Tag Archives: Life

Thought For the Day: The Beauty of Trees, the Softness of the Air, the Fragrance of the Grass, They Speak To Me

Posted on June 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The beauty of the trees, the softness of the air, the fragrance of the grass, they speak to me. The summit of the mountain, the thunder of the sky, the rhythm of the sea, speaks to me. The faintness of … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Air, Beauty, Chief Dan George, Dewdrop, Faintness, Fire, Flower, Fragrance, Freshness, Grass, Heart, Life, Me, Morning, Mountain, Never Goes Away, Rhythm, Salmon, Sea, Sky, Soars, Softness, Speak, Stars, Strength, Summit, Sun, Taste, Thought For the Day, Thunder, Trail, Trees | Leave a comment

Into the Open Door

Posted on June 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What if we could finally stop seeking and finally see? Into the Open Door by Michael Doyle If life were but a movie What would we really be But a story within the story That is all the glory Of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged As One, Attachment, Be, Begun, Being, Best, Beyond, Burst, Concern, Condition, Discovery, Done, Dream, Feel, Glory, Hand, Hope, Human, Into, Learn, Life, Live, Moment, More, Move, Movie, New Meaning, Open Door, Pages, Photo, Place In the Sun, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Probability, Real, See, Seek, Sense, Simple, Stop, Story, Struggle, Struggles, Taking In, Thrive, Touch, True, Understand, World | Leave a comment

Back Chat of Eternal Insomnia

Posted on June 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

So many of us spend countless hours into the we hours of the night staving off the limited hours until the morning light. Insomnia and its accompanying sleep exhaustion have claimed many of us and leading into less good than … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anxiety, Apartment, Audacity, Bed, Believe, Belong, Burn, Change, Chat, Clock, Company, Complexity, Connect, Control, Countless Hours, Cup of Coffee, Data, Do, Drone, Empty, End, Eternal, Eyes, Feel, Fellowship, Flex, Fog, Forget, God, Gone Wrong, Gothic, Gravestone, Gray, Guile, Hours, Humanity, Indignity, Infernal, Insomnia, Insomniacs, Keep, Late, Left Behind, Life, Lose, Lost Souls, Maniacs, Mind, Mistake, Mystical, Need, Night, Numb, Odd, Photograph, Piercing Mind, Poem, Poetry, Realize, Reasonable, Red, Relationships, Restoration, Rise, Rooftops, Seek, Shimmer, Sleep, Sleep Exhaustion, Sleeplessness, Slice, Sorrow, Sour, Surge, Tide, Time, Toast, Today, Tomorrow, Too Little Time, Torments, Tortured Souls, Trace, Unwilling, Virtual, Wake Up, Will, Words, World Peace, Yourself | Leave a comment

Brand Me

Posted on June 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Watched a Ted Talk with my princesses on branding. Brand Me by Michael Doyle Thinking back on life Through all of the joy and strife There has been one question Held back with some hesitation What then is my story? … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adore, All I'll Ever Be, All-American, All-Star, American, Any, Bed, Believe, Best of Life, Body, Books, Brand, Branding, Care, Choir Boy, Conversation, Crazy, Destiny, Devote, Dream, Dreams, Echo, Eighteen, Family, Fine Enough, First Chorus, Glory, Gratefully, Grave, Grindstone, Head, Hell, Hesitation, Humble, Joy, Just As Well, Laughter, Life, Love, Many, Me, Military Man, Moment, Nose Held Down, One Question, Open Door, Passion, Photograph, Place, Placed, Poem, Poetry, Precedent, President, Pride, Pride and Joy, Princesses, Privilege, Put Away, Read, Song, Story, Stride, Strife, Study, Sunbeam, Team, TED Talk, Thank God, Thinking Back, Time, Tombstone, Trust, Two, Wounded, Years | Leave a comment

Streets Ahead

Posted on June 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Life is a confined period of time. Who knows truly what’s next. Even if you believe in the God of the Bible, you find that there is disagreement as to how after life happens. With this in mind, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ahead, Cool, Doorway, Humor, Learn, Life, Me, Moment, Next, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Precisely, Reach, Say, School, Sense, She, Smile, Something Said, Stood, Streets, Supply and Demand, Teach, Think, Time, Truth, Understand, Universal, Waste, Wise, Wisely | Leave a comment

To Yet Be Wiser Than Yesterday

Posted on June 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I can only wish, right? We can only wish? Well.. maybe some wishes do come true? To Yet Be Wiser Than Yesterday by Michael Doyle A held tongue leaves time to think Observing those things to be observed These often … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Little More Time, Animosity, Beautiful, Begin Each Battle, Best, Blackness, Blessings, Borrowed Time, Bring, Brink, Businss, Care, Ceiling, Contribute, Deep, Early Rise, End Each Night, Eyes, Felt, God, Head, Held Tongue, Humble, I, Infinite, Intensity, Knees, Know, Laying Back, Life, Loan, Lost, Make, More, Observe, Part, Photograph, Pillow, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Sleep, Sorrow, Stare, Sublime, Suffering, Swept, Thanking God, Think, True, Unchangeable, Undeserved, Unfair, Whisper, Wise, Wiser, Wish, Witch's Broom, Wonderful, Wondering, World, Yesterday | Leave a comment

She Seemed Familiar

Posted on June 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The challenge was to write a poem similar to a haiku that had an element of irony. What in life these days is not ironic? She Seemed Familiar by Michael Doyle She seemed familiar Until we started talking We … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Before, Challenge, End, Familiar, Friend, Good Way, Ironic, Irony, Know, Life, Met, More, Perhaps, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Seem, She, Stranger, Talk, Turn, Until, Want, We | Leave a comment

To London, Across the Sea

Posted on June 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A further retelling of Dracula in poetic form: To London, Across the Sea by Michael Doyle In a tested game of chess A knight is menacing a queen The losing side will confess What this really means A voyage has … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of Crow

Posted on June 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Another inspired by the blues I listened to on my road trip today. I have to say, while there are scenic road trip guides, this is the first time I’ve driven the beautiful country roads of Morgan and Monroe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allusion, Bangles, Begin, Blossom, Blues, Blues History, Carolinian, Change, Country Roads, Crow, Dance, Dark Delight, Divine, Everything, Fly, Friends, Groove, Heartbreak, High, Indiana, Life, Mastery, Meet, Memories, Mountain, Mystery, Night, Nothing, Oriole, Outshone, Pages, Pass, Passion, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Purity, Rearrange, Remember, Rhythm, Road Trip, Self Assured, Shadow, Smokey Joe, Something, Songbird, Soul Shake, Sparkle, Sugar Cane, When, Whirlwind, Window | Leave a comment

Slow Like A Mule

Posted on June 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Blues and fusion offers it’s own kick of long solos filled with hot licks. But in all of this, there is that groove and it punches slow like a mule. No one threw those punches better than Betty Davis. Slow … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Betty Davis, Blues, Boogie, Born, Celebration, Choice, Critics, Deep, Difference, Disappear, Disenchant, Enigma, Falling Light, Fear, Full Truth, Funk Queen, Fusion, Genteel, Get It On, Gift, Gone, Heart, Heavy, Inclusive, Keep, Keeping It Real, Legend, Liberation, Life, Long Legged, Loose Goose, Mojo, Mule, Music, Mystery, Night, Note, Offer, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Polish, Queen, Raven, Raw, Reclusive, Reign, Reverence, Ring, Road, Show, Sirens, Slap Down, Slow, Soul Sacrifice, Space, Starlight, Steamy Night, Told, Tome, Tree, Walk, Watch, Whiskey Courage | Leave a comment