Tag Archives: Hope

Retroactive Kaleidoscope

Posted on April 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The optional objective for Day 17 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020 is to write a poem incorporating a ‘forgotten’ technology. Well, my choice is not so much as forgotten but once a has been yet now a collectible among some. Retroactive … Continue reading →

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First Principles: However Weak Our Country May Be, I Hope We Shall Never Sacrifice Our Liberties

Posted on April 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties. .” – Alexander Hamilton

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Be, Country, First Principles, Hope, Liberty, Never, Sacrifice, Weak | Leave a comment

An Easter Of Empty Churches

Posted on April 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What an odd sort of Easter wasn’t it? But perhaps a lesson to be learned… An Easter of Empty Churches by Michael Doyle April of 2019, Notre-Dame was burning And in this, we were surprised and learning That there would … Continue reading →

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A Nation In Need of Unity

Posted on April 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the last of this series, American history continues through the present: https://flic.kr/p/vCW1P4 A Nation In Need of Unity by Michael Doyle George H. Bush struggled under Reagan’s shadow With his pedigree and skills he led well as most know … Continue reading →

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The Reagan Renewal

Posted on April 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History continues through the Reagan presidency: The Reagan Renewal by Michael Doyle By the late 70s, the Conservative movement formed a coalition Not all were of the same mind, but it combined of its own volition Seeking smaller government … Continue reading →

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The Floriography of Our Easter Love Renewed

Posted on April 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 11, 2020… and hoping each of you is having a blessed Easter eve!! Today’s poem prompt is to write a poem featuring the secret language of flowers, floriography. Given that I have been with my two little girls … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Again, Apostles, Azalea, Bloom, Christ, Desiree, Dignity, Easter, Floriography, Forgiveness, Garden, Heart, Hold, Hope, Jesus, Linger, Love, Loyalty, Mortal Sin, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nosegay, Petals, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Purity, Purple, Queen, Remind, Renew, Repentance, Right, Role, Rose, Self Control, Single, Symbolism, Temperance, Theology, Tulips, Us, Victorian, Virtue, Walk, Womanhood, Words, Wounds | Leave a comment

Cross Shaped of An Imperfect Heart

Posted on April 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

On the ninth day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020, the optional prompt is to “write a “concrete” poem – a poem in which the lines and words are organized to take a shape that reflects in some way the theme of the … Continue reading →

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In A Still Sleeping Place Inside My Head

Posted on April 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The for the fourth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020 is: “…to write a poem based on an image from a dream”. … and so I did…. In A Still Sleeping Place Inside My Head by Michael Doyle The feeling comes … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Hope Has Two Beautiful Daughters; Their Names Are Anger and Courage. Anger At the Way Things Are and the Courage To See They Not Remain As They Are

Posted on April 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” – Saint Augustine

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Anger, Beautiful, Courage, Daughters, Hope, Remain, Saint Augustine, See, Thought For the Day, Two, Way Things Are | Leave a comment

It Came As It Did

Posted on April 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

First Friday and third day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020. Today’s prompt is to create a word bank based on 10 key words and then not necessarily using all but keeping in mind an effort to echo the rhymes for these until … Continue reading →

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