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It Took My Savior To Atone
It Took My Savior To Atoneby Michael DoyleEveryone wants a familyTo be part of that possibilityAwakening to being found out lostHaving worked hard to pay the costRisen as I am, a new creationLiving the joy with fascinationI know I couldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Atone, Awakening, Cost, Couldn't Do This On My Own, Dismiss, Embrace, Face, Family, Found, God, Grace, Joy, Lost, New Creation, One of His Own, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Risen, Sadness, Saved As I Am, Savior, Suspect Everyone, The Lord, Told, Took My Savior, Truth, Ways
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Thought For the Day: The Fruit of the Spirit Is Love, Joy, Peace, Forbearance, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control. Against Such Things There Is No Law
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23
Outside My Shadow (Happy Birthday Angie At 14)
Outside My Shadow (Happy Birthday Angie At 14)by Michael DoyleHas it been a lifeOr some kind of a dreamIt’s hard to believeThat you’re turning fourteen14 years ago tomorrowYou first opened your eyesTaking away my sorrowAnd bringing a million surprisesThey say … Continue reading
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Tagged Angie, Baby, Be Your Own, Being Your Father, Blossoming, Brilliance, Bringing Me Pride, Brought Me, Concession, Couldn't Ask For More, Daughters, Day, Dream, Early, Every Beat of My Heart, First Opened Your Eyes, Fourteen, From the Very Start, Growing, Happiness, Happy Birthday, Happy Father, Hard To Believe, Hold My Hand, Impression, Joy, Know, Know These Things, Learned, Life, My Shadow, Nearly Grown, Never Be Poor, One of Life's Best, Outside, Outside My Shadow, Pass the Test, Poetry and Poems, Remember, Resilience, Richer, Say Hello, Since, Sister, Sorrow, Standing By My Side, Tomorrow, Treasured, Treasures You, Trust In You, Turned, Turning Fourteen, Ultrasound, Under, Young Lady
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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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