Tag Archives: Life

Fires Framing Truth

Posted on January 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Fires Framing Truthby Michael DoyleHow can you serve the peopleWhen you’re feeding them lies?How can you mislead a motherAnd look her straight in the eyes?You think a dismissive smileIs all you need to wearAs you issue your political denialDon’t you … Continue reading →

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Dark Sources

Posted on January 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Dark Sourcesby Michael DoyleThe optics make me cringe.Almost every newscast is on the fringeIt seems that we’re invited into the conspiracyWhile they really don’t care about historyEveryone vents and is set on blamingIt’s that PR game known as framingTruth, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged :Profound, Blame, Captains of America, Care, Complexity, Connective Tissue, Conspiracy, Constitution, Cringe, Dark Sources, Downed, Endangered, Every Night, Explanation, Fleshed Out, Foundation, Framing, Fringe, Gangrene, Groove, Hide, History, Honest Brokers, Huddle, Invitation, Life, Looking In, Media, My Side, Neighbors, Newscast, Nowhere, Objective, Optics, Optimism, Original Sin, Pessimism, Poetry and Poems, Poison, Polluted Air, Power, Public Relations, Quizzically Smile, Roots, Rumors, Runaway, Shots, Society, Souls, Stay, Strategic, Subjective, Systemic Racism, Team, Television, Texts, Truth, Vent, Walls, Your Side | Leave a comment

Pushback On A Throw Away Life

Posted on January 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Pushback On A Throw Away Lifeby Michael DoyleWords are frequently flungLike bells that can’t be un-rungThere remains work to be doneWe can’t turn away before it’s wonFor those with caring heartsThis is off to a rough startPeople who deserve next … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 15 Minutes, Accusations, Alone, Another Day, Argument, Attention, Authority, Beats, Bells, Celebrity, Clime, Conspiracy, Cue, Deserve, Die, Discussion, Expensive, Game, Hearts, Hip Hop, Hipsters Life, Life, Media World, Memories, Morality, Mostly Peaceful Riots, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Pop It, Pray, Pushback, Rap, Rough Start, Social Media Comments, Someplace Quiet, Stone, Streets, Thoughts, Throw Away Life, Time, Town, Turn Away, Wonder Why, Words, Work, Writing | Leave a comment

A Desire For Positive Impact

Posted on January 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Desire for Positive Impactby Michael DoyleThis an age that embraces the apocalypse constantlyIt is hard to find anyone left who feels empathyFor those who want to live a life to its fullest measureIt is as though we have forgotten … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Achievement, Age, Apocalypse, Beacon of Light, Calamity, Challenges, Connection, Demise, Desire, Doing, Empahty, Fulfillment, Goethe, Imagination, Kernels of Wisdom, Life, Measure, New Experences, Nurture, Poetry and Poems, Positive Impact, Potential, Rage Against the Night, Satisfication, Thinking, Treasure, True Action, Vanity | Leave a comment

First Principles: Do Not Be Too Timid and Squeamish About Your Actions. All Life Is An Experiment. The More Experiments You Make the Better

Posted on January 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Life’s Mystery Dance

Posted on January 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Life’s Mystery Danceby Michael DoyleIt’s true. God’s good love endures foreverWhile I’d love to claim differently, I’m not so cleverBut I do know this is a promise on which we can relyAfter chasing false love, I was led to this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Analytical, Artistry, Attention, Awareness, Circumstance, Claim, Clarity, Clever, Contentment, Contrary, Craftsmanship, Deny, Eternal Love, False Love, Forever, Generosity, God's Love, Heavns, Intention, Invitation, Life, Living Life, Love, Mystery Dance, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Process the Claims, Promise, Real Thing, Reliance, Resentment, Revelation, Sincerity, Temporary, The Creator, Transactional, True, Truth, Visible, Walk, Worship | Leave a comment

Bring On the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Bring On the New Yearby Michael DoyleAs my daughters and I take our moment to reconnectThe newsman sings his warnings about a polar vortexWe don’t care because we are warm and safe insideIn our cozy corners, where each of us … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2025, Adventure, Amusement, Bring On, Care, Confide, Cozy Coerners, Daughters and I, Each Other, Everyone, First Day of the Next Year, Friends, Good Times, Joy, Laughter, Life, Love, Mine, Moment, Music, New Year's Eve, Newsman, Offer, Place, Poetry and Poems, Polar Vortex, Reconnect, Secrets, The New Year, The Sound of Music, Tomorrow, Tradition, Trust, Warm and Safe, Warning, Whenever They're With Me, Without Condition, World of Pretends | Leave a comment

First Principles: Where Is the Security For Property, For Reputation, For Life, If the Sense of Religious Obligation Deserts the Oaths…?

Posted on December 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths…?” – George Washington (1796)

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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

First Principles: In the End, It’s Not the Years In Your Life That Count. It’s the Life In Your Years

Posted on December 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln (Happy Birthday to me?)

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