Tag Archives: Human Race

A Set of Octodils

Posted on June 11, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Following 3 years of a poem a day (+ 109 additional days), I am ready to go back to practicing short-form poetry again. We will begin with a form called the Octodil . I will introduce at least one short-form … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Are Living In An Interminable Succession of Absurdities Imposed By the Myopic Logic of Short-Term Thinking

Posted on June 11, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking.” – Jacques Cousteau

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An Eighth Sin For This Age

Posted on April 17, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

An Eighth Sin For This Ageby Michael DoyleSome say sins come from impatience and indolence,And in this age of only a little bit of innocence.Acedia knows without pretense at ambivalence,That sometimes the best we have is listlessness.Self-help has seldom beaten … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Believe There Is Only One Race – the Human Race

Posted on March 10, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe there is only one race – the human race.” – Rosa Parks

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First Principles: Next To the Right of Liberty, the Right of Property Is the Most Important Individual Right Guaranteed By the Constitution

Posted on January 8, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Peculiar Evil of Silencing the Expression of An Opinion Is, That It Is Robbing the Human Race; Posterity As Well as the Existing Generation

Posted on May 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the … Continue reading →

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In An Act of Hope

Posted on May 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In An Act of Hopeby Michael DoyleIn an act of hope, we turn to poetryTo capture life’s acts in some capacityIt expands beyond what any language can doTo extend and share my heart’s point of viewWe live in a world … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Truth In the Post-Modernist Age

Posted on December 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Revisiting Truth In the Post-Modernist Ageby Michael DoyleIt can be said with conviction of feelingThat the ways of God are revealingHere in this mid-DecemberIt seems timely to rememberAll of God’s loving tracesIn all the history of a life’s embracesAre like … Continue reading →

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What Used To Be

Posted on September 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

What Used To Beby Michael DoyleI remember when I showed my daughterWhat it was that used to once beShared like a loving fatherIn the twenty-second centuryWe dominated with technologyForgetting the natural carrying capacityAnd reframed the world in uglinessTo which her … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Few Are the Giants of the Soul Who Actually Feel That the Human Race Is Their Family Circle

Posted on October 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.” -Freya Stark, explorer and writer (1893-1993)

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