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Wounded Bluntness

Posted on September 30, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Wounded Bluntnessby Michael DoyleIt seems cliché, by revealing,When we talk about our covert feelings,That even writers aren’t sure what’s good.It’s well enough hoping to be understood.The personal is what others find compelling.Otherwise, just what is it that you’re revealing?That is, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Is Nothing So Confining As the Prisons of Our Own Perceptions

Posted on January 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“There is nothing so confining as the prisons of our own perceptions.” – William Shakespeare

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In An Unfolding of Glory

Posted on August 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In An Unfolding of Gloryby Michael DoyleThe playwright was dragged from public displayOf his satire written to illustrate another wayThriving with an acrid taste of acrimonyThat was held up with ridicule as sanctimonyAs the Spanish Inquisition held the world in … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Lying On A Federal Firearm Background Check Form Carries Up To 10 Years In Prison and Is A Felony. Not For Hunter Biden

Posted on June 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Lying on a federal firearm background check form carries up to 10 years in prison and is a felony. Not for Hunter Biden.” – Katie Pavlich

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Thought For the Day: Taught From Their Infancy That Beauty Is Woman’s Sceptre, the Mind Shapes Itself To the Body, and Roaming Round Its Gilt Cage, Only Seeks To Adorn Its Prison

Posted on April 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.” – Mary Wollstonecraft, reformer and writer (27 Apr 1759-1797)

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Thought For the Day: Any Parent or Doctor Who Sterilizes A Child Before They Are A Consenting Adult Should Go To Prison For Life

Posted on April 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life.” – Elon Musk

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Learning To Not Be Anxious

Posted on January 23, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Learning To Not Be Anxiousby Michael DoyleTossing and turning without sleepFilled with thoughts that won’t keepThis world is filled with complexityEnough to fill our hearts with anxietyThe restlessness of what we must endureFor all these trepidations there is a cureThere … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Socialists Desire To Practice Legal Plunder, Not Illegal Plunder. Socialists…Desire to Make the Law Their Own Weapon

Posted on October 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Socialists desire to practice legal plunder, not illegal plunder. Socialists, like all other monopolists, desire to make the law their own weapon. And when once the law is on the side of socialism, how can it be used against socialism? … Continue reading →

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Sure Hand of the Devil Dealt

Posted on June 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The surest hand the Devil’s ever dealt is the deceit blotted out into the dark of night… Sure Hand of the Devil Dealt by Michael Doyle The bell tolls out into the black of night So little is seen in … Continue reading →

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Facing Fear Toward Tomorrow

Posted on June 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A review of race history in America is a mix of hope and of fear; rights and wrongs; in short and in truth a mixed story. Today, we confront that which was wrong. Still, we should do so not in … Continue reading →

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