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Cinderella of the Pacific
A friend of mine invented a 5 line form of poetry in honor of Cinco de Mayo this year. At a short form poetry workshop tonight, I turned this into five verses of this and wrote the following in recollection … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquamarine, Baja, Banderas Monumentales, Blues, California, California Current, Children, Cinco de Mayo, Cinderella of the Pacific, Clothes, Contrast, Dance, Ensenada, Face, Future Dreams, Geyser, Hope, Joy, La Bufadora, Lagunita Pond, Love, Mediterranean, Memories, Mexico, Music, Noble Intentions, Ocean, Poetry and Poems, Purity, Rancho Coronitas, Seeded, Splash, Sun Shine, Toys, Vineyards, Visit, White, Winds
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Hymn To the 2020 Christmas Star
Hymn To the 2020 Christmas Starby Michael Doyle 2020 has been a year soul revealingCovid and larceny were ever stealingAny hope for semblance of hopefulnessDenying any hint of serenity and bliss We cried and wondered out of hopeTrying our best … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Abide, Above Us, Advent, Angels, Baby Child, Bad Day, Beacon, Bliss, Blossom, Bow, Bright, Broken Hearts, Burn, Cherish, Christmas Day, Christmas Star, Comfort, Cope, Covid, Cry, Darkness, Deny, Embrace, Faces, Faith, Fallen, Far, Form, Found, Function, Giving Love, Glory to God, Good Will, Grace of God, Great Conjunction, Heavens, Herald, Hint, Hints, Holy Light, Hope, Hopefulness, Hymn, Joy, Jupiter, Larceny, Lean, Loom, Manger, Memories, Moments In Time, Morning, Most of Us, Near, Never Second Best, News, Night, Our Test, Peace On Earth, Perish, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Rearrange, Revealing, Right, Saturn, Semblance, Serenity, Shadows, Share, Shine, Sing, Skies, Sky, Soul, Spiral, Spirits, Star, Stealing, Strange, Subside, Sweet Sorrow, The Christmas Star, The Lord, Think, Tonight, Truth, Try Our Best, Virgin Birth, Whisper, Wish It Away, Wishing, Women and Men, Wonder, Wondrous, Year
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In Gratitude For Santa’s Spirit
In Gratitude For Santa’s Spiritby Michael Doyle”Dear Santa”, that’s how it all beganSealed with love as only a child canWhat he wanted most of all was familyThat and a meaningful Christmas treeHe grew up endlessly chasing a little cheerIn the … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Badgered, Beaten Down, Began, Blues, Busy, Cheer, Child, Christmas, Christmas Cheer, Christmas Tree, Commericialization, Crown, Days, Dear Santa, Disappear, Dizzy, Dreams, Elves, Endlessly Chasing, Expectations, Family, Fascination, Frenzied, Give Me Give Me, Gladness, Gloves On, Going Through the Motions, Gratification, Gratitude, Greed, Happy News, Here and Now, Hustle and Bustle, Important Thing, Jaded World, Jingle, Joy, Joyfully, Magic, Meaning Got Lost, Meaningful, Never Allow, Never Be Allowed, New York City, North Pole, Not Just Once Upon, Notions, Our Children, Overworked, Photographs, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Press On, Real Meaning, Reflection, Remember, Remember What Matters, Santa, Sealed With Love, Season's Greetings, Shatter, Snow, Spirit, Spirit of Christmas, Stress, Suit Up, Tale, Tinsel, To Be Gone, Top of the World, Unsatisfied, Whole, World Apart, Year After Year, Yesterday
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In the Elegance of You
In the Elegance of Youby Michael DoyleWhether dressed in red or blueThe lady I wish to dance with is youNot just for today or a few more tomorrowsBut in always in all days in joy and in sorrowHolding you close … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, All Days, Best Friend, Best Place, Blue, Bound Together, Care, Cheek To Cheek, Close To My Heart, Closer, Confidant, Dance, Dress, Elegance, Evening, Face, Feel, Final End, First Song, Gentle, Hearts Beat, In My Heart, Joy, Lady, Love, Moment, Never Fear, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rainbow, Red, Share, Soft, Sorrow, Think, Three Times A Lady, Today, Tomorrow, Wait, Waterfalls, Whisper, Woman, Words, Wrap, You
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Story Book Connection
Story Book Connectionby Michael DoyleWe met in a moment of quiet conversationOur talking led to smiles without hesitationAnd with every further touch I now findYou are the one that will never be left behindTo me there never really was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Beauty, Born, Busy, Child, Connection, Dream, Feeling, Feelings, God, Guitar, Happiness, Heart, Heitation, Hesitation, Joy, Magic, Met, Never Left Behind, Photogrpah, Poem, Poetry, Question, Quiet Conversation, Reveal, Sharing, Show, Smiles, Song, Story Book, Talking, The one, Time, Today, Token of My Affection, Tomorrow, Touch, Touching You, True Loe, Twice, Week, Your Heart
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From Condemnation To Redemption
Based in part on Romans 8: From Condemnation To Redemption by Michael Doyle In Christ Jesus There is no condemnation The blessings of Jesus Bring our firm redemption Whatever the struggles had The storms pass in safety Finding joy even … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Belong, Betrayal, Blessings, Cherish, Christ, Christ Jesus, Condemnation, Contemplation, Deep, Depravity, Deserved Share, Divine Love, Do Right, Firm, God's Love, God's Path, Had, Harbor, His Light, Jesus, Joy, Judas Kiss, Know, Life, Mercy, Misery, Pass, Peace, Perish, Photorgraph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pure, Purity, Receive, Redemption, Romans, Sad, Salvation, Security, Set Free, Share, Sinful World, Sins, Storms, Strong, Struggles, The Lord, Truth, Victory, Walk, Words, Wrongs
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Theatrical Dawg Bones Thrown
However much the director whines that he’s only got 2 1/2 hours to present his hip hop distortions of American history and however much he manages to make his errors rhyme and dance match the music’s time, I don’t appreciate … Continue reading
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Tagged 1619 Project, All Life Is Sacred, All Lives Matter, America, American History, Anyone, Believe, Blackfaced, BLM, Cancel Culture, Catching Lightning In A Bottle, Come A Time, Complex, Contribution, Create, Cull, Debate, Disguise, Distortion, Elevate, Equality, Errors, Evangelists, Fallacious, Falsehoods, Falsity, Feet, Fight, Flip Side, Founders, Frederick Douglass, From the Beginning, Fundamentals, Glory, Great Story, Hamilton, Heart and Soul, Heritage, Hip Hop, History, Holding True, Image, Immigrants, Immigration, Joy, Justice, Land of Mine, Less of a History, Lies, Martin Luther King Jr, Marxism, Marxist, Mediocrity, Misconceived, Miscreant, Musical, Narrative, Nation, Norm, Notions, NPR, Opposed, Outright Mockery, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop Culture, Presupposed, Principles, Racist Pride, Rap, Realize, Recall, Reflective, Repercussions, Reserve Racism, Revolution, Rhyme and Dance, Rock the Streets, Ruin, Seen As, Set Loose, Shame, Shine, Society, Speaking In Terms, Spotlight, Study, Stupdendous, Theater, Transform, Trap, Travesty, Truth, Well Rehearsed, Youth
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