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Bonhoeffer, Part 6
Bonhoeffer, Part 6by Michael DoyleSometimes the pieces come together,And the time to act is now to make it better.In the face of atrocity and naked despair,It takes action, not prayer, if you truly care.Christ bids believers to come and follow,To … Continue reading
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Tagged Acttion, Atrocity, Believerrs, Better, Burn, Care, Christ, Die To Self, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Euroope, Faith, Follow, History, Humanty, Jews, Learng, Naked Despar, Pieces, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Shadow, The Devil, Tim to Act, Together, World War II
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The Best That I Can
The Best That I Canby Michael DoyleEven for a poet doing the best I can,I wish I were, in some ways, a better man.Sometimes, I can’t write another line,Though I wish I were her Valentine.Hearts impede and sometimes implode,Like a … Continue reading
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Tagged Best, Better Man, Day, Deep Breath, Empathy, Fall Into A Rhyme, Feel, Guitar, Happiiness, Hearts, Hello, Know, Liine, Lonely Man, Mytery, Night, Poet, Poetry and Poems, RightOther Men, Roll, Say, Shadow, Shallow, Song, Sould, Strong, Sympathy, True Bliss, Valentine, Valentine' Day, Violin, Wish, Without You
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Heart Made Whole
Heart Made Wholeby Michael DoyleIn the pain of endless moments,There are times of sheer torment.The things accidentally said,These echo roundabout in my head.Worse yet are the things I’ve seen.Sights that destroy my inner being.Painful recollections from the startAre the scars … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaaazing Grace, Anchor, Days, Echo, Forwrd, Head, Heart, Inner Beiing, Keeper of My Soul, Know, Love, Moment, Note, Outside, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Recollection, Scar, See, Shadow, Sid, Sight, Song, The Lord, Torment, Ways of the Lord, Whole, Worship
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No Cause To Be Afraid
No Cause To Be Afraidby Michael DoyleSometimes it feels like death follows me,Creeping along like a shadow that swallows me.Maybe it is that I should already be dead,I know that’s too much to have been said.At three, I was pushed … Continue reading
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Tagged AFra, Afraid, Cause, Dad, Death, Follow, Life, Love, Number, Poetry and Poems, Pool, Shadow, Swallow
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Since the Garden
Since the Gardenby Michael DoyleIn the beginning, the serpent in the gardenArrive to induce sin without pardon.The fruit of one tree was clearly seenBut was forbidden to every human being.The Devil came as man’s defiant adversary,While God speaks truth, Lucifer … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, Bible, Choice, Christianity, Decisionns, Faith, Free Wll, Frrut, Garden of Eden, God, Good and Evil, Jesus, Know, Knowlege, Light, Lucifer, Poetry and Poem, Real, Satan, Shadow, Siin, The Devil, The Serpent, Traps and Snares, Truth
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The Will To Survive
The Will To Surviveby Michael DoyleIn a soldier’s final score,Only the dead know the end of war.Shrouded in the sadness of despair,Life is hobbled by a world so unfair.We keep on fighting shadowsThough each of us is certain and knowsThe … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Battle, Chance, Crime, Dead, Despair, Family, Generals, Ghost, Glory, History, Infernal War, Jesus, Life, Line, Love, Morning Light, Poetry and Poems, Priority, Rumor, Score, Shadow, Soldier, Story, Survival, Survive, Truth Be Told, Twilight, Unfair, War, Will, World
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Thought For the Day: What Is Life? It Is the Flash of A Firefly In the Night. It Is the Breath of a Buffalo In the Winter Time. It Is the Little Shadow Which Runs Across the Grass and Loses Itself In the Sunset
“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Breath, Buffalo, Crowfoot, Flash, Grass, Life, Night, Shadow, Sunset, Thought For the Day, Wintertime
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Resistance Begun
Resistance Begunby Michael DoyleThere are times of darknessThat leads to nihilism.There was a time of harshness,From it arose Nazism.Banned music played on shortwave,Kept by some in their secrecyDancing on civilization’s grave.Conformity became a form of vanity.Worship was bent to teach … Continue reading
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Tagged Banned Music, Brave Fools, Civilization's Grave, Conformity, Darkness, Fight, Follow, Fuhrer, God's Way, Harshness, Nazism, Nihilism, Poetry and Poems, Price, Resistance, Rote Form, Rule, Shadow, Shortwave, Stand up, Thomas Mann, Times, Vanity, Woship
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Lessons In Ballet
Lessons In Balletby Michael DoyleNo one dares wake Suzy from her sleep.Her dreams of ballet run very deep.With the slippers on her young feet,The Devil’s own she’s gone to meet.Ruby red paints the airport’s walls,As she answers dance’s sacred call.Rushing … Continue reading
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Tagged Absuridty, Aiport, Ballet, Cost, Dance, Dancing Academy, Dead, Devil's Own, Dream, Fear, Feet, Flood Waters, Forest, Innocence, Lessons, Lost, Mytery, Nightmare, Poetry and Poems, Possessed Motion, Question, Rain, Red, Sacred Call, Shadow, Shisper, Sleep, Sliippers, Stormy Night, Suzy, Truth, Walls, Witch, Womb
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