Tag Archives: Propriety

Decency

Posted on March 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Decencyby Michael DoyleYou’re a diamondIn a world of human coalBecause you know the worthOf the human soulFragile and fallible as we areWe dream of living our dreamsClinging to every falling starEven as we’re falling apart t our seamsOur dignity frayed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Close Your Mind, Decency, Diamond, Dignity, Dreams, Falling Star, Fate, Fragile, Gasp of Air, Human Coal, Last Stand, Poetry and Poems, Propriety, Risks, Seams, Sedate, Semblance, Soul, Splendor, Standing Strong, Strain, Strands, Surrender, Working Hard, World's Care, Worth | Leave a comment

Rough Edges

Posted on November 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Rough Edgesby Michael DoyleSometimes it seemsI’ve lost all my dreamsAt the rough edgesAnd window ledgesAre all I’m hanging ontoIt’s been so long since I’ve held youStuck working the night shiftIn a world full of griftThe system works its cutAgainst the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brand, Brutality, Confess, Cut, Dreams, Grift, Hanging, Held, Infirmary, Interesting Company, Jacked Into, Lost, Night Shift, Poetry and Poems, Propriety, Rest, Rhetorical Mess, Rough Edges, Seems, Subtlety, Survivors, System, Test, Understand, Walk On Players, Window Ledges, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Propriety of A Law, In A Constitutional Light, Must Always Be Determined By the Nature of the Power Upon Which It Is Founded

Posted on July 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)

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First Principles: If By the Liberty of the Press Were Understood Merely the Liberty of Discussing the Propriety of Public Measures and Political Opinions, Let Us Have As Much of It As You Please

Posted on April 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have as much of it as you please: But if it means the liberty of affronting, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged As Much of It As You Please, Benjamin Franklin, Caluminating, Defaming, Discuss, First Principles, Liberty, Liberty of Affronting, Liberty of the Press, My Share, One Another, Political Opinions, Propriety, Public Measures, Understood, Willing To Part | Leave a comment

The Not So Cooked Goose of Dr. Seuss

Posted on March 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

The Not So Cooked Goose of Dr. Seussby Michael DoyleThis is not what it means to be wokeSomething inside must be truly brokeThese sinister snowflakes in reactivitySeek to search and destroy all creativityFor generations we have lived and learnedFrom lessons … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Thing of Notoriety, All Creativity, Anxiety, Before Me, Belief, Brave and Free, Cooked Goose, Courage, Cringers, Dear Country, Defend, Different Voice, Discerned, Dr. Seuss, Far Out of Reach, For Myself, Generations, God, Incapable, Leaving Each To Their Own, Lessons Taught, Liberty, Live For, Lived and Learned, Lost Within, Loudly Assert, Make What's Right, My Death, My Freedom, My Last Breath, Need To Live, No More Freedom, No Sense, Not the Way, Poetry and Poems, Propriety, Reactivity, Real Dignity, Real Justice, Safe Zones, Search and Destroy, Sinister Snowflakes, Society, Something Inside, The Founders, They've Made Your Choice, Thought and Speech, True Justice, Truly Broke, Truth, Vacuum, What It Means To Be Woke | Leave a comment

An Incident of Oxford Compilation

Posted on December 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

An Incident of Oxford Compilationby Michael DoyleIn my mind gathered so silentlyI pray against evil so vigilantlyIn the darkness of a blind alleyLost among the madmen in the galleryThough words come at me namedLanguage itself will not be tamedIt grows … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agreed, Alley, Approach, Best Laid Plans, Capability, Cast, Change, Charade, Clear, Compilation, Contrary, Crumble, Darkness, Dictionary, Eloquent, Encroach, English Language, English Tongue, Gallery, Incident, Known, Lairds, Language, Lexicon, Linguist, Madmen, Mind, Nation, Need, Nuance, Oxford, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Proctor, Propriety, Quotation, Refine, Rubicon, Search, Shown, Silent, Sketches, Study, Supplication, Symbols, Tamed, Tumble, Turn, Vigilant, Volumes, Wise Men, Words | Leave a comment

Long Time, No Talk

Posted on September 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Long Time, No Talkby Michael DoyleThough the Lord is my shepherdI think you know, Lord, that it’s inferredThat though I should not, yet I doIt’s been a long time since I’ve talked to youStanding as I am amidst life’s mysteryWondering … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Legal Immigration To America Has Always Been Open To Those Wishing to Somewhat Assimilate and Are of Decent Conduct and Propriety

Posted on January 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges, if by … Continue reading →