Tag Archives: Play

Touching On Rush

Posted on April 29, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Touching On Rushby Michael DoyleThere on the edge of an unknown stageAre those who’ve escaped life’s cage.They’ve chosen patterns of innovation,Stirred by their warp speed imaginations.Well, now, isn’t that a rush?There is and was magic in their touch.They weren’t here … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Boss, Cage, Egge, Explain, Gone, Imagiination, Innovation, Magic, Moments, Music, Patterns, Play, Play On, Poetry and Poems, Rush, Something To Say, Special Sauce, Sttage, Touch, Writing | Leave a comment

Lessons From Randy Rhoads

Posted on April 26, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Lessons From Randy Rhoadsby Michael DoylePlug in and play from your heart,That’s the best way f you’re gonna start.Play for your soul, not for the charts.It’s the killer instinct behind this art.Hard work brings the claim to fame.It’s how you … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amp, Charts, Guitar, HHeart, Killer Instiinct, Lessons, Play, Poetry and Poems, Randy Rhoads, Soul | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Play the Notes As They Are Written, But It Is God Who Makes the Music

Posted on March 31, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.” – Johann Sebastian Bach

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Composition, God, Johann Sebastian Bach, Music, Notes, Perform, Play, Thought For the Day, Wriitten | Leave a comment

¡Viva Venezuela libre!

Posted on January 3, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

¡Viva Venezuela libre!by Michael DoyleAmerican power has been put on display,Concentrated on a dictator who came to play.Law enforcement and military mightLanded to make our world more right.Power, speed, and competenceOvercame instantaneously every hindrance.Overwhelming without any American loss,The US military … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged American Power, Boss, Competence, Dictator, Display, Handover, Hindrance, Judicious Transition, Law Enforcement, Legitimate Governnment, Military Might, Mission, Overwhelm, Play, Poetry and Poems, Power, Speed, Venzeula, Viva VEnezeula Libre, World | Leave a comment

Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of…)

Posted on December 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of…)by Michael DoyleCropper laid the template for rock-n-roll.Green Onions made the Soul Man cry. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay consoled our soulsAs Otis crashed and the rest of America cried.He proved that sometimes more … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged America, Bare Necessities, Belong, Certainty, Chugging Patterns, Clutter, Complexity, Console, Cry, Dissonance, Essential Groove, Feel, Flashy Solo, Green Onions, Guess, Jump Up, Language, Less, Licks, Madness, More, Move, Note, Otis Redding, Play, Pocket, Poetry and Poems, Precious and Tight, Primal Puriity, Remembrance, Right Place, Rock-n-Roll, Say, Siimple, Simply Right, Sitting On the Dock of the Bay, Space, Steve Cropper, Style, Succinct, Swagger, Template, Timing | Leave a comment

When Rock Went To School

Posted on September 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

When Rock Went To Schoolby Michael DoyleSometimes there is thunder in a perfect mind.There in that place we have left behind.We wonder why it is that we all can’t walk away.We’re still mesmerized by the songs they used to play.Every … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bass Drum, Classic Rock, Complaint, Embrace, Every Note, Extended Range, Gin and Tonic :Pour, Heavenly Framed, Inner Dreams, Left Behind, Mesmerized, Misty Air, Mr. Bones, Music, Next Level, Path, Perfect Mind, Pierce, Play, Poems, Poetry, Riff, Roar, Rock, Roots, School, Screams, Silence and Chaos, Singular Voice, Snare, Sometimes, Song, The Devil, Thunder, Touch of Rock, Train, Walk Away, Wonder, Writing | Leave a comment

Getting It Right

Posted on September 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Getting It Rightby Michael DoyleSomehow, I’ve split at my seams,But I’m still holding to my dreams.All my summers have met their end.Still, all in all, you’re my forever friend.Stated in its mighty declarative,Life best lived is lived by its narrative.The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Captivated, Declarative, Dreams, End, Forever Friend, Getting It Right, Holding, Intensity, Life Best Lived, Music's Power, Narrative, Night After Night, One More Hour, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Propensity, Right, Road, Seams, Somehow | Leave a comment

Hollow Words and Climbing Trees

Posted on July 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Hollow Words and Climbing Treesby Michael DoyleHanging out on an oak limb Beneath the canopy’s shadow,The moves we made brought us safety.Empty words ring kind of hollow.Left on their own, kids flourish.It’s the way we allow them to nourishThe decision-making … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Bock Bottoms, Boundaries, Brilliant, Build, Canopy, Climbing Trees, Compassion, Darkness, Decision Making, Discern, Dream, Experience, Explore, Falling Down, Fashion, Firm Foundation, Flourish, Fluency, Free Life, Get Back Up, Hanging Out, Harshness, Hollow Words, Independence, Kids, Last, Learn, Life's Lessons, Meaningful Purpose, Move Forward, Moves, Nourish, Oak Limb, Past, Play, Poetry and Poems, Preferences, Resiliency, Resilient, Return, Rock, Safety, Scars, Shadow, Skin-Deep, Sooner Then Later, Souls, Stream, Survive, Tears, Tragic End, Weep | Leave a comment

Poetry Is Simple

Posted on May 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Poetry Is Simpleby Michael DoyleShe said writing poems is simple,Just write what you want to say.Then suddenly, it’s simple,Or so the natural-born poets say.They try to give the secret away,As if it were something of the everyday.Yet, what’s missing is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authenticity, Believe, Child's Face, Choked Up, Connection, Everyday, Fighting To Survive, Intrude, Life, Life's Struggles, Lonely Child, Loving Family, Making Food, Missing Clarity, Mother's Embrace, Natural-Born Poet, Negation, Play, Poems, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Rejection, Say, Secret, Shared, Simple, Sorrow, Stay Above, Thought, Time and Again, Truth, Worse, Writing, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: A Guitar Is A Very Personal Extension of the Person Playing It. You Have To Be Emotionally and Spiritually Connected To Your Instrument

Posted on April 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.” – Eddie Van Halen

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Connect, Eddie Van Halen, Emotionl, Extension, Guitar, Instrument, Person, Personal, Play, Spiritual, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment