Tag Archives: Say

The Rights of Even the Wrong

Posted on May 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Rights of Even the Wrongby Michael DoyleIt doesn’t matter if right or wrongAll ideas politely put do belongIn the public market for all to hearThis is the way of liberty and not of fearSpeak up for the sake of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Ideas, All Words, Allow, Anyway, Belong, Death of Our Nation, Details, Everyone, Favor, Fear, Hear, Hint, Liberty, Matter, Poetry and Poems, Polite, Public Market, Right or Wrong, Rights, Sake, Say, Speak Up, Suppression, Tale, Tell, True Diversity, Truth, Uncivil Perversity, Wrong | Leave a comment

Moonkyst and the Twisted Fae

Posted on April 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Moonkyst and the Twisted Faeby Michael DoyleIn the early morning mistWe dream our dreams moonkystit’s a fantasy, some might sayBut it gets us through another daySome dance the dance of twisted faeWhile the music plays; they swayAs if it might … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Best, Better This Way, Childhood Days, Dance, Day, Dream, Early Morning, Eyes, Fantasy, Games To Play, Head, Hurt, Last Fantasy, Memories, Mist, Moments, Moonkyst, Music, Pillow, Play Out Life, Poetry and Poems, Reality, Rest, Reverie, Say, Silver Screen, Smile, Soul, Sway, True, Twisted Fae, View, Whimsical, Worth the While, Yesterday | Leave a comment

A Life Lived Publicly

Posted on April 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Life Lived Publiclyby Michael DoyleWe walk through life brisklyThinking thoughts ironicallyAbout a life lived publiclyWhen it cannot be lived privatelyThere are eyes most everywhereAs the cameras blink and others stareIt only works if we live comfortablyWith the feeling we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alright, Asterisk, Authentic Profession, Blend, Breaking Down Walls, Breakthrough, Briskly, Brood, Calls, Cameras, Comfortable, Comically, Concession, Confession, Confrontation, Connects, Deflection, Despite, Done, Echoed Chambers, Everywhere, Eyes, Failed Sentences, Family, Feeling, Forget, Foundation, Group Therapy, Honesty, Hugs, Imperfect, Incomplete, Ironic, Kindness, Laws, Learn, Life, Means, Minds, Moments, Need To Hide, No Time For Regrets, Other Side, Pause, Peace, Perfect Ones, Poetry and Poems, Pray It All Away, Pride, Private, Process, Public, Punchlines, Reflection, Regrets, Routine, Say, Secrets, Session, Shroud, Silent, Sincere, Somewhere, Stare, Still Here, Strife, Surrender, Tears, Tender, Tenderness, The Divine Comedy, The Thinker, Think, Times, Truth, Vulnerable, Wait, Walk, Whispers, Works, Wrongs, Youth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If Just As We Are, We Would Lay Ourselves On the Altar of Service of Jesus Christ, There Is No Saying What Christ Could Do With Us and Through Us

Posted on April 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If just as we are, we would lay ourselves on the altar of service of Jesus Christ, there is no saying what Christ could do with us and through us.” – William Barclay

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Altar, Christ, Could Do, Jesus Christ, Just As We Are, Lay Ourselves, Say, Service, Thought For the Day, Through Us, William Barclay, With Us | Leave a comment

Our Everything

Posted on March 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Our Everythingby Michael DoyleNot just important, but our everythingOur reason for all and the joy of our beingNo compartmentalizing, but our purposeOur every reason with nothing to presupposeAll things through and of God to loveThis truth we must keep aboveAll … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, All Things, Altar, Ashes, Being, Bringer of Light, Christ, Compartmentalizing, Do, Dust, Engagement, First, Forward, Full, God, Great Commission, Important, Joy, Living In Faith, Lord, Matter of Trust, Mission, Must, Our Everything, Plowshares, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Presuppose, Purpose, Quencher of Thirst, Reason, Say, Trust, Truth, View | Leave a comment

A Father’s Love

Posted on February 19, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Father’s Loveby Michael DoyleA young girl hurtsWith the soul of a womanWhy doesn’t anyone understandA father listens, alert -Doing the best that he canSilently, he offers his handShe dries her eyesWhile he simply listensTo the questions on her mindHe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Father's Love, Beauty, Best, Bond, Challenges, Charm, Coming Up, Cruel, Curled, Deep, Defend, Explain, Eyes, Faithfulness, Folly, Forever, Fussed, Hard, Harm, Heart, His Hand, His Stories, Hold, Know, Laughing Eyes, Lies, Listen, Listening, Love, Mind, Must, Necessary, Once, Once His Little Girl, One Voice, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Protect, Questions, Said, Sanctuary, Say, Sever, She, Silent, Simple, Soul, Survive, Swerved, Sworn Duty, Teach, Trust, Understand, Undeserved, Withstand, Woman, World, Young Girl | Leave a comment

Dedicated To A Half Remembered Lorax, Part III

Posted on January 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated To A Half Remembered Lorax, Part IIIby Michael DoyleThere’s one word left to sayOne hope left yet to prayThere’s no need to second guessIt all comes down to unlessUnless we have faith of a mustard seedUnless we listen to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chance, Change, Correction, Course, Dedicate, Direction, Discern, Dream, Esteem, Faith, From, Great Things, Harmony, Hearts, Heed, Hope, Learn, Lesson, Listen, Lorax, Magnificience, Model, Mustard Seed, Naysayer, Need, Play, Plentitude, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Remember, Say, Second Guess, Significance, Simple Dream, Small, Smallish Things, True, Truly Seem, Unless, Warning | Leave a comment

Even the Mother of God

Posted on December 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Even the Mother of Godby Michael DoyleEven the mother of God was humanTaking her steps best that she canWhen she became chosen with careThis world’s savior to carry and bearGabriel appeared in dead of the nightTelling her the truth and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Blame, Chosen, Duty, Embrace, Favored Status, Full Intention, Gabriel, God, Grace, Honor, Human, Light, Love, Mary, Mortal, Mother of God, Night, No Other Way, Obedience, Obeying God, Opportunity, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Purity, Savior, Say, Shame, Steps, Truth, Upside Down, Virgin, Word | Leave a comment

With Contented Sigh

Posted on December 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

With Contented Sighby Michael DoyleNo matter how muchOf this world, Atlas carriesOn his tired old backIt’s the writer’s touchThat moves or buriesThe feelings we too often lackTurning it on, page after pageConveying the feelings we want to sayHinted at or … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amusement, Atlas, Back, Bemusement, Binge, Born, Brave, Buries, Clack, Click, Contented Sigh, Conttent, Convey, Crawling, Cringe, Devil, Die, Due, Everyday, Feelings, Hint, Leave This World, Life Comes, Matter, Meager, Meant To Say, Moments, Moves, Our Words, Page, Poetry and Poems, Pound of Flesh, Pressing Onward, Pushing Toward, Sage, Say, Scene by Scene, Sigh, Souls, Straight Forward, Turning It On, Wandering, Wondering, World, Writer's Day, Writer's Touch | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Someone Is Responsible For What Happened, and I Can’t Say Who That Is, But I Know It’s Not Me

Posted on December 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Someone is responsible for what happened, and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me.” – Alec Baldwin, deflecting the responsibility that everyone holding a gun has toward others with respect to gun safety

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Alec Baldwin, Happened, Know, Responsible, Say, Someone, Thought For the Day, Who | Leave a comment