Tag Archives: Sing

Christmas Tree Lane

Posted on December 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Christmas Tree Laneby Michael DoyleLife can throw its curve ballsYet, still, it is that Christmas callsWith Christmas lights bringing good cheerEven when a little sadness nearsA smile offered over a little wineHelps to smooth the edgy linesBringing joy and times … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Beneath, Bright Lights, Candy Canes, Children's Eyes, Christmas, Christmas Calls, Christmas Cheer, Christmas Eve, Christmas Lights, Christmas Tale, Christmas Tree Lane, Curve Bals, December's Night, Detours, Each Heart, Eave, Edgy Lines, Glow, Good Cheer, Good Will, Happiness, Heavens Above, Hold Dear, Hold Near, Holding On, Holding Tight, Holiday, Hugs and Kisses, Humor, Icicles, Joy, Kissing, Know, Kris Kringle, Life, Lights, List, Love, Loved Ones, Melt, Memories, Missing, Mistletoe, Moment, Money Spent, Neighbors, Neon, Poetry and Poems, Remind, Sadness, Season, See, Selfies, Share, Shine, Sing, Sleigh Bells, Smile, Smooth, Snow, Song, Sparkle, Spread, Staying Up, Sugar Plum Fairies, Sunrise, Surprise, Thieves, Time of Year, Treasure, Tree, Warmth, Went, Wine, World, Worthwhile | Leave a comment

Jake LaMotta’s Blackened Blues

Posted on November 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Jake LaMotta’s Blackened Bluesby Michael DoyleWith the pressure of coal refractiveIn a life hard lived and extractiveA diamond’s aspects glitter in their huesThe Bronx Bull lived his blackened bluesWhen out of the ring, his prowess was as abusiveAs his desire … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abusive, Aspects, Blackened, Blues, Born, Brown Down, Bruises, Caged Canary, Champion, Cheers, Coal, Contest, Crown, Cure, Currency, Desire, Destiny, Elusive, Endure, Extractive, Feel, Fight, Footwork, Found, Go Down, Hard Life, Harm, Hues, Jabs, Jake LaMotta, Jeers, Journey, Kock Out, Life, Life Hard Lived, Love, Night After Night, No Good Answers, Outrun, Parade, Poetry and Poems, Pressure, Prowess, Punch, Pursuit, Push Beyond, Refractive, Remember, Ring, Shadow Box, Shakespearian Quest, Sing, Sir Olivier, Soured Life, Sugar Ray, Tears, The Bronx Bull, The Raging Bull, Treadmill, Unknown, Walls, Wish, Wonder, Years | Leave a comment

Things of Sisterhood Observed In Nashville

Posted on October 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Things of Sisterhood Observed in Nashvilleby Michael DoyleA resplendent marble temple sits in full scaleIn Centennial Park, centering beautiful NashvilleWith Athena’s legendary wisdom in its representationAs a timely reminder of the city’s due stationBuilt in thanksgiving for this modern Athens’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Athena, Athens, Centennial Park, Chamber, City, Dignity, Full Scale, Journey, Lake Watauga, Marble, Nashville, Observe, Places Unseen, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Purpose, Representation, See, Sing, Sisterhood, Statue, Stranger, Temple, Things, Trees, Wisdom | Leave a comment

Cornerstone

Posted on September 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Cornerstoneby Michael DoyleI have a cornerstoneOn which I build my lifeThe Rock of my foundationIs Christ the LordAs the holder of the keysOf our proclaimed oathDeclaring the truthIn every step we takeI link hands in prayerAs part of the ChurchTo … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Build, Christ the Lord, Church, Cornerstone, Died, Every Breath, Every Step, Foundation, Hands, Holder, Jesus, Keys, Life, Link, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Praise of Liberty, Prayer, Proclaim, Rock, Serve, Sing, Song, Take, Truth, Us, Worthy Name | Leave a comment

A Pirate Sings In Heaven Tonight

Posted on September 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Pirate Sings In Heaven Tonightby Michael DoyleWasted away again in MargaritavilleYour three-chord songs really fit the billYou got the beach life just rightHitting all the beauties and highlightsAnd there’s a pirate singing in Heaven tonightA pirate saw forty, thirty-five … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beach Life, Beauties, Belong, Cheeseburger, Coast, Fading Light, Five O'Clock Somewhere, Flip-Flop, Forty, Gloss, Granted, Heart, Heaven, High Tides, Highlights, Jimmy Buffett, Mai Tais, Margaraville, Memories, Paradise, Parrot, Pirate, Poetry and Poems, Pop-Top, Sing, Son of A Sailor, Songs, Thirty-Five Years, Three-Chord Songs, Toast, Tonight, Wasted Away, Wors | Leave a comment

Smells Like Grunge and Alt

Posted on July 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In my continuing compilation of public playlists on Spotify, I am now sharing the first half of a list that is one of the gifts for my oldest daughter’s birthday tomorrow. Like her father before her, she loves to sing … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Music | Tagged Art & Music, Brithday, Compilation, Daughter, DigitalDreamDoor, Diversity, Genre, Gift, Grunge and Alt, Happy Birthday!, Musical Approaches, Musical Movement, Play Music, Playlist, Primary Examples, Seattle Sound, Sing, Smells Like, Spotify | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Softer You Sing, the Louder You’re Heard

Posted on May 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The softer you sing, the louder you’re heard.” – Donovan, musician (b. 10 May 1946)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Donovan, Heard, Loud, Sing, Soft, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Angelic Choirs Sing

Posted on December 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Angelic Choirs Singby Michael DoyleThe angelic chorus became distortionEven mountains felt small in proportionStill the choir sang songs giving evil warningThat Jesus Christ was born that blessed morningJoy to the world came with this first NoelHere came the gifted blessing … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beginning To End, Bleak Midwinter Day, Blessed Morning, Blessing, Death, Declared Authority, Distortion, End of Our Days, Eternity, Final Vidtory, First Noel, Grave, Holiness, Jesus Christ, Joy to the World, Keep Hope Alive, Light, Lord's Grace, Magnify, Mountain, Nation, Old-Fashioned Ways, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Preservation, Salvation, Sing, Sins, Tale, Tididings, Warning | Leave a comment

Then Sings My God

Posted on November 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Then Sings My Godby Michael DoyleDive on in and get off the fenceLive your potential, not your pretenseGo ahead and carry the burden of the crossIt’s only for your gain and never your lossWorshipping in all the iconic spacesWe touch … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bethlehem's Star, Cross, Fence, Gain, God, Iconic Spaces, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Pretense, Sing, Truth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Can Sing the Truth and Name the Liars…We Must Work To Overturn the False Narrative of Tyrants

Posted on August 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“A poem cannot stop a bullet. A novel can’t defuse a bomb… But we are not helpless… We can sing the truth and name the liars… we must work to overturn the false narrative of tyrants.” – Salman Rushdie, writer … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bomb, Bullet, Defuse, False Narrative, Helpless, Liars, Name, Novel, Overturn, Poem, Salman Rushdie, Sing, Stop, Thought For the Day, Truth, Tyrants, Work | Leave a comment