Tag Archives: Indolence

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acedia, Age, Ambivalence, Eighth Sin, God's Grace, Human Race, Humanity, Impatience, Indolence, Innocence, Listlessness, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Punishment, Rumor, Self-Help, Self-Talk, Sin | Leave a comment

First Principles: Equality Is One of the Most Consummate Scoundrels That Ever Crept From the Brain of A Political Juggler..and Squanders Their Hard-Earned Profits

Posted on February 17, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Equality is. one of the most consummate scoundrels that ever crept from the brain of a political juggler–a fellow who thrusts his hand into the pocket of honest industry or enterprising talent, and squanders their hard-earned profits on profligate idleness … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Braein, Enterprising, Equality, First Principles, Honest Industry, Idleness, Indolence, James Kirke Paulding, Pocket, Political Juggler, Profiit, Scoundrel, Talent | Leave a comment

The Sting of A Yellow Jacket

Posted on January 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Sting of A Yellow Jacketby Michael DoyleNaughty narrative braids togetherA story of coming of age but betterTwo tracks made into one storyNeither of them qualifying for gloryHigh school drama can be brutalityEven without its incessant fatalityAs childhood comes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anarchy, Anxieties, Apart, Barbarity, Brewing, Brutality, Campfire, Childhood, Cling, Coming of Age, Complexity, Dreams, Embers, Emotional Undoing, Ends, Fatality, Fingers, Friend, Gore, Growing Pains, Hierarchy, High School Drama, Hormones, Iconic, Indolence, Instability, Intentions, Ironic, Lethal Stew, Lingers, Losing Touch, Narrative, Naughty, Negotiation, Poetry and Poems, Process, Qualify, Question, Remembers, Scars, Simplicity, Smothered, Stars, Sting, Swore, Threads, Toxicity, Transforms, True, Two Tracks, Woods, Yellow Jacket | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Censorship Is the Commonest Social Blasphemy Because It Is Mostly Concealed, Built Into Us By Indolence, Self-Interest and Cowardice

Posted on November 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice.” – John Osborne (1929-1994)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Built Into Us, Censorship, Common, Cowardice, Indolence, John Osborne, Mostly Concealed, Self-Interest, Social Blasphemy, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Indolence

An Eighth Sin For This Age

First Principles: Equality Is One of the Most Consummate Scoundrels That Ever Crept From the Brain of A Political Juggler..and Squanders Their Hard-Earned Profits

The Sting of A Yellow Jacket

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