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First Principles: It Is To Be Regretted That the Rich and Powerful Too Often Bend the Acts of Government To Their Own Selfish Purposes
“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.” – Andrew Jackson, in his Veto Message to Congress regarding the Bank of the United States (July 10, … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Acts of Government, Andrew Jackson, Bank of the United States, Bend, Charter, Clean Up the Swamp, Congress, Economic Privileges, Equal Opportunity, First Principles, Political Interferece, Powerful, Preference, Public Money, Regret, Rich, Risk, Selfish Purposes, Stability, State Banks, Trump, Veto, Violation
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In the Heat of August
In the Heat of Augustby Michael DoyleRising temperatures affect the moodWith noisy insects seeming to intrudeSome live to complain line after lineBut I think instead, I’ll make August mineEven a poet or two finds it a povertyThat they cannot enjoy … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Affect, August, Autumn, Blue Moon, Children, Complain, Dreams, Dusk, Embrace, Evening Woods, Explore, Favorite, Feast, Fields of Flowers, Fireflies, Forget, Fruit, Heat, Helen Hunt Jackson, Hours, Intrude, Line After Line, Magic, Mine, Mood, Moon Beams, Nature, Noisy Insects, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Pools, Poverty, Regret, Ripe, Rising Temperatures, Soul, Summer's Last Stand, Sunny Days, Swim, Swimming Holes, Tapestry, Think, Understand, Violets
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The Secret Woes of Regret
The Secret Woes of Regretby Michael DoyleKept silence about better daysAre still remembered for the better waysWe once so happily lived inBefore the days of blood and drunken sinsWe clean the ship’s hull on the beachTo gain that extra knot … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Attention, Beach, Better Days, Better Way, Better Ways, Blind, Blood, Breach, Dead Men, Died, Dread, Dreams, Drunken Sins, Fair Weather, Faith, False Promises, Forget, Friends, Gamble, Gold, Happy, Honor, Integrity, Intention, Knot, Legendary, Lied, Life, Loss, Men, Misdeed, Mystic Power, November's Rain, Pain, Pirate, Pirates, Plunder, Poetry and Poems, Prevails, Ramble, Regret, Remember, Require, Secret, Ship's Hull, Silence, Strong Wind, Suffering, Tales, Tears, Truth, Woe, Yesterday
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Disciples By Grace
Disciples By Graceby Michael DoyleJesus allows us to questionAccepting this without hesitationThough He was given all authorityHe charges His disciples authenticallyTo go and spread the good newsWhile allowing differing viewsThere was room for strategies and doubtWhile spreading the good news … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ability, Accept, Allow, Authentic, Authority, Charge, Community, Complxity, Disciples, Done, Doubt, Earth, Eternity, Eyes, Forget, God's Power, God's Family, Good News, Gospel, Grace, Great Commission, Gspel, Heart, Hesitation, Hope, Humanity, Hurting Places, Impact, Jesus, Omission, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Promises, Question, Real, Regret, Ripple, Seen, Share, Simplicity, Sorrow, Souls, Strategy, Supernatural Hour, Surrender, Testimony, Today, Tomorrow, Universal Paths, Vision, Witness, Word, Worth, Zeal
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Totality and Doom
Totality and Doomby Michael DoyleYesterday, the moon blotted out the sunIn the same way, it has frequently doneThe people traveled from miles aroundHoping they would see something to astoundTheir weary minds at least for a little whileSome came to be … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Apocalypse, Appear, Astound, Bits and Pieces, Blood Moon, Bloom, Blot, Certain, Change, Chaos, Clever, Close Lips, Comfort, Conspiracies, Corner, Crowd, Cultural, Dandeliions, Darkness, Days, Devil's Comet, Die, Doom, Doomsayer, End, Faith, Familiar, Fear, Forever, Happy, Internet, Lear, Lives, Magical, Miles, Moon, Odd, Panic, Path of Totality, Poetry and Poems, Prediction, Prophecies, Reality, Regret, Religious, Resilient, Signficant, Signs, Sky, Smile, So Much for, Speak, Startled, Strong, Sun, Taught, Thinker, Totality, Travel, Trouble, Vibe, View, Wait, Watch, Weary Minds, Whisper, Wrong, Years, Yesterday
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Mean Streaks and Misgivings
Mean Streaks and Misgivingsby Michael DoyleWhen the Colt has turned to rustAnd all that’s left is to swallow the dustThe desert plays tricks on a man’s mindAs he looks over his shoulder at what’s left behindWar is war and won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Amend, At Last, Blind, Blindness, Body, Bury, Carry, Catch Up, Cost, Cure, Desert, Dust, Ease, Eke Away, Endure, Eye For An Eye, Find, Forget, Gun Hand, Heart, Labyrinth, Left Behind, Living Days, Mean Streak, Memories, Mental Maze, Mind, Misgiving, More, Our Ways, Past, Persistence, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Price, Regret, Resistance, Revenge, Ripped Free, Rust, Settle, Shaken, Shoulder, Soul, Soul's Rot, Start, Sun, Taken, The Days, Things Done, Tricks, Tricks of Mind, Truce, Truth, Turns Out, War, Whiskey, Wounded, Wounds
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Grief and Memory
Grief and Memoryby Michael DoyleAdmittedly, I have never really been oneTo follow the lives of those holding celebrityFor the most part, when it’s all said and doneI’ve had even less time for British royaltyBut the turn of news imparted quite … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Beach, Bleed, British Royalty, Canncer, Casual Jeans, Celebrity, Civility, Colbert, Compassion, Crass, Cruel, Decency, Dignity, Example, False Headlines, Family, Follow, Grief and Memory, Hope and Dignity, Kate Middleton, Late Night, Malady, Media Strategy, Mercy, Mindset, Modest Truth, Mongrels, Mother With Young Children, News, No Stranger, Paparazzi, Poetry and Poems, Posture, Pray, Preach, Regret, Reject, Respect and Dignity, Said and Don, Strong, Strong As We Must Be, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Treat, TV Comedy, Underpass, Unfeeling, Whispered Wounds
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