Tag Archives: Souls

First Principles: I Never Doubted, For Instance, the Existence of the Deity; That He Made the World, and Governed It By His Providence

Posted on January 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I never doubted, for instance, the existence of the Deity; that he made the world, and governed it by his Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Acceptable Service, All Crime, Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin, Deity, Doing Good, Doubt, Existence, First Principles, God, Govern, Here, Hereafter, Immortal, Made, Man, Providence, Punished, Rewarded, Souls, Virtue, World | Leave a comment

Like Souls Rising From the Dead

Posted on November 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Like Souls Rising From the Deadby Michael DoyleHidden symbols press the conscienceAnd then denies the separation of scienceFrom the spirituality of all things trueThis is independent of a fearful point of viewMorals only tend to get in the wayOf moments … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Asp, Blasphemous Prayers, Block, Born, Clasp, Company, Conscience, Consequence, Cosmic Strife, Craven World, Cursed, Damned, Darkness, Dead, Divine, Engrave, Eternal Fire, Evil, Fallen Angels, Fear, Godless, Greed, Hand, Harness, Hellish Choir, Hidden Symbols, Hidden Truth, Knowledge, Life, Lightning, Majesty, Mire, Mirror, Morals, Mother Nature, Names, New Day, New Life, New Meaning, Night, Outshine, Pain, Palmistry, Past Light, Phoenix Rises, Poetry and Poems, Point of View, Price, Rise, Sacred Veil, Satan, Science, Separation, Souls, Spirituality, Stranger, Sun Rise, Sympathy, True, Undone, Winter Storm, Wish, Womb | Leave a comment

Searching For Signals

Posted on October 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Searching For Signalsby Michael DoyleTrying to save our soulsIn the messes we makeSpinning out of controlThough all of our mistakesPressing out from the undergroundTo be just who it is that we areA part of all that we have foundIn the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Better Living, Blind, Bluff, Caught, Chemicals, Circle, Class, Clever Thought, Dadaism, Despair, Destination, Devil, Dialog, Enough, Far, Feeling, Fog, Found, Hint, History, Identity, Life, Lyrical, Make, Meaning, Mess, Mind, Mistake, Mystery, Observation, Obsolescence, Optimism, Out of Control, Painting, Path, Poetry and Poems, Position, Possibility, Preconception, Reality, Saint, Save, Search, Self-Deception, Signals, Souls, Underground | Leave a comment

It’s A Generational Thing

Posted on October 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

It’s A Generational Thingby Michael DoyleHowever framed, we all begin with the creationNaming our family by this point of originationIt comes to note that most issues today are of identityBut, we Christians, know who we are through theologyChrist dwells in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Address, Adoration, Christ, Christians, Confess, Creation, Eyes, Family, Form, Frame, Generational Thing, Glory, Greed, Heaven, His Story, Identity, Intercession, Issues, Love, Loving One Another, Others, Petition, Poetry and Poems, Point of Origination, Pray, Souls, Succession, Theology, Unselfish | Leave a comment

Blank Verse

Posted on May 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Blank Verseby Michael DoyleThe other day, I went to the libraryWith no intention to become contraryAnd picked up a famed anthologyOf poetry to see what it might teach meI’m sorry to say that it seems perverseWhen someone writes poetry in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abuse, Anthology, Best, Blank Verse, Capability, Confuse, Contrary, Create, Days, Detection, Dramatic Monologue, Emphasis, Essay, Essays Incomplete, Functionality, Grammatically, Half-Stated Thoughts, Hearts, Incomplete, Intention, Lazy, Library, Meaning, Methods, Perverse, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Reflection, Replete, Reward, Rhyme, Rhythm, Romantic, Said, Souls, Spatters, Specific Grandeur, Teach Me, Test, Time, Trolls, Waste, Ways, Wonder, Word Patterns | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Souls of Emperors and Cobblers Are Cast In the Same Mold. The Same Reason That Makes Us Wrangle With A Neighbor Creates A War Between Princes

Posted on February 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war between princes.” – Michel de Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Cast, Cobblers, Emperors, Michel de Montaign, Mold, Neighbor, Princes, Reason, Souls, Thought For the Day, War, Wrangle | Leave a comment

We Are Who We Are

Posted on September 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

We Are Who We Areby Michael DoyleWe are who we areNot from our ancestorsBut because of who we cultivateAs our souls travel among the starsScratched and scrapped in our courageSearching for hope we might encourageTo remove the malignant tumorThat spreads … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancestors, Company of Elves, Control, Courage, Cultivate, Darkness, Days of Battle, Encourage, Evil, Glory, Hope, Known, Met, Misfortunes, Poetry and Poems, Pursuit, Rumor, Sail, Shown, Skies, Souls, Stars, Sweet Secrets, Tales, Tumor, We, Weight, Who | Leave a comment

Living At Our Recall

Posted on July 24, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Living At Our Recallby Michael DoyleAll around the world of praiseThe hands of glory lift and raiseSouls filled with challenges metHave no time or need for regretServing our part in the gloryDoing our best to live by the storyIn looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Challenges, Glory, Hands, Jesus, Journey, Living, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Recall, Souls, Story | Leave a comment

Weren’t Those the Teenaged Years?

Posted on June 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Weren’t Those the Teenaged Years?by Michael DoyleThe teenaged yearsOf Saturday night solitudeWas a parade of smiles and tearsAnd many dramasWaiting to intrudeInto the happiness that cameAnd that provided the frameIn moments of ShakespeareThat kept us awakeMaking us braver than our … Continue reading →

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Looking For Words

Posted on May 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Looking For Wordsby Michael DoyleI see you looking for wordsBut more than the wordsYou want to read the actionsThat bleed like a rose with satisfactionMaking a difference, plain to seeTo live, love, and dream is to beOne with this universal … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accommodate, Actions, Angels, Bleed, Charm, Clarity, Comfortable, Connect, Difference, Distances, Dream, Dreams, Feeling, Friendship, Infinite Role, Life, Live, Looking, Looking For Words, Love, Magic, More Than, Place, Plain To See, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Quiet Moments, Read, Rose, Satisfaction, Seams, Seeing, Shared Joy, Sincereity, Sinking, Souls, Spaces, Sparks, Tears, Thinking, Treasure, True Hearts, Truth of the Matter, Universal Soul, Years | Leave a comment