Tag Archives: Keep

Schweitzer’s Legacy

Posted on January 26, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Schweitzer’s Legacyby Michael DoyleWhat if it wasThat we’re not meant for strifeBut rather, insteadTo live in reverence for life?Would we really needTo argue the unnecessary whyOf who decidedThe creation of the hippopotami?Or, is it quite enoughTo know that we’ve a … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Do Not Anticipate Trouble or Worry About Things What May Never Happen. Keep In the Sunlight

Posted on January 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”― Benjamin Franklin

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Do Not Anticipate, Keep, Sunlight, Thought For the Day, Trouble, What May Never Happen, Worry | Leave a comment

Split the Difference

Posted on January 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Split the Differenceby Michael DoyleKicking back with my girls on the holidaysSharing life with them in a million waysWhen we happened on a soulful snip of movieWith a lot of heart that played out groovyThere in the middle of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 3-D, Abstract, Beat, Celestial Concept, Complicated Hearts, Culture, Difference, Displayed, Dreams, Each of Us, Enough, Every Bit, Everyone, Explore, Fascination, Fluff, Forgot, Future, Get Jazzy, Great Before, Greater, Groovy, Hear, Holidays, Improvised Part, In REach, Inference, Ink Dab, Jazz, Joy, Keep, Kicking Back, Known, Learn, Lennon, Lesson, Life, Living Our Soul, Lot of Heart, Lyric, Meaning of Life, Middle, Million Ways, Moment, Movie, My Girls, Nature, Needed Role, Nurture, Our Meaning To Others, Panorama, Parts, Photograph, Plausibility, Play, Played Out, Plot, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Postulation, Preach, Present, Probability, Pseudo-Intellectual, Punditry, Repartee, Say, Screens, Shadows, Sharing Life, Soul, Soulful, Split, Splitting the Difference, Stories, Subtle, Sum, Super Stars, Teach, The Streets, Tough, Twist, Waiting, Wonders of Life | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Aim of Every Political Constitution Is, Or Ought To Be, First To Obtain For Rulers Men Who Possess Most Wisdom To Discern and Most Virtue To Pursue the Common Good of the Society

Posted on November 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society; and in the next place, to … Continue reading →

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Shoreline Levee Abstraction

Posted on October 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Shoreline Levee Abstractionby Michael DoyleWithout the world’s imposed inhibitionsYou find life without so many limitationsWaiting for you below the surface, we keepThe sands of time as these start to seepPouring through our hands as these flowIs a new depth for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abstraction, Appear, Below, Big Easy, Deam, Depth, Dreams, Each of Us, Flow, Great Deal, Hands, Hold Near, Hurrying, Impose, Inhibitions, Inner Depth, Keep, Keep Looking, Know, Levee, Levee Breaks, Life, Limitations, Little Need, Merge, Needed, New, Ocean, Ourselves, Peep Inside, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Pouring, Pressing Onward, Reveal, Sands of Time, Secrets, Seep, Serene, Shoreline, Souls, Start, Still, Surface, Waiting, Wondering, World, Worrying | Leave a comment

The Way You Love Me

Posted on October 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Way You Love Meby Michael DoyleLook another beautiful placeBut none compares to your faceI love looking into your eyesI guess that’s no real surpriseYour beauty came without warningHow I’d want you each morningAnd I can’t do without your loveIt’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Another, Beautiful Place, Can't Do Without, Happy, I'm So Happy, Keep, Look, No Real Surprise, None Compares, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, The Way, The Way That You Love Me, Thinking Of, Thrills Me, To My Bone, Warms Me, Without Warning, You Love Me, You're My Home, Your Beauty, Your Face, Your Love, Your Smile | Leave a comment

When Tomorrow Comes Your Day

Posted on September 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

When Tomorrow Comes Your Dayby Michael DoyleWrapped up in the depths of your soulAs we talk along our evening’s strollI see my heroes inside your heartEasily seeing what sets you apartYour words as you touch me deepWhisper you are who … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always Stay, Always There, Apart, Beside me, Comes, Connection, Dancing, Day, Depth, Drift Off, Evening, Every Single Day, Eyes, Feel, Fill, Find, God, Growing Love, Heart, Hero, Keep, Kneel, Love Shine, My Dear, Not Fleeting, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Pillow, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Prayer, Reflection, See, Shadow, Sleep, Sleeping, Soul, Strength, Strong Enough, Surprise, Talk, Thank you, Think, Tomorrow, Touch, Wake Up, Whisper, Whispering, Wrapped, You, Your Love, Your Words | Leave a comment

Keeping Our Truth

Posted on September 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Keeping Our Truthby Michael DoyleReaching out in my cognitionHoping that my thoughts and perceptionsMight find a little recognitionAnd from that grow some receptionLiving life under another’s definitionPoints in mockery at the deceptionAs we walk this world in disguiseKeeping our truth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged After, Best Outcome, Bold, Certain, Choice, Chose, Cognition, Creativity, Deception, Definition, Destination, Destiny, Disguise, Do the Math, Edge, Explore, Eyes, Find My Way, Grow, Head, Imagination, Inner Voice, Journey, Keep, Know, Laughter, Living Life, Mock, Originality, Other, Path, Perceptions, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reaching Out, Reception, Recognition, Restrain, Step, Stumble, Thoughts, Truth, Walk, World | Leave a comment

A Wolf Keeps Watch

Posted on September 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A Wolf Keeps Watchby Michael DoyleLike a wolf into a flock of sheepTheir troubled souls, he would keepFor he was a reformed wolf standing guard against the enemyAnd there were questions of one’s dignityPoints of contention still must be proved … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age, Blur, Blush, Breath, Buriedd, Contention, Corruption, Craw, Defile, Determined, Devil, Dignity, Enemy, Evidence, Eyes, Fall, Flock of Sheep, Forgotten, Giving Ground, God, Guard, Guilty, Harder Than Death, Head of Doubt, Holy Man, Hostiles, Hustle, Innocent Child, Keep, Last, Love, Mumbles, Obedience, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Point of View, Pray, Providence, Questions, Random Thought, Recall, Reformed, Rotten, Safe, Shake, Shiver, Side Hustle, Silent, Sold, Solid, Soul, Street, Survivors, Suspicion, Tale, Tears, Told, Touch, Trace, Troubled Souls, True, Truth, Under, Understood, Watch, Wollf, Wounded Heart | Leave a comment

What Fools Lament…

Posted on August 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What Fools Lament…by Michael DoyleWhat fools lament, wise men cherishForever vigilant that our ideals won’t perishLiving life in recycled cinema outtakes playedWe stand up boldly and unafraidHolding tight against things that shouldn’t beThe quietly spoken pillars of our communityShed chances … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Artificial, Best Run, Bold, Chance, Cherish, Cinema, Cling To, Community, Confuse, Cut Deep, Dropped Mic, Fifteen Minutes, Fool, Hold Tight, Hounds, Hunt, Ideals, Keep, Know, Lament, Living Life, Outtakes, Perish, Photograph, Pillars, Pitch, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Quiet Spoken, Recycled, Same Page, Singer, Stage, Stand up, Stygian, Tree of Liberty, Unafraid, Vigilant, Want, Wise Men | Leave a comment