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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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The Coming Year (2023)
The Coming Year (2023)by Michael DoyleTold from the tallest mountainsYet kept within my mainframesI will shout, “Jesus!”, and maintainMy sustenance is found in His holy nameTruth spoken in a quiet tone of reverenceWe are bound inseparable by the differenceOf the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, Coming Year, Difference, Done, Future, God, Holy Name, Jesus, Mainframe, Mountain, Past, Poetry and Poems, Present, Respond, Reverence, Sustenance, Truth
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A Quiet Reflection On This November Day
A Quiet Reflection On This November Day by Michael Doyle What is a poem really but to say That love, joy and sorrow come to play In the heart and then inside the mind Until the words burst out … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Cared, Confidence, Deserve, Discern, Ease, Eureka, Find, Fit, Harvest, Heart, Heed, Human Beings, Intention, Joy, Light of Day, Lives, Loud, Love, Mind, November, Past, Peek, Play, Please, Poem, Poetry and Poems, Present, Proud, Quiet Reflection, Recall, Say, Seen, Shape, Shared, Smile, Sorrow, Truths, Week, Words
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First Principles: Let Each Citizen Remember At the Moment He Is Offering His Vote That…He Is Executing One of the Most Solemn Trusts In Human Society
“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountable, Citizen, Compliment, Country, First Principles, God, Human Society, Individual, Moment, Present, Remember, Samuel Adams, Solemn Trust, Vote
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Elephants Mourn Their Dead (Happy the Elephant)
Elephants Mourn Their Dead (Happy the Elephant)by Michael DoyleNo freedom, no libertyNo right to fundamental dignityHappy the Elephant pays the costAnd the decision it seems is lostThere will be no sanctuaryPersonhood has been denied capacityRegardless of intelligence, elephants are thingsSubstantially … Continue reading
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Tagged "X", Ability, Aesthetic, Arbritary, Autonomy, Beauty, Capacity, Chattel, Complexity, Cost, Dead, Decision, Dissent, Dominant Tusked, Elephants, Empathy, Factors, Family, Forehead, Freedom, Full Recognition, Fundamental Dignity, Given Hand, Happy the Elephant, Human Beings, Humanity, Intelligence, Language, Legal Reasoning, Liberty, Love, Majestic Giants, Memory, Mirrors, Mourn, Nonverbal, Personhood, Picky Eaters, Poetry and Poems, Points of Similarity, Present, Recognize, Refinement, Rejected, Sanctuary, Science, Self, Sentient Beings, Solitary Confinement, Talking, Things, Things Unsaid, Understand, Unfeeling, Walking, Words, World, Zoo Enclosures
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Thought For the Day: Change Is the Law of Life, and Those Who Look Only To the Past and Present Are Certain To Miss the Future
“Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Certain, Change, Future, John F. Kennedy, Law of Life, Look, Past, Present, Those, Thought For the Day
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On Mother’s Day 2022
On Mother’s Day 2022by Michael DoyleWe’re here in celebration of no otherThan the holy names of our mothersAt this time of blessed worshipWe raise up this sacred relationshipLet’s bring it in intimate conversationShared love in its happy intimationGiven the power … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety, Blessed Worship, Celebration, Children, Complexity, Contentment, Delay, Full Attention, God, Grace, Gratification, Happy Intimation, Hesitate, Holy Names, Imperfect, Instruction, Intimate Conversation, Learned, Love, Mother's Day 2022, Mothers, No Control, Parenting, Persist, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Present, Raise, Resentment, Right Intention, Sacred Relationship, Season, Serving As Example, Shared Love, Simplicity, Stay, Sunrise, Surprises, Theology, Uncertainty, Urgency
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First Principles: The Present Constitution Is the Standard To Which We Are To Cling. Under Its Banners, Bona Fide Must We Combat Our Political Foes
“The present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes.” – Alexander Hamilton (1802)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, All Changes, Amendments, Banners, Bona Fide, Channel, Cling, Combat, Constitution, First Principles, Political Foes, Present, Reject, Standard
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Thought For the Day: The Objector and the Rebel Who Raises His Voice Against What He Believes To Be the Injustice of the Present and the Wrongs of the Past Is the One Who Hunches the World Along
“The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.” – Clarence Darrow, lawyer and author … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Clarence Darrow, Hunch, Injustice, Objector, Past, Present, Raise, Rebel, Thought For the Day, Voice, World, Wrongs
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 