Tag Archives: Stars

A New Horizon

Posted on February 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A New Horizonby Michael DoyleOpen up your eyes and seeLook into the new horizonThe morning light brings possibilityShining on without corruptionThe purity of this new dayLies in your hands to be madeThe rain may fall along the wayBut don’t hide … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Arc, Begin Again, Believe, Bound, Childhood, Compassion, Corruption, Darkness, Ears, Eyes, Fears, Forget, Future, Hand In Hand, Hands, Hate, Hide Away, Hoome, Keep, Known, Late, Leave, Light, Look, Love, Made, Morning Light, New Day, New Horizon, Northern, Ourselves, Past, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Purity, Rain, Run, See, Shadow, Shine, Stars, Today, Truth, Understand, Understood, Way, Whisper, Win, Woods | Leave a comment

A Hymn For A Winter’s Day

Posted on January 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Hymn For A Winter’s Dayby Michael DoyleLeaning by the firesidePutting away my vain prideFear is not my wayI’ll follow the Lord in all my daysGod’s house is my dwellingGod’s love is my true ceilingAs I find my heart in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Burn, Ceiling, Darkest Day, Day, Days, Death, Dwelling, Fear, Fireside, Follow, God's House, Heart, Him, History, Humanity, Hymn, Jesus, Joy, King, Lean, Light, Lord, Love, Moments, Naigate, Not My Way, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Pride, Put Away, Rolled Away, Savior, Silent, Sing, Stars, Stay, Stone, The Lord, Victory, Winter's Day | Leave a comment

Life So Far

Posted on January 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Life So Farby Michael DoyleIn the righteousness and errorsLife is often smoke and mirrorsWe walk in our best composureAnd hiding ourselves from exposureOf being seen for who we areHoping our best selves will travel farWe hide ourselves in the shadowsHoping … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bare, Best Friends, Best Selves, Care, Charades, Composure, Confusion, Determine, Done, Doubt, Errors, Exposure, Face-To-Face, Fall, Feel, Found, Game, Ground, Happiness, Heart, Helpless, Hide, Hope, Illusion, Know, Life, Life So Far, Little Losses, Living History, Lost, Low, Made, Matter, Misery, Pieces, Pierce, Play, Poetry and Poems, Remains, Resiliency, Righteousness, Saying, Shadows, Smoke and Mirrors, Soul, Splinters, Stars, This Far, Truth, Uncertain, Undone, Waking Days, Walk, Who We Are | Leave a comment

Searching For Reasons Why

Posted on December 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Searching For Reasons Whyby Michael DoyleSearching for wordsThat just won’t comeHoping for a pocketful of miraclesBut finding noneThis is no way to spendThe moments leading to Christmas DayJust hoping for them to endCause they make no difference anywayTake another sip … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Able, Believe, Blues, Cards, Chair, Christmas, Christmas Day, Comfort, Could, Cry, Daughters, David, Die, Difference, Dream, Dreams, Drenched, End, Father, Give, Gone, Good, Half, Happy, Hard, Hearts, Hope, Knocked Back, Lack, Life, Life's Pain, Long, Moments, None, Nudge, Pocketful of Miracles, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Rain, Read, Reasons, Rhyme, Sadness, Seams, Searching, Shoulders, Sip, Snowman, Spend, Stand, Stars, Table, Think, Time, Watch, Why, Without A Reason Why, Words | Leave a comment

Feels Like Singin’ In the Rain

Posted on December 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Feels Like Singin’ In the Rainby Michael DoyleAcross the musicals of American BroadwayThe composers have found a thousand waysTo move our spirits to hurt and to soarAnd they leave us wanting to hear moreAs the songsters lay our souls bare … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful Girl, Bouquets, Broadway, Broadway Melody, Composer, Dance, Dream, Explain, Fabric, Feel, Fiddle, Glory, Guide, Happiness, Heart, Hurt, Inscribe, Love, Middle, Montage, Musical, Note, Painted Dolls, Poetry and Poems, Poses, Rain, Rhythm, Romeo and Juliet, Roses, Showtime, Sing, Singin' In the Rain, Snare, Soar, Songster, Soul, Spirit, Stars, Temptation, West Side Story | Leave a comment

Rage Land and TerraMerhyem’s Something Else

Posted on October 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

There is a tremendous amount of artistic talent found on the virtual platform known as Linden Lab’s Second Life. Two of these incredible artists are my friends, and the friends of many other artistic types, Rage Darkstone and TerraMerhyem. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Second Life | Tagged Anarhana, Artistic Talent, Backdrop, Chiona, Creations, Crew, Damien, Deyanira Yalin:, Dragon, Elena, Events, Expotential, Hemes, Hermes, Ilyra, Immersive, Kondor Art Center in Second Life, Lexandra, Light, Linden Labs, Metaverse, Michael Romani, Parcel, Particles, Persefone, Prims, Rage Darkstone, Rage Land, Redi, Roxy Particles, Second Life, Second Life Endowment For the Arts, SLEA, Something Else, Space, Stars, Talent, TerraMerhyem, The Grid, Tithrit, Tsu, Twister, Vritual Platform | Leave a comment

His Cure

Posted on July 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

His Cureby Michael DoyleJehovah by nameHe takes our blamePurified in praiseBringing light to our daysHis is the peaceThat wins from sin, our releaseGiving us our freedomIn the name of His KingdomHe who has set the starsAllowing us healing from our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action Verbs, Blame, Broken, Correction, Cure, Days, Empty Words, Fear, Freedom, Gardens, God, Graves, Heal, His Cure, His Path, Humanity, Jehovah, Kingdom, Light, Love, Mourning, Name, Only Way, Pain, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pure, Release, Ressurection, Scar, Sin, Spoken, Stars, Steady and Sure | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: There Are Stars Whose Radiance Is Visible On Earth Though They Have Long Been Extinct

Posted on July 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Brillaince, Dark, Earth, Extinct, Hannah Senesh, Humankind, Light, Living, Night, People, Radiance, Stars, Thought For the Day, Visible, World | 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

Thought For the Day: I Believe A Leaf of Grass Is No Less Than the Journey-Work of the Stars

Posted on May 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” – Walt Whitman, poet (1819-1892)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Believe, Grass, Journey-Work, Leaf, No Less, Stars, Thought For the Day, Walt Whitman | Leave a comment