Tag Archives: Revolution

Dunmore’s Lamentation

Posted on July 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Dunmore’s Lamentationby Michael DoyleA seeming footnote on the journeyWas found about the struggle for libertyWe had gone to Point Pleasant to seeAnother point of what is legendaryOn to find that the struggle for this nationAlso began with Lord Dunmore’s lamentationAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged America's Journey, American, Bad Decisions, Betray, British Kingdom, Cause of Freedom, Concord, Cornstalk, Fight, First Blood, First Bullets, Footnote, History, Journey, Kanawha, Kentucky, Keys, Legendary, Lexington, Liberty, Lord Dunmore, Manifest Destiny, Nation, Pattern, Poetry and Poems, Point Pleasant, Revolution, Tecumseh, West Virginia, Westward | Leave a comment

Voices Speak

Posted on April 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Voices Speakby Michael DoyleVoices speak over one another requiring choiceWhere should we focus with more than one voiceIt’s wholly revolutionary moving past the situationWith disgruntled perspectives knowing absorptionThe simple man always wants to speak the truthBut so few have listened … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absorption, Alien, Awaken, Choice, Complexity, Creep, Cup, Danger, Devil Inside, Devil's Brew, Devour, Dinner Table, Focus, Intestinal Stew, Light, Listen, Night, Oppressive Days, Paths, Patriarchal, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Revolution, Scene, Simple Man, Situation, Social Anxiety, Speak, Truth, Unconscious, Voices, Youth | Leave a comment

A Silent Genesis

Posted on May 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Silent Genesisby Michael DoyleMy new obsessionHas a silent genesisIn the maelstromOf ghosts and typhoonsBeyond our bodiesWe rest in eupnea Pure reason’s revolutionFlies on the wings of a dead butterflyLost in the fathoms Between the hammer and anvilIs the dark … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ambassadors, Apprentices, Believers, Between, Beyond, Bodies, Butterfly, Color, Dark Third, Eupnea, Fathoms, Genesis, Ghosts, Hammer and Anvil, Maelstrom, Magic, Morning, Obsession, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Pure Reason, Revolution, Silent, Stronger, Survive, Typhoons, Universe, Void, Willows, Wings, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: Every Child In America Should Be Acquainted With His Own Country

Posted on April 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Acquainted, America, Country, Every Child, First Principles, History, Ideas, Illustrious Heroes, Life and Practice, Noah Webster, On the Education of Youth In America, Praise of Liberty, Read, Rehearse, Revolution, Statesmen, Useful | Leave a comment

Beneficial Benediction

Posted on February 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Beneficial Benedictionby Michael DoyleIt should really come as no surpriseThat when all anyone ever tells is liesTo tell the truth is a revolutionBut it’s beneficial in our evolutionDon’t fear the monsters in your headMake them afraid of you insteadLike figments … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Begun, Benediction, Beneficial, Break, Chains, Comfort, Dream, Evolution, Fear, Figments, Fool's Gold, Future, Glistens, Head, Hold Us Back, Journey, Lies, Listens, Machination, Mast, Monsters, Past, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Regain, Revolution, Rocks, Sail, Shadows, Ship, Sleep, Speaking Truth, Surprise, Tortured Imagination, Truth, Victory, Wall, Won | Leave a comment

Echo Chambered

Posted on August 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Echo Chamberedby Michael DoyleI’ve tried to fit inBut here we are againSo many interested in the echoChambered and not the ebb and flowTo me, I find a lot to think onAs I watch life’s tides flowToo little time for arguing … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Lot to Think On, Antique, Argue, Conspiracy, Constitution, Doesn't Really Matter, Easy To Shoot, Ebb and Flow, Echo, Enemy, Except For Your Way, Here We Are Again, Interest, Life's Tides, Long As the Target Isn't You, Mystery, Open Ended, Picking Targets, Poetry and Poems, Questioning, Remind, Revolution, Rule of Law, Shatters, Society, Too Little Time, Tried To Fit In, Wide Open, Without Depth, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Deepest Roots

Posted on February 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Deepest Rootsby Michael DoyleCast about with questioning looksThere’s much to be learned from great booksWhen we unlock our dulled hesitationsAnd dare to ask the great questionsAlthough the human spirit is quite flappableIt doesn’t take a lot to realize, we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ask, Cannot Shake, Cast About, Dare, Decisions, Determine, Determined, Determining Our Course, Essence of Things, Fallen Sage, Flappable, Fragile Youth, Fullest Passion, Goethe, Grasping, Great Books, Great Questions, Hestitations, Human Spirit, Incalculable Ways, Learn, Life Should Be Lived, Love of Life, Old Age, Passing Days, Pleasure of Fashion, Poetry and Poems, Private Resolution, Questioning Look, Realize, Revolution, Searching, Set Fast, Shaken As It Is, Sorrow, Spoken Aloud, Stirring, Straws, Tomorrow, Truth, Unconquerable, Unlocked, Werther, Wise, Youth | Leave a comment

First Principles: War Is When the Government Tells You Who the Bad Guy Is. Revolution Is When You Decide That For Yourself

Posted on January 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

” War Is When the Government Tells You Who the Bad Guy Is. Revolution Is When You Decide That For Yourself” – Benjamin Franklin

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Bad Guy Is, Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Government Tells You, Revolution, War, When You Decide, Who, Yourself | Leave a comment

Arcade Mania

Posted on August 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Arcade Maniaby Michael DoyleRemembering back to the 80s whenI couldn’t wait to put another quarter inA video star in the dark arcadeWas a revolution ready madeMy spaces were invaded rows at a timeWhen I wasn’t watching ectoplasmic slimeAtari-ized as we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1980s, Again and Again, Ages, Appeal, Arcade, Atari, Bangles, Boom, Bounce, Bundle, Bust, Concept, Continuoous, Crown, Cuteness, Dark, Depths, Design, Doubt, Electronic, Etoplasmic, Evolution, Flow, Forgot, Game, Glitz, Glow, Gone, Good Times, HIgh Scores, Hungry, Ignore, Impossible, Invade, Kings, Leverage, Magic, Mania, Moved On, Neglect, New Tricks, PacMan, Patterns, People, Photograph, Pizza, Play, Poem, Poetry, Quarter, Ready Made, Recall, Refine, Relic, Remember, Revelation, Revere, Reverse Engineering, Revolution, Rows, Saucy, Shot, Sketch, Slice, Slime, Society, Space, Speculate, Starcade, Strategy, Technology, Theories, Tilt, Trust, Urge, Video Star, Visualize, Wait, Walls, Women, World Changing | Leave a comment

Theatrical Dawg Bones Thrown

Posted on August 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

However much the director whines that he’s only got 2 1/2 hours to present his hip hop distortions of American history and however much he manages to make his errors rhyme and dance match the music’s time, I don’t appreciate … Continue reading →

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