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First Principles: May the Father of All Mercies Scatter Light, and Not Darkness, Upon Our Paths
“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” – George Washington (1790)
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Tagged All Mercy, Darkness, Due Time, Father, First Principles, George Washington, Happy, Light, Path, Useful, Vocation
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For All the Dickens…
For All the Dickens…by Michael DoyleIt’s on all these places and pages of the pastThat we look back on the things that didn’t lastWhen we do it is a surety that we will findAll those chains that constantly come to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Beat, Bind, Birth, Bright, Chains, Christmas Cheer, Christmas Tale, Depths, Dickens, Doubt, Dream, Earth, Everything, Excited Eyes, Fear, Find, Flames, Flickers, Ghost, Ghosts, God, Heart, Holy Morning, Hope, Humanity, Last, Light, Love, Night, Noel, Pages, Past, Places, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Reason, Recall, Season, Shadows, Shallows, Shine, Sing, Sky, Smile, Star, Sum, Surety, Tenement Walls, This World, Travel, True Love, Truth, Walk Among Us, Warm, Warming, Worth
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Chanukah and Antisemitism
In solidarity with the Jewish people around the globe on this first night of Chanukah! Chanukah and Antisemitismby Michael DoyleIn what should be a quiet season filled with optimismIt is hard to feel life without a bit of pessimismStill, menorah … Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, Antistemitism, Base Urges, Beasts of Satan, Bediviled Resistance, Belief, Brave, Brotherhood, Burning Bush, Celebration, Chanukah, Coexist, Conflict, Courage, Cowards, Dignity, Divine Light, Dull Coldness, Elie Wisel, Encourage, Fate, Fear, Festival of Lights, Forces of Intolerance, Freedom, Friends, God's Presence, Grief, Hand In Hand, Hate-Filled, Heaer, Hopeless, Indivisible, Jewish Obligation, Jewish People, Joy and Sorrow, Judaism, Just End, Late, Light, Light Each Candle, Manipulated, Miracle, Monrah, Neutrality, Oil Burning, Oppressed, Oppressed People, Oppressor, Optimism, Peoples of Faith, Persevereance, Perverse, Pessimism, Plight, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Prominent, Quench, Rabbi, Rededication, Relief, Sanctuary, Season, Shamash, Shield and Comfort, Side By Side, Sihine, Silence, Solidarity, Speak, Stand Firm, Stand United, Stay Alive, Survive, Survivors, Take Side, Temple, Tormented, Tormentor, Trace, Truth, Unspeakable Hate, Victim, Visibility, World and Universe
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Path of Humility
Path of Humilityby Michael DoyleLike a vagabond in the nightI was just hoping to find the lightGrowing tired of relying on my own sightI was determined to get it rightTurning my habits to be set freeAs God came to save … Continue reading
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Tagged Bed, Deteermine, Deteremine, Eyes, Faith, Gideon's Bible, God, God's Side, Habits, Hide, Hiding Places, Hope, Humility, Jesus, Joy, Light, Name, New Man, Openly, Path, Path of Humility, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Read, Rely, Righ, Satan, Save, Set Free, Shame, Sight, Thank God, The Son, True, True Courage, Vagabond
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Cumberland Falls
Cumberland Fallsby Michael DoyleInternet sites, articles, and word of mouthHas Cumberland Falls as the Niagara of the SouthAnd though we haven’t made it to see the moonbowWe have been there to see the gentle waters flowThe Cumberland River’s water ripples … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Change, Cumberland Falls, Cumberland River, Daniel Boone National Forest, Daughters, Eyes, Father, Flow, Forge, Full Moon, Giant Boulders, Impression, Kept, Light, Majestic, Mark, Moonbow, Niagara of the South, Nights, Path, Pinkies, Poetry and Poems, Polish, Promise, Promises, Record, Ripple, River, Slept, Sunrise, Tall, The Girls and I, Time, Unfold, Water, Word of Mouth
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Held Like A Dream…Let Go
Held Like A Dream…Let Goby Michael DoyleLife can make me wearyDropping me down until I’m tearyClinging to the edges as we sail into the nightIt’s as if we only have lanterns for lightAfter the day’s journey, makes us tireCome warm … Continue reading
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Tagged A Million Years Ago, Ability To Give Life, Blood, Case, Cliing, Do or Die, Dream, Dropping Me Down, Edges, Eyes, Feet, Ferry, Fire, Hands, Haunted, Held, Her, Hold, Journey, Lanterns, Let Go, Light, Meant, Memory, Night, Onward, Other Side, Past, Poetry and Poems, Remember, Run, Sail, Tears, Teary, Tire, Travel, Weary, Why, Yesterday
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Witches Brew
Witches Brewby Michael DoyleIn the shroud of fog, we find the doorAnd knock on it, hoping yet to exploreHidden secrets are lost behind smoky eyesBut it’s the kind of secret that is hard to disguiseWhat sort of secrets would it … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Advocation, Best, Better Good, Bright, Chase, Command, Courage, Darkness, Debate, Demands, Different Eyes, Discern, Disguise, Door, Eager, Elude, Encourage, Essence, Evidence, Experience, Experts, Explore, Fell, Fog, Follow, Forge Ahead, Forgive, Friend to Man, Good, Greatness, Hard Times, Heart, Heartbreaks, Hesitate, Hidden Secrets, Horrid Outcomes, Hostility, Humble, Ignorance, Inquiring Minds, Know, Lean, Lesser Minds, Light, Lived, Loving One Another, Mind, Minds, Misunderstood, Mystery, New Day, Open, Orthodoxy, Past Mistakes, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Price, Providence, Recluse, Refuse, Search, Secret, Share, Sharpen, Shine, Should, Shroud, Smoky Eyes, Sought, True Humanity, True Leaders, Unafraid, Understand, Vanity, Witches Brew, Would
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The Static of Electricity
The Static of Electricityby Michael DoyleFrom the dark agesAre turned the pagesLit with electricityIn its spark of majestyIt fills up the nightWith the brilliance of lightThough dark only moments beforeElectricity conquered this forevermoreWhile another cup of coffeeBrings the morning timeSeeing … Continue reading
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Tagged Before, Brilliance, Chamber, Coffee, Come Alive, Conquer, Cupf, Dark, Dark Ages, Door, Eccentricity, Electrictiy, Explor, Facination, Fill, Forevermore, Freedom, Illumination, Light, Lock, Magic, Majesty, Mind, Morning Time, Night, Pages, Poetry and Poems, Question, Secret, See, Spark, Static
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The Artful Conflict
The Artful Conflictby Michael DoyleHumanity is invariably drawn to the good fightAnd it is unorthodox when it is brought to lightThat a southpaw stance taken can bring true valueTo all of us sinners, even me and youBlessed are the peacemakers … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Art, Ask, Avoid, Best Follow, Best Time, Biting and Breaking, Blessed, Breakers, Build Up, Cause, Complicate, Concept, Conflict, Contribution, Cut, Desires Within, Destroy, Drawn, Enjoy, Even Flow, Fakers, Fix, Follow, Forgiveness, God, God's Shadow, Good fight, Grow, Hard Work, Harsh Elements, Hearts, Humanity, Humility, Impact, Learn, Light, Makers, Me and You, Movers and Shakers, Natural, Neighbors, One Family, Path, Peaceful, Peaceful Resolution, Peacemakers, Poetry and Poems, Pressure, Quarrels and Fights, Realize, Redundant, Relationship, Retribution, Right Attitudes, Rightful Worship, Said and Done, Selves, Show, Sideways, Sin, Sinners, Skill Set, Skills, Sleepless Nights, Soul, Southpaw Stance, Start, Strive, Tendencies, The Son, Think, True Value, Unorthodox, Valuable Contributions, Wars Around Us, Wars Within, Win, World
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