Tag Archives: Soul

Lessons From Eden Park

Posted on May 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Roaring Twenties were a fascinating time. Among the lessons to be learned was that a woman could do and be more than they had been allowed until then, vice and other personal choices could not be controlled and that … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Wish From My Soul That the Legislature of This State Could See A Policy of A Gradual Abolition of Slavery

Posted on May 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see a policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery.” – George Washington Unlike the simplistic retelling of pieces of history that the 1619 Project managed to pull over … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abolitition, First Principles, George Washington, Gradual, Legislature, Policy, Slavery, Soul, State, Wish | Leave a comment

Happy Mother’s Day, Too

Posted on May 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

My ex-wife could never gracefully receive a present. Not just from me but from our daughters, they tell me. Still, despite all, there is one gift I would yet give her on this day particularly after the reminders received over … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agree, Apples, Bad, Best, Better, Blessed, Bliss, Button, Christmas Songs, Click, Company, Conversation, Country Road, Damage, Daughters, Day, Destinations, Done, Drive, Due, Eve, Ex Wife, Family, Fascination, Forever, Forgive, Forgiveness, Forgotten, Friends, Girls, Go, God, Good, Grace, Gratitude, Happy Mother's Day, Highway, History, Homeward, I, Inter-State, Joke, Joyful, Laugh, Laughing, Listen, Made, Marvel, Mirror, Near, Pandemic, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Present, Radio, Realize, Return, Reveal, Road, Road Trip, Search, See, Seen, Shine, Short Hike, Sing, Slow Down, Song, Soul, State, Station, Sweet, Tales, Tell, The Girls, Think, Thinking, Together, Told, Tomorrow, Tree, Ugly, Vibrant, Watch, Way Back, Wrong, Youngest | Leave a comment

A Star Wars Lesson In Liberty

Posted on May 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

May 4th has become, for some, a day of tribute to Star Wars as “May the 4th Be With You” day. When the day passed recently, it gave me some cause to think about how we around the planet … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ambiguity, Anakin, Bad, Black and White, Civil Liberties, Continues, Darkness, Darth Vader, Democracy, Empire, Enchained, Evil, Father Time, Good, Jedi, Learn, Lesson, Liberty, Man, Manipulation, May 4th, May the Fourth Be With You, Means, Moral, Old, People, Photograph, Plain Sight, Poem, Poetry, Power, Quest, Reel, Republic, Security, Shallow, Silver Screen, Soul, Spool, Star Wars, Steal, Story, Sublime, Trilogy, Truth, Useful Tool, Watch | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Society Cannot Trample On the Weakest and Feeblest of Its Members Without Receiving the Curse In Its Own Soul

Posted on May 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.” – Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bound Up, Curse, Feeblest, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Humanity, Members, Society, Soul, Thought For the Day, Together, Trample, We, Weak | Leave a comment

The Dreamwork of Nightmares

Posted on May 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In these dark times when it is so hard to be optimistic, can anyone be blamed for having nightmares? But what then are these? The Dreamwork of Nightmares by Michael Doyle Even still as we grow and mature We find … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actuality, Alarm, Arrival, Bad, Believe, Blame, Bodily Defect, Books, Brain, Caverns, Clean, Clear, Complete, Context, Contortion, Curtain, Dark Side, Dark Times, Demons, Depression, Derision, Desire, Distortion, Division, Dream, Dreams, Dreamwork, Each, Endure, Erupt, Fear, Find, Fire, Flood, Fulfillment, Full Color, Fuzzy, Ghost Written, Gods, Graceless, Greet, Grow, Hide, Human Nature, Impression, Impure, Irony, Layer, Level, Live Out, Masterpiece, Mature, Measure, Mind, Moments, Monochromatic, Multiplicity, Naked, Needless, Nightmare, Nightmares, One, Optimistic, Pages, Photograph, Play Out, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Psyche, Reality, Rebound, Rehearse, Repression, Responsibility, Sanitize, Scenes, Scripts, Seem, Self, Self Justified, Shelves, Significance, Soul, Stages, Suffer, Suitable, Suppression, Survival, Thoughtless, Trigger, True, Undone, Unpack, Us, Warp, Way, Wish, Wishes | Leave a comment

The Way of Swords

Posted on April 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A warrior knows the ways of war. It’s that fighting soul so often missing in these times. The Way of Swords by Michael Doyle The way of swords Knows its own destiny Like an apple sliced and cored It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apple, Battlefield, Bone, Brave, Brief, Chance, Death, Destiny, Doubt, Fear, Fight, Forget, Forsaken, God's Will, History, King, Legendary, Live, Moment, Own, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Pull, Regret, Savage, Soul, Swords, Tale, Thrall, Victory, Warrior, Way, Ways of War, Whittle | Leave a comment

To Become A Knight

Posted on April 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

To be a knight is to be a servant for the country and its people. To Become A Knight by Michael Doyle The darkness is coming There’s no use in running Ruthlessly conquering as it comes It brings us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Awaken, Become, Blame, Boy, Brave, Burn, Call, Can, Come, Conquer, Consign, Country, Crush, Cunning, Darkness, Day, Destruction, Devour, Do, Eyes, Far, Fate, Fight, Fire, Flame, Found, Ground, Heart, Heed, Hero, Hold, Hour, Instincts, Knees, Knight, Knighthood, Knock, Learn, Lesson, Lust, Martial Styles, Mind, Need, Noble, Numb, Pass, People, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Power, Prepare, Prophecy, Protector, Rider, Role, Run, Savage, See, Servant, Servant of God, Sign, Soul, Spread, Start, Straight, Surplus, Survive, Take, Trial, True, Unholy, Warrior, Way, Weak, Will, Word, World, Zero | Leave a comment

Simple Saturday

Posted on April 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Day 17 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020 invites us to poetically examine the simple pleasures that make up the Saturdays of our souls. Simple Saturday by Michael Doyle Simply Saturday Could be no other way But over coffee or tea To share … Continue reading →

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Retroactive Kaleidoscope

Posted on April 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The optional objective for Day 17 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020 is to write a poem incorporating a ‘forgotten’ technology. Well, my choice is not so much as forgotten but once a has been yet now a collectible among some. Retroactive … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, 45s, Angst, Artisanal, Aural, Bad, Bake, Believe, Brilliance, Bulge, Burrow, Capability, Capacity, Cave, Childhood, Days, Digital, Drive By, Economy, Fail, Favorite, Fear, Feet, Fix, Forgotten, Fulfill, Ghost, Good, Grasp, Ground, Hipster, Hope, Indulge, Kaleidscope, Last, Luddite, Millennial, Mind, Mistake, Na/GloPoWriMo, Need, Nostalgia, Past, Permanence, Phototgraph, Planned Obsolescence, Poem, Poetry, Portable Console, Reason, Reilience, Remade, Remember, Retroactive, Sage, Save, Savor, Silicon Valley, Sister, Soul, Sound, Sound Track, Sun Stroke, Technology, Time, Vinyl, Wallet, World, Zen | Leave a comment