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On the 1619 Project
An ahistorical work that seeks to repudiate the founding principles of America won the Pulitzer Prize today. In my eyes, all luster is now gone to both the Nobel prizes and the Pulitzer with this move. It’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahistorical, Alienation, All Against All, Allege, America, American History, Arbitrary, Assert, Attempt, Balkanization, Bill of Goods, Capricious, Compromise, Conceived, Consideration, Constitutional Convention, Content, Core, Curriculum, Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Discern, Division, Do Away, Enough, Equal Under Law, Fabric, Fairy Tales, False, Fiction, Founding Principles, Good, Grapple, Group Rights, Groups, History, Hit Piece, Identity Politics, Ill-Liberal, Ill-Liberalism, Illiteracy, Individuals, Integrity, Intent, Invention, Issue, Journalists, Lack, Legitimacy, Liar's Club, Liberty, Loud, Love, Meander, Mentality, Miscreants, Mob Rule, Nation, Nonsense, Notes, Oversold, Overtern, Photograph, Pluralism, Poem, Poetry, Principles, Privilege, Promise, Propaganda, Proposition, Public Good, Pulitzer Prize, Purpose, Real, Repubican Values, Repudiation, Repudicate, Reveal, Right Path, Said, Sake, Self Loathing, Self-Serving, Sincere, Social Justice, Socialists, Struggle, The 1619 Project, Told, Tool, Toxic, Trotskyite, True, Truth, Tryanny, Unalienable Rights, Unity, Untrue, Value, Victimhood, Virtue Signaling, Want, Won't Do, Wrong Minded
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In A Still Sleeping Place Inside My Head
The for the fourth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020 is: “…to write a poem based on an image from a dream”. … and so I did…. In A Still Sleeping Place Inside My Head by Michael Doyle The feeling comes … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Above, Again, Angels, Another, Beauty, Become, Begun, Below, Beyond, Black, Bold, Bring, Center Point, Chance, Chorus, Circumstance, Connect, Count, Cover, Dance, Dancing, Dark, Deep, Dissonant, Dominion, Dread, Dream, Dreamers, Drift, Drop, Energy, Evil, Experience, Fear, Feeling, Flow, Foe, Friend, God, Happen, Happiness, Hard, Head, Hope, Hunt, Image, Integration, Intimacy, Jacked, Join, Lame, Learn, Level, Life, Light, Live, Marry, Mask, Merge, Mermaid, Mind, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Numb, One, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Purpose, Reach Out, Real, Red, Reel, Relevancy, Revealing, Rip, Run, Sadness, Seal, Sing, Sleep, Slumber, Someday, Soul, Still, Supreme, Swirl, Syncrhonization, Tear, Thought, Times, Twilight, Undone, Unreal, Urgency, Vivid, Walk, Waltz, Want, Wax, White, Wild Card, World, Wormhole
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Love Suffers Long
Based in part on 1 Corinthians 13:4-5: Love Suffers Long by Michael Doyle The greatest thing is the truest love Not superficial love but the real love That love which God gives to us all The kind of love needed … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle, Bible, Blood, Christ, Contest, Corinthians, Cross, Death, Deliver, Faith, Fate, Forgiven, Glory, God, Great, Heaven, Home Church, Jesus, Lifee, Long, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Real, Recall, Sacrifice, Sin, Suffer, Superficial, Test, The Law, the Word, True, Victory
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Pandemic 2020
The days are dark but we will get through this. Pandemic 2020 by Michael Doyle Mass graves mark the passing through Of the last major outbreak of flu There are not moments relegated to history But a devastating part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Answer, Arc, Atheist, Breath, Bring, Clock, Computation, Contamination, Covoid 19, Cure, David, Day, Defy, Desperate, Devestate, Endure, Fail, Fataility, Fatal, Flaw, Flu, Global, Goliath, Hard, History, Hope, Human, Human Welfare, If, Immunity, Immunization, Incubation, Infinite, Knees, Life, Light, Mass Graves, Mistake, Moments, Monster, Mortality, Mutation, Mystery, Novel, One, Outbreak, Pandemic, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Potential, Pray, Rapid, Real, Research, Reveal, Rise, Risk, Say, Sling, Tick, Truth, Universal, Variation, Virus, Warfare, When, Worse
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Desiree
A poem written for my lady love in thoughts of her as I have spent time away today reflecting on the time passages and changes to all of our lives since this pandemic has begun. Desiree by Michael Doyle Looking … Continue reading
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Tagged Best of Me, Butterflies, Candle, Day by Day, Desire, Desiree, Destiny, Dreams, End of Days, Eyes, Forever Girl, Heart, Lady Love, Last, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Real, Shine, Smile
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First Principles: The Real Man Smiles In Trouble, Smiles In Trouble, Gathers Strength From Distress and Grows Brave By Reflection
“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” – Thomas Paine Allowing of the context of the mores of the time and circumstances, please extrapolate this to his real meaning, ‘real people with true … Continue reading
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Tagged Brave, Character, Distress, First Principles, Gather, Grow, People, Real, Reflection, Smile, Strength, Thomas Paine, Trouble
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Souls On the Line
Ever had that moment when you suddenly knew that however scary love is, you had met your forever in the eyes of the one you love? Souls On the Line by Michael Doyle My soul is on the line Wanting … Continue reading
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Tagged Always, Baby, Beautiful, Believe, Best of Love, Better, Beyond, Blind, Bliss, Broken, Choose, Clever, Dare, Doubt, Dream, Eyes, Feel, Feeling, Find, Forever, Happiness, Heart, Inside, Kind, Know, Life, Line, Love, Marking Time, Mind, Mine, Moment, Much, Must, Our, Out, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Puzzle, Reach, Real, Room, Soul, Spoken, Sublime, Surreal, Together, Touch, Travel, Trust, Want, Wonder, Words
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Kindness Over Sin
Force never brings love into this world. Eloquence can be stunning and yet is no proof of conviction. So, what’s the answer? Maybe… Kindness Over Sin by Michael Romani Not so much serendipity As it is mere Christianity To … Continue reading
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Tagged Blindness, Certain, Christ, Conviction, Discern, Divinity, Eloquence, Feel, Flame, Force, Frame, Heal, Hurt, Kindness, Lean, Love, Mere Christianity, Name, Offer Up, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Proof, Real, See, Serendipity, Serve, Simple, Sin, Stun, Tame, Temptation, Theology, Trump, Words, World, Zeal
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Alchemy of Words
Words are such powerful things – especially when you’re not finding the right ones… Alchemy of Words by Michael Romani Standing just before the threshold Hand to heart then hand to ground At peace as each journey unfolds I reverently … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemy, Blind, Bright, Collide, Connection, Core, Damocles' Sword, Dangle, Days, Double Dealing, Double Speak, Embrace, Emperor, Energy, Experience, Eyes, Feeling, Felt, Gateway, Golden Chord, Ground, Hand, Heart, Idea, Ideas, Information, Journey, Mean, Orwell, Pass, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points of View, Power, Pretense, Pulsate, Real, Reliance, Sense, Stand, Surreal, Thought, Threshold, Transform, Transparent, Truth, Unwrap, Wisdom, Word, Youth
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The Veil Falls
That first sight. You heart either implodes into the chemistry of it all. Or, you sink into yourself and wonder at the missing spark. Still, what an amazing concept to be resting in words alone and faith that true love … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Bended Knee, Bliss, Butterfly, Down, Dreams, Excite, Expect, Fall, Feel, Figure of Speech, First of Show, First Sight, First Time, Happiness, Honest, Invite, Kiss, Knots, Magic, Melt, Neglect, Nervous, Other, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Promises, Reach, Ready, Real, Right, See, Soul, Spiral, Steady, Stir, Touch, True Beauty, Tumble, Veil
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 