Tag Archives: Music

Rewarming Miracles On the Street

Posted on December 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Rewarming Miracles On the Streetby Michael DoyleI don’t want to seem to be too contraryOr an old-fashioned grump who is orneryBut does it seem creativity is stuck on repeatIs anyone questioning the miracle of any streetHollywood’s latest contributions seem derivative … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abusive, Acceptance, Angst, Believe, Blessings, Burst, Capable, Care, Charm, Christmas, Conceive, Conservaive, Contest, Contrary, Creativity, Crumbs, Deceive, Derivative, Destroy, Discern, Dissastisfaction, Dream, Embrace, Epidemic, Face, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Festival, Forget, Formula, Good, Grump, Hallmark, Harm, Heart, Heartbreak, Hollywood, Immense, Joy, Jurassic, Kindness, Kris Kringle, Layers of Complexity, Learn, Lessons, Life, Lost, Love, Loyalty, Magic, Masks, Miracles, Money, Music, Ornery, Parade, People, Pessimism, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Question, Regret, Repeat, Repentance, Rewarm, Season, Secret, Share, Story, Streets, Stuffed Away, Teach, Toys, Trace, Trade, Tragic, Treasure, Treat, Truth, Understood, Yesterday | Leave a comment

First Principles: No Number of Wreaths, No Amount of Music and Memorializing Will Ever Do Them Justice, But It Is Good For Us That We Honor Them and Their Sacrifice

Posted on November 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“No number of wreaths, no amount of music and memorializing will ever do them justice, but it is good for us that we honor them and their sacrifice.”- Ronald Reagan, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication (1982)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Amount, First Principles, Good, Honor, Justice, Memorialize, Music, Number, Ronald Reagan, Sacrifice, Wreaths | Leave a comment

The Singularity of the Immersive

Posted on October 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Singularity of the Immersiveby Michael DoyleThe virtual offers its trailing breadcrumbsPushing forward into spaces where the mind numbsThrough the effort of examining its potential The path walked has become quite consequential This platform of mixed media is greater than … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accent, Acceptance, Anonymity, Art, Artist, Black and White, Breadcrumbs, Calculated, Complexity, Consequential, Contemporary, Data, Direct Look, Drum, Embrace, Enhanced Sights, Extemporary, Face, Formation, Glimpses, Immersive, Impression, Kinetic, Mind, Mixed Media, Music, Numb, Observation, Path, Platform, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Preparation, Prints, Rejection, Respect, Shades, Simplicity, Singularity, Space, Stylistic Work, Sum, Virtual, Vision, Well Versed | Leave a comment

Christmas In July

Posted on July 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Everyday deserves a little celebration. None can be better than to keep a little Christmas in our hearts and souls every day of every year. Toward that end, Aloha Promises Forever aka Michael Doyle has created this Spotify playlist for … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Music | Tagged 10 Hours, Aloha Promises Forever, Art & Music, Celebration, Christmas In July, Contemporary Music, Deserve, Enchance, Expand, Hearts and Souls, July, Lives, Michael Doyle, Music, Original, Playlist, Spotify | Leave a comment

Love Lives On

Posted on July 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Love Lives Onby Michael DoyleDriving around the middle of the nationTrying to stimulate my daughters’ imaginationsAnd love for seeing the beauty of this nationLike their grandmother would have; if the situationHad somehow allowed this to followIf she had thrived; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Anniversary, Artist Eyes, Beauty of this Nation, Blossom, Bolder Dreams, Breath, Compromise, Daughters, Day, Death, Difference, Dreamer, Dreamt, Driving, Excited Eyes, Explore, Falling Tears, Fire, Follow, Food, Garden of Dreams, Grandmother, Happiness, Happy, Her, Home, Imagination, Inside of Me, Journey, Last Breaths, Lists, Lives On, Love, Love Lives On, Meant, Meet, Memories, Met, Middle of the Nation, Miss, More, Movies, Music, My Daughters, My Mom, Open, Pain, Paint, Places, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Rains, Regret, Remorse, Retrace the Steps, Reveal, Sad, See, Shadow, Situation, Sleep, Smile, Something More, Soul, Still, Stimulate, Surprise, Tears, Thrive, Tired, Traces, Two Hearts, Want, Watch, West Virginia, Whisper, Wish, World, Years Ago, Young Boy | Leave a comment

Bitter Truth Empty

Posted on July 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Bitter Truth Emptyby Michael DoyleI come from the tribe of the dead soulSpirits lifted in the game of rock-n-rollThere is living yet to be doneIn the name of the father and the sonAnd yet, in the mirrored reflectionA sprawl spins … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Banality, Believe, Bitter Truth, Conviction, Creative Force, Dead, Die, Direction, Done, Dribble, Echo, Ego, Empty, Essence, Eviction, Eyes, Father, Game, Gone, History, Human Being, Lay Down, Living, Meaning, Music, Mystry, Name, New Sky, Nothing, Nothing Left To Say, Originality, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Reflection, Remorse, Reverberations, Rock-n-Roll, Shrivel, Simply, Single Shred, Something, Son, Soul, Spirt, STuck, Surprise, Tomorrow, Tribe, Truth, Urban Decay, Vacuum, Watch | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Music Expresses That Which Cannot Be Said and On Which It Is Impossible To Be Silent

Posted on June 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”– Victor Hugo, From Hugo’s Work William Shakespeare (1864), Part 1, Book II, Chapter IV

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Thought For the Day: There Is Beauty In Discovery

Posted on April 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form in a molecule. Attempts to place different disciplines in different camps are revealed as artificial … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Artificial, Artisan, Beauty, Description, Different Camps, Different Disciplines, Disocvery, Economist, Exquisite Form, Face, Glenn T. Seaborg, Historian, Literate, Math, Molecule, Music, Musician, Nature, Philosopher, Poet, Poetry, Political Analyst, Science, Scientist, Thought For the Day, Unity of Knowledge | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Music Hath Charms To Sooth A Savage Breast, To Soften Rocks, Or Bend A Knotted Oak

Posted on January 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.” -William Congreve, dramatist (24 Jan 1670-1729)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bend, Charms, Music, Oak, Rocks, Savage Breast, Soften, Thought For the Day, William Congreve | Leave a comment

Kalavale

Posted on December 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Kalavaleby Michael Doyle In a Finnish woodWhere life is understoodTo be a magical thingThere were songs to singAnd laughter filled the airThe night washed away careAs we looked on the beautyThere amidst the trees A different music filled the airWith … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arttist, Beat, Beauty, Care, Celebration, Colors, Dance, Dreams, Fascination, Finland, Finnish, Finnish Folk Art, Fire, Inspire, Kalavale, Laughter, Magical, Mead, Music, Night, Paint, Poetry and Poems, Pop, Romance, Satisfied, Sigh, Smoke, Songs, Stem van Helsinki, Strangers, Trance, Trees, Understood, Why, Wood | Leave a comment