Tag Archives: Know

On the Losing Side of History

Posted on March 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A piece dedicated to the ending days of Bernie Sanders’ attempt to hold a revolution. It begs the question, “What if they gave a revolution and nobody came?”. On the Losing Side of History by Michael Doyle Sanders lumbers on … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alienation, Amercian Dream, Baloney, Base, Beliefs, Bernie Sanders, Brilliance, Champion, Character, Class, Cling, Constitution, Criticism, Defer, Democratic Party, Discredit, Double Talk, Elite, Emperor, Enlighten, Factional Infighting, Fantasy, Followers, Gender, God, Guns, Hillary Clinton, History, Identity Politics, Ideology, Inspire, Intolerance, Iran, Ivory Tower, Know, Lead, Legendary, Losing Side, Masculine Toxicity, Merit, Nation, Optimism, Peek, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Politics, Practical, President Trump, Revolution, Rubbish, Seams, Socialist, Speak, Steeple, Sympathy, The Left, The People, Theory, Threadbare, Toxic, Twisted, Walk, Woke | Leave a comment

First Principles: In the Struggle For Liberty, Be Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To know the Worst and To Provide For It

Posted on March 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth – and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Anguish, Beast, Eyes, First Principles, Hope, Illusion, Know, Liberty, Mankind, Natural, Pain, Patrick Henry, Provide, Salvation, Shut, Spirit, Struggle, Temporary, Transform, Truth, Virginia Convention, Whole, Wise Men | Leave a comment

A Return To the Sea

Posted on March 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A pirate’s lot remains on my mind today. To me, like many, there has always been a bit of allure to some of the legendary pirates. Not the least of these is a chapter in a book I aim to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Andrew Jackson, Banditry, Battle of New Orleans, Best, Call, Claim, Earn, End, Fatal, Fate, Final, Footnotes, Forgot, Gallantry, Gold, History, Jean Lafitte, Know, Legacy, Legend, Life, Lot, Me, Monument, Mystery, Photograph, Pirate, Poem, Poetry, Remains, Return, Sea, Sirens, Soul, Storm, Swallow, Tales, Told, Unwanted, Water, Whole, You | Leave a comment

Souls On the Line

Posted on March 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Ever had that moment when you suddenly knew that however scary love is, you had met your forever in the eyes of the one you love? Souls On the Line by Michael Doyle My soul is on the line Wanting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always, Baby, Beautiful, Believe, Best of Love, Better, Beyond, Blind, Bliss, Broken, Choose, Clever, Dare, Doubt, Dream, Eyes, Feel, Feeling, Find, Forever, Happiness, Heart, Inside, Kind, Know, Life, Line, Love, Marking Time, Mind, Mine, Moment, Much, Must, Our, Out, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Puzzle, Reach, Real, Room, Soul, Spoken, Sublime, Surreal, Together, Touch, Travel, Trust, Want, Wonder, Words | Leave a comment

Game of Hearts

Posted on March 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Some say the grass is always greener. I don’t. Game of Hearts by Michael Doyle Don’t make my heart Into another game of homes Or, you’ll soon see me depart I’d rather just be alone I’ve seen the trades made … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actions, Alone, Better, Connection, Depart, Disappear, Don't, End, Fade, Fear, Game, Grass, Greener, Hearts, Homes, Know, Look, Make, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Quick, Real Love, Together, Trades, Will, Won't, Words, Worth | Leave a comment

Metrics of Consideration

Posted on March 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I believe that one day we will look back at this time of creativity for the human race and see it as a time of near global renaissance. Metrics of Consideration by Michael Doyle Tickled with the details of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accident, Angle, Awareness, Awe, Believe, Bless, Breathe, Call, Collaboration, Conceive, Concept, Connection, Consideration, Constraints, Content, Creativity, Day, Define, Detail, Edge, Energy, Exist, Expand, Fall, Flow, Freedom, Globe, Hide, Human Race, Infatuation, Inifnite, Inside, Introspection, Know, Loose Ends, Magic, Metric, Moderation, Motivation, Navigate, New World, Observe, Path, Perceive, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Refine, Renaissance, See, Separate, Shape, Simple, Soak, Space, Stairs, Time, Touch, Universe, Way, Web, World | Leave a comment

Connections Made

Posted on February 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In looking out toward what others do and say, sometimes I have moments of introspection. Lately, this has centered and focused on the connections made between a lady I spend hours talking with and feeling so deep. Not that past … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Anticipation, Better, Blessed, Bring, Butterflies, By My Side, Call, Circumstance, Connection, Easy, Feel, Feelings, Final Destination, Find, Flirtation, Girl, Hide, Introspection, Kiss, Know, Life, Name, Other, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Queasy, Reciprocation, Refection, Ring, Same, Song, Spend, Talk, Together, True, Walk, Wife, Yang, Yin | Leave a comment

First Principles: Freedom Can Only Exist In the Society of Knowledge

Posted on February 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is Favorable to liberty. Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights, and where learning is confined to a few people, liberty can be neither equal nor universal.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Benjamin Rush, Confine, Equal, Exist, Favor, Few, First Principles, Fredom, Know, Knowledge, Learn, Liberty, Mankind, Rights, Society, Universal | Leave a comment

Blessings of the Future Kingdom

Posted on February 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Having missed most of church today, it was time to do a study on my own. Based in part on Mark 1:15: https://flic.kr/p/gsQp7e Blessings of the Future Kingdom by Michael Romani Living in a world that is broken Standing on … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abound, Anew, Answer, Beatitudes, Blessing, Bliss, Broken, Come, Cry, Days, Digory Tree, End of Days, Eyes, Faith, Father, Future, Glory, Greet, Heart, His, Immortality, Joy, Keys, Kingdom, Know, Live, Lord, Mark 1:15, Mustard Seed, Near, Need, One Eye, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Premises, Promises, Reality, Respond, Seldom, Sin, Sorrow, Spoken, Sunrise, Tears, Tomorrow, Ways, Wilderness, World | Leave a comment

Moments Spent

Posted on February 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Spending time with my girls was an awesome experience as always. Moments Spent by Michael Romani Spending time with these two All of our moments are too few Dreams shaping in their minds Gifts of smiles of which I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Apart, Away, Awesome, Beautiful, Behind, Best, Blind, Bone, Cleave, Close, Connection, Crystal Blue, Daughters, Depart, Direction, Do, Dreams, Eldest, Father, Few, Gift, Girls, Glory, Glow, Grow, Guide, Hand, Heart, Home, Hug, Kill, Know, Look, Lose, Love, Mile, Mind, Moment, Noble, Obstacle, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Present, Pride, Redouble, Rest, Say, See, Shape, Smile, Soul, Special, Spent, Spirit, Spun, Story, Survive, Tears, Time, Trouble, Valentine's Day, Watch, Write, Youngest | Leave a comment