Tag Archives: Spring

First Principles: Virtue Or Morality Is A Necessary Spring of Popular Government

Posted on September 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free Government.” – George Washington (1796)

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First Principles: The Lord Will Guide You Always; He Will Satisfy Your Needs In A Sun-Scorched Land and Will Strengthen Your Frame

Posted on June 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.” – Isaiah 58:11

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A Wood Dragon’s Cosmology

Posted on February 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Wood Dragon’s Cosmologyby Michael DoyleThe time spent quietly comes to its endIt’s been another year of pleasant enough livingHaving found my best habits and friendsAnd it has been another year of peacefully givingBut in truth it has been yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Balance, Bestiary, Center, Chinese Mythology, Confidence, Contain, Cosmology, Desire, Determination, Diffidence, Diplomacy, Divinity, Dreams, Elements, End, Eternity, Expansion, Eyes, Fifth Cardinal Direction, Flight, Friends, Future, Gentle Rain, Give, Green Dragon, Habits, Imagination, Infinite, Journey, Legacy, Mast, Mist, Nature Deity, Night, Pass, Peace, Perfect Harmony, Philosophy, Phoenix, Poetry and Poems, Power, Rebirth, Sail, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Self-Worth, Sky, Spring, Time, Tree, Truth, Weary World, Winds, Wood Dragon, Worry, Yang, Year, Year of the Wood Dragon, Yin | Leave a comment

Thoughts Looking Back

Posted on December 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Thoughts Looking Backby Michael DoyleI do not want to say anything that isn’t trueAt least, that is, from my deepest point of viewI have lived my life in its living, and as a writer,Often seeking to find life a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best Moments, Bright, Fall, First Admission, Gloss, Happy, Hasty Judgment, Heartbreaks, Horror and Pain, Language, Life, Looking Back, Miles, Mistakes, Mystery and Miracle, Poetry and Poems, Point of View, Seek Good, Smiles, Spring, Tell, Thoughts, True, Writer | Leave a comment

Autumn Seen Starkly

Posted on October 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Autumn Seen Starklyby Michael DoyleOctober 2nd and the days are wearing thinI suppose it is true that Winter is coming againThis, then, is the truth of Autumn seen starklyAs the days grow shorter and are seen darklyPoetry captures violent moments … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Amplify, Ancient Lineage, Autumn, Bend, Blessedness, Blossom, Breath, Change, Childhood, Cold, Collect, Creep, Cycles of Life, Dark, Days, Death, Decadence, Deciduous, Everywhere, Flower, Golden, Heartbeats, Hibernate, Hours, Ice, Knew, Love, Memories, Moments, New, Old Lifee, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Radiance, Reaper, Rearrange, Seep, Simple, Slip, Spin Out, Spring, Stark, Stay, Sunlight, Taces, Thin, Time, Transmute, True Growth, Truth, Universal, Vivid Color, Warnth, Weather, Winter, Wither | Leave a comment

Moving To Indiana 2004

Posted on June 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Moving to Indiana 2004by Michael DoylePulling up to the state lineThe moment we crossed overThe rain began October 24, 20004 I swear it seemed to have no end40 days in, the jokes beganShould I build an arkThere would be no … Continue reading →

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Sandhill Cranes Revisited

Posted on June 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sandhill Cranes Revisitedby Michael DoyleEvery year Sometimes twice a yearWe would make our pilgrimage Off to Jasper PulaskiTens of thousands of cranes Filled the airZoning in on their nesting groundsZig-zag patterns as grouping Crossed by grouping Into what looks like … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Better, Blessed, Bobbing and Weaving, Canada, Children, Cornfields, Could, Courtships, Cranes Mate Forever, Cycles, Dance, Danced, Dies, Different, Disregard, Drive, Every Moment, Every Year, Fail, Familial Groups, Feathered Paratroopers, Fledglings, Fleeting, Flight, Florida, Forget, Grouping, Guess, Happiness, Hardship, Harvested, Hearts, History, Hope, Humans, Ingrained, Inspired, Its Way, Jasper Pulaski, Keep, Landing, Last, Learn, Learning, Life, Loved, Marsh, Mate, Midwestern Flyway, Migrations, Migratory Routes, Minds, Momma and Poppa, Motion, Natural Wisdom, Nature, Nesting Grounds, Newly Planted, Next Generation, Nourishment, Observation Platform, Pilgrimage, Poetry and Poems, Point, Possible, Promises, Puzzle, Really So, Recognize, Remember, Rest, Revisited, Rituals of Dance, Romance, Romantic Couples, Sandhill Cranes, Scrabbles of Food, Should, Snow and Rain, Sorrow, Sounding Off, Spring, Survival, Taught, Think, Thousands, Times, Too Often, Trace, Tradition, Vain, Watch and Learn, Watching, Weariness, Wish, Wonder, Young, Zig-Zag Patterns | Leave a comment

Da Vinci’s Glow

Posted on May 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Da Vinci’s Glowby Michael DoyleIt is said that the Master of All TradesWas a miracle worker coming up all spadesHe said that every painting is visual poetryAnd all poetry is a masterpiece verballyWhat others glimpse, the artist learns to seeIn … Continue reading →

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Born In the Rockies (Part I)

Posted on March 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Born In the Rockies (Part I)by Michael DoyleSpring has come with this mornAs another young life is bornEach step in the Rockies must be solvedAt every turn, there are tests to be resolvedEvery opportunity is used to hone skillsIn Mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Baby, Born, Child, Decade, Destiny, Diligence, February, Flight, Flock, Generations, Journey, Light, Morn, Morning's Light, Mother, Mother Nature, Opprtunity, Poetry and Poems, Resolve, Rocky Mountain, Sandhill Crane, Security, Skill, Solve, Spring, Springtime, Thousand, Vigilance, Wild | Leave a comment

Jack Frost (On the Window Pane)

Posted on December 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Jack Frost (On the Window Pane)by Michael DoyleAnnually, we celebrate Groundhog’s DayHoping for winter’s passing and spring on the wayEvery year the reclusive groundhog and his shadowComes out to reveal which way it’s bound to goWith chestnuts roasting on that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Between the Clouds, Blinding Blue, Calling Card, Cold, Conspire, Delight, Fire, Glow, Groundhog's Day, Hearts, Hide and Seek, Icy Traces, Jack Frost, Kittens, Linger, Memory, Mittens, Peeks, Poetry and Poems, Reveal, Revelry, Shadow, Shut Eye, Smiles, Smiles and Laugher, Snow, Snowman, Spring, Sun, Tales, Told, Warmth, Wave, Winter, Wistful Sigh, Woodland Creatures | Leave a comment