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First Principles: What Is Government Itself but the Greatest of All Reflections on Human Nature?
“But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.“– James … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Controls, External, First Principles, Govern Men, Government, Human Nature, Internal, James Madison, Me, Necessary, No Government, Reflection
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Na/GloPoWriMo #15: In A Family’s Way
Na/GloPoWriMo #15: In A Family’s Wayby Michael DoyleI really need to buy an easy chairIf I am to keep the family flairEating summer sausage on cheesed squareReading news and pontificating without a careThat is if I am to live my … Continue reading
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Tagged All of These and More, Beauty, Belong To All of These, Best Friend, Big Sister, Blended, Breeze, By My Side, Cheese, Cherishing, Considered Choices, Course, Crash, Dad, Deeper Sense, Each of Them, Each Version, Easy Chair, Family, Family Flair, Family Ways, Family's Ways, Filled, Finding Room, Fine Art, Float, Free Flow, Habits, Had, Keep, Keep To This, Left, Life, Lines Drawn, Live My Days, Lonely, Loving Ways, Me, Mom, Mostly Happy, Mother's Voice, My Days, My Heart, My Tears Fall, Na/GloPoWriMo, Our Family Ways, Owned By These, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Remain, Riding Horse, Sad, Sometimes, Spirit, Spring Breeze, Square, Still, Stroll, Summer Sausage, Version, Voices, Waft, Watch, Way, Whom I Miss Most, Wood
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Na/GloPoWriMo #5: Pennsylvania In Transformation
Na/GloPoWriMo #5: Pennsylvania In Transformationby Michael DoyleBased on the prompt and Pennsylvania – Poetry Daily (poems.com)Other children, live freely and wildAs though energized to win the fight -Standing as I stood.Said in brave silenceWith me, as though violencesaid in shout. … Continue reading
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Tagged All Learning, As It Were, Bit, Born, Brave, Children, Down-n-Out, Empty, Energized, Feels Done, Fight, Holding Breath, Knowing, Lacking Game, Let It Go, Life, Life Free, Me, Moment, Na/GloPoWriMo, Other Is Due, Pennsylvania, Poem, Poetry and Poems, Quiet, Said, Short, Shout, Silence, Something, Stand, Stood, Stopped, Transformation, Uttering, Verse, Violence, Wild
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Kept In A Hillside Perspective
Kept In A Hillside Perspectiveby Michael DoyleI’ve heard a lot of jokesAbout being close to inbredIt’s the kind of a thingThat rolls around in my headOver and over againPlaying a memory’s allusionAgainst something, I can’t defendAs I have been searching … Continue reading
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Tagged Allowed, Allusion, Awkward, Believe, Born, Burn, City Folk, Come True, Comfortably Grown, Confusion, Cool, Country Folks, Defend, Discerned, Dreams, Driven, Every Inch, Forgotten, Go Through, Grief Lived, Head, Helps Keep Things In Perspective, Her time, Hillbillies, Hills, Hillside, Hope Given, Hurts, Incendiary, Inisde, Joke, Kept, Learn, Legendary, Lessons Learned, Life, Little Battles of Life, Lived, Lord Wills, Loud and Proud, Make It, Me, Memory, Momma, Mother's Knee, My Momma, Never Lived, Nobody, Only Listen, Other Names, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Powerfully, Pre-School, Presence of the Lord, Proud But Few, Quietly Fought In, Read, Reflective, Reminded, Rocky Road, Search, Shames, Sound, Stupid, There, Things Said, This Moment, Told, Unfortunate, Want To, West Virginia
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This Boy Is Yours
This Boy Is Yoursby Michael DoyleThis boy is yours is engraved on my heartAlways to stay and never to departMy love will always be there and be trueThat is as long as you want me tooMy home is in your … Continue reading
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Tagged Always, As Long As, Beautiful Eyes, Beyond Compare, Engrave, Flair, Heart, Home, Incomparable, Me, My Love, Never Depart, Night Time, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Stay, Sunrise, This Boy, True, Want, You, Your Style, Yours
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Thought For the Day: Men Like …James Madison…Hoped Our Constitutional Republic Would Last For Ages, Mitigate the Problems That…Arise…From Political Factions and Prevent Tyranny
“Men of great intellect and wisdom like James Madison, the father of our Constitution, hoped our constitutional republic would last for ages, mitigate the problems that would naturally arise from political factions, and prevent tyranny. Our Constitution gave only a … Continue reading
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Tagged Activities, Close To the People, Constitution, Constitutional Republic, Decide, Father of the Constitution, Federal Government, Govern, Great Intellect, James Madison, Last For Ages, Laws, Me, Mitigate, Narrowly Defined Powers, Political Factions, Powers, Prevent, Problems, The States, Thought For the Day, Tyranny, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: The Beauty of Trees, the Softness of the Air, the Fragrance of the Grass, They Speak To Me
“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
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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
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Indiana Back Hills
I am not sure really how Google’s mapping GPS works. It usually gives me the most direct and quickest route to my destination. On my way home last night, I received directions that could not have possibly have been the … Continue reading
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Tagged All Too Near, Angel, Ask, Back Hills, Back Road, Being Alone, Belong, Blind, Bones, Burning Down, Capture, Catch, Close, Cool Breeze, Cross, Direct Route, Endless, Except, Explore, Fall, Feel, Fill, Find, Four Wheels, Good Kind of Tired, Google, GPS, Gratitude, Grow, Growth, Headlights, Here, Hold Me, Indiana, Last Light, Lonesome, Long, Loose, Map, Mask, Me, Meander, Memory, Mile, Moment, Moon, Need, Night, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Probably, Raccoon, Rain, Read, Rearview, Rise, Road, Roll, Secrets, Seem, Shadows, Signs, Slow Down, Smile, Somewhere, Sun's Eyes, Sunrise, Surround, Takes Me There, Tears, Thought, To Do, Today, Tomorrow, Too Busy Looking, Track, Trees, Twilight, Two Angels, Unexpected, Unfold, Unseen, View, Whisper, Wish, Without You
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Brand Me
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
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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
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