Tag Archives: Miles

On Becoming Truly Human

Posted on August 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Based on 1 Corinthians 12: On Becoming Truly Humanby Michael Doyle On becoming human resplendentWe were never meant to be independentBut rather communal in the nature of our beingLiving in a communion of love with all we’re seeing Love is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1 Corinthians 12, Accept, As We Are, Becoming, Being, Body of Christ, Brink, Brother, Burden, Christ, Christian Life, Communal, Connected, Core, Dedication, Divine, Elocution, Focus, God's Family, God's Plan, Heart, Holy Trinity, Humble, Illustration, Independent, Keep Our Faith, Knowing, Living In Communion, Love, Love Grows, Many Members, Meant, Miles, Nature, New Life, One Another, One Body, Overflowing, Part, Poetry and Poems, Process, Quenching the Thirst, Remember, Resplendent, Right, Sacred, Santification, Satisfy, See, Seeing, Serves Us Well, Sister, Sufficiency, Sum, The Spirit, Think, Together, Transcendent, Trials, Truest Theology, Truly Human, Vine and Branches, Vineyard, Walk, We Believe, Whole, Wine, Working for Good | Leave a comment

Ghosts of A Daddy’s Duty

Posted on September 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Ghosts of A Daddy’s Dutyby Michael DoyleSpent the weekendHoping for the GodsendThat of finding a ghostOr, at least making the mostOf finding a haunted houseQuiet like a church mouseCreeping around a shadow’s homeWondering if we are aloneWe didn’t find any … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Around, Believe, Church Mouse, Creeping, Dad, Daddy, Daddy Duty, Driving, Duty, Fear, Find, Fun, Gain, Ghost, Ghosts, Godsend, Haunted House, Home, Hope, Less, Making the Most, Miles, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Saw, Shadow, Smiles, Spirits, Weekend, Wonder, Young | Leave a comment

Notes That Play

Posted on September 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Notes That Playby Michael DoyleThe notes that playRemind us of yesterdayIn happiness and sympathyWe feel this in the melodyThat plays forever in our mindsThe feelings we won’t leave behindEvery second, magic we reliveAll the notes that our hearts giveHeart stops … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Along the Way, Amazing, Busy Days, Carry Us, Dance, Each Day, Embrace, Everything, Feel, Feeling, Forever, Grace, Happiness, Hearts, Leave Behind, Length, Listen, Live, Love, Magic, Melody, Miles, Mind, Music, Notes, Okay, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Remind, Second, Sense, Smiles, Songs, Sympathy, Through, Tunes, Worse Day, Yesterday, You | Leave a comment

Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse

Posted on May 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I heard an interesting global reading of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. From this contrasted with the pandemic lockdown came: Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse by Michael Doyle As is the way of many a hero’s journey Enduring the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adrift, Apocalypse, Atomized, Beach Comb, Better, Bit Players, Bottomless, Bound, Bravado, Case History, Coleridge, Compel, Condition, Contrast, Corrosive, Cue, Deathfire, Desolation, Digital, Doing, Dream, Edge, Edition, End, Endure, Epic, Evening, Existential, Eye, Find, Geyser, Global, Hanging, Harrowing, Hero's Journey, History, Hug, Idea, Idle, Impersonal, Important, Inexplicable, Isolation, Jung, Kissed, Lips, Lockdown, Loneliness, Man, Masterpiece, Meanness, Measure, Message, Miles, Mist, Modernity, Moment, Morning, Mystery, New, Nightmare, Noon, Old World, Our, Outsiders, Pandemic, Passage, Path, People, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Probable, Prophecy, Protagonist, Reach, Read, Response, Ruin, Sad, Sail, Sea, Sense, Senseless, Ship of Fools, Space, Speak, Split Up, Spurn, Storm, Story, Successive, Symbol, Terrible, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Threat, Time, Together, Tomorrow, Transform, Trial, Trials, Trouble, Tug, Undone, Unleash, Unmeant, Verses, Vibrant, Voyage, We, Winner's Cup, Wise, Word, Words, Worse, Zone | Leave a comment

Nourishing the Spirit

Posted on May 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Matthew 5:6: Nourishing the Spirit by Michael Doyle Blessed are those who hunger and thirst Putting the ways of righteousness first Sustained as these are in their every day Effected as we are; moving out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Amen, Betterment, Biology, Bite, Blessed, Body, Book of Matthew, Change, Condemnation, Convention, Day, Destiny, Divinity, Dopamine, Dread, Effect, Embrace, Endure, Faith, Feelings, First, God, God's Kingdom, God's Word, Grab, Guzzle, Heaven, Humanity, Hunger, Hungers, Jesus, Journey, Life, Marathon, March, Metaphor, Miles, Mix, Move, Mystery, Nourish, Order, Path of Life, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious Love, Race, Rearrange, Redemption, Rhythm, Righteous, Righteousness, Sacrifice, Satisfaction, Satisfied, Self Actualization, Sigh, Sleeves, Smile, Space, Spirit, Sustain, Theology, Thirst, Time, Trick, Tug, Walk, Warn, Ways, Whim, Whisper | Leave a comment

The Metrics of Notoriety

Posted on March 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Social media. .. is it a blessing or a bane? https://flic.kr/p/robQzR The Metrics of Notoriety by Michael Doyle Looking over your shoulder For a glimpse inside your mind Feeling so much bolder Often surprised by what I find Interaction at … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apart, Bane, Blessing, Bold, Bottomless Scroll, Choice, Compromise, Core, Cuff, Define, Design, Enough, Far, Glimpse, Guiding Star, Heart, Improvise, Line, LoopControl, Love, Metric, Miles, Notoriety, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shoulder, Social Media, Stoop, Surprise, Toe, Together, Voice, You | Leave a comment

Leaped To Conclusions

Posted on February 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

February 29, 2020. This day shall live in my personal history as a day like no other. Leaped To Conclusions by Michael Romani Today is a day unlike any other day So many changes have blown my way Today is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Behind, Beyond, Blog, Bonds, Career, Certification, Change, Conclusions, Decision, Define, Discourage, Driven, Encourage, Faith, Family, February 29, First, Friends, Friendship, Game, Good Things, History, Injury, Keep, Known, Lane, Last Day, Leap, Leap Day, Loose End, Love, Matter, Miles, Name, New Start, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognition, Ripple, Risk, Self, Shatter, Show, Slave Mind, Standards, Tear, Thankful, Thirst, Time, Today, Vain, Walls, Wheel, Year | Leave a comment

Like Brothers

Posted on August 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The things done in the military grows most men’s units in whatever force into something like family. Most of us ended fighting for our brothers and sisters more than ideals or nations. Some of us carry the memories of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back, Battles, Beer, Brothers, Caution, Count On, Crime, Danger, Day, Distance, Do It, Done, Doubt, Fallen, Family, Fight, Forever Faithful, Friend, Giving up, God, Head, Joke, Laugh, Live, Longer, Memory, Miles, Military, Mother, Movie, My Time, Need, Nothing to Say, Odds, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Price, Push Past, Race, Remember, Resistance, Ring, Semper Fi, Sigh, Sisters, Smile, Sonds, Stronger, Tears, Toss, Twin, Weight, Years | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Swallow

Posted on March 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It is just simply amazing All the memories tracing Down so many trails Dragonflies and swallowtails Just a few of the photos Those we’ll always know Tells its own kind of story Showing a bit of God’s glory Walking so … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Amazeing, Daily Prompt, Days, Daze, Dragonflies, God's Glory, Memories, Miles, Photographs, Smiles, Swallow, Swallowtails, Trails, Wordpress | Leave a comment