Tag Archives: Magic

On Being Eleventeen

Posted on May 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

My youngest daughter turns 11 tomorrow. She’s brilliant, witty, charming in her own ways and has a bright future ahead of her. Yes. I am a very proud father of both of my princesses. The only kingdom I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always Know, Answer, Attention, Beautiful, Become, Best, Birthday, Blind, Books, Brave, Brilliant, Celebrate, Change, Changes, Charming, Child, Communication, Confidence, Consideration, Cooking, Counting, Cuddle, Curled, Do, Ear, Ears, Eleventeen, End of the World, Eye to Eye, Eyes, Fascination, Fear, Feelings, Find, Friends, Good, Grow, Growing, Hear, Heart, Here, Hesitation, Important, Independence, Interests, Investigation, Joke, Kind, Know, Knowing, Learn, Learning, Like, Listen, Love, Loving, Magazines, Magic, Missed, Must, My Heart, Night, Nuance, Online, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pursue, Questions, Retention, Revealing, Right, Riled, Safe, Saturday, Search, See, Seek, Shine, Sleep, Stars, Step, Stretch Out, Surprise, Talk, Thoughts, Thoughts and Feelings, Transcendence, Treat, True, Truly, Trust, Turn To me, Walk, Watch, Witty, Wonderful, You, Young Lady, Youngest Daughter, Yourself | Leave a comment

Hello Echo

Posted on May 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Some mysteries are better left under lock and key. Hello Echo by Michael Doyle Deeper than an echo In a wishing well Hidden in the shadow Shivering to its last detail You have to listen To the whispers calling Can … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best Friend, Books, Brave, Careful, Dark, Deep, Detail, Door, Echo, Eyes, Fall, Feel, Follow, Heels, Hello, Hidden, Hide, Key, Listen, Lock and Key, Lost Up, Magic, Meant, Memory, Mirror, More, Myster, Mystery, Night, Pain, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Question, Scenery, See, Self, Shadow, Shiver, Shut, Sing, Sing Along, Skies, Song, Spirits, Stand, Understand, Unpack, Vain, Watch, Whisper, Wishing Well, You | Leave a comment

Reading of Minds

Posted on May 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The best and truest magic in the world remains love. Still all the same, there is even among even those wishing to become astute wizards, a strong desire to be able to read minds… Reading of Minds by Michael Doyle … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Are, Attention, Behind, Best, Book of Knowledge, Care, Chaos, Confidence, Control, Create, Depart, Desire, Diffidence, Earn, Everything, First, Flow, Fulfill, Grace, Heart, Hidden, Human Beings, Hyperborean Age, Illuminate, Information, Know, Known, Learn, Light, Little Things, Love, Magic, Mean, Mind, Minds, Mystery, Night, Notion, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proposition, Quench, Read, Reading, Regard, Right Intention, Role, Secret, Show, Shown, Signs, Simple, Spells, Stars, Subtle, Sure, Tangle, Thirst, Thoughts, Trickery, True, We, Weary, Will, Wizard | Leave a comment

Birth of Merlin

Posted on May 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Which was your favorite? King Arthur? Or, Merlin? Birth of Merlin by Michael Doyle In 480 AD, in Britain’s Dark Ages Arthur, Camelot and Merlin rode into its pages Shrouded in the fog of great mystery It’s half lost from … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancient Days, Anger, Birth, Brawn, Breath, Britain, Camelot, Castle, Child, Chivalry, Command, Counsel, Country, Dark Ages, Death, Druids, Famine, Favorite, Fog, Gods, History, King, King Arthur, Land, Legend, Lore, Magic, Merlin, Mystery, Myth, Night, Pages, Photograph, Plague, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Purity, Question, Risk, Second Sight, Sincerity, Storm, Time, Violence, Wise Man, Wizard | Leave a comment

Fool’s Errand

Posted on May 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Arguing with those we love is maybe sometimes natural. But, it’s a fool’s errand. There can be very little good in having to be right just to make the person you love somehow wrong. Especially in the modern age, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Argue, Bring, Complete, Days, Dreams, Elf, Errand, Fight, Fool, Foolish, Forever, Fuss, Harmony, Heart, Hurt, Kiss, Life, Love, Magic, Make, Miss, Never Right, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Queen, Read, Sit, Stay, Table, Take, Tear, Think, Tranquility, Walk, Words | Leave a comment

Stars Align & Connect

Posted on March 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Her mind is a lot on the future and how that will be. I would lie if I said mine isn’t as well. Wrote this with real hope despite feeling a bit ill. Stars Align & Connect by Michael Doyle … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Align, Alone, Ambiance, Bold, Candlelight, Caught, Champagne, Connect, Cuddle, Dots, Dream, Emotions, Energy, Expectations, Face to Face, Fairy Tale, Free Fall, Future, Hesitation, Hope, Love, Magic, Mind, Moments, Next, Organic, Pace, Path, Petals, Photograph, Physical, Picture, Poem, Poetry, Question, Romantic, Rose, Soiree, Stars, Synergy, Talk, Touch, Touched, Understand, Unreal, Zone | Leave a comment

Logos and Graffiti

Posted on March 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Typeface is so much an integral part of our every day life. Yet, let me be the first to admit how little I really put any thought into this… Logos and Graffiti by Michael Doyle Walking the streets of New … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appearance, Believe, Beneath, Complexity, Conceive, Contrast, Correction, Dialog, Elemental, Fundamental, Graffiti, Interpretation, Last, Letters, Logo, Magic, New York City, Overshot, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shape, Simplicity, Typeface, Understand, Words, Written Culture | Leave a comment

Metrics of Consideration

Posted on March 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I believe that one day we will look back at this time of creativity for the human race and see it as a time of near global renaissance. Metrics of Consideration by Michael Doyle Tickled with the details of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accident, Angle, Awareness, Awe, Believe, Bless, Breathe, Call, Collaboration, Conceive, Concept, Connection, Consideration, Constraints, Content, Creativity, Day, Define, Detail, Edge, Energy, Exist, Expand, Fall, Flow, Freedom, Globe, Hide, Human Race, Infatuation, Inifnite, Inside, Introspection, Know, Loose Ends, Magic, Metric, Moderation, Motivation, Navigate, New World, Observe, Path, Perceive, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Refine, Renaissance, See, Separate, Shape, Simple, Soak, Space, Stairs, Time, Touch, Universe, Way, Web, World | Leave a comment

The Veil Falls

Posted on February 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

That first sight. You heart either implodes into the chemistry of it all. Or, you sink into yourself and wonder at the missing spark. Still, what an amazing concept to be resting in words alone and faith that true love … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Bended Knee, Bliss, Butterfly, Down, Dreams, Excite, Expect, Fall, Feel, Figure of Speech, First of Show, First Sight, First Time, Happiness, Honest, Invite, Kiss, Knots, Magic, Melt, Neglect, Nervous, Other, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Promises, Reach, Ready, Real, Right, See, Soul, Spiral, Steady, Stir, Touch, True Beauty, Tumble, Veil | Leave a comment

Delight In the Truth of Sanctuary

Posted on February 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Psalms 37:4: Delight In the Truth of Sanctuary by Michael Romani Finding happiness in the Lord to find our desires Keeping our sights on the inspiration of our fire Gathering the cornerstones of our days of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Being, Bright, Building, Chase, Commandment, Commitment, Commune, Cornerstone, Days, Deep, Delight, Devotion, Divinity, Done, Embrace, Emotion, Eternity, Father, Fire, Forgiven, Forward, Frame, Fruit, Given, Grace, His, Home, Immortality, Inspiration, Kingdom, Know, Laughter, Life, Light, Lives, Lord, Love, Magic, Meaning, Mind, Need, Observe, Path, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Power, Process, Promise, Psalms, Read, Real, Reason, Relationship, Right, Righteousness, Sanctuary, Season, Servant, Serve, Shine, Sight, Steps, Toward, Tragice, Trigger, Truth, Why, Worship, Yoke | Leave a comment