Tag Archives: Necessity

Children of Our Sun

Posted on December 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Children of Our Sunby Michael DoyleTonight, under the rise of the Cold MoonI realize another year has passed too soonAnd still, old truths bear the necessityOf being repeated with some incredulityDaily chaos brings particles of light That refract under the … Continue reading →

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Moments Like John Muir

Posted on September 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Moments Like John Muirby Michael DoyleSometimes, the city’s too many facesIt makes me dream of faraway placesWhere my heart can fade into the nightTraces of beauty replace blinding lightTimes in the wilderness are best for meSometimes, it’s a matter of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Best Moments, Blinding Light, Body and Soul, Bouquet, Build, City, Clarity, Cool Streams, Country, Dirt Paths, Doorway, Dream, Face, Faraway Places, Forest, Glens, Good, Good Tidings, Heal, Heart, Hidden Country, Jagged Edge, John Muir, Moments, Mountain Peaks, Mountains, Necessity, Night, Passing Days, Peace, Pines, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Restore, Return, Sanctuary, Scent, Seek, Shaken, Sincerity, Stay, Strife, Stroll, Times, Trace, Unmistaken, Wilderness, Wildflowers, Wilds, Woods | Leave a comment

A Memory of Losses

Posted on September 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Memory of Lossesby Michael DoyleEven a cursory read of the Hadith findsIt is enjoined to treat others kindTo never kill unless it is necessaryThe death of even one requires a necessityTo save even one is to save all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2977 Innocents, 9/11, A Memory of Losses, Alienation, Broken, Changed, Creator, Death, Degradation, Deliver, Died, Enjoined, Fade Away, God, Godly Path, Good, Hadith, Heaven, Heresy, Humanity, Kill, Killers, Kind, Knowledge, Life, Lingering Traces, Losses, Memoreis, Mercy, Necessary, Necessity, One, Poetry and Poems, Read, Rearranged, Save, Scancitty, September Day, Shameful Deeds, Slaughtered, Time, Understood, Wisdom | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Problem To Be Solved Is, Not What Form of Government Is Perfect, But Which of the Forms Is Least Imperfect

Posted on August 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Evil, Exist, First Principles, Form, Government, James Madison, Least Imperfect, Misfortune, Necessity, Perfect, Problem, Proper, Solve | Leave a comment

Furthering Conformance To the Cross

Posted on August 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Furthering Conformance To the Crossby Michael DoyleWith an amazing sense of unearned graceThe foot of the Cross can be embracedAn essence of sin drives our theologyAs we acknowledge the truth of you and meConforming ourselves to the Bible’s mirrorIt’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abandonment, Amazing, Attrittion, Better Place, Bible's Mirror, Blame, Blessed Lives, Brokenness, Buffet, Capacity For Good, Challenge, Conformance, Cross, Dark Momentum, Edging God Out, Ego, Embrace, Ephesians, Error, Faith, Father's Name, Fear, Foot of the Cross, Free, Gentile and Jew, Globalization, Gluttony, God, Godlessness, Good, Grace, Here To There, History, Holy, Jesus, Life, Love, Manutrition, Midst, Modernization, Nation, Necessity, Pluralization, Poetry and Poems, Post-Modernist Nation, Relations, Secularization, Self-Examination, Shifting Communication, Sin, Spiritual, Spirituality, Strive, Theology, Thought, Truth, Understood, Unearned Grace, Unknown | Leave a comment

First Principles: A Dependence On the People Is, No Doubt, the Primary Control On the Government; But Experience Has Taught Mankind the Necessity of Auxiliary Pre Cautions

Posted on August 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.” – James Madison (1788)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Auxiliary, Dependence, Experience, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Mankind, Necessity, Precaution, Primary Control, The People | Leave a comment

In A World of Thoughts and Other Misgivings

Posted on March 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In A World of Thoughts and Other Misgivingsby Michael DoyleIn a world of thoughts and other misgivingsThere is a lot of hurt in need of forgivingNot just for you or for me, but all it seemsThere are just too many … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If Individuals Be Not Influenced By Moral Principles; It Is In Vain To Look For Public Virtue

Posted on June 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If individuals be not influenced by moral principles; it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity of a … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Duty of Legislators, First Principles, Individuals, Influence, James Madison, Moral Principles, Necessity, Precept and Example, Public Virtue, Rules of Distributive Justice, Strict Adherence, Utility, Vain | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Problem To Be Solved Is, Not What Form of Government Is Perfect, Which of the Forms Is Least Imperfect

Posted on April 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Evil, Exist, First Principles, Form, Government, James Madison, Least Imperfect, Misfortune, Necessity, Perfect, Problem, Proper, Solve | Leave a comment

Let Justice Be Done

Posted on September 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Let Justice Be Doneby Michael DoyleLet justice be done though the heavens fallIs a worthy maxim that we all seem to recallJustice must be done regardless of consequenceIt’s a powerful construct said with confidenceBut let it be remembered that Piso’s … Continue reading →

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