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Above the Earth, Heaven Reigns
Above the Earth, Heaven Reignsby Michael DoyleAbove the earth, Heaven reignsNone of our efforts are in vainGod is with us in all our daysPresent for us always, in all waysWe would be nowhere without His lovePouring down from the Heavens … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Adoration, All Our Days, Chains, Dedicate, Devote, Earth, Efforts, Eternal Gratitude, Faithfulness, Father's Kingdom, Forget, Freedom, God, Grave, Heart, Heaven, His Love, Hour, Humility, In All Ways, Platitude, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Down, Power, Praise, Present, Regret, Reigns, Salvation, Save, Sin, Supplication, Thankfulness, Vain, Voices
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We’re Going To Make It
We’re Going To Make Itby Michael DoyleWhatever today’s bit of sorrowKeep holding on for tomorrowNot giving in to the gray skiesUntil you see the bright sunriseThat will greet your dreamsHeld together now taped at the seamsIn a world that even … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjustment, Alibis, Blame, Brave, Cheerfulness, Clueless, Dreams, Empty, Empty Pockets, Fear, Gratitude, Gray Skies, Greet, Holding On, Hope, Hopes and Dreams, Linger, Make Believe, Make It, New Day, New Norm, Newsmen, Optimism, Pessimism, Platitude, Poetry and Poems, Quarter, Refuge, Same, Seams, Shanty Town, Sing, Someday, Sorrow, Souls, Stay, Sunrise, Today, Together, Tomorrow, Warm, Warmth, We, Winter's Day, Wise, World
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In Gratitude For Santa’s Spirit
In Gratitude For Santa’s Spiritby Michael Doyle”Dear Santa”, that’s how it all beganSealed with love as only a child canWhat he wanted most of all was familyThat and a meaningful Christmas treeHe grew up endlessly chasing a little cheerIn the … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Badgered, Beaten Down, Began, Blues, Busy, Cheer, Child, Christmas, Christmas Cheer, Christmas Tree, Commericialization, Crown, Days, Dear Santa, Disappear, Dizzy, Dreams, Elves, Endlessly Chasing, Expectations, Family, Fascination, Frenzied, Give Me Give Me, Gladness, Gloves On, Going Through the Motions, Gratification, Gratitude, Greed, Happy News, Here and Now, Hustle and Bustle, Important Thing, Jaded World, Jingle, Joy, Joyfully, Magic, Meaning Got Lost, Meaningful, Never Allow, Never Be Allowed, New York City, North Pole, Not Just Once Upon, Notions, Our Children, Overworked, Photographs, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Press On, Real Meaning, Reflection, Remember, Remember What Matters, Santa, Sealed With Love, Season's Greetings, Shatter, Snow, Spirit, Spirit of Christmas, Stress, Suit Up, Tale, Tinsel, To Be Gone, Top of the World, Unsatisfied, Whole, World Apart, Year After Year, Yesterday
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Awed By Living
Life is for the living. Let’s do it well! Awed By Living by Michael Doyle Counting the things of needed gratitude Instead of too often taking an attitude At and of those things of circumstance Forgetting to realize each moment’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Ask, Attitude, Awe, Awesomeness, Blessed, Blind, Bliss, Blissfulness, Blunder, Bright, Bring Downs, Bumper Sticker, Chance, Child, Circumstance, Cliche, Count, Cut, Dare, Darkness, Destroy, Drag, Dreams, Embrace, Endurance, Engaged, Enjoy, Erase, Forget, Gratitude, Gravity, Harshness, Headfirst, Ignore, Large, Life, Light, Living, Mentality, Miss, Moment, Moments, More, Need, Often, Openness, Photograph, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Pretend, Race Race, Reach, Realize, Right, Sacred, Second Guessed, Sentimentality, Smiles, Soar, Spontaneous, Well, Wonder
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Thankful For God’s Love and Mercy
Based in part on 1st Samuel: Thankful For God’s Love and Mercy by Michael Romani Giving thanks for all at all times Expressed in my thousand rhymes Always seeking wisdom in my prayers Walking this world without false airs Surely … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Samuel, Adoration, Air, Better, Blessed, Brave, Children of God, Conquer, Constant, Courage, Cross, Depth, Dignity, Divinity, Embrace, Every Day, Face, Faith, Find, Forgiven, Forward, Given, God, Goodness, Gratitude, Heaven, Hesitate, Holy, House, Humanity, Humility, Inventory, Lord, Love, Mercy, Ministry, Offer, Pause, Photograph, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Prevail, Problems, Pure, Purity, Puzzle, Rhyme, Sequence, Show, Sin, Small, Song, Soul, Spirit, Steadfast, Step, Still, Strength, Tale, Teach, Thanks, Time, Together, Toward, Walk, Way, Ways, Win, Wisdom, Wonder, Wrongs
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Truth Is Coming
A good case might be made that we are possibly living in the end times with the attacks on Christianity, the genocide committed against the unborn, and so many other countless atrocities including groups like ISIS. I was at church … Continue reading
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Tagged Alter, Bold, Christianity, Coming, Deploy, Die For, End Times, Forgive, Gatitude, Genocide, God, Gospel, Hands, History, Holy, ISIS, Joy, Liturgical Dance, Mercy, Peace, Photograph, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Power, Praise, Prayer, Preach, Relevation, Rest, Revelations, Rhetoric, Rising, Sermon, Shout, Slavery, Stand, Steady, Strength In the Blood, Strong, Talk, Thought, Truth, Walk, Word of God, World, Written
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An Elegy To Common Sense
Poem A Day #11 is to be an elegy. The word prompt is ‘black hole’. Milkwood’s definition of elegy is limited to the following. I would argue that the person who wrote the notecard needs to revisit this. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged America First, American, Attitude, Black Hole, Blindman's Bluff, Border Fence, Borders, Build, Cardinal Rule, Common Sense, Conservative, Country, Death, Defend, Dense, Despotism, Destination, Discrimination, Domestic, Drug Lords, Elegy, Elite, Enemy, Exist, Followers, Foreign, Globalist, Heath, History, Immoral, Legal Immigration, Liberty, Live or Die, Milkwood, MS 13, Nation, National Defense, Oath, Old Hat, Patriot, Patriotic, Platitude, Poem A Day, Poor, Porous Border, Pretense, Primary, Principle, Progressive, Protect, Rule of Law, Secure, Servants, Statesmen, Support, Surrender, Sworn, Terrorist, Thirst, Victimless Crimes
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