Tag Archives: Read

Time and Illusion

Posted on January 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Time and Illusionby Michael DoyleWalking through life’s many milesI count my wins by my smilesSome might think I’ve been abusedBut mostly, I stand amusedAll the countless false chargesDesigned by enemies to somehow enlargeThe bad things I’ve sometimes doneIn the end, … Continue reading →

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Searching For Reasons Why

Posted on December 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Searching For Reasons Whyby Michael DoyleSearching for wordsThat just won’t comeHoping for a pocketful of miraclesBut finding noneThis is no way to spendThe moments leading to Christmas DayJust hoping for them to endCause they make no difference anywayTake another sip … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If I Read A Book and It Makes My Whole Body So Cold No Fire Can Ever Warm Me,/I Know That Is Poetry

Posted on December 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, / I know that is poetry.” -Emily Dickinson, poet (10 Dec 1830-1886)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Book, Cold, Emily Dickinson, Fire, Poetry, Read, Thought For the Day, Warm, Whole Body | Leave a comment

Path of Humility

Posted on November 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Path of Humilityby Michael DoyleLike a vagabond in the nightI was just hoping to find the lightGrowing tired of relying on my own sightI was determined to get it rightTurning my habits to be set freeAs God came to save … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bed, Deteermine, Deteremine, Eyes, Faith, Gideon's Bible, God, God's Side, Habits, Hide, Hiding Places, Hope, Humility, Jesus, Joy, Light, Name, New Man, Openly, Path, Path of Humility, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Read, Rely, Righ, Satan, Save, Set Free, Shame, Sight, Thank God, The Son, True, True Courage, Vagabond | Leave a comment

The Blood of Unrequited Tears

Posted on October 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Blood of Unrequited Tearsby Michael DoyleEven children book storiesHold whispers of former gloriesLike the Book of Life’s ResurrectionIf we follow the clues, we’ll find the connectionsA brave child will dare to readUsing his imagination to find where it leadsEven … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adventure, Arise, Attachment, Blood, Burning Fire, Children Book Stroies, Coax, Connection, Consequences, Curses, Damnation, Death and Pain, Despair, Disrepair, Doctor, Forgotten, Funeral Pyres, Hell, Hippocratic Oath, Hypocritic Snare, Imagination, Mercy, Plague, Poetry and Poems, Read, Tears | Leave a comment

Every Next Step

Posted on October 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Inspired by a friend’s blog post. It’s been a very wonderful experience reading her journey of recovery and walking toward fulfilling her bliss over the years. The tips and insights she has shared have been quite remarkable. If you’re interested, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angels, Applaud, Apply, Attitude, Beauty Beyond Bones, Behind, Best Lives, Blessings, Blog, Bring, Clean Slate, Confron, Days, Deception, Dignity, Does, Earn, Empty Hearts, Every, Experience, Familiarity, Focus, Free, Freedom, Fulfillment, Future, Godly, Good Life, Gratitude, Habits, Health, Helpful, Humility, Inspiration, Itention, Jesus, Journey, Know, Learn, Liberty, Life, Living Life, Love, Measure, Mind, Mindful, Need, Neglect, New Discovery, New Walk, Next Step, Numbers, Nurture, Nurturee, Onward and Upward, Open Admiration, Past, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Post-Recovery, Power, Prayer, Preference, Proect, Proverbial Hat, Purity, Purpose, Read, Relate, Respect, Right Intention, Run, Safe, Share, Shock, Sickness, Similiarty, Simple, Snare, Strive, Things Happen, Treasure, True, Tyranny, Victory, Walk, Ways, Wellness, Wisdom, Words, Wrong Comfort | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: You Think Your Pains and Heartbreaks Are Unprecedented In the History of the World, But Then You Read

Posted on August 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me were the very things that connected me with all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged All the People, Books, Connect, Heartbreak, History, James Baldwin, Pain, Read, Taught, Think, Thought For the Day, Torment, Unprecedented, World | Leave a comment

A Purity of Feeling

Posted on June 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Purity of Feelingby Michael DoyleSailing along the sea Guided by a northern lightBecomes a willing collaborationTo reach our destinationSomewhere between the purityAnd the places of sheer beautyIs the presence utterly revealingConcealed inside the naked feelingProfound as it is somewhat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absurd, Aestehtic Principle, Alleviation, Appeal, Beauty, Beguile, Bleed, Choice, Collaboration, Competition, Desire, Destination, Detritus, Disembodied Voices, Drift, Feeling, Halluncinate, Inebriation, Inspire, Interlinked, Link, Listen, Mass, Mass Communication, Miasma, Midnight, Mind, Nightcrawlers, Northern Light, Participate, Poetry and Poems, Purity, Read, Real, Repetition, Reveal, Risk, Sail, Sea, Shared, Shudder, Thought, Voice, Whisper, Writer | Leave a comment

First Principles: If A Nation Expects To Be Ignorant – and Free – In A State of Civilization, It Expects What Never Was and Never Will Be

Posted on May 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If a nation expects to be ignorant — and free — in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty & property … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: No Two Persons Ever Read the Same Book

Posted on May 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“No two persons ever read the same book.” -Edmund Wilson, critic (8 May 1895-1972)

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