, Battle, Blessings Spoken, Children, Effective, Encourage, Eternal, Explanation, Focus, Foundation, Gift, Grace, Heart Breaks, Heaven Sent, Holy Path, Home, Infernal, Jesus Walk, Knees, Living Health, Love, Mistakes, Parents, Perfect, Poetry and Poems, Present, Righteous, Softening Hearts, Speak Life, Talk, Thoughtful, Truth, Win, Words | Leave a comment

Big Sur

Posted on May 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Big Surby Michael DoyleThinking back under Indiana’s rainMemories of a life spent in refrainWhere too much was never quite enoughAnd jokers begged a thief to call his bluffI remember back to when weeks were doneWe’d pack the car to drive … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Away, Beach, Believe, Big Sur, Bixby Bridge, Bluff, California, Chapparal, Closed, Conceive, Condor, Current, Days, Driving, Earth, Enought, Footpaths, Freedom, Glide, Greenery, Happy Songs, Heaven, Highway One, Home, Indiana Rain, Jade Cove, Joy, Leave, Ledge, Life Spent, Life's Answers, McWay Falls, Mirth, Nature's Child, Oak, Poetry and Poems, Push and Pull, Reach, Redwood, Refrain, Scenery, Secrets, Smile, Soar, Soft Rain, Sunshine, Tear, Tide, Times, Topple, Trails, Unveiled, Ventana, Week, Wild, World's Edge | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Fetters Imposed On Liberty At Home Have Been Forged Out of the Weapons Provided For Defense Against Real, Pretended, Or Imaginary Dangers From Abroad

Posted on March 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defence against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad.” – James Madison, 4th US president (16 Mar 1751-1836)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abroad, Danger, Defense, Fetters, First Principles, Forge, Home, Imaginary, James Madison, Liberty, Pretend, Real, Weapon | Leave a comment

A Gentle Surrender To Greatness

Posted on February 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Gentle Surrender To Greatnessby Michael DoyleWhile it’s known that greed killsIt is also generosity that healsThere is no out giving God for givingStarting with salvation and our forgivingTrusting God with what’s in our handsIs the traced path that God … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brilliance, Double-Edged Sword, Elijah, Forgiving, Generosity, Gentle, Giving, God, Greatness, Greed, Heals, Heroes of Faith, Home, Kills, Poetry and Poems, Relevant, Resilience, Seek, Slavation, Struggle, Surrender, Trust, Wise | Leave a comment

On Being A Prodigal

Posted on January 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

On Being A Prodigalby Michael DoyleTrue stories bring such fascinationThe church I live is a celebrationSo encouraging to live with right intentionBeing given in its right attentionThe best sermons are those seenLive out well by Christians beingBeing that best that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Celebrration, Clarity, Compassion, Deep Love, Forgive, Home, Homily, Imagine, Lessons, Love, Pharisee, Poetry and Poems, Prodigal, Right Intention, Sadducees, Self-Discovery, Sermon, Theology | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: One of the Oldest Human Needs Is Having Someone Wonder Where You Are When You Don’t Come Home At Night

Posted on December 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.” -Margaret Mead, anthropologist (16 Dec 1901-1978)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Home, Human Need, Margaret Mead, Night, Old, Someone, Thought For the Day, Wonder | Leave a comment

In the Focus and Calm (Are Moments of Truth)

Posted on December 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

In the Focus and Calm (Are Moments of Truth)by Michael DoyleThere in the focus and calmIs a remembrance of who you areIt comes back like a twist of balmThat you reach for, no matter how farOnce this fortress has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Balm, Breach, Cage, Calm, Conspsiracy, Control, Courage, Crashing Down, Far, Focus, Fortitude, Grafitti, Help, Home, Jaded, Moments of Truth, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Questions, Remebrance, Sand, Save | Leave a comment

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