Tag Archives: Simplicity

Da Vinci’s Glow

Posted on May 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Da Vinci’s Glowby Michael DoyleIt is said that the Master of All TradesWas a miracle worker coming up all spadesHe said that every painting is visual poetryAnd all poetry is a masterpiece verballyWhat others glimpse, the artist learns to seeIn … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Virtue Runs No Risk of Becoming Contemptible By Being Exposed To View, and It Is Better To Be Despised For Simplicity Than To Be Tormented By Continual Hyprocisy

Posted on February 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Virtue runs no risk of becoming contemptible by being exposed to view, and it is better to be despised for simplicity than to be tormented by continual hypocrisy.” – Roman statesman Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65)

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In the Tomes of Humanity

Posted on October 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

In the Tomes of Humanityby Michael DoyleAlgorithms of simplicityMakeup humanity’s complexityWith habits easy enough to understandAs the madness takes over as plannedMost waiver between love and prideSometimes this happens to coincideThen there are the exceptions irreducibleThat’s what’s become of the … Continue reading →

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Shadowboxing

Posted on October 7, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Shadowboxingby Michael DoyleShadowboxing with my egoHiding from whispers of an echoWhen cleansing of sin is neededAnd common sense is not heededThere are dangers in complexityRaw feelings rough in their simplicityI just need to hold on to the sunriseVisions that bleed … Continue reading →

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On Mother’s Day 2022

Posted on May 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

On Mother’s Day 2022by Michael DoyleWe’re here in celebration of no otherThan the holy names of our mothersAt this time of blessed worshipWe raise up this sacred relationshipLet’s bring it in intimate conversationShared love in its happy intimationGiven the power … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anxiety, Blessed Worship, Celebration, Children, Complexity, Contentment, Delay, Full Attention, God, Grace, Gratification, Happy Intimation, Hesitate, Holy Names, Imperfect, Instruction, Intimate Conversation, Learned, Love, Mother's Day 2022, Mothers, No Control, Parenting, Persist, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Present, Raise, Resentment, Right Intention, Sacred Relationship, Season, Serving As Example, Shared Love, Simplicity, Stay, Sunrise, Surprises, Theology, Uncertainty, Urgency | Leave a comment

The Sting of A Yellow Jacket

Posted on January 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Sting of A Yellow Jacketby Michael DoyleNaughty narrative braids togetherA story of coming of age but betterTwo tracks made into one storyNeither of them qualifying for gloryHigh school drama can be brutalityEven without its incessant fatalityAs childhood comes to … Continue reading →

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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 #18: “I Began My Life…”

Posted on April 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #18: “I Began My Life…” by Michael Doyle Grabbing this pony by the bridle Chapters do not really need a title That seems wisest, he quietly said And yet that’s not the task, replied his head So alright, as … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo #3: Words That Sound Good

Posted on April 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Words That Sound Goodby Michael DoyleThere is a bit of something That is eloquently rapped into nothingThat there are words that just sound goodAnd go together well like they shouldIt’s a bit of the simplicity That is found inside the … Continue reading →

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A Birthday Week

Posted on October 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A Birthday Weekby Michael DoyleSolid as it is with just a look2020 was a hard one for the history booksBut, as those pages have turnedThere was one thing that I have learnedMy love was born a Libra on her scaleAnd … Continue reading →

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