Tag Archives: Smile

Poinsettia Day 2023

Posted on December 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Poinsettia Day 2023by Michael DoyleUsually quiet and sometimes reservedSometimes death seems so undeservedIt’s hard to find the words to sayLike on this present Poinsettia DayLife is sad, yet interesting, in processionMoments like these reveal this is not a possessionBut a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2023, Abovee, Accept, Afrar, Angels, Aware, Borrow, Breakdown, Breathe, Bring, Christmas Tale, David, Death, December, Do My Best, Eyes, Family, Filled, First Noel, Flower, Forgiving, Fullness, Gift, Giving, Guitar, Hard, Healing Light, Heart, Heavens, Him, Important, Know, Laughter, Life, Lived, Love, Midnight, Moments, My Life, News, Openly Weep, Plucking Notes, Poetry and Poems, Poinsettia Day, Possession, Procession, Quiet, Remember, Resentment, Reserved, Reveal, Sad, Sad Day, Shepherd, Shining Bright, Sing, Smile, Sorrow, Star, Story, Turn Out Right, Undesvered, Up Close, Wise, Wish, Words | Leave a comment

The Bones of Rock-N-Roll

Posted on December 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Bones of Rock-N-Rollby Michael DoyleThe bones of rock-n-roll flowed through with authorityIn the American zeitgeist that Frank Zappa made legendarySpinning tales from hippies to yuppies in a vast conspiracyIt became tragically hipper as it grew to become legendaryHe was … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authority, Avantagarde, Bawdiness, Blank-Eyed Habits, Bones, Brok, Cales, Conformity, Curnch, Encourage, Fee Speech, Flamboyant, Flimsy Values, Frank Zaapa, Frivolity, Funk Infected, Hipster Guile, Hues, Humor, Hypocrisy, Lady Justice, Lyricism, Melody, Morality, Musical Tales, Narrative, Naughtiness, Percision, Poetry and Poems, Preach, Rabbit-Hole, Reach, Reality, Rock-n-Roll, Satirize, Sleeping Woke, Smile, Society, Spotlight, Style, Surreal, Television, Truthful Comedy, Urban Scensters, Vibraphone, Whine, Wounded Coil, Zeitgeist | Leave a comment

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

Happy Halloween 2023

Posted on October 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Happy Halloween 2023by Michael DoylePumpkin, ghosts, and black catsCoffins, ghouls, and witches hatsIt’s a dizzying juxtapositionOf death in a freeform composition Each holiday has its own marked placeThat helps society’s children embraceThe traces of life that we all knowThat shift … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Black Cats, Children, Coffins, Composition, Death, Dormancy, Embrace, Fall, Fear, Freeform, Frivolity, Ghost, Ghouls, Grow, Halloween, Happiness, Happy Halloween 2023, Holiday, Horror Tales, Juxtaposition, Know, Laughter, Life, Magic, Marked Place, Mean, Memento Mori, Mortality, Movies, Nonsensical, Pieces, Poetry and Poems, Pumpkins, Reminder, Saint, Scare, Scares, Scattered, Shift, Smile, Society, Soul, Stitches, Teach, Trace, Whimsical, Winter, Wish, Witches, Witches Hats | Leave a comment

Pain Enters the Building

Posted on October 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Pain Enters the Buildingby Michael DoylePain enters the buildingIt comes with the never-yieldingBut instead, putting your all into the gameWhether you lose or gain 15 minutes of fameSometimes conflict comes with painSometimes you ride the rails, barely saneYou give your … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 15 Minutes of Fame, All, Bright Lights, Building, Conflict, Contribution, Corner, Deserve, Down, Driven, End, Feed, Fight, Forever, Game, Gridiron, History, Home and Family, Intense, Last Nerve, Lose, Means, Mile, Million Dollar, Mystery, Nerves, NFL, Pain, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Pushing Hard, Resolution, Ride the Rails, Sane, Sense, Smile, Snapped, Steel, Success, Underneath, Yield | Leave a comment

The High Water of Monumental Delineation

Posted on September 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The High Water of Monumental Delineationby Michael DoyleI know I’m not the only one who confessesA life filled with crashes and messesHappening as you wait for the snapper in the last frameTo laugh a little and not feel so lameAll … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cheer, Clear, Confess, Delineation, Design, Errors, High Water, Knock, Lame, LandMines, Language, Last Frame, Laugh, Mess, Opportunity, Poetry and Poems, Punchlines, Reality, Second Chance, Second Glance, Short Distance, Smile, Snapper, Travel | Leave a comment

Sometimes Anyway

Posted on August 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes Anywayby Michael DoyleGood food like gumbo is hard to replaceIt opens people up and puts a smile in placeWhile a child makes a wish on the evening starA wished upon wish just might take her farBut even the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anyway, Ball, Bottom, Child, Count, Crown, Dedication, Dreams, Evening Star, Eyes, Fairy Tale, Far, Faraway, Gambler, Gumbo, Hard Work, Inspiration, Love, Mardis Gras, Mississippi, Money, New Orleans, Pancakes, People, Poetry and Poems, Replace, River City, Smile, Sometimes, Surprise, True, Waltz, Wish | Leave a comment

For Your 16th Birthday

Posted on August 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

For Your 16th Birthdayby Michael DoyleThe hours are past and moved into the nightI was blessed by a day that you made brightA day before your actual birthday but beautifulIt was a celebration of how you’re so wonderfulSweet daughter of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 16th Birthday, Beautiful, Birthday, Blessed, Bright, Celebration, Daughter of Mine, Did Good, Face, Father, Gift, Greatest Treasures, Grow, Grow Up, Guess, Heart's Delight, Hours, Know, Live, Loving Daughter, Night, One, Poetry and Poems, Presents, Proud, Shopping, Smile, Step Farther, Thank God, Trial, Watch, Ways, Wonderful | Leave a comment

Raised Small Town

Posted on July 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Raised Small Townby Michael DoyleI was raised all around this world, you seeBelieving in America and our cherished libertyWherever it was that my family might be foundWe stood up straight and chased truth aroundUntil we caught it by its length … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged America, Believe, Better Person, Cherish, Conceive, Deal Fairly, Duplicity, Equal Opportunity, Family, Found, Liberty, Merit and Character, Nation, Neighbors, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Prevail, Principles, Raised, Raised Up Right, Rich In Soul, Right Walk, See, Skin, Small Town, Smile, Stand, Straight, Tail, Truth, Win, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Love the Man That Can Smile In Trouble, That Can Gather Strength From Distress, and Grow Brave By Reflection

Posted on July 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Business, Conduct, Conscience, Death, Distress, First Principles, Frim, Grow Brave, Heart, Love, Mankind, No. 1, Principles, Reflection, Shrink, Small Minds, Smile, The Crisis, Thomas Paine | Leave a comment