Tag Archives: Memories

Moving To Indiana 2004

Posted on June 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Moving to Indiana 2004by Michael DoylePulling up to the state lineThe moment we crossed overThe rain began October 24, 20004 I swear it seemed to have no end40 days in, the jokes beganShould I build an arkThere would be no … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Thunder Dome

Posted on May 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Beyond the Thunder Domeby Michael DoyleIt took a day to really sink inTo catch my peace and reach ZenA private dancer left the buildingTo rest in Heaven, if God be willingRock-n-roll has lost its acid queenThe hips that hollered a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acid Queen, All Night Long, Beyond, Building, Churning Waters, Day, Dust of History, Ear, Empress, Eternity, Excellence, Fire, Folktale, Giving, God Be Willing, Gone, Heaven, Her Call, High Voltage, Hips, Holler, Human Being, Human Expression, Iconic Star, Legacy, Lessons, Lived Long, Living, Love, Melodic Growl, Memories, Mountains High, Musical Treasure, Mystery, Mystique, No Victim, Note, Our Age, Peace, Personfiy, Poetry and Poems, Private Dancer, Pure Energy, Relevance, Rivers Deep, Rock-n-Roll, Scale, Silent Sigh, Sink In, Siren, Songs, Soul Survivor, Southern Kitchen, Speak Her Name, Stages, Strong, Tenderness, Thunder Dome, Tire, Too Soon, Tune, Vinyl, Will To Live, Woman Done Wrong, Zen | Leave a comment

The History That I’m Still Living

Posted on May 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The History That I’m Still Livingby Michael DoyleWhen the winds of change blew throughThe march of history became more trueThere really wasn’t much to sayBy those who outgrew their shackles of yesterdayThe Wild West became the Wild EastAs crime and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beast, Blind, Brave, Cages, Capitalist, Causes of Freedom, Cracked ideals, Crime and Corruption, Determined, Died For, Dignity, Dreams, Evidence, Fabians, False Alibis, Few, Fools, Forefathers, Freedom and Liberty, Good fight, History, Ignore, Invade, Liberty, Lies, Living, Mankind, March of History, Memories, Persist, Poetry and Poems, Resist, Restored Empire, Right and True, Say, Self-Chosen Slavery, Shackles, Socialists, Stubborn Facts, Success, Throw Away, True, Tyranny, Verdict, Watch, West, Wild East, Winds of Change, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Trauma and Perspective

Posted on May 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Trauma and Perspectiveby Michael DoyleIt’s a public testimony of faith in baptismWe embrace our faith with optimismAs we join hands in this great conversationWalking every step toward our destinationDoing the hard work going on in the insideThe core of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authentic, Baptism, Care, Conversation, Core, Destination, Events, Faith, Fate, Feel, Grace, Hands, Hard Work, Hid, Inside, Memories, Moment, Moments, Optimism, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Public Testimony, Real, Reflective, Regret, Secrets, Step, Story Straight, Trauma, Vulnerable, Wear | Leave a comment

At the End of Life

Posted on May 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

At the End of Lifeby Michael DoyleAt the end of life’s pathAs a matter of the simplest mathA good man wishes he has ledHis children to right thoughts in their headsAt the end of life’s dreamsFilled with love bursting at … Continue reading →

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For Angels Fallen

Posted on April 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

For Angels Fallenby Michael DoyleWhen I met youI found a new dreamIt’s the only one that will doTo make me a better human beingI kept looking for your wingsCertain that you had fallenFrom heaven from the joys you bringThe gleam … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Angel, Angels, Beautiful, Better, Blessing, Bring, Calling, Catch, Certain, Cherish, Dare, Every Day, Eyes, Fade, Fall, Fallen, Few, Forever, Greatest, Growing Old, Halo, Heaven, Human Being, In the End, Lies, Life, Love, Memories, Met, New Dream, Night, Only One, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Remember, Sepend, Side, Simple Truth, Sweeter, True, Truth, We've Made, Wings | Leave a comment

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

Played On and On

Posted on March 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Played On and Onby Michael Doyle I always wonderedWhat tomorrow would bringAs I charged aheadDoing my best at everything And though I’ve made big mistakesI did my best at everythingFingers bled into these heartachesListening to the others sing Please don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Contrary, Cry, Endeavor, Extraordinary, Forever, Forget, Goodbye, Heartaches, Lipstick Trace, Memories, Mistakes, Night, On and On, Played, Poetry and Poems, Regret, Tomrrow, Years | Leave a comment

Cobblestoned Memories

Posted on February 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Cobblestoned Memoriesby Michael DoyleCobbled together in our memoriesAre the pictures of our communitiesThe pages drying out as historiesWe will one day look on as our legaciesTalking in our circled tomorrowsFinding drops of happiness in our sorrowLearning from each other to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apology, Cobblestone, Community, Days, Exploration, Friend, History, Learn, Legacy, Light, Mean, Memories, Mirror, Pictures, Poetry and Poems, Right, Slate, Sorrow, Splash Screen, Tomrrow, Ways | Leave a comment

Currents of the Riptide

Posted on October 31, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Currents of the Riptideby Michael DoyleOn the tip of the continent’s ledgeI stand and touch the water’s edgeIn the memory of those who came beforeAnd will never surf any moreThe rides that they once soughtAll of the battles that they … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adrenaline, Battles, Child, Confident, Content, Continent, Currency, Currents, Emotion, Face of Waves, Feet, Fought, Ledge, Legacy, Memories, Memory, Neptune, Ocean, Poetry and Poems, Powers, Reveries, Rides, Riptide, Sorrow, Sought, Surf, Tame, Tomorrow, Water's Edge, Wild | Leave a comment