Tag Archives: Poetry

Rites of Passage

Posted on May 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What might it be to see the rites of passage for a Viking daring to reach west not east and in so doing changes perceptions of possibility? Rites of Passage by Michael Doyle As odd as it may seem You … Continue reading →

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Dancing Cheek To Cheek

Posted on May 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Thinking on the Prohibition, flappers, gangsters and murder as she wrote… Dancing Cheek To Cheek by Michael Doyle Dancing cheek to cozy cheek Might bring us to ruin Libertine as it is It might lead to our undoing The habits … Continue reading →

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Blowing Down the Walls

Posted on May 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 2 Corinthians 2:14-16: Blowing Down the Walls by Michael Doyle Blown away by righteousness and grace Profound joy takes down all my walls Mercy has taken me to this place I have found my peace in … Continue reading →

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Reconciled In My Forgiveness

Posted on May 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 2 Cor 5:17-21 : Reconciled In My Forgiveness by Michael Doyle Stepping off the heavenly throne For the sake of humanity’s own We are bought and covered in our sin Thankful that we are saved again … Continue reading →

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Lessons From Eden Park

Posted on May 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Roaring Twenties were a fascinating time. Among the lessons to be learned was that a woman could do and be more than they had been allowed until then, vice and other personal choices could not be controlled and that … Continue reading →

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Texas 1836

Posted on May 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I have always found American history fascinating in all of our legends and tales, tall or not. https://flic.kr/p/rcGaxj Texas 1836 by Michael Doyle Texas, Eighteen Hundred Thirty Six Thousands of Americans invited in Finding their place in desert sand and … Continue reading →

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In the Tears We’ve Cried

Posted on May 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Love, especially long distance love, can be so difficult. Funny how it feels so easy when two hearts that mesh well meet. Then things can get difficult. But, you know what? Bob Marley is right… was right.. whatever. Thing is … Continue reading →

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Implausibly Transformative

Posted on May 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In dreaming the impossible Dream, the man from La Mancha sallied forth to defeat his quests and earn the love of his lady fair. Or umm something like that…. Part II of Part I of the book summed up … Continue reading →

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Hello Echo

Posted on May 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Some mysteries are better left under lock and key. Hello Echo by Michael Doyle Deeper than an echo In a wishing well Hidden in the shadow Shivering to its last detail You have to listen To the whispers calling Can … Continue reading →

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Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse

Posted on May 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I heard an interesting global reading of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. From this contrasted with the pandemic lockdown came: Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse by Michael Doyle As is the way of many a hero’s journey Enduring the … Continue reading →

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