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As the Devil’s Own
As the Devil’s Ownby Michael DoyleOne man views evil with a quiet bemusement.Another sees it as a form of amusement.Neither looks beyond pleasure for purpose.It is not for them to want to be of service.Vampires feed to live and not … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Amusement, Beast, Bemusement, Bloodlust, Devil's Own, Echo, Evil, Extinct, Feast, Hunt, Instinct, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Purpose, Reasons, Season, Service, Vampire
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Thought of the Day: Every Man Feels Instinctively That All the Beautiful Sentiments In the World Weigh Less Than A Single Lovely Action
“Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action” – James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (22 Feb 1819-1891)
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Tagged Beautiful, Every Man, Instinct, James Russell Lowell, Lovely Action, Sentiments, Single, Thought For the Day, Weigh, World
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Growing Up In the Tropics
Growing Up in the Tropicsby Michael DoyleAcross the tropics, in early morning,We awaken sleepless, feeling the sunShining like a dreamBe it Cuba, Hawaii, or the PhilippinesThe breeze blows by coollyTurning the wind vanes slowly Dragonflies and butterflies floatOn mica wings … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Answer, Awake, Breeze, Butterflies, Children, Colored Skies, Cuba, Dragon Flies, Dream, Drowsy, Early Morning, Fields, Float, Glaze, Growing Up, Happiness Enough, Hawaii, Hit the Beach, Instinct, Island Time, Mica Wings, Names, New Day, Nourishment, Peaceful Bliss, Pineapple, Poetry and Poems, Rain, Reeds, Rice Paddies, Ride, See, Sleepless, Sleepy Day, Slow, Slow Heat, Sugar Cane, Summer All Year Long, Sun, Sunshine, The Philippines, Tropical Fish, Tropics, Waves, Wind Vanes, Yawn
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To Keep the Sacred Near
A look at life’s lessons. To Keep the Sacred Near by Michael Doyle Life thrusts us into situations Thigh deep in aggravations But then there’s a lesson even in that One felt deep even if you’re not an empath Another … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggravations, Another Day, Bambi, Care, Country, Dear, Doe, Doesn't Really Matter, Empath, Endless Days, Eyeball, Eyes, Felt Deep, Go Far, Good Enough, Heart, Holding On, Home, Instinct, Keep, Last Night, Learn, Lesson, Lessons, Life, Mortality, Near, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realization, Sacred, See, Situation, Slip By, Spare, Surprise, Thigh Deep, Thrust, Time, True, Wonder, Yearling
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Thought For the Day: Cleanliness and Order Are Matters of Education and Must Be Cultivated
“Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.” – Benjamin Disraeli
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Tagged Benjamin Disreali, Cleanliness, Cultivate, Education, Instinct, Order, Taste, Thought For the Day
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Stranger To Myself
Little something picked up on watching a horror show and thinking. I’m often guilty of thinking way too much. 😉 Stranger To Myself by Michael Romani Purest instincts undone A stranger to myself As divorced from me as from anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged Adieu, Alone, Annihilation, Cast Down, Crack, Damnation, Darkness, Death, Distant, Doubt, Eternal, Evil, Face, Ghost, Glass, Gone, Goodbye, Hope, Hound of God, Inside, Instinct, Left, Life, Man In the Mirror, Me, Mirror, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Self, Shelf, Strain, Stranger, Time, Whisper
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Darwin – Origin of Species, Chapter 8
Again, Aloha Promises Forever has touched on both the life and legacy of Charles Darwin several times now and on Origin of Species as well. That being said, the tutorial we are following along with focuses on Chapter 8 today. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Darwin, Evolution, Harvard Classics, Instinct, Origin of Species, Science
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