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For Harry Belafonte (RIP: 3/1/27 – 4/25/23)

For Harry Belafonte (RIP: 3/1/27 – 4/25/23)by Michael DoyleUsing song as a tool for transformationHis soundtrack helped to change the nationNow Belafonte has died at the age of ninety-sixHis life having affirmed the need of too much to fixSo many, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Conscience Asks the Question, “Is It Right?”

“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” Vanity asks the question, “Is it popular?” But, conscience asks the question, “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Question Is Whether Or Not You Choose To Disturb the World Around You, Or If you Choose To Let It Go On As If You Had Never Arrived

“The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived.” – Ann Patchett, writer (b. 2 Dec 1963)

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Autumn Skies

Autumn Skiesby Michael DoyleTo sail on Autumn’s skyTo learn to love in fantasyTo love without questioning why To spend this love, just you and me…These are the moments that I cherishSpent in listening to your dreamsMemories of which will never … Continue reading

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Seasons Shift In Meaning

Seasons Shift In Meaningby Michael DoyleIn times filled with doubt and questionOne certainty stands without hesitationThat as the seasons shift in meaningThese changes influence every human beingHearts break on the shores of coincidenceIn this time seemingly devoid of justiceAs phases … Continue reading

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Oblique Stare

Oblique Stareby Michael DoyleI looked up in an oblique stareUpward into that cold ceilingFighting with God in my prayerHoping that my wish would be prevailingTwo daughters stood near by my sideI was not ready to leave behindAnd to my Lord, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: We Can Survive Lapses Into Hypocrisy, But We Cannot Survive Making Hypocrisy A Ruling Principle

“If we ever allow morality or law to become just a question of whose ox is gored, then we will have taken a fatal step toward national suicide. We can survive lapses into hypocrisy, but we cannot survive making hypocrisy … Continue reading

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In the I-IV-VII

In the II IV VIIby Michael Doyle In the I IV VIII just might playMy way to blues heavenBut I wouldn’t want to really say. It’s just another moment in this dayTroubles found and troubles goneNo real matter to how … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Question About Progress Has Become the Question Whether We Can Discovery Any Way of Submitting To the Worldwide Paternalism of A Technocracy Without Losing All Personal Privacy and Independence

“The question about progress has become the question whether we can discover any way of submitting to the worldwide paternalism of a technocracy without losing all personal privacy and independence. Is there any possibility of getting the super Welfare State’s … Continue reading

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