Tag Archives: Smile

Giving Up On Being Superman

Posted on June 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Giving Up On Being Supermanby Michael DoyleThose of us who wished to be a supermanHave mostly ended up seeming like Peter PanThere comes a time when it becomes bestTo put such delusions to their restHaving hit the wall without a … Continue reading →

Traverse City Blues

Posted on June 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Traverse City Bluesby Michael DoyleIt comes about every now and thenWhen a soul feels lost and needs some zenThen is the time to hit the roadAnd ease the tension looking to explodeThe thing is that seven hoursSnaking through construction soursEven … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Attitude, Beach, Blues, Choose, Construction, Dues, Dunes, Explode, Fun, Hit the Road, Homesick Sufer, Hues, Latitude, Light Pollution, Lighthouses, Magic, Mile, Mind, Muse, Peninsula, Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive, Poetry and Poems, Quiet Time, Reach, Runes, Sand, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Smile, Soul, Stars, Suntan, Tension, Third Coast, Traverse City, Tunnel of Trees, Vacation, Whisper, Zen | Leave a comment

Big Sur

Posted on May 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Big Surby Michael DoyleThinking back under Indiana’s rainMemories of a life spent in refrainWhere too much was never quite enoughAnd jokers begged a thief to call his bluffI remember back to when weeks were doneWe’d pack the car to drive … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Away, Beach, Believe, Big Sur, Bixby Bridge, Bluff, California, Chapparal, Closed, Conceive, Condor, Current, Days, Driving, Earth, Enought, Footpaths, Freedom, Glide, Greenery, Happy Songs, Heaven, Highway One, Home, Indiana Rain, Jade Cove, Joy, Leave, Ledge, Life Spent, Life's Answers, McWay Falls, Mirth, Nature's Child, Oak, Poetry and Poems, Push and Pull, Reach, Redwood, Refrain, Scenery, Secrets, Smile, Soar, Soft Rain, Sunshine, Tear, Tide, Times, Topple, Trails, Unveiled, Ventana, Week, Wild, World's Edge | Leave a comment

Mickey Said To Minnie

Posted on May 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Mickey Said To MinnieBy Michael Doyle When the world fades right out of viewIt’s the fate of how it is that I met you.It wasn’t like I was wishing on a starBut there it is, and there you are The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blend, Choice, Digital Light, Dream, Eyes, Fate, Fitting Right, Gentle Hello, It Is, Jump, Kill, Laugh, Low, Met, Mickey, Midial, Minnie, Miss Minnie, Moment, Night, Poetry and Poems, Recognize, Rhythm, Said, Seems, Shadows, Show, Silver Screen, Simple Hello, Smile, Something Good, Something Sacred, Spark, Star, Tell, Thunder, Time and Space, Touch of Grace, View, Voice, Wish, Wonder, Words, Work, World, You Are | Leave a comment

Jurassically Mundane

Posted on April 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Jurassically Mundaneby Michael DoyleFinally caving in I’m watching the showWith my daughters whispering clues to knowIn hushed tones, I try not to be curtAs I insist on giving out my spoiler alertA sense of wonder has left the buildingBut I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversary, Beaut, Bust, Clues, Conspiracy, Corporate Greed, Curious, Curt, Cynicism, Daffodils, Daughters, Destination, Dinosaurs, DNA, Dulle, Empty Vessel, Enemy, Fallen Kingdom, Genetic Manipulation, Hunger, Hushed Tones, Ignoble, Jurassic, Locusts, Manipulation, Movie, Mundane, Plot, Poetry and Poems, Real Life, Revealing, Sense of Wonder, Shoulders of Genuis, Show, Smile, Spoiler Alert, Tragedy, Trampled, Under Foot, Understood, Vapid Trust, Veloiraptor, Watch | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Too Often We Underestimate the Power of…the Smallest Act of Caring…To Turn A Life Around

Posted on March 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo Buscaglia, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Care, Honest Compliment, Kind Word, Listening Ear, Power, Smile, Thought For the Day, Too Often, Touch, Underestimate | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Too Often We Underestimate the Power of…the Smallest Act of Caring To Turn A Life Around

Posted on March 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Act of Caring, Honest Complient, Kind Word, Leo Buscaglia, Potential, Power, Smile, Thought For the Day, Touch, Turn A Life Around | Leave a comment

The Get To of the Got To

Posted on February 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Get To of the Got Toby Michael DoyleHeroes of faith that give what they canThat’s every woman and then every manDaring to give what they are givenThese cheerful hearts are those forgivenWorking the work of giving in lightLiving open … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appreciation, Believers, Cheerful Hearts, Child, Confusion, Dreams of Hope, Encouragement, Engagement, Eye Contact, Get To, Got To, Health, Heroes of Faith, Illusioin, Joy, Light, Live Right, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Recognition, Smile, Truth, Wealth | Leave a comment

On the Pathway

Posted on February 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

On the Pathwayby Michael DoyleOn the pathway of my recoveryThere was the load of self-discoveryFinding out who I was and had leftWas, at times, my positive half-stepThe mistakes made, I had to learnThe stripes I have, I had to earnEvery … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cheer, Complain, Dreams, Earn, Half-Step, Learn, Left, Mistake, New Year, Pathway, Poetry and Poems, Recovery, Scar, Self-Discovery, Smile, Stripes, Tears | Leave a comment

Ode To A Tipsy Fairy

Posted on December 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Ode To A Tipsy Fairyby Michael DoyleAfter 40 hours locked inside the slave mindIt will take three pints just to leave it behindAnswers needed can’t be found without right questionsThe urgency felt is constrained by life’s hesitationsFundamentally sought within my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answers, Bath, Behind, Birth, Boots, Bottle, Break of Day, Bright, Cobble Stone, Daughter, Edge, End of Night, Explanation, Fairy, Full Throttle, Glow, Hedges, Hesitation, Laugh, Mettalic Roots, Moive, Morning Light, Mystic Lakes, Ode, Pints, Poetry and Poems, Questions, Reality, Sailing Ships, Sip, Slave Mind, Smile, Splash, Tipsy, World | Leave a comment