Tag Archives: Pride

The Dreamwork of Nightmares

Posted on May 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In these dark times when it is so hard to be optimistic, can anyone be blamed for having nightmares? But what then are these? The Dreamwork of Nightmares by Michael Doyle Even still as we grow and mature We find … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actuality, Alarm, Arrival, Bad, Believe, Blame, Bodily Defect, Books, Brain, Caverns, Clean, Clear, Complete, Context, Contortion, Curtain, Dark Side, Dark Times, Demons, Depression, Derision, Desire, Distortion, Division, Dream, Dreams, Dreamwork, Each, Endure, Erupt, Fear, Find, Fire, Flood, Fulfillment, Full Color, Fuzzy, Ghost Written, Gods, Graceless, Greet, Grow, Hide, Human Nature, Impression, Impure, Irony, Layer, Level, Live Out, Masterpiece, Mature, Measure, Mind, Moments, Monochromatic, Multiplicity, Naked, Needless, Nightmare, Nightmares, One, Optimistic, Pages, Photograph, Play Out, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Psyche, Reality, Rebound, Rehearse, Repression, Responsibility, Sanitize, Scenes, Scripts, Seem, Self, Self Justified, Shelves, Significance, Soul, Stages, Suffer, Suitable, Suppression, Survival, Thoughtless, Trigger, True, Undone, Unpack, Us, Warp, Way, Wish, Wishes | Leave a comment

On An Ancient Pathway

Posted on April 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Today is the last day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! 30 days of poetry. Congratulations to my traveling companions through this journey who stuck with all of this. They tell me it’s really something to write 30 days of poems. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2.5 Million Years, 2020, Adhere, Always, Ancient, Autumn, Birds, Birth, Bundle, Catch, Cheeks, Children, Clockwork, Daughters, Day, End, Eyes, Fall, Family, Father, Feed, Food, Forehead, Formation, Friends, Glide, Good, Gray, Hope, Human, Hunter, Jasper Pulaski, Joy, Laughter, Look Away, Magical, Memories, Mississippi Flyway, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Nature, Pathway, Photograph, Pilgrimage, Play, Plumage, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, Profound, Recall, Red, Returns, Ribeye, Ride, Run, Sacred Ground, Sandhill Cranes, Savage, Silent, Sky, Soar, Spring, Tears, Thermal, Thrill, Tradition, Unison Calling, Whistle Stop, White, Whooping Crane | 2 Comments

The Colors of Intensity

Posted on April 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Self isolation is proving interesting. Continuing in thoughts on photography and the capture of light in general…. The Colors of Intensity by Michael Doyle From the blues of a snowy day To the reds of sunsets along the way Subject … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Being, Blues, Button, Call, Capture, Chosen, Color, Contrary, Coolness, Danger, Days, Decide, Dramatic, Express, Fall, Feel, Filter, Flick, Gray Blue, Heighten, Ice, Imagination, Immensity, Intensity, Interpretation, Lamentation, Latitude, Light, Light Spectrum, Meaning, Mind, Mood, Natural Limitation, Nights, Percision, Photographer, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Rays, Red, Refract, Saturation, Self Correct, Self Isolation, Situation, Smile, Snow, Soft, Specific, Subject, Sunset, Variety, Vision, Warmth, White, White Balance, World | Leave a comment

Like Mercury Colliding

Posted on April 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It’s day 16 of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, 2020! What’s the challenge you ask? “…to write a poem of over-the-top compliments. Pick a person, place, or thing you love, and praise it in the most effusive way you can. Go for broke … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, Andalusian, Angel, Car, Challenge, Coffee, Coincide, Collide, Compliment, Cream, Cry, Curl, Daily, Days, Desire, Desperate, Divine, Down, Dream, Empty, Eyes, Fate, Fire, Glam, Glammer, Goddess, High, Horse, Love, Mercury, Mine, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Noise, One, Over-the-Top, Photograph, Plenty, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Reasons, Ride, Sky, Sledge Hammer, Source, Spam, Spammer, Speak, Stage Struck, Stars, Straight Up, Sun, Tears, Tire, Toes, Top of the World, Volumes, Waited, Why, Wire, Wise, Without, Wonder, Word | Leave a comment

Antebellum Blues

Posted on March 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It’s true that there’s a lot more to the Southern side of the story than I’ll cover in this poem. But, with respect to American history, I would be amiss if I failed to cover this. Antebellum Blues by Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1830s, African, Agrarian, America, American History, Antebellum, Beauty, Bi-Racial, Bitter, Black, Blessed, Blues, Brutality, Canadaa, Cash, Character, Climate, Collision Course, Contrast, Control, Cotton Gin, Cruel, Cry, Dark Clouds, Dash, Disdain, Divide, Division, Domination, Eli Whitney, Enthusiasm, Error, Exodus, Export, Fall, Fear, Fertility, Field Hand, Fundamental, Gather, Ground, Haiti, Hired Hand, History, Horror, Idealism, Industry, Ineqquality, Integrity, Kick of the Can, King Cotton, Lash, Lower South, Master, McHugh, Misery, Moral, Motherless child, Nat Turner, Nation, Nature, Noble, Pecking Order, Peculiar Institution, Perpetuation, Perpetuity, Photograph, Piety, Plantation, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Poverty, Pride, Promised Land, Punditry, Puritan, Puzzle, Racism, Rebellion, Recall, Road, Role, Ruin, Sad, Seal, Sensibility, Slave, Slave Religion, Sobriety, Socialism, Society, Solace, South, Split, System, Terror, Textile, Truth, Ugly, Understand, Upper South, Virginia, Wage Slavery, War, White | Leave a comment

Glass Onion Reality

Posted on March 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How many layers of conjecture do we need to peel back to find true reality? Is it even possible for us to comprehend? Glass Onion Reality by Michael Doyle All things, all times, all places Bear the burden across all … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Answer, Avoid, Believe, Burden, Comprehend, Conjecture, Crumble, Currents, Dominion, Eventual, Eyes, Face, False, Fear, Fist, Glass Onion, God, Grieve, Hesitancy, Known, Life, Limit, Live, Mind, Murder, New World, Path, Peace, Peel, Photograph, Pillar, Place, Poem, Poetry, Preserve, Pride, Prove, Push, Raven, Reaity, Reality, Release, Risk, Search, Shadow, Simple, Soul, Spark, Strife, Struggle, Survivor, Sweet, Things, Thirst, Time, Transparent, True, Trust, Urge, Victory, Water, Way, World | Leave a comment

Simply Do Unto Others

Posted on March 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Matthew 7: 12: Simply Do Unto Others by Michael Doyle In Jesus’ name we give our gratitude Demonstrated in our loving attitude Thankful for His covering and His grace Looking at love given in His embrace … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Act, Action, Appreciation, Attitude, Avoid, Beautiful, Best, Bitter, Blessed, Blessing, Blind, Break, Brother, Call, Clarity, Commentary, Compassion, Competition, Consideration, Cycle, Daily, Dark, Day, Dignity, Divinity, Do, Done, Duty, Elevate, Embrace, Ethics, Expectation, Eye For An Eye, Father, Flame, Focus, Forgive, Give, God, Golden Rule, Grace, Gratitude, Hate, Heal, Help, Holy, Holy Spirit, Honor, Hope, Humility, Impact, Initiative, Inside, Intentional, Jesus, Judgment, Kind, Law, Less, Life, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Math, Matthew, Misconstrue, More, Morning, Mount Everest, Name, Need, Neighbor, Night, Oblivious, Obstacle, Others, Pain, Parise, Pass, Passion, Path, Peak, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, Promise, Reciprocity, Rejection, Religion, Repent, Right, Score, Seek, Shame, Simple, Sincere, Sister, Son, Spark, STuck, Summit, Test, Thanks, Think, Thought, Treat, True, Understand, Want, Will, Wish | Leave a comment

Moments Spent

Posted on February 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Spending time with my girls was an awesome experience as always. Moments Spent by Michael Romani Spending time with these two All of our moments are too few Dreams shaping in their minds Gifts of smiles of which I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Apart, Away, Awesome, Beautiful, Behind, Best, Blind, Bone, Cleave, Close, Connection, Crystal Blue, Daughters, Depart, Direction, Do, Dreams, Eldest, Father, Few, Gift, Girls, Glory, Glow, Grow, Guide, Hand, Heart, Home, Hug, Kill, Know, Look, Lose, Love, Mile, Mind, Moment, Noble, Obstacle, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Present, Pride, Redouble, Rest, Say, See, Shape, Smile, Soul, Special, Spent, Spirit, Spun, Story, Survive, Tears, Time, Trouble, Valentine's Day, Watch, Write, Youngest | Leave a comment

First Principles: Mankind Must Be Ready To Sacrifice To Protect the Rights of Society

Posted on February 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Men must be ready, they must pride themselves and be happy to sacrifice their private pleasures, passions and interests, nay, their private friendships and dearest connections, when they stand in competition with the rights of society.” – John Adams (1776) … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Competition, Connection, First Principles, Friendship, Happy, Interest, John Adams, Mankind, Passion, Pride, Private Pleasure, Rights, Sacrifice, Society, Stand | Leave a comment

The Arrow Shoots Straight

Posted on February 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

We can do nothing about our yesterdays. We cannot do a whole lot about our tomorrows but prepare. All we are promised and all that we have is this moment we breathe. The Arrow Shoots Straight by Michael Romani We … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Anger, Arrow, Belief, Breathe, Brother, Cave, Dead, Dragon, Echo, Fight, Fire, Forgive, Grief, Head, Hide, Honor, Inflict, Inside, Inspire, Jesus, Live, Meaning, Miss, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Promise, Quiet, Remember, Straight, Stranger, Sublime, Survive, Taint, Tear, Tears, Time, Today, Tomorrow, True Love, Wall, We, Year, Yesterday | Leave a comment