Tag Archives: Minds

Turning Points of Resolution

Posted on September 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Turning Points of Resolutionby Michael DoyleWithout having so much as a college degree,Charlie offered the ideals of American philosophy.Bringing truth to the street of clever error,It’s more than 7 years of bad luck from this broken mirror.Touching hearts and guiding … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged American Philosophy, Atmosphere, Bad Luck, Broken Mirror, Charlie Kirk, Civil, Clever Error, Clouded Hate, College Degree, Display, Examination, Faith, Fear, Fragility of Life, Frame, Hearts, High-Powered Round, Ideals, Informed Debate, Left Behind, Life, Madman, Malice, Mindless Loss, Minds, Nation's Friend, Poetry and Poems, Reasoned Debate, Resolution, Shame, Start, Street, Strife, Thug, True Justice, Truth, Turning Point, Writing | Leave a comment

First Principles: Do Not Be Anxious About Anything, But In Every Situation, By Prayer and Petition, With Thanksgiving Present Your Requests To God

Posted on August 31, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles, Uncategorized | Tagged Anxiety, Anxious, Christ Jesus, First Principles, God, Guard, Hearts, Minds, Peace of God, Philippians 4:6-7, Prayer and Petition, Request, Situation, Thanksgiving, Transcend, Understanding | Leave a comment

Merle Oberon

Posted on March 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Merle Oberonby Michael DoyleIt doesn’t matter what screen she’s onHere’s to the legendary Merle OberonIn 1935, she set eyes and minds reelingPlaying the heroine with thought and feelingSouth Asian, yet with Javanese eyesHer ascent had come with some surpriseAs Goldwyn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alienation, Artistic Truth, Ascent, Asian, Cautionary Tales, Color-Blind Casting, Compassion, Confide, Creation, Dark Angel, Eyes, First "Colored" Actress, Goldwyn, Heroine, Hide, Hollywood, Hostility, India, Javanese Eyes, Kolkata, Legend, Listen, Merle Oberon, Minds, Mixed-Race, Plain Sight, Poetry and Poems, Present Time, Psychological Will, Reeling, Screen, Society's Torments, South Asian, Starry Eyes, Studio, Tantalize, Terms, Troubled Desires, Understood, Vision | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Let Us Put Our Minds Together and See What Life We Can Make For Our Children

Posted on February 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.” – Sitting Bull

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Life, Make, Minds, Our Children, Sitting Bull, Thought For the Day, Together, Us | Leave a comment

First Principles: It Should Be Your Care…To Elevate the Minds of Our Children and Exalt Their Courage

Posted on January 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abhorrence, Care, Children, Contempt of Meanness, Courage, Elevate, First Principles, Industry, Injustice, John Adams, Minds | Leave a comment

First Principles: Stability In Government Is Essential To National Character and To the Advantages Annexed To It…Which Are Among the Chief Blessings of Civil Society

Posted on October 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society.” – James … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Advantages, Chief Blessings, Civil Society, Essential, First Principles, Government, Minds, National Character, Repose and Confidence, Stability, The People | Leave a comment

From the Mountains of Madness

Posted on October 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

From the Mountains of Madnessby Michael DoyleIt’s difficult to say which came firstWas it feelings of fear or bloody thirst That moves souls beyond the edges of sadnessPilloried by the blinding drive of madnessThe dreams of men are older than … Continue reading →

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Watercolor Still Life

Posted on June 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Watercolor Still Lifeby Michael DoyleWhen you ask me about the Harlem Renaissance I have to ponder and work out my best responseArt Deco found its African American affirmationDelivered as a watercolor still life in confirmationThat things are never quite as concise … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affirmation, Art Deco, Artst, Competition, Concise, Confirmation, Creative Ego, Crooked, Edges, Faith, Find, Greater Glories, Grief, Harlem Renaissance, Human Beings, Memories, Minds, Modern Art, Painted, Poetry and Poems, Ponder, Real Life, Recall, Response, Sanity, Simple Stories, Still Life, Tattered Pictures, Truth, Vanity, Wall, Watlercolor, Wonder | Leave a comment

Newport Aquarium

Posted on June 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Newport Aquariumby Michael DoyleAs though a knight eager on his questI, as a father, find little need to restInstead, I eagerly undertake a two-hour driveGlad to teach my daughters and feel aliveThough I wish I could take them to the … Continue reading →

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A Living Web

Posted on May 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Living Webby Michael DoyleOur minds have a superpowerIt’s the ability to project beyond the hourWe can be in the future or the pastTemporarily, though, it will not lastLanguage is the mystic secretIt can be soft or hard as concreteOur … Continue reading →

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