Tag Archives: Memories

Whispered Words

Posted on August 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Whispered Wordsby Michael DoyleYour whispered words,I questioned why.When I listened closely,They sounded like goodbye.You hardly had time to live,Let alone time to die.At your graveside,All I could do was wonder why.In my eyes,You had been such a beautiful child.I say … Continue reading →

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The Riddle of the Sands

Posted on June 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Riddle of the Sandsby Michael DoyleWith my mind’s last breathI felt myself melt into my death.Reality faded into flowery dimensions,None of which flows with great precision.But the sounds inside were already goneBefore I realized what it was to go … Continue reading →

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Questioning the Process

Posted on May 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Questioning the Processby Michael DoyleIn and out of our lives, we hearThose thoughts around us that persevere.Pushing and prodding us with possibility,And we gravitate toward what has plausibility.There are no promises, only process.We take our nibbles here and there to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Best, Deference, Depth, Destination, Document, Dream, Endless Question, Experience, Familiies, Gravitate, Hear, Images, Improvisation, Intention, Jazz, Know, Life, Lives, Love, Memories, Mess, Nibbles, Persevere, Photographs, Plausibility, Pocket, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Promise, Question, Reach Out, Satisfaction, Syncopation, Test, The Process, Thoughts, Travel, Valid, Voyage | Leave a comment

Time Will Tell

Posted on May 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Time Will Tellby Michael DoyleTo begin a familyEven in a place like Tahiti,Is something to approach gently.It will be if it’s meant to be.It was a day like any other,If your day was anotherDay filled with paradise.But if you’re looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advice, Blossom, Chose, Compromise, Day, Discovery, Door, Family, First Light, Flower, Gently, Grab On Tight, Happen, Heats, Kindness, Know, Life, Love, Love Is Love, Measure, Memories, Night, Own Way, Paradise, Path, Pearls, Poetry and Poems, Recovery, Right, Search, Sigh, Sow, Tahiti, Tell, Time, Treasure, Want | Leave a comment

Damaged Memories of An Indiana Tornado

Posted on April 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Damaged Memories of An Indiana Tornadoby Michael DoyleOminous clouds are captured in a photographThat suggests thunderclaps as the Devil’s laughAs lightning strikes down on a Hoosier cornfieldForked-tongued, it speaks of devastation revealedCracked wood is tossed across the creek’s bendAs a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Clouds, Cracked Wood, Damaging Winds, Debris, Devastation, Devil's Laugh, Fallen Trees, Flooded Road, Forked-Tongued, Fragments of lives, Hoosier Cornfield, Human Voice, Indiana, Lightning, Long Growl of Wind, Memories, Photograph, Poetry and Poems, Symphony of Survival, Thunder claps, Trapped, Wind | Leave a comment

The Great American Train Song

Posted on March 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Great American Train Songby Michael DoyleSometimes words come out stiltedLeaving heads hung and tiltedListening as the lonesome whistle blowsSuddenly, we’re all raggedy hobosAs we wonder to ourselves where time has goneWasn’t it just yesterday when trains rolled onSomewhere down … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blow, Childhood, Coincide, Country, Days of Our Lives, Great Ameridcan, Horizon, Lonesome Whistle, Memories, Outside, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Pushing Our Luck, Raggedy Hobos, Rolled On, Rubber Hoses, Tilted, Time, Tracks, Train Song, Trains, Truck, Wonder, Words, Yesterday, Youth | Leave a comment

Facing Death Boldly

Posted on January 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Facing Death Boldlyby Michael DoyleFacing death is one thingWatching the death of your menThat hurts more than anythingIt burns like the second mortal sinCold and hungry in the nightA target was seen in every lightYou never forget the death seenIt … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advance, Best Nights, Bold, Breaking Point, Breath, Burn, Cold and Hungry, Death, Dreamless, Emotional Landmines, Face, Forgot, Fought, France, Human Being, Hurt, Images, Inching, Light, Man, Memories, Nivht, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Seamless, Second Mortal Sin, Seen, Target, Tears, Traces, Useless, War, Watch, Your Men | Leave a comment

Fires Framing Truth

Posted on January 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Fires Framing Truthby Michael DoyleHow can you serve the peopleWhen you’re feeding them lies?How can you mislead a motherAnd look her straight in the eyes?You think a dismissive smileIs all you need to wearAs you issue your political denialDon’t you … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authority, Burning, Care, Choke, Clarified, Common Sense, Compassion, Controversy, Courage, Decision, Dismissive Smile, Eyes, Fires, Flow, Forgot, Frame, Going Up In Smoke, Grieving Families, Homes, Houses, Hydrants, Integrity, Leader, Lies, Life, Listen, Lives, Love, Love of Ease, Love of Power, Maquerade, Matched, Measure, Memories, Mislead, Mother, No Defense, Office, Ought, People, Perceptions of Truth, Poetry and Poems, Policy, Political Denial, Power, See, Serve, Social Disease, Tears, Times of Challenge, True Strength, Trust, Truth, Vote, Walk Away, Water, Wear, Who | Leave a comment

Pushback On A Throw Away Life

Posted on January 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Pushback On A Throw Away Lifeby Michael DoyleWords are frequently flungLike bells that can’t be un-rungThere remains work to be doneWe can’t turn away before it’s wonFor those with caring heartsThis is off to a rough startPeople who deserve next … Continue reading →

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Crossing Over From Greenpoint

Posted on December 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Crossing Over From Greenpointby Michael DoyleMy crossing over from Greenpoint into the cityEvery day was had via subway and was not prettyAnd it was different for a Californian manYet, there was no other way into ManhattanAt least, not that made … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bronx Zoo, brooklyn, Buzz, California, Central Park, Complexity, Coney Island, Crossing Over, Ferry, Food After Midnight, Friendliness, Getting Lost, Greenpoint, Horse-Drawn Cariage, Hospitable, Hospital, Hot Dogs, Little Oddessa, Manhattan, Memories, Morning Until Night, Neon Lights, New York City, Open Hearts, Photography, Poetry and Poems, Sights, St. John's, Sublime, Subway, Sunday, Transit System, Travel, Williamsburg | Leave a comment