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In the Shadows of Cheerfulness
In the Shadows of Cheerfulnessby Michael DoyleOn the edge of zero There’s a shadowy historyIn land of anti-heroesIs there any real mysteryThat someone wants to stripThe aura of wonderfulnessIn a lustful cynical gripBringing a darkness to cheerfulnessA style of loving … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Heroes, Building Lives, Cheerfulness, Cynical Grip, Darkness, Deception, Double, Edge, Falsity, Flimsy, Full Face, Hint of Grace, Knife Edge, Loving Kindness, Middle Ages, Moderate Upticks, Modernity, Modest Feelings, Mystery, Optimism, Pessimism, Poetry and Poems, Pressure, Protect and Serve, Shadows, Shadowy History, Strip, Substance, Surface, Times of Trouble, Trust, Twist, Willful Blindness, Wonderfulness, Zero
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Life Out of Balance
Life Out of Balanceby Michael DoyleThe specter of death springs forth with its talonsAs we seek to live lives far too far out balanceCertain as we can be with any semblance of certitudeThat we are striving to have just the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Bended Knee, Bluff, Certitude, Contrary, Death, Familiar, Hands, Life, Living Years, Love of God, Necessary, Need, Out of Balance, Poetry and Poems, Rearrange, Recharge, Right Attitude, Rush, Seed, Talons, Tears, Thrive, Zenith
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To Believe and To Receive
To Believe and To Receiveby Michael Doyle Having no fear as fishers of menWalking us back from too much sinSpiritual truth to wrap ourselves aroundWhatever the situations in which we’re found God waits to make our lives be the bestThe … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Best, Church, Fishers of Men, God, NoFear, Poetry and Poems, Reins, Rock, Sin, Situations, Spiritual Truth, Test, Walking Us Back
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To Angie (At Age 15)
To Angie (At Age 15)by Michael DoyleSince the day you entered the worldWith longish locks and fists uncurledI have stood amazed and maybe dotedAs I looked into your heart devotedAs it was and still in angelic senseArmed with a smile … Continue reading
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Tagged Age 15, Amazed, Angelic, Angie, Beautiful, Birthday, Blossom, Daughter, Daugther, Devoted, Easy, Father, Independence, Kind, Love, Make the World Better, Poetry and Poems, Smile, Treasure Chest, Wonderful, World
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On the Importance of Free Speech On Campus
On the Importance of Free Speech On Campusby Michael DoyleOdd isn’t it? In a world seeking diversitySo many try to suppress free speech at the universityThis defeats the purpose of this being a nurseryFor the ideas and speech that are … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill of Rights, Blind, Brothers, Campus, Civil Rights, Color, Color of Skin, Diversity, Established, Fight, Free Speech, Free Thought and Speech, Freedom, Hearts and Minds, Hosted Debates, Ideas and Speech, Importance, Left Behind, Life, Necessary, New Thoughts, Nursery, Poetry and Poems, Protected, Purpose, Recommended, Remind, Sacred, Seamless Garment, Serve, Sisters, Society, Suppress, University, What's Right
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Circling Around Symmetry
Circling Around Symmetryby Michael DoyleLike a wanderer of lost momentsI find myself with ghosts in memoryCircling around the tormentsTo sharpened to find the symmetry Needed to find balance in the crawl outIn the long kiss good night In a gathering … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Balance, Balloon, Capability, Circling Around, Community, Conversations, Counting, Covers Blown, Deep Truths, Depth, Engage, First Contact, Gathering of Kings, Ghosts, Good Night, Grown, Improvisation, Innocent, Islolation, Lessons, Lost Moments, Magic, Memory, Minor Moment, Overheard, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Reality, Repressed Emotions, Seek, Sharp, Sincerity, Siren's Calling, Steps, Strain of Cynicism, Strained Torment, Symmetry, Tension, Torment, Touch, Vulnerability, Wanderer, Wish, World
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Tech Resistance
Tech Resistanceby Michael DoyleTechnology seems to hate meI know it by its glowLike a worn button toggledThe Hell of it begins to showMachines and things are against usI know this for certain, just becauseSome may say life is getting easierI … Continue reading
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Tagged Backwards Compatible, Battery Failure, Bugs, Code, Computer Crashes, Contemptible, Crazy, Domination, Drink, Easier, Fanboys and Fangirls, Forgiving, Glow, HD Experience, Hell, Integrate, Lazy, Living, Machines, Nostalgic Moments, Phone, Poetry and Poems, Raver, Reboot, Reputation, Resist, Self-Inflicted, Spin, Tech, Technology, Think, Time, Time Saver, Toggle, Ungratedful, Unsaved Changes
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How Far Is Too Far
How Far Is Too Farby Michael DoyleHow far is too farYou need to take itAll the wayFollowing that starYou cannot fake itEven for a dayNo longer givingThe wages of lip serviceBut giving everythingLife in its forgivingIs to live a life … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Way, Baptism, Bringing All, Cross, Everything, Fake It, Follow, Forgiving, Giving, How Far, Immersion, Lessons, Life of Service, Lip Service, Over Our Heads, Poetry and Poems, Satan's Loss, Star, Take It, Too Far, Victory, Woodsheds
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Never Give Up
A poem written dedicated to my daughters in conjunction with the last class in a series on building resilience in life and to encourage them to chase their dreams always! Never Give Upby Michael DoyleLife like a Rembrandt paintingIs meant … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Bold, Chase, Control, Daughters, Dedication, Dim, Doing One's Best, Dreams, Earn, Father, Flair, Forgiven, Grow, Human Being, Inspiration, Know, Learn, Life, Live, Never Give Up, Poetry and Poems, Rembrandt, Resilience, Sacrifice, Soul, Stars, Swim, Unafraid
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