Tag Archives: Look

The Black Book Blues

Posted on September 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Black Book Bluesby Michael DoyleA father’s handClutches his son’s bloodMired in the sandClotting in the mudCorruption is as corruption doesSome things never changeIt’s as bad as it ever wasSome things simply rearrangeAn honest man can’t always be niceNot when … Continue reading →

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A Cosmogony of Fear

Posted on April 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Cosmogony of Fearby Michael DoyleIn a wide sweep of the Temple ApolloIs the beginning of what the Oracle knowsThe things of myth, from the the beginning growAs the memories of three sisters glowsImagined become the stories that resonateGlobal fears … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Counterbalance, Cultural Dreams, Death Rattle, Define, Deplorable, Desperation, Destiny, Dread, Dream, Embryo, End, Explorable, Fate, Fear, Fears Grow, Feed On Us, Global Fears, Grow, H.P. Lovecraft, Hide, Humanity, Icons, Images, Imagination, Imagine, Imbalances, Inner Cosmogony, Inner Horrors, Inside, Kiss, Look, Lurid, Memories, Mess, Mountains of Madness, Myth, Offense, Oracle, Palin View, Parasitic Wasps, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Purpose, Questions, Refine, Replacement Theology, Resonate, Sands, Scratch, Scream, Screen, Seeds of Jupiter, Shown, Silent and Dead, Space, Stories, Temple Apollo, Three Sisters, Tower of Bable, Unknown, Vanity, Wide Sweep | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: When One Door Closes Another Door Opens

Posted on March 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” -Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (3 Mar 1847-1922)

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Thought For the Day: I Have Known A Vast Quantity of Nonsense Talked About Bad Men Not Looking You In the Face. Don’t Trust That

Posted on February 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.” – Charles Dickens, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Charles Dickens, Conventional Idea, Countenance, Day, Dishonesty, Face, Known, Look, Quantity, Stare, Thought For the Day, Trust, Week | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Am In the Habit of Looking Not So Much To the Nature of A Gift As To the Spirit Which It Is Offered

Posted on November 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.” -Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (13 Nov 1850-1894)

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Let the Party Begin

Posted on November 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Let the Party Beginby Michael DoyleDon’t let your emotionsCloud your best judgmentKeeping faith in your devotionDespite the world’s begrudgementFailures never help one’s attitudeStill it’s best to keep in gratitudeFor all the good that has come beforeBrings a feeling we cannot … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attitude, Begin, Begrudge, Brook, Confuse, Crown, Days, Drink Up, Emotion, Emotions, Eyes, Failures, Frown, Good, Gratitude, Human Condition, Ignore, Judgment, Laughter, Look, Nice, Now, Party, Poetry and Poem, Pool, Price, Princess, Round and Round, Smile, Sorrow, Start, Substance, Surprise, Then, Tomorrow, Touch, Unleashed, Upside Down, Wall of Pride, Ways, Win | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: With Man This Is Impossible, But With God All Things Are Possible

Posted on October 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’” – Matthew 19:26 (New International Version)

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Thought For the Day: Look Deep Into Nature, and Then You Will Understand Everything Better

Posted on July 30, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” -Albert Einstein

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Thought For the Day: Change Is the Law of Life, and Those Who Look Only To the Past and Present Are Certain To Miss the Future

Posted on June 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future” – John F. Kennedy

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Stirred Up In Recipe

Posted on May 19, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Stirred Up In Recipeby Michael DoyleIt is hard to be ecstaticAbout a man who acts erraticNor is there a thrill in Bernie’s weekendThat gives anyone a reason to pretendThat we have any reason left to be reverentAbout just choosing something … Continue reading →

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