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Moonbow Symphony

Posted on November 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Moonbow Symphonyby Michael DoyleMy daughters and I are proneTo take all-day drivesPreferably together, not aloneTo feel the peace of being aliveLast weekend, early on SaturdayOur packed-up SUV got underwayThe goal was to see the MoonbowTo Cumberland Falls, we would goLexington … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adventure, Alive, All-Day Drives, Beautiful Phenomenon, Beauty, Blaze, Bluegrass, Breeze, Colors, Crowd, Cumberland Falls, Cumberland Gap, Daniel Boone, Daughters, Days, Design, Expected, Forest Green, Goal, Gray, High, Horses, Ledgge, Lexington, Lifestyle, Light, Luck, Magic, Mist, Moon, Moonbow, Moonbow Symphony, Mystified, Nature, Night, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Rainbow, Rejected, River, Saturday, Second To None, Serene, Silver, Sky, Spectral Bridge, Sun, SUV, Toes, Together, Travel, Water's Edge, Waterfalls, White | Leave a comment

Dunmore’s Lamentation

Posted on July 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Dunmore’s Lamentationby Michael DoyleA seeming footnote on the journeyWas found about the struggle for libertyWe had gone to Point Pleasant to seeAnother point of what is legendaryOn to find that the struggle for this nationAlso began with Lord Dunmore’s lamentationAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged America's Journey, American, Bad Decisions, Betray, British Kingdom, Cause of Freedom, Concord, Cornstalk, Fight, First Blood, First Bullets, Footnote, History, Journey, Kanawha, Kentucky, Keys, Legendary, Lexington, Liberty, Lord Dunmore, Manifest Destiny, Nation, Pattern, Poetry and Poems, Point Pleasant, Revolution, Tecumseh, West Virginia, Westward | Leave a comment

Self Rule Rises

Posted on March 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing in a series on American history: Self Rule Rises by Michael Doyle From the High Middle Ages, society had a transformation As Calvin and Luther led the church’s reformation In a faithful take befitting the Bible’s explanation Making these … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1775, Abolish, Act, Ages, America, American, American History, American Revolution, American Way, Americanism, Arise, Armada, Aspiration, Bemusement, Bible, Bleed, Calvin, Catholic, Change, Charity, Church, Church of England, Colony, Common Law, Common Sense, Commonwealth, Concord, Confluence, Consent, Constraint, Contiental Congress, Corruption, Culture, Declaration of Independence, Determinism, Dispensation, Disruption, Divine Right, Document, Element, English Company, Evangelical, Exodus, Experiment, Faith, Foundation, Fragmentation, French and Indian War, Frustration, Fuse, Glorious Revolution, God, Govern, Government, Great Enlightenment, Harmonize, Henry the Eighth, High Middle Ages, History, Holiness, Hope, Ideal, Independence, Influence, Intent, Interpretation, Jamestown, Justification, Lay Model, Lexington, Liberty, Light, Luther, Mentality, Mind, Misery, Mission, Monarchy, Nation, New England, Nurture, Old School, Passion, Permission, Photograph, Pilgrim, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pragmatism, Present, Private Property, Promised Land, Protect, Puritan, Purpose, Reason, Reformation, Reinvent, Relationship, Representation, Resistance, Restatement, Right, Royal Family, Sages, Self Rule, Sentiment, Signature, Skepticism, Society, Solidarity, Spain, Taxation, The Great Awakening, The People, Tobacco, Top Down, Trace, Tradition, Transformation, Treasury, Tryanny, Unite, Utopia, Vain, Vein, Vice, Wilderness, Wisdom, Worship, Zeal, Zion | Leave a comment

First Principles: Happy Patriots Day 2019!

Posted on April 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Don’t fire unless fired upon. But if they want a war let it begin here.” – Captain John Parker, commander of the militiamen at Lexington, Massachusetts, on sighting British troops on this day in 1775 The first shots of the … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged 2019, Begin, Captain John Parker, Fire, Fired On, First Principles, Gun Confiscation, Lexington, Patriots Day, War | Leave a comment

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