Tag Archives: Music

Cinderella of the Pacific

Posted on May 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

A friend of mine invented a 5 line form of poetry in honor of Cinco de Mayo this year. At a short form poetry workshop tonight, I turned this into five verses of this and wrote the following in recollection … Continue reading →

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The Positive and Negative Of Social Learning From Television and Other Screens

Posted on April 1, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

The Positive and Negative Contributions of Social Learning From Television and Other Screens: The case is, more often than not, made that social learning from television and other screens is largely negative. To the degree that the negative case … Continue reading →

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Breath Walks Through The Back Door

Posted on February 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Breath Walks Through The Back Doorby Michael DoyleMusic is the magic of the tones we findIn leaving our troubled world far behindFeeding our core once and againCan be the breath of the violinAs breath walks through the back doorOpening the … Continue reading →

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In Reverence For Life

Posted on November 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In Reverence For Lifeby Michael DoyleFrom out of his humble life and thoughtA reverence for all life was truly soughtDoing his duty to a higher authoritySeeking the best for all of sacred humanityThe human spirit displayed at its bestWhen it … Continue reading →

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An Intellectual Conversation

Posted on October 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

An Intellectual Conversationby Michael DoyleI asked you to speak your beautiful mindUnsuspecting of all the wonders I might findBut knowing that I would love just to talkWho knew that talk would grow into our walkI asked you to kiss me … Continue reading →

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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

Be Your Own Hero

Posted on September 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Be Your Own Heroby Michael DoyleIncurable as a dreaming heroStubborn as a seeming zeroWe play our parts in masqueradeEach day lived within its charadeHiding ourselves behind the music we playCaught up in front of screens all dayBecause we cannot be … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: So Long As the Human Spirit Thrives On This Planet, Music In Some Living Form Will Accompany And Sustain It

Posted on August 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it.” – Aaron Copland

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Aaron Copland, ACcompany, Human Spirit, Living Form, Long, Music, Planet, Sustain, Thought For the Day, Thrive | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Where Words Fail; Music Speaks

Posted on August 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Where words fail; music speaks.” – Hans Christian Anderson

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Fail, Hans Christian Anderson, Music, Speaks, Thought For the Day, Where, Words | Leave a comment

Learning To Do the Math

Posted on August 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

2nd poem from the work shop: Learning To Do Math by Michael Doyle She spoke eloquently of her calculations While I sat mystified; musing on the math That is found in music and in so much art Wondering how it … Continue reading →

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