Tag Archives: Stand

Thought For the Day: Christmas Will Always Be As Long As We Stand Heart To Heart and Hand In Hand

Posted on December 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” – Dr. Suess

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For Bill of Rights Day

Posted on December 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

For Bill of Rights Dayby Michael DoyleTo embark on teaching history of the pastEngages us with the things that lastThe best way of doing this of courseIs to teach things right from the sourceBefore going further, let me just sayHappy … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If I Can Do No More, Let My Name Stand Among Those Who Are Willing To Bear Ridicule and Reproach For the Truth’s Sake and So Earn Some Right To Rejoice When the Victory Is Won

Posted on November 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.” -Louisa May Alcott, writer … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Make Mankind Wise and By That Very Operation You Make Them Free

Posted on October 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.” – William Godwin (1756-1836)

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Together We Will Stand

Posted on September 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Together We Will Standby Michael DoyleThere is now in this time of historyA grain going against the orthodoxyThat states that the power rests in populismDespite the modern move against nationalismToday, a certain set wishes our knees to bowAs if to … Continue reading →

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Be Your Own Hero

Posted on September 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Be Your Own Heroby Michael DoyleIncurable as a dreaming heroStubborn as a seeming zeroWe play our parts in masqueradeEach day lived within its charadeHiding ourselves behind the music we playCaught up in front of screens all dayBecause we cannot be … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Stand At the Crossroads of Freedom. One Road Leads To Greater Freedom and Opportunity and the Other Road Leads To Socialism and Decline

Posted on August 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We stand at a crossroads of freedom. Before us lie two paths: One based on the dignity and worth of every individual, and the other on the growing control of the state. One road leads to greater freedom and opportunity, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Choice We Face Is Whether America Remains America

Posted on August 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged America, Choice We Face, Crossroads of Freedom, Dignity and Worth, Every Individual, Greater Freedom and Opportunity, Growing Control, Mike Pence, One Road, Other Road, Remains, Socialism and Decline, Stand, The State, Thought For the Day, Two Paths | Leave a comment

Cancel Culture Must End

Posted on July 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I was so heartened to see 100 voices from the Left have finally seen the light so much so that they themselves are now beginning to say what I have said for over 15 years now. This whole cancel culture … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Anxiety, Any Over Others, Blame, Cancel Culture, Civility, Coercion, Contribution, Cultural Institutions, Demands, Dogma, Each, Encourage, End, Evil, Fascism, Fetish, Force, Force Against Force, Free Exchange of Ideas, Free Society, Free Speech, God, Going Too Far, Harshness, Humility, Intolerance, Justice, Kindness, Letter, Lifeblood of Society, Love, Main Street, Meet, Mess, North Star, Nothing Good, Once Excluded, Open Debate, Openness, Overdue, Persuasion, Photography, Poem, Poetry, President Trump, Protests, Public Shame, Raise, Retribution, Rival, Scars, Stand, Stand Together, The Left, Tolerate, Toleration, Trial, Voice, Voice of Reason, Void | Leave a comment

Prayer For Courage

Posted on July 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Poem Number Six in a series on a retelling of a classic werewolf tale: Prayer For Courage by Michael Doyle Look deep – is it a surprise? Do you see the beast in my eyes God knows that I wish … Continue reading →

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