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Halloween: Daughters of Salem
Daughters of Salemby Michael DoyleIn the misted realm of nightmaresBeyond the screens of our daily careThe daughters of Salem tossIn their graveyards of the crooked crossHidden tears masked by blood stainsThat cannot wash away with the cold rainsIs the fear … Continue reading
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Having Heard the Warning
Further reflections on my eldest daughter turning 13: Heaving Heard the Warning by Michael Doyle On Saturday night as I kissed you into sleep There was a part of me that wanted to keep This moment forever as a sacred … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult, All Good, All of Your Charms, All of Your Days, Always Been, Beautiful, Blue, Blur, Born, Bow, By Example, By-Word, Camera's Eye, Catch You Safely, Change, Childhood, Come, Crystal, Cuddle, Daughter, Do All Things, Each Moment, Each Year, Enchant, Every Word, Eyes, Fade, Fear, First, First Beams, First Light, Five More Years, Forever, Given, Go, God, Goodbye To Childhood, Greatest Gift, Greatest Truth, Happy, Hard To Write, Having Heard, heartbeat, Hello, Hid Behind, Hold My Hand, Human Beings, I Will Be there, If You Stumble, Just A Bit, Keep, Kissed, Known To A Man, Label, Last, Let Go, Let You, Life Can Be Tough, Life's Story, Little Girl, Lived, Living, Look Forward, Looked Up, Loving His Daughter, Magical, Measure, Memories, Moment, More Precious, More To Me, Morning, Most Favorite, My Arms, My Heart, North Star, Not Easy, One of My Two, Part, Part of Me, Persevere, Photography, Play, Poem, Poetry, Realize, Realm, Reflection, Revere, Sacred Prayer, Sacred Treasure, Sad, Sail Into, Saturday Night, See Me Cry, Sleep, Smile, Society, Some Young Man, Soulful, Special, Sunday, Sunrise, Teaching You, Teaching You To live, Tears In My Eyes, Tears of Love, The Days Have Passed, The Warning, To Let Go, To Let Me Know, Turning 13, Unafraid, Uncharted Territory, Understand, Warning, Watch the Movie, Watched, Were, Within, Words, Wrapped, You Are, You Love Me, You Ought, Young Heart, Young Lady, Your Father, Your Own
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Tribalisms of Empathy
Society’s kindness has gone markedly down as we tend to polarize and communicate online via social media more. It’s sort of sparking a lot of interest, particularly in these times of social isolation, in getting folks to begin dialoging … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Acts, All In This Together, Amibition, Angry, Anonymity, Best, Better, Biology, Blindness, Bold, Break Down, Brutal, Burn, Challenge, Clues, Cold, Communicate, Communication, Community, Concern, Connection, Contagion, Control, Decline, Dehumanization, Dialog, Difference, Diminish, Direction, Disconnect, Edge, Empathy, Face to Face, Fear, Feelings, Fluid, Forget, Forward, Genes, Gradient, Hard, Harsh, Heart, Heredity, Human, Impersonal, Inference, Inhibition, Isolation, Kindness, Know, Life, Loss, Marsh, Meanness, Mirror, Morass, Nation, Need, Nuance, Pain, Photograph, Physiology, Poem, Poetry, Points of View, Polarize, Prevalence, Reality, Realm, Refine, Remove, Rise, Sad, Selfishness, Social Isolation, Social Media, Society, Spark, Startle, Sympathy, Text, Together, Tribal, Trust, Umbrella, Voice, Voices, Walk, Wobble, World
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With the Turning of the Screw
Legend is replete of those who live and die by the sword, all in the name of honor and glory. It is a noble story. With the Turning of the Screw by Michael Doyle Bitterness born of grief The warrior … Continue reading
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Tagged Bitterness, Blood, Call, Command, Deep, Fate, Fight, Glory, Grief, Haste, Heritage, Home, Honor, Land, Late, Legend, Noble, Patronage, Penance, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realm, Reclaim, Regain, Relief, Remain, Restoration, Revenge, Rule, Screw, Secret, Secure, Story, Sword, Taste, Tears, Turn, Veins, Warrior
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