Tag Archives: Poetry and Poems

The Bright of This Holy Week

Posted on April 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Bright of This Holy Weekby Michael DoyleHoly Week, the holiest week On the calendar of the liturgical yearWith reverence, we quietly speakOf the events that we humbly reverePalm Sunday is observed in commemorationOf Jesus’s arrival and triumphal entryFrom betrayal … Continue reading →

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Universal Testimony

Posted on April 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Universal Testimonyby Michael DoyleLet the record reflect without acrimonyThat words left on page leave universal testimonyTo the lives lived with delicate deliberationCausally shifting from generation to generationDaunting as seen through a faded literary lensThe words set on paper allow the … Continue reading →

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Leather Jacket Nerves

Posted on April 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Leather Jacket Nervesby Michael DoyleThere I was bleeding on the insideHidden behind the tall wallThat bears the scars of my prideA worn mask with a hidden callNot quite worn as a poker faceDrifting back in my perilous dazeWe would toughen … Continue reading →

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Thoughts On Palm Sunday 2023

Posted on April 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Thoughts On Palm Sunday 2023by Michael DoyleEvery man’s life is a conversationIt’s in the soul, not the presentationPalm Sunday is it’s own celebrationThat turned from hosanna to devastationOr so perception blinded, yet it gave goodOne day at a time, as … Continue reading →

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Jurassically Mundane

Posted on April 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Jurassically Mundaneby Michael DoyleFinally caving in I’m watching the showWith my daughters whispering clues to knowIn hushed tones, I try not to be curtAs I insist on giving out my spoiler alertA sense of wonder has left the buildingBut I … Continue reading →

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Born In the Rockies (Part III)

Posted on April 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Born In the Rockies (Part III)by Michael DoyleAs much as childhood is sweet, it wouldn’t be cleverTo ever believe these days will last foreverThe ending of one relationship spells the start of the newThis is how the grasslands play out … Continue reading →

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Born In the Rockies (Part II)

Posted on March 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Born In the Rockies (Part II)by Michael DoyleThe backbone of North America stretches for milesBring life across the land with ceaseless smilesFrom shifting sand dunes to deep river valleys it goesFrom the most brilliant stretches of sun to deep shadowsEach … Continue reading →

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One-To-One Hearted

Posted on March 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

One-To-One Heartedby Michael DoyleThere best belongs to be foundIn the miss that comes aroundWhere nothing becomes the somethingThat brings the best of everythingSo often we walk feeling perplexedUnsure of how it all connectsBut if we listen really hardOur dreams show … Continue reading →

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A Montage of Selective Outrage

Posted on March 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Selective Montage of Selective Outrageby Michael DoyleHave we finally got to the turn of the pageLiving life cut by cut of selective outrageIt seems so, or at least I have this hunchThat a few bad apples have spoiled the … Continue reading →

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Born In the Rockies (Part I)

Posted on March 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Born In the Rockies (Part I)by Michael DoyleSpring has come with this mornAs another young life is bornEach step in the Rockies must be solvedAt every turn, there are tests to be resolvedEvery opportunity is used to hone skillsIn Mother … Continue reading →

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