Tag Archives: Pages

The Static of Electricity

Posted on October 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Static of Electricityby Michael DoyleFrom the dark agesAre turned the pagesLit with electricityIn its spark of majestyIt fills up the nightWith the brilliance of lightThough dark only moments beforeElectricity conquered this forevermoreWhile another cup of coffeeBrings the morning timeSeeing … Continue reading →

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Waking To the Smell of Coffee

Posted on October 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Waking To the Smell of Coffeeby Michael DoyleWhat if life could be seenBy every single human beingPut out as if a streaming movie?Would we still want to be you and me?Or is this an awful possibilityAnd we’d want to buy … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Destroying Species Is Like Tearing Pages Out of An Unread Book, Written In A Language Humans Hardly Know How To Read, About the Place Where They Live

Posted on August 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Destroying species is like tearing pages out of an unread book, written in a language humans hardly know how to read, about the place where they live.” -Holmes Rolston III, professor of philosophy (b. 1932)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Book, Destroy, Holmes Rolston III, Human, Language, Live, Pages, Place, Species, Thought For the Day, Unread, Written | Leave a comment

Points Taken From the Best Mimes

Posted on February 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Points Taken From the Best Mimesby Michael DoyleWe felt so clever copying the rhymesUnspoken from the silence of the mimesWho knew how much could be and was saidWithout a single word escaping the headThis is the way of the very … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Copy, Found, History, Humanity, Legends, Mimes, Mystery, Obscene, Pages, Poetry and Poems, Points, Questions, Rhymes, Riddle, Said, Scribble, Silence, Single Word, Vivid Colors, Yesterdays | Leave a comment

My Business Is the Future

Posted on November 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

My Business Is the Futureby Michael DoyleLike other dreamersMy concern isn’t the presentThat’s for erratic schemersAnd others that we grow to resentMy business is the futureNot as an oracle but as one who createsLooking for the right things to nurtureEngaged … Continue reading →

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Passing It Down

Posted on August 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Passing It Downby Michael DoylePassing it down to the next generationHoping it might be held in venerationSharing openly our ways of instructionIn hopes that they would avoid destructionFrom child to child this is taughtTo do as we should and not … Continue reading →

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The Geometry of Divine Form

Posted on January 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Geometry of Divine Formby Michael DoyleEveryone it seems makes their mistakesBut is is the what we do with the heartbreaksThat makes all of the most meaningful differenceA life well lived holds this with reverenceSuch is the same even of … Continue reading →

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The Death Head of Night

Posted on November 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Death Head of Nightby Michael DoyleThere in the darkest of the 20th CenturyWere pages to learn from in our historySuch evil as was darker than the nightWhere our traditions still bring us lightNo matter what the king tells usTruth … Continue reading →

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A Birthday Week

Posted on October 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A Birthday Weekby Michael DoyleSolid as it is with just a look2020 was a hard one for the history booksBut, as those pages have turnedThere was one thing that I have learnedMy love was born a Libra on her scaleAnd … Continue reading →

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Climbing the Relationship Ladder

Posted on October 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Climbing the Relationship Ladderby Michael DoyleWe say hello to initiateHoping that we might appreciateEnough at this first impressionThat it might lead to accessionPressing on simply to exploreCrossing that boundary to something moreWe work at reducing the uncertaintyThough certainly there is … Continue reading →

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