Tag Archives: Silent

Truths Seen

Posted on August 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Truths Seenby Michael DoyleSilent criesStrident alibisTruths seenFor human beingsCan be mortifyingAs we live death defyingTaking risks at every turnWe live as we learnCareful from feeling the burnYet, it is that we still yearnThe world keeps on turningNever certain what we’re … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Solitude, Though It May Be Silent As Light, Is Like Light, the Mightiest of Agencies; For Solitude Is Essential To Man

Posted on August 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone; all leave it alone.” – Thomas De Quincey, writer (15 Aug 1785-1859)

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In the Hateful Wastefulness of Mediocrity

Posted on May 26, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

In the Hateful Wastefulness of Mediocrityby Michael DoyleIs it as it seems some kind of conspiracyThis hateful wastefulness of mediocrityClearly, I am not genius quite enoughFor I, in my simplicity, to hazard a bluffThat human nature is an understandingI hold … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Awkward, Bard's Legacy, Bared, Bluff, Blur, Bonds of Faith, Born, Call, Chances, Chased Around, Child's Test, Clear, Commanding, Conspiracy, Dance, Dawn's Breaking, Deep In the Soul, Denmark, Derision, Doom, Dressed Two Steps Up, Edges of Kingdoms, Elevated Parts, Embrace, Empty Heart, Fall Out, Family, Feigned Fidelity, Figments, Ghost, Giving Everyone Our Ear, Green-Eyed Beast of Jealousy, Hateful, Human Nature, Human Speech, Just Within Reach, Laertes, Laid to Rest, Life's Aching, Mediocrity, Memory, Mocking Innocence, Name of the Nation, Naught, Not Genius, Own Choice, Pain of the Guilty, Pale Shades, Paris, Passage Through Life, Passionate Hearts, Past Avenged, Phrases, Piece of Work, Poetry and Poems, Present Myself, Protests, Reality of the Man, Regard, Shakespeare, Short Work, Silent, Simplicity, Softly Profound, Sorrow's Humility, Stirring, Suspicion, The Man, Torments, Truths of the Soul, Understanding, Vengeage, Wander, Wastefulness, Ways of Mankind, Wicked Imagination, Yet To Be | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo #27: In A Cemetery Obscure

Posted on April 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #27: In A Cemetery Obscureby Michael DoyleToday’s walkFilled with historyFootsteps fallenIn the silent cemeteryMelancholy and forlornThis modern world Needs some of the ringlornTo realize, everyday is a questHarmless decision pointsLead to the agnosthesiaWords spoken and unspokenHold their forms of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1918, Absolution, Agnosthesia, Amnesia, Baby, Calls, Cemetery, Cure, Decision Points, Dormant, Everyday, Fall, Footsteps, Forlorn, Forms, Ghost, Harmless, History, Lead, Lilo, Melancholy, Modern World, Na/GloPoWriMo, No Tomorrow, Obscure, Poetry and Poems, Quest, Ringlorn, Silent, Silo, Some, Sorrow, Tears, Today, Tombstone, Vision, Walk, Words | Leave a comment

An Incident of Oxford Compilation

Posted on December 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

An Incident of Oxford Compilationby Michael DoyleIn my mind gathered so silentlyI pray against evil so vigilantlyIn the darkness of a blind alleyLost among the madmen in the galleryThough words come at me namedLanguage itself will not be tamedIt grows … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agreed, Alley, Approach, Best Laid Plans, Capability, Cast, Change, Charade, Clear, Compilation, Contrary, Crumble, Darkness, Dictionary, Eloquent, Encroach, English Language, English Tongue, Gallery, Incident, Known, Lairds, Language, Lexicon, Linguist, Madmen, Mind, Nation, Need, Nuance, Oxford, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Proctor, Propriety, Quotation, Refine, Rubicon, Search, Shown, Silent, Sketches, Study, Supplication, Symbols, Tamed, Tumble, Turn, Vigilant, Volumes, Wise Men, Words | Leave a comment

First Principles: All Tyranny Needs To Gain A Foothold Is For People of Good Conscience To Remain Silent

Posted on November 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” – Thomas Jefferson

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First Principles: If the Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep, To Slaughter

Posted on October 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to slaughter.” – George Washington

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I’ll Always Take Your Call

Posted on October 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I’ll Always Take Your Callby Michael DoyleRipped apart deep inside my DNAFinding the scary part is the last biteWhen suddenly, I run short of what to sayAnd my wildest dreams hold me through the nightSomewhere in the geometry of the … Continue reading →

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A Wolf Keeps Watch

Posted on September 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A Wolf Keeps Watchby Michael DoyleLike a wolf into a flock of sheepTheir troubled souls, he would keepFor he was a reformed wolf standing guard against the enemyAnd there were questions of one’s dignityPoints of contention still must be proved … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Freedom of Speech May Be Taken Away and Dumb and Silent We May Be Led Like Sheep To the Slaughter

Posted on August 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of … Continue reading →

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