Tag Archives: Smile

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

Love Lives On

Posted on July 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Love Lives Onby Michael DoyleDriving around the middle of the nationTrying to stimulate my daughters’ imaginationsAnd love for seeing the beauty of this nationLike their grandmother would have; if the situationHad somehow allowed this to followIf she had thrived; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Anniversary, Artist Eyes, Beauty of this Nation, Blossom, Bolder Dreams, Breath, Compromise, Daughters, Day, Death, Difference, Dreamer, Dreamt, Driving, Excited Eyes, Explore, Falling Tears, Fire, Follow, Food, Garden of Dreams, Grandmother, Happiness, Happy, Her, Home, Imagination, Inside of Me, Journey, Last Breaths, Lists, Lives On, Love, Love Lives On, Meant, Meet, Memories, Met, Middle of the Nation, Miss, More, Movies, Music, My Daughters, My Mom, Open, Pain, Paint, Places, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Rains, Regret, Remorse, Retrace the Steps, Reveal, Sad, See, Shadow, Situation, Sleep, Smile, Something More, Soul, Still, Stimulate, Surprise, Tears, Thrive, Tired, Traces, Two Hearts, Want, Watch, West Virginia, Whisper, Wish, World, Years Ago, Young Boy | Leave a comment

A Smile of Death

Posted on July 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Smile of Deathby Michael DoyleThe morning comes with a “how have you been”That comes a bit too brightly in world gone dimA smile unwelcomed can being its sense of dreadWith the ominous thought that we’ll all soon be deadThe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anxiety, Breath, Control, Creativity, Creep, Dead, Death, Delusion, Depravity, Dim, Dread, Dreary, Morning, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Post-Traumatic, Real, Scream, Smile, Soul Weary, Tired, Uncertain, Zen | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Best Start, Best Strength, CGI, Comic Book, Compassion, Cup, Dedication, Delusion, Giving up, Inspiration, Ladies, Legendary, Listen, Longer While, Longest Miles, Love, Noble, Ordinary Man, Peter Pan, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Rest, Sad, Satisfcation, Sky, Smile, Sore Muscles, Strength of Heart, Style, Suit, Superman, Thunderbolt, Time, Time Is Up, Wish | Leave a comment

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