Tag Archives: Silence

The Thick of the Thin

Posted on March 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Thick of the Thinby Michael DoyleWhispered rumor has itThat we’re the thick of the thinIf you were in HellI’d come barreling inFounded on trust and loyaltyThis is what makes us a familyMy soul is resolved in this decisionYours is … Continue reading →

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To Make A Man Invincible

Posted on November 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To Make A Man Invincibleby Michael DoyleYou know that a moon full of madnessAnd a heart filled with sadnessAin’t never done any man no goodFrom that gun in your handIt seems you just might understandYour eyes say it is understoodRiding … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Choices, Dead, Draw, Eyes, Faith, Fears Call, Feel, Ghosts, Gumman, Gun, Hand, Head, Heat, Invincible, Invisible, Kill, Last, Madness, Man, Midnight, Moon, Moonlight, No Good, Outgunning, Past, Poetry and Poems, Regret, Riding Hard, Running, Sadness, Silence, Simple Secret, Stir, Sun, Three Men, Trembling Voices, Two Men, Understand, Understood | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Found I Had Less and Less To Say, Until Finally, I Became Silent, and Began To Listen. I Discovered In the Silence, the Voice of God

Posted on November 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God” – Soren Kierkegaard

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Discover, First Principles, Found, Less, Listen, Say, Silence, Silent, Soren Kierkegaard, The Voice of God | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Silence Is Only Frightening To People Who Are Compulsively Verbalizing

Posted on November 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.” – William S. Burroughs, The Job Interviews With William S. Burroughs — In all his phases and evolutions, William S. Burroughs was perhaps more radical than most of the Beat … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged book-review, Books, Compulsive, Confront, Counterculture, Discomfort, Free, Freedom, Fright, Literature, People, Philosophy, Postmodern Fiction, Rumor, Silence, Still, The Beat Generation, The Marginalized, The Naked Lunch, The Quiet, Thought For the Day, True Peace, Truth, Verbalize, William S. Burroughs, william-burroughs, Writing | Leave a comment

Eternal Flame

Posted on September 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Eternal Flameby Michael DoyleFeeling unworthy of God’s touchI felt I was asking too muchUntil I heard and then I readOf the holy things that were saidGod of all things came to saveLifting me from my fated graveSlowly changing the path … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ask, Back Pages, Blame and Shame, Conformed, Emotional Landmines, Eternal Flame, Feelings, Free, God of All Things, God of Second Chances, God's Touch, Grave, Heard, Holy Things, Hope, King of Kings, Lifeline, Lion of Judah, Love, Loving Kindness, Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Read, Rock of All Ages, Salvation, Save, Silence, Sin, Talk, Theology, Unworthy, Walk, Worn Down | Leave a comment

Speaking In Tongues

Posted on September 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Speaking In Tonguesby Michael DoyleI’ve been speaking in tonguesSeems like ever since I was youngSaying things that make you thinkStraight up to the edge of a blinkThinking those things we shouldn’t sayThat’s how I roll in my day-to-dayIf you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arise, Bitten, Blink, Blowing Wind, Carry On, Children, Content, Day-To-Day, Death, Dege, Eat You Up, Edge, Face, Fear, Friend, Gaze, Gone, Heart, Hope, Know, Listen, Live, Lone Trail, Look, Look Around, New Dreams, Poetry and Poems, Read, Remains, Rising Sun, Roll, Rolling On, Saying Things, Shouldn't Say, Show, Silence, So Much, Speak, Speaking In Tongues, State, Still Here, Straight Up, Tallest Peak, Think, To Be Done, Wonder, Written, Young, Your Eyes | Leave a comment

Madison On Government

Posted on August 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Madison On Governmentby Michael DoyleTroubled times seem to be surroundingWith more demons than angels aboundingMadison found this reason for governmentI don’t see any real further improvementThe truth remains that government is powerWith tiny tyrants clutching at their hourBig words do … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abound, Advance, Angels, Big Words, Cloaw, Constitution, Crown, Demons, Disarmed Populace, Display, Enslaved Press, Eyes, Fellow Citizens, Few, Founded, Freedom, God's Laws, Government, Hear, Hope and Fear, Hour, Improvement, Information, Intolerance, Madison, Mess, Nation, Now and Then, Organize, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Power, Protesting, Reason, Recall, Recognize, Republic, Science, Shouted Down, Silence, Standing Army, Struggle, Surrounding, The Left, Thought, Total Revolution, Troubled Times, Truth, Tyranny, Tyrants, Violence, Way, Within | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Silence Is Not Always A Sign of Wisdom, But Babbling Is Ever A Mark of Folly

Posted on August 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.” – Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, poet, dramatist, and Nobel laureate (29 Aug 1862-1949)

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Thought For the Day: Throughout History, It Has Been the Inaction of Those Who Could Have Acted…That Has Made It Possible For Evil To Triumph

Posted on July 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Fool Is Known By His Speech; and A Wise Man By Silence

Posted on July 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.” – Pythagoras

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