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The Totality of Surrender
In the Totality of Surrenderby Michael DoyleI’m thanking God that I’m never alone.Like a moss of love, I roll the stone.Attesting to my faith and fealty,I give our Lord my devoted loyalty.I’m thanking God that he’s fixed my attitude.I now … Continue reading
Subversive of Conformity
Subversive of Conformityby Michael DoyleSame likes same, in the interest of conformity.But do we stop to consider the vast enormity?What is the outcome of unquestioning loyaltyIn a nation and world prone toward brutality?However infantile, an attack on orthodoxyLeaves a lasting … Continue reading
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Tagged Blasphemy, Brutality, Conformity, Enormity, Faith, God, Infantile, Interest, Jesus, Land of the Free, Loyalty, Orthodoxy, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Question, Subserviion
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Written In Blood and Sin
Written In Blood and Sinby Michael DoyleIn the ship’s dark hull are whispered liesAs slaves and pirates stumble on alibisBroken before the mast and the evil of eyesThe tales told don’t matter in a sea of liesThese are believed in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alibis, Back Street, Blood and Sin, Danger, Dark Hull, Dark Side, Decision, Desire, Destruction, Disputation, Door, Emerge, Evil of Eyes, Fall, Good, Good Book's Instruction, Instruction, Lie, Loyalty, Mayhem, Mischief, Misdeeds, Nassau Town, No Mercy, Oath, Other Side, Path to Destruction, Pirate's Neck, Poetry and Poems, Price, Pride, Quench, Repentence, Reputation, Satan, Sea of Lies, Ship, Slaves and Pirates, Sliver of Hope, Snap, Story End, Strangers, Swallow, Tales Told, The Mast, Trust, Understood, Whispered Lies, Wild Fire, Written
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First Principles: Equal Laws Protecting Equal Rights; the Best Guarantee of Loyalty and Love of Country
“Equal laws protecting equal rights; the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.” – James Madison (1820)
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Tagged Country, Equal Laws, Equal Rights, First Principles, Guarantee, James Madison, Love, Loyalty, Protect
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Sucker Punch
Sucker Punchby Michael DoyleYou’re never fully dressedWithout a smileBut it’s hard to wear oneWhen you feel that you’re on trialDon’t put it downAs a matter of happenstanceWhen you’re watchingA wrong conviction buried in circumstanceFacing a false accusationIsn’t a pleasant feelingWhen … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Bury, Cannot Be Trusted, Care, Circumstance, Compelling, Dare, Dime, Disappeared, Dove, Face, False Accusation, Feared, Feeling, Fully Dressed, Happenstance, Hard, Harsh Ability, Know, Loyalty, Openly, People, Poetry and Poem, Pushed Too Far, Put It Down, Question, Smile, Sucker Punch, Trial, Vulnerability, Watching, Wear, Wrong Conviction, You To Me
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Modern Russian Violence
Modern Russian Violenceby Michael DoyleAs time moves forward, leaving the 19th century behindOne still needs to understand a measure of the Russian mindThe war crimes in Ukraine will never be the finest hourThe Russian people have experienced as Putin growls … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged 19th Century, Authority, Blame, Broken Dreams, Broken Promises, Brutality, Capacity, Complicit, Contempt, Death March, Destruction, Dystopian, Empire, Identity Politics, Insight, Languish, Loyalty, Merciless Anger, Modern, Nation's Soul, Nightmare, Platonov's Chevengur, Poetry and Poems, Putin, Revolution, Russian, Russian Mind, Same, Soviet History, Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky, Total Despair, Ukraine, Unending Violence, Unholy Beast, Unleased, Utopia, Violence, Vision, War Crimes, Woe
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Rewarming Miracles On the Street
Rewarming Miracles On the Streetby Michael DoyleI don’t want to seem to be too contraryOr an old-fashioned grump who is orneryBut does it seem creativity is stuck on repeatIs anyone questioning the miracle of any streetHollywood’s latest contributions seem derivative … Continue reading
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Tagged Abusive, Acceptance, Angst, Believe, Blessings, Burst, Capable, Care, Charm, Christmas, Conceive, Conservaive, Contest, Contrary, Creativity, Crumbs, Deceive, Derivative, Destroy, Discern, Dissastisfaction, Dream, Embrace, Epidemic, Face, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Festival, Forget, Formula, Good, Grump, Hallmark, Harm, Heart, Heartbreak, Hollywood, Immense, Joy, Jurassic, Kindness, Kris Kringle, Layers of Complexity, Learn, Lessons, Life, Lost, Love, Loyalty, Magic, Masks, Miracles, Money, Music, Ornery, Parade, People, Pessimism, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Question, Regret, Repeat, Repentance, Rewarm, Season, Secret, Share, Story, Streets, Stuffed Away, Teach, Toys, Trace, Trade, Tragic, Treasure, Treat, Truth, Understood, Yesterday
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First Principles: Equal Laws Protecting Equal Rights; the Best Guarantee of Loyalty and Love of Country
“Equal laws protecting equal rights; the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.” – James Madison (1820)
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Tagged Best Guarantee, Country, Equal Laws, Equal Rights, First Principles, James Madison, Love, Loyalty, Protect
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Thought For the Day: For A Guy Who Preaches Loyalty, Trump Is Shockingly Disloyal To Those Who Were Most Loyal To Him
“For a guy who preaches loyalty, Trump is shockingly disloyal to those who were most loyal to him.” – Piers Morgan While I will hold my nose and vote for him should Trump win the Republican nomination, I have always … Continue reading
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Tagged Disloyal, Guy, Loyal, Loyalty, Piers Morgan, Preach, Shock, Thought For the Day, Trump
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Thought For the Day: I Will Remember That What Has Brought Us Up From Savagery Is A Loyalty To Truth, and Truth Cannot Emerge Unless It is Subjected To the Utmost Scrutiny
“I will remember that what has brought us up from savagery is a loyalty to truth, and truth cannot emerge unless it is subjected to the utmost scrutiny — will you not agree that a society which has lost sight … Continue reading
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Tagged Brought, Emerge, Learned Hand, Loyalty, Remember, Savagery, Scrutiny, Subject, Thought For the Day, Truth, Up
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