Tag Archives: King

Storybook Kind of Love

Posted on August 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Storybook Kind of Loveby Michael Doyle She wants a storybookKind of love –Only she wants itWith dirty picturesIt only took one lookTo dream along the something of – Need, …craven at first biteHer painted lights hypnotized my mind She was … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affections, Attraction, Be So Lucky, Behind the Mask, Broken, Coloring, Crayons, Dazzle, Dirty Pictures, Distraction, Dream Along, Faking, Fallen Together, Favored, Golden, High Heels, Hypnotize, King, Love, Movements, My Mind, Need, Not the Kind, One Look, Painted Lights, Passion, Poetry and Poems, Priceless, Princess, Rook, Screen Shots, Silent Screams, Stolen Moments, Storybook, Sunday Worship, Token, Unspoken, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: Wherever Law Ends, Tyranny Begins

Posted on March 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The difference betwixt a king and a tyrant to consist only in this, that one makes the laws the bounds of his power, and the good of the public, the end of government; the other makes all give way to … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Bound, Difference Between, End of Government, First Principles, Good of the Public, His Own Will and Appetite, John Locke, King, Makes All Give Way, Power, The Other, Tyranny Begins, Tyrant, Where Law Ends | Leave a comment

With You As My Dream

Posted on January 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

With You As My Dreamby Michael DoyleOnce upon a time, there was a dreamAnd she shared her dreams with meTold me I was her king if she was my queenSeemed about right, my walking fantasyLike a fairy tale told in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged As My Dream, Beautiful, Believing, Bell, Cast My Penny, Cause Behind, Chime, Detail, Dreams, Every Moment Shared, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Heart Knows, Holding You Tight, Hope, King, Late Night, Lifetime, Me and You, Moments, More Than All, My Prayer, Once Upon A Time, Playful, Poetry and Poems, Queen, Real, Remembering Every Word, Ringing, Said, Shadows, Some Dreams Do Come True, Sunshine, Thoughts In My Head, Three Words, Us Two, Wake Up, Walking Fantasy, Wanting, Whispering Into My Pillow, Wishing Well, Wistful, With You | Leave a comment

The Death Head of Night

Posted on November 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Death Head of Nightby Michael DoyleThere in the darkest of the 20th CenturyWere pages to learn from in our historySuch evil as was darker than the nightWhere our traditions still bring us lightNo matter what the king tells usTruth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 20th Century, Ability, Accident, Accusation, Adolph, All But Lost, All Peoples, Americans, Ancient Peoples, Apart, April Tenth, Arrive, Atmosphere, Atrocity, Auschwitz, Babies, Barren Fields, Believe, Betray, Bluffing, Buchenwald, Burn, Caged Ghetto, Captivity, Cattle Cars, Cleft, Communication, Cost, Crushed, Cry, Cup, Darkest, Daughters, Death Became the Mercy, Death Head, Deeds, Dehumanized, Demonized, Deportation, Desperation, Destination, Determination, Devil's Symphony, Doubt, Dread, Dying, Elders, Eternal, Eternity, Evil, Extermination, Face, Faith, Father, Fear, Few, Flames, Flick, Forced March, Forgotten, Germany, Ghost Train, God, God Be Willing, Going On, Goodness, Grapple, Graves, Grief, Grim Determination, Guide For the Perplexed, Hand, Happenstance, Haste, Hatred, History, Hitler, Hold On Tight, Hope, Huddle, Hunger, Incessant, Infernal, Jewish History, Kabbalah, King, Know, Learn, Left, Let This Be A Lesson, Light, Line, Literature, Live or Die, Living Skeletons, Loved, Madmen, Marginalized, Mengele, Mercilessly, Miracle, Mirror, Misery, Monsters, Mystic Union, Names, Necessary Lie, Night, No Coming Back, No End, Nothing, Optimism, Pages, Peace Alone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Pray, Prophets, Prove Forgiving, Provident, Purpose, Question, Rage, Recall, Receptivity, Robbery, Rogues, Rule of Law, S;piritual, Sacred Ritual, Sake, Scarlet, Seek, Shame, Shed, Shrieking, Sighing, Slight, Slip, Snow, Sons, Soul, Spark, Suffering, Suffocating, Sunken Eyes, Survival, Survived, Surviving, Targets, Taste, Terror, Test, The End, The Jewish, The Jewish People, Track, Tradition, Transition, Transmission, Treasures, Truth, Ugliness, Unity, Water, Weisel, West, Whenever, Wherever, Wine, Wisdom, World, Worse, Worship, Yiddish | Leave a comment

I’ll Always Take Your Call

Posted on October 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I’ll Always Take Your Callby Michael DoyleRipped apart deep inside my DNAFinding the scary part is the last biteWhen suddenly, I run short of what to sayAnd my wildest dreams hold me through the nightSomewhere in the geometry of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abstract, Always, Apprehensive, Beeline, Behind, Bitter Respite, Boundaries, Breath In, Breath Out, Bridge, Catch Your Fall, Chase, Condescension, Conviction, Dark Tendency, Despair, Desperate, Different Tempos, Direction, DNA, Do It AGain, Dread, Edges, Elasticity, Facts, Feeling, Finish Stong, Geomtry, Hands In Mine, Heat of It, Holding On, Hollow Comfort, Hope, Implore, Infinite, Jester, Jump, King, Less Than Clever, Letting Go, Live and Learn, Lives Lessons, Melts Away, Moments, My Love Runs Deep, Never Leave You, Nighttime, Offer, Photograph, Place, Plasticity, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Rare, Refuse To Drown, Remember, Return, Ripped Apart, Run Short, Say, Scary Part, See Beyond, Shadows Creep In, Shriek, Silent, Silver Lining, Society, Song, Spin, Superficiality, Take Your Call, Terror, Through the Night, Unruly Mind, Waiting Out, Wildest Dreams, Worse, Wrap, Zig Zag | Leave a comment

From the Perspective of the Rus

Posted on October 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

From the Perspective of the Rusby Michael DoyleStanding on the shoulders of wisdomBy each step we build separate kingdomsThe Brothers Karamazov built on a grain of wheatThat life comes from death and death is not defeatAll the suffering that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absolute Rule, Authority, Autocracy, Beyond, Brothers Karamazov, Capability, Connection, Constantanople, Culture, Death, Declaration, Decree, Defeat, Despotism, Different, Division, Dreams, Driven, Fallible, Forces, Foundation, Freedom Lovers, God, Grain, Historical, History, Kiev, King, Kingdom, Kingdoms, Liberty, Life, Monarch, Mother Russia, Nation, Ninth Century, No Relief, Nobility, Ordained Choice, Orthodoxy, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Principles, Purpose, Reflection, Relationships, Reservation, Reverent, Rule, Russia, Sacred, Shoulders, Solzhenitsyn, Soul, Step, Suffering, Supreme, Talk, Temporal, True Belief, Twin Blades, Undergon, United, Viking, Voice, Western Civilization, Wheat, Wisdom, Withstand | Leave a comment

Red Hot Queen

Posted on September 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Red Hot Queenby Michael DoyleShe would tell her kingOf her fanciful desire to ruleWhile she’d laughingly singAbout beaches and poolsAnd he would look in her eyesAnd without semblance of doubtHe would smile and realizeThat they might work it outSo long … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beaches, Beguile, Crown, Desire, Doubt, Eyes, Flower, Frown, Happiness, He, Her Kiss, His Side, King, Laugh, Life, Long Live the Queen, Look, Movie Scene, Need, Photograph, Played Out, Poem, Poetry, Pools, Pride, Queen, Reach, Realize, Red Hot, Rule, Semblence, She, Sing, Smile, Title, Vital, Work It Out | Leave a comment

A Gaelic King

Posted on August 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A Gaelic Kingby Michael DoyleIn 700 AD, the Picts and the Gaels divided ScotlandAs if that were something natural to commandNo force on Earth could unite these kingdomsTo think that possible is sheer bedlamThe impossible doesn’t stop hearts from tryingBut … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 700 AD, Bedlam, Betray, Brooch, Comman, Cry, Dark of Night, Desire, Divide, Earth, Fire, Forbidden, Force, Gaelic, Hard As A Rock, Heart of Stone, Hearts, Hidden, Hunger, Impossible, Kept, King, Kingdom, Kingdoms, Love of Peace, Natural, Need, Old King, Photograph, Picts, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Power, Reign, Right, Scotland, Scream, Solemn, Somehow, Son, Steal Away, Throne, Try, Unite, Vengeance, Vengeful, Vow, Vows | Leave a comment

Born In the Dawn

Posted on July 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Tales of magic and the quests that invariably accompany these always tug at my soul. Born In the Dawn by Michael Doyle In the mists of time, there is a story Of the sword of power and it’s full glory … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arthur, Boon, Born, Bring, Choice, Choose, Courage, Curse, Dawn, Death, Deed, Demon, Desire, Devour, Discontent, Doubt, Earth, End, Fear, Flight, Force, Fore, Full Glory, Guidance, Heed, King, Learn To Lead, Life, Listen, Lives, Long Lost Friend, Loudly, Magic, Men, Mists of Time, Moon, Murder, Mystery, Nature, Need, Offering, Omens, Once Voice, One Day, Pass, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Quest, Raven, Require, Revealed, Right, Sacrifice, See, Sight, Sit, Soul, Story, Suffer Fools, Suffice, Sword of Power, Tale, Tug, Twilight, Understood, Wall, Water, Whisper, Wield, Will, Wisdom, Witch, Woman, Woods | Leave a comment

Birth of Merlin

Posted on May 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Which was your favorite? King Arthur? Or, Merlin? Birth of Merlin by Michael Doyle In 480 AD, in Britain’s Dark Ages Arthur, Camelot and Merlin rode into its pages Shrouded in the fog of great mystery It’s half lost from … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancient Days, Anger, Birth, Brawn, Breath, Britain, Camelot, Castle, Child, Chivalry, Command, Counsel, Country, Dark Ages, Death, Druids, Famine, Favorite, Fog, Gods, History, King, King Arthur, Land, Legend, Lore, Magic, Merlin, Mystery, Myth, Night, Pages, Photograph, Plague, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Purity, Question, Risk, Second Sight, Sincerity, Storm, Time, Violence, Wise Man, Wizard | Leave a comment