Tag Archives: Shadow

Visceral Causes

Posted on April 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The fifth and final of the series based on the science fiction movie, Alien. Visceral Causesby Michael DoyleThe visceral causes bits of reactionConnected to the phobias with distinctionA baby born with a visual screamBirthing the nightmare, where might have been … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Beware Lest You Lose the Substance By Grasping At the Shadow

Posted on April 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.” -Aesop (c. 620–564 BC)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Aesop, Beware, First Principles, Grasp, Lest, Lose, Shadow, Substance | Leave a comment

Jack Frost (On the Window Pane)

Posted on December 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Jack Frost (On the Window Pane)by Michael DoyleAnnually, we celebrate Groundhog’s DayHoping for winter’s passing and spring on the wayEvery year the reclusive groundhog and his shadowComes out to reveal which way it’s bound to goWith chestnuts roasting on that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Between the Clouds, Blinding Blue, Calling Card, Cold, Conspire, Delight, Fire, Glow, Groundhog's Day, Hearts, Hide and Seek, Icy Traces, Jack Frost, Kittens, Linger, Memory, Mittens, Peeks, Poetry and Poems, Reveal, Revelry, Shadow, Shut Eye, Smiles, Smiles and Laugher, Snow, Snowman, Spring, Sun, Tales, Told, Warmth, Wave, Winter, Wistful Sigh, Woodland Creatures | Leave a comment

Blown Smoke

Posted on April 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Blown Smokeby Michael DoyleBlown smoke seen through a windowThe feel of doubt, imprinted on her shadowThe detective watches the young widowLooking for clues, he might recognize and knowHe thinks back on days of reverieThat are no longer more than memoryShivering … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arms, Blown Smoke, Borrow, Burn, Children, Clues, Contrite, Dark, Days, Detective, Empty, Feel of Doubt, Forgot, Keep Out, Know, Life, Love, Memory, Misery, Night, Not Divine, Numbers, Paganini, Poetry and Poems, Present, Recognize, Revenge, Reverie, Rocks, Rude, Run, Secret Moods, Shadow, Ship of Fools, Shiver, Sign, Silver Strings, Sorrow, Souls, Stargazer, System, Tomorrow, Troubles, Widow, Window, Wise, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Sins of My Father Remembered

Posted on February 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Sins of My Father Rememberedby Michael DoyleShadowed in doubtTrapped within rootsOn a planet ringed by orbitalsSeeking, search for any way outLooking for any solution that contributesToward escaping the controlsIn the Hotel NevermoreIs a bottle of tearsFor all the lost waysWatch … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ambitions, Atone, Bad, Binary Code, Bottle, Carry, Cashed In, Clickbait, Confide, Core, Days, Debts, Doubt, Dreams, Drop, Emptiness, Empty Years, Escape, Father, Feet, Fit, Good, Gorgonized, Ground, Honor, Horror, Hotel, Hours, Hypnotized, Knowledge, Living, Lost Ways, Moments, My Father's Shoes, Nevermore, Night, Nightmares, Planet, Poetry and Poems, Pours, Promises Made, Purest Love, Remember, Roots, Sarcasm, Screams, Search, Seldom Shared, Shadow, Shot Glass, Sins, Sins of My Father, Snares, Society, Solution, Soul, Stone, Suppressed, Tears, Thoughts, Trapped, Views, Whiskey, Wit | Leave a comment

Nothing Better Than You, Lord

Posted on February 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Nothing Better Than You, Lordby Michael DoyleEven as I walk through shadowThere’s something that I knowYour love will always surround meEven when I don’t deserve your sympathyWhen my life becomes ashesAnd my spirit tears with the thrashesThe fight and battle … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Ashes, Asunder, Blunder, Compare, Connection, Direction, Dread, Faith, Fight and Battle, God, Head, Heart, Know, Lord, Meaning, Nothing Better, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Questions, Shadow, Soar, Sympathy, Thrash, Wandered, Wondered, Word, World, Your Love | Leave a comment

Well-Tempered Clavier Played In Discord

Posted on January 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Well-Tempered Clavier Played In Discordby Michael DoyleThe disappointmentWas of an inevitabilityAfter all, to err is humanity’s Greatest capabilityVery few are hard wiredInto our grand designWe don’t stand a prayerIn the face of the divineEven the hand of the creatorIs open … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Awake, Best, Brace, Capability, Clavier, Disappointment, Discord, Divine, Dreams, Err, Fade, Fate, Fear, Filter, Final, Grand Design, Guns, Half-Forgotten, Hand of the Creator, Hard Wired, Heads, Humanity, Inevitability, Intend, Intricate, Last Note, Late, Late Night Shows, Master of Puppets, Memorize, Metaphorical, Mind, Odds, Parts, Passion, Perceptions, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Pull the Trigger, Pulled Strings, Realize, Recall, Release, Rote, Shadow, Shotgun Wedding, Silent Screams, Snow, Taught, Tragic Flaw, True, Well-Tempered, Well-Tempered Clavier, Wishing Wishes | Leave a comment

Always Time For A Story

Posted on December 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Always Time For A Storyby Michael DoyleQuietly sitting on the pewThere in one sense, familyWearing our brother’s coatAnd in this, draped in povertyKeeping warm on Christmas nightAll for the sake of spirits brightKept a flicker in swaddling clothesAs only as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Child, Child's Heart, Christmas Day, Christmas Night, Coat, Comfort, Compare, Distances, Doll, Dream, Dull Surprise, Empathy, Excite, Eyes, Family, Glory, Gold, Heart, Hole, Home, Hurt, Joyful, Kings, Know, Lonely Heart, Love, Love's Story, Loving Heart, Miss, Paupers, Pew, Place, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Saddened Eyes, Second Hand Embarrassment, Secret, Seem, Sentiment, Shadow, Share, Sit, Soul, Spirits Bright, Story, Surprise, Swaddling Clothes, Sympathy, Time, Too Young, Unafraid, Voice, Warm, Window, Wishes | Leave a comment

First Principles: Keep Your Face Always Toward the Sunshine – and Shadows Will Fall Behind You

Posted on November 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman (1819-1892) For something a little different in this month edging up on that day of Thanksgiving and gratitude…is a poetic thought that used … Continue reading →

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The Harder They Fall

Posted on November 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

The Harder They Fallby Michael DoyleThe harder they fallEither side of the lawIt’s the repeat and callIn the nature of it allSins of the fathers growIn a deeper shade of shadowDarker than the blackest blackIt’s righteousness they lackTwo sides of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Black, Blunder, Coin, Dark, Fall, Function, Grow, Hard, Heal, Hope, Join, Law, Light, Lightening, Nature, Night, Poetry and Poems, Righteousness, Safe, Shadow, Side, Sins of the Father, Soul, Spell, Thunder, Truth, Two Sides, Uncouth, Whole, Wonder | Leave a comment