Tag Archives: Lesson

A Short Story of Jesus, Part 1

Posted on December 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Short Story of Jesus, Part 1by Michael DoyleA moment taken to learn to seeBeyond the pages kept so orderly.It might teach to see with a child’s eyes,And in the doing, become all the more wise.Consequential behavior can upstage,But it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angels, Bethlehem, Bible, Carpenter, Census, Child's Eyes, Christianity, Christmas, Consequence, Divinity, Egypt, Fear, Forgiveness, Gifts, Glory, Go, God, Heart, Hell, Herod, Holy Family, Humility, Jesus, Joseph and Mary, King, King of Kings, Learn to See, Lesson, Light, Love, Manger, Nazareth, Poetry and Poems, Short Story, Sight, Temple, This World, Wise | Leave a comment

Words Well Spent

Posted on November 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Words Well-Spentby Michael DoyleDon’t wait until the endTo learn to live as a father and a friend.Now and then are the moments to seize.This lesson doesn’t come with fancy degrees.It begins and ends by saying I love you,And living each … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Dream of Shadows, Echo, End, Etiquette, Father, Friend, Guarantee, Hello, I Love You, Joy, Lesson, Moments, Poetry and Poems, Shout, Sould, Tears, Well Spent, Whisper, Words, Writer, Writing, Zest | Leave a comment

The War On Free Speech

Posted on June 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The War On Free Speechby Michael DoyleThere is one lesson of liberty, we must always teach.This is about the importance of maintaining free speech.Free thought and freedom of expression are the one libertyAbove all else, that is what is needed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Democracy, Fear, Free Expression, Free Nation, Free Spech, Free Speech, Free Thought, Hear, History, Lesson, Liberty, News, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Teach, War | Leave a comment

Pharma Broke Faith

Posted on May 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Pharma Broke Faithby Michael DoyleThe system we live in tends to treat the sick.Working toward wellness would be and is my pick.Have a handful of pills and feel more diseased.This is not workable and people are not pleased.Bodies need balance … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Altenrative, Balance, Bodies, Contemplative, Cured, Death, Disease, Faith, Fell Well, Handful of Pills, Ill, Lesson, Not Workable, Pharma, Pick, Pill, Pleased, Poetry and Poems, Real, Relative, Sick, Side Affects, System, Terms, Working Toward Wellness | Leave a comment

Christmas Island Memory

Posted on December 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Christmas Island Memoryby Michael DoyleEven Christmas Island has its rulesThough they’re not type you learn in schoolsBut the types that build useful toolsThe type needed by wise men, common folk, and foolsOne of these is to drop the guessingAccepting each … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Begin, Blessing, Christmas Island, Common Folk, Days, Each Moment, End, Fools, Guessing, Know, Learn, Lesson, Life, Memory, Poetry and Poems, Push and Pull, Rules, School, Special Way, Tools, Ways, Wise Men | Leave a comment

Science Fiction and Frankenstein’s Creature

Posted on October 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Science Fiction and Frankenstein’s Creatureby Michael DoyleThough literary snobs can find it less than delectableScience Fiction has grown up as quiet respectableSnobbery has ever been fashionable even at HalloweenStill science fiction’s limitations certainly don’t meanThat there is nothing really scary … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrogance, Books, Children of Frankenstein, Cliche, Conscience, Creature, Cross-Current, Darkness, Distortion, Electrical Reanimaion, Electricity, Forget, Frankenstein, Future Society, Galvani, Ghost Story, Giordano Bruno, Gothic Horroe, Halloween, Headspace, Horror, Humanity's Hubris, Imagination, Irrational, John Milton, Late, Law of Unintended Consequence, Lesson, Literary Feature, Literary Snobs, Literature, Magnetism, Mankind, Mary Shelley, Mean, Mistake, Mistakes, Monster, Morality, Mount Tambora, Movie, Natural Philosophy, Nemesis, Nightmare, Nuclear War, Outcast, Overcome, Paradise Lost, Plausibility, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Rational Fate, Rationalism, Recompense, Rejected, Resemblance, Right and Privilege, Robots, Scary Stories, Science, Science Fiction, Seeds We Sow, Special Effects, Speculation, Spree, Summer, Supernatural, Technology, True Science, Unhallowed Ground, Universe, Victor Frankenstein | Leave a comment

The Gift of Darkness

Posted on September 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Gift of Darknessby Michael DoyleLifeGave me the gift of darknessStrifeIn a world filled with harshnessIt was a gift Though it took years to understandThoughts shiftAs you travel the years and the landDarkness Is as important as lightIt takes harshnessTo … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Anger, Burn, Candle, Compromise, Define, Defy, Doubt, Experience, Gift of Darkness, Harshness, Hate, Hide, Ignorance, Inside, Justify, Know, Land, Learn, Lesson, Life, Light, Madness, Need, No Place, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Refine, Right, See, Shadow, Share, Shift, Stare, Starkness, Stranger, Strife, Teach, Time, Too Late, Travel, True Sight, Understand, World, Wrong, Years | Leave a comment

The Framing of Frida

Posted on March 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Framing of Fridaby Michael DoyleStains of colors come aliveThese help one to liveWe are happy as we arriveFinding life giving what it has to giveWe run as fast as the breezeThat whisper lessons under backyard treesSome are laughing at … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Alive, Arrive, Art, Artistic Light, Backyard Trees, Brave Soul, Breath, Breeze, Bringing Life, Colors, Conflict, Crash, Crying, Cycles of Grief, Decipher, Definititions, Defy, Different Way, Dignity, Drab Grays, Drawn, Drying, Earhtly, Exceed, Exceeed, Find, Flights of Imagination, Frame, frida, Frida Kahlo, Give, Good, Green Light, Grow, Happy, Happy Game, Hesitation, History, Irreverent, Laugh, Laughter, Lesson, Lies, Life, Limits, Lived, Love, Magenta, Mangle, Mexico, Minds, Moments, Mystery, Oils, Old Mexico, Painting, Pass, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Question, Raw Scent, Rebellion, Red, Relief, Remain, Rosary, Run, Said, Same, Sheerest Sensuality, Sight, Stains, Suffered Wounds, Tears, The Bible, The Cachuchas, The World, Tragic Reality, Truth, Undderstood, Water Colors, Whisper, World of Colors, Years | Leave a comment

Even By the Blind

Posted on February 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Even By the Blindby Michael DoyleWe lose ourselves in life’s false accusationsFalling into fear before the wicked prosecutionsThese are the lessons learned in life’s schoolLike pearls before swine in a misapplied golden ruleNo one loses purity at the and hands … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adore, Beauty, Birth, Blind, Courage, Cover, Even By, Even By the Blind, Eyes, False Accusation, Forlorn, Gain, Golden Rule, Hands of Others, Healing Hands, Heart, Hell, Humble, Kind, Lane, Lesson, Life's Path, Live Life, Lose, Love, Multitude, New Lifee, One Another, Paradise, Pearls, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prosecution, Purity, Sacred, Sacrifice, School, Search, Seen, Separation, Sing, Sins, Swine, True Love, Wounded Hearts | Leave a comment

Truth of War

Posted on November 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Truth of Warby Michael DoyleMost of the world’s problems start with warIt’s a noteworthy thing that it takes moreThen dreamy words offering a shallow victoryTo come out on the winning side of historyMany a fool has believed themselves betterWhen cooler … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arms, Begun, Breath, Brilliance, Choose, Cooler Head, Creep Up, Depths, Done, Dream, Equally Sad, Fight, Fight Hard, Fool, Fought, Hell, History, Journey, Legacy, Lesson, Lessons Learned, Lose, Luck, Mirror, No One Wins, Poetry and Poems, Price, Problem, Reflection, Reliance, Review, Roulette Wheel, Rush of Exuberance, Shallow Victory, Sin, Slow Drag of Death, Struggle, Tragic, Truth, Truth of War, Victory, Wages of War, War, Well-Earned, Winning Side, Won, World, Wounded | Leave a comment