Tag Archives: Human

Ed Gein’s Mind

Posted on October 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Ed Gein’s Mindby Michael DoyleThis time of year, with all of its chillsHas taught us, along with all the thrillsThat the worst monster is the human one.Among the animals, we are who kill for fun.Post-World War II saw a rising … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aggression, American Murderland, American Society, Answer, Bloodstream, Brokenness, Catastrophe, Chill, Common Thread, Confluence, Conspiracy, Crazy Wall, Devastation, Deviance, Ed Gein, Eden, Evaluation, Fetus, Fun, Greed, Haste, Hate, Horror, Human, Impulse, Indifference, Industrial Waste, Lead, Lunacy, Meta-Analysis, Mnd, Myster, Nerrative, Patterns, Pins, Poetry and Poems, Poison, Serial Killing, Smelter Smoke, Taught, Thrill, Trtuh, Violence, Worst Monster | Leave a comment

Fiona’s Bee

Posted on November 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Fiona’s Beeby Michael DoyleThere by the grace of April’s sleetWas a bumble bee at Fiona’s feetIt was good to start her morning pleasantlyCaught up in a childhood memoryHer father had taught her to pet them gentlyFiona did so then very … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Adult, Affection, April, Bee, Bees, Bombus Tetris, Boundary Line, Bumble Bee, Buzz, Capability, Childhood Memory, Coincidence, Comfort, Communication, Copernican Revolution, Erase, Father, Fellow Creatures, Fiona, gardening, Gentle, Harbor, Human, Kinship, Kitchen Box, Lock, Morning, Nature, Palm, Poetry and Poems, Practicality, Preen, Queen, Recall, Respldence, Sensibility, Serenity, Sing, Sip, Sleet, Sugar Water, Urgency, Wing | Leave a comment

Periodic Burn Offs

Posted on September 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Periodic Burn Offsby Michael DoyleIt is all about maintaining our true wealthWhen we cooperate with our natural healthKeeping the functions on which we dependIs absolutely necessary, or we will all surely endWith a world less desirable for all to liveAnd … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Benefit, California, Capability, Capable, Compete, Controversy, Cooperate, Depend, Desire, Development, Earth, End, Environment, Every Tool, Fire, Forgive, Function, Future, Good and Wise Government, Good Stewards, Greed, Human, Improvement, Land, Learning, Less, Less Desirable, Listening To Others, Livability, Live, Mesophication, Natural, Natural Health, Natural Spaces, Nature, Necessary, Necessity and Use, Needs, Observation, Out-Of-Control Wildfires, Periodic Burn Offs, Poetry and Poems, Progress, Progressive, Reap, Responsibility, Sustainable, True Wealth, Uncertainty, World | Leave a comment

Cats, Dogs, and Pizza

Posted on September 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Cats, Dogs, and Pizzaby Michael DoyleThere’s a storm brewing between right and wrongAnd where it is that we are best and truly belongMoreso, we struggle to know ourselves in identityAnd what furry and non-furry friends to keep as our familyPeople … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alley Rats, Angels, Animals, Beauty, Belong, Better, Better People, Blind Man, Care, Cat, Cats, Celebration, Change, Compassion, Dare, Deserve, Dogs, Familial Relationship, Family, Fellow Animals, Furry Friends, Gentleman, God, Grateful and Loyal, Greedy, Happy, Headfirst, Heaven Above, Human, Identity, Inferior Creatures, Kitten, Leash, Linger, Live Up To, Lonelines, Love, Loved, Masterpiece, Me and You, Meander, Nappy, Needy, Obligation, Observation, Offer, Other, Outward Sense, Pastiche, Pets, Petting, Pizza, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Question, Reeling, Rhyme, Right and Wrong, Sense of Space, Simplest Moments, Sleepy, Slice, Standards, Storm, Tense, Thought and Feeling, Time, Twain, Unconditional Love, Undying Affection, Unrestrained, Watch, Weather, Whatever, Whole of Nature, Words, Worship | Leave a comment

The Loss of His Voice

Posted on September 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Loss of His Voiceby Michael DoyleThinking on this, I must confessThe icon’s death has left a messLike Poitier and Belafonte goodJames Earl Jones rose above HollywoodWith the loss of a singular voiceBlack and white Hollywood became lessThough lives end … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aspiration, Battle of Poitiers, Belafonte, Brute, Confess, Confidence, Darth Vader, Dead Men, Deal, Death's Kiss, Denial, Disturbing, Easy Pace, Embrace, Far Away, Fear, Galaxy's Night, Gant, Hide, Hollywood, Human, James Earl Jones, Lack of Faith, Last Flight, Loss, Mess, Movies, Mut, Nation's Father, Overcame, Page, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Popular Culture, Prominence, Promises, Proper, Ranger's Tab, Role, Singular Voice, Stage, Star Wars, Star-Filled Light Inside, Stellar Ruin, Strong, Tear Soaked Eyes, The Force, Tragic Childhood, Unnerving, Vader, Voice | Leave a comment

In Healing Hymn

Posted on October 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In Healing Hymnby Michael DoyleTo be human is to fantasizeMore than can be seen with naked eyesWorried about what ghouls might beAfter death’s last-breath tragedyWe keep our eyes on what is nextAnd all the riddles that do connectCaught in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrogance, Bittersweet, Blasphemy, Breath, Burn, Bury, Climb, Conceal, Courage, Cure, Death, Desceration, Die, Dream, Endure, Fadeaway, Faithlessness, Fantasize, Flowers, Fluidity, Ghouls, God, Grave, Grow, Heal, Health and Sickness, Heart, Heartbreak, Heaven's Gate, Hesitation, Human, Hymn, Know, Lives, Lullaby, Measure, Memories, Mortal Love, Mountain, Mourn, Mystic, Naked Eyes, Offense, Pockets of Desolation, Poetry and Poems, Pursue, Question, Remembered, Resurrection, Riddles, Sacred Reason, Save, Sin, Sorrow, Sympathy, Timid Souls, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Treasure, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Destroying Species Is Like Tearing Pages Out of An Unread Book, Written In A Language Humans Hardly Know How To Read, About the Place Where They Live

Posted on August 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Destroying species is like tearing pages out of an unread book, written in a language humans hardly know how to read, about the place where they live.” -Holmes Rolston III, professor of philosophy (b. 1932)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Book, Destroy, Holmes Rolston III, Human, Language, Live, Pages, Place, Species, Thought For the Day, Unread, Written | Leave a comment

Turning the Tables

Posted on July 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Turning the Tablesby Michael DoyleCome on now; be on the levelThe details between God and the DevilAdd up to a fuzzy sort of mathWhere we humans stumble on the pathSometimes the thoughts spin our headsAnd we sink into slouch, pretending … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Deceitifulness, Details, Devil, Doze, Foot, Fuzzy, God, Human, Level, Math, Pain, Path, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Self-Chosen, Slouch, Stumble, Table, Thoughts, Toes, Turn | Leave a comment

Luke’s Account

Posted on April 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Luke’s Accountby Michael DoyleLuke’s account states with prevalenceAn account chocked with given evidenceOf what could not be sheer coincidenceFor what he witness first hand of providenceVivid and descriptive in its rich detailLuke presented the wealth of this tale456 prophecies which … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 456 Prophecies, Admission, Arrogance, Belief, Belong, Dead, Discrepancy, Easter Day, Embrace, Equal Truth, Evidence, Examine, Experts of Ignorance, Face-To-Face, Facts, Fulfill, God, God's Greater Glory, Holiest Moments, Human, Illogic, Impossibile, Improbable, Jesus, Living, Luke's Account, Metacognition, Mistake, Numbers, Objective, Poetry and Poems, Points of View, Prayer, Prevalence, Pride, Probability, Providence, Relief, Revealed, Rich Detail, Right and Wrong, Skepticism, Stone Rolled Away, Tale, Tears, Theology, Weight, Witness, Years | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Every One of Us Is Precious In the Cosmic Perspective. If A Human Disagrees With You, Let Him Live

Posted on November 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” – Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (9 Nov 1934-1996)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Carl Sagan, Cosmic Perspective, Disagree, Everryone, Find, Galaxy, Human, Live, Precious, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment