Tag Archives: Journey

A Harper Rises

Posted on August 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Harper Risesby Michael DoyleWhen a harper rises from his slumberAnd whatever the spell that he’s been underHe will find his answers become rightAs though illuminated by the lightNo longer trading in colloquialisms and slightBut speaking only the true, noble, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alibi, Answer, Begun, Brdige, Brink, Clever, Conceive, Crumble, Dare, Done, Endeavor, Faith, Fog, Forget, Good fight, Harper, Humble, Illuminate, Journey, Life, Light, Love, Nobility, Noble, Poetry and Poems, Puzzles, Right, Rise, Saving Grace, Sensibility, Setting Sun, Slumber, Speak, Spell, Stride, Strong, Stumble, Think, Tight, Trade, Tragic Pride, True, Under, Victory, Way, Weak, Winds of Time | Leave a comment

It Comes Down To…

Posted on August 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

It Comes Down To…by Michael DoyleIt comes down to right responsibilitySown thoughts reaped within our capabilityTo become the character of our destinyThough unseen thoughts might disrupt our journeyGod thinks highly of us and so should weOur thoughts determine who we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Capability, Character, Choices, Comes Down To, Consequences, Destiny, Journey, Poetry and Poems, Responsibility, Sown, Thoughts | Leave a comment

Dwelling Richly

Posted on July 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Dwelling Richlyby Michael DoyleStanding there caught amidst my sighI raise my hands up to the skyGiving myself in prayerful conversationIn the truth of my greatest relationIn an echo of God’s word, lived in my lifeI turn further toward peace, away … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Boy, Connection, Conversation, Direction, Dwell, Echo, God's Will, Journey, Man, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Relation, Richly, Sigh, Sky | Leave a comment

Love Lives On

Posted on July 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Love Lives Onby Michael DoyleDriving around the middle of the nationTrying to stimulate my daughters’ imaginationsAnd love for seeing the beauty of this nationLike their grandmother would have; if the situationHad somehow allowed this to followIf she had thrived; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Anniversary, Artist Eyes, Beauty of this Nation, Blossom, Bolder Dreams, Breath, Compromise, Daughters, Day, Death, Difference, Dreamer, Dreamt, Driving, Excited Eyes, Explore, Falling Tears, Fire, Follow, Food, Garden of Dreams, Grandmother, Happiness, Happy, Her, Home, Imagination, Inside of Me, Journey, Last Breaths, Lists, Lives On, Love, Love Lives On, Meant, Meet, Memories, Met, Middle of the Nation, Miss, More, Movies, Music, My Daughters, My Mom, Open, Pain, Paint, Places, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Rains, Regret, Remorse, Retrace the Steps, Reveal, Sad, See, Shadow, Situation, Sleep, Smile, Something More, Soul, Still, Stimulate, Surprise, Tears, Thrive, Tired, Traces, Two Hearts, Want, Watch, West Virginia, Whisper, Wish, World, Years Ago, Young Boy | Leave a comment

Lives Lived With Gratitude

Posted on July 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Lives Lived With Gratitudeby Michael DoyleTwo words received along the journeyTen men found their way to destinySamaritans and Jews knew their enmityExcept where leprosy was the common enemyStruck with this sort of a diseaseAs they slowly died, putting others ill … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversity, Anew, Astray, Burning Fire, Clay, Common Enemy, Contemplation, Destiny, Disease, Enmity, Enthusiasm, Faith, Fear, Fingers of God, God's Eyes, Gratitude, Heal, Hearts of Love, Hell, Holy Grace, Holy Love, Holy Power, Hour, Ill At Ease, Indulgence, Jesus, Jews, Jouney, Journey, Least Likely, Leprosy, Life, Lives, Love, Loving Embrace, Miracles, Obedience, Optimism, Pity and Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Prayers, Presevere, Pride, Promises, Reborn, Redeemed, Redemption, Reveal, Right Attitude, Self Control, Self Evidence, Shared Story, Side, Soul, Sufficient Faith, Supernatural, Thankfulness, Today, Tomorrow, Two Words, Unclean, Valley, Victory, Willful Rejection, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Dunmore’s Lamentation

Posted on July 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Dunmore’s Lamentationby Michael DoyleA seeming footnote on the journeyWas found about the struggle for libertyWe had gone to Point Pleasant to seeAnother point of what is legendaryOn to find that the struggle for this nationAlso began with Lord Dunmore’s lamentationAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged America's Journey, American, Bad Decisions, Betray, British Kingdom, Cause of Freedom, Concord, Cornstalk, Fight, First Blood, First Bullets, Footnote, History, Journey, Kanawha, Kentucky, Keys, Legendary, Lexington, Liberty, Lord Dunmore, Manifest Destiny, Nation, Pattern, Poetry and Poems, Point Pleasant, Revolution, Tecumseh, West Virginia, Westward | Leave a comment

A Sunrise Journey

Posted on June 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Sunrise Journeyby Michael DoyleClouds hang high in the morning skyAs if painted for the poet’s eyeThere’s a journey undertaken by the heartWhere the holiest of holy finds its startLike a seagull traveling light on its journeyA soul travels reaching … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Few More Smiles, Accept, Clouds, Constant Flow, Destiny, Dreams, Farther, Faster, Fly, Forgiven, Greater, Heart, Holiest of Holy, How High, Journey, Learn to See, Limits, Morning Sky, Painted, Poet's Eye, Poetry and Poems, Seagull, Soar, Spread Your Wings, Sunrise, Taken Wings, Travel, Try, Why Can't I?, Worry | Leave a comment

Summer Road Trip

Posted on June 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Summer Road Trip 2023by Michael DoyleAs my youngest approaches high schoolIt seemed a good time, as a general ruleTo take my daughters on an adventureIt might be seen as a matter of debentureOr the paying of my familial debtTo somewhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adventure, Cherry Pie, Chicago, Death's Door, Debt, Destination, Door County, Esker, Explore, Family Home, Fish Boil, Glaciation, Green Bay, Heart, High School, History, Ice Age, Indiana, Iowa, Journey, Juniper Bushes, Kames, Kettles, Lead, Lighthouse, Lumbeau Field, Memories, Mission, Mississippi River, Peoria, Poetry and Poems, Road Trip, Rule, Sand Dunes, Sea Gulls, Silos and Smokers, Sky, Spanish Mines, Summer, Transition, Wind-Swept, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

The Journey of Parenting

Posted on June 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Journey of Parentingby Michael DoyleSeeded with a lot of quietudeIs the truth of parenting’s magnitudeEvery day begun in earnest prayerTo take on all moments, hard or fairThe challenges sometimes come on hardAs we hold closely to each player’s cardsIt’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accountable, All Moments, Approach, Begin, Belief, Belong, Bible, Blessing, Bright Light, Cast Aside, Challenges, Coach, Consistency, Darkness, Discern, Encourage, Frame, Free Will, Full-Hearted, Godly Ways, Grief, Grow, Guessing, Hearts, Hold Closely, Holiness of Life, Hypocrisy, Integrity, Journey, Legacy, Living Days, Love, Magnitude, Miss, Modeled Example, Parenting, Plays, Poetry and Poems, Prcoess, Preach, Principles, Protection, Quietude, Reach, Road, Scripted Lessons, Scripture, Seeded, Shape, Shine, Stages of Life, Teaching, Teaching Right, Think, Truth, Values, Walk the Walk | Leave a comment

Something Bleeding This Way Comes

Posted on May 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Something Bleeding This Way Comesby Michael DoyleWord slithered along the corporate groundWhere all is ancient, and nothing new is foundSecrets told through half-truths revealedRemind us all of the things better off concealedPregnant pauses signal latent twists in positioningAs corporate successions … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancient, Birthright, Bleed, Children, Conceal, Corporate, Dinosaur, Endgame, Generation, Grave, Half-Truth, History, Inclination, Journey, Lament, Maturation, Motherhood, New, Pain and Misery, Pause, Poetry and Poems, Position, Recrimination, Reject, Save, Secrets, Something, Space-Age Messiah, Stoic, Sucession, Tragedy, Tranisition, Twist, Words, Wrench | Leave a comment