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In the Stillness of Night
In the Stillness of Nightby Michael DoyleThings don’t always go as plannedSnows have stormed, and we’re undermanned.But the stars still twinkled on a silent night,And somehow, that makes everything alright.God knows how to play accidents out.All of time’s moments are … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Appreciation, God, Human Being, Moments, Night, oubt, Panne, Poetry an Poems, Real Meaning, Silence, Silent Night, Snow, Star, Stillness, Storm, Time
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Inauguration (January 20, 2025)
Inauguration (January 20, 2025)by Michael DoyleWatching the proceedings of the inaugurationI joined in my nation’s celebrationA nation led by a vision of principled humilityOne of the rights of the free, filled with majestyIn the stillness bestowed by God, we valiantly … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, Ability, Allegiance, Aspirations, Biden, Call, Celebration, Constitution, Country, Courageous, Crux, Donald Trump, Duty, Embrace, Execution, Face, Flaw, Fortitude, Free, Freedom, Glory, God, God's Glory, Guiding Light, Harris, History, Inauguration, Incidence, Instittion, J.D. Vance, Majesty, Malice, Mend, Nation, Nation's Story, New President, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Pomp and Circumstance, Power, Prayer, Principled Humility, Proceedings, Remember, Revive, Rights, Rule of Law, Silent Prayer, Splendid Moments, Steady, Stillness, Sunrise, Survive, Thrive, Transferred, Trust, Truth, Truths, Valiant, Vision, Wise
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The Eye of the Storm
The Eye of the Stormby Michael DoyleTo find the eye of the passing storm in life’s wildernessIs to find quiet hope in the chaos approached in the stillnessWhere the arts find our attention despite all life’s distractionsThe place where somehow … Continue reading
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Tagged Approve, Articulate, Attention, Attraction, Blind, Blossom, Bold, Burial, Chaos, Character, Civilization, Classic Construct, Complexity, Conformed Silence, Contrary, Cruel, Dead, Dignity, Distraction, Duality, Exceed, Eye, Focal Point, Form, Grow, Head, Institutions, Intellect's Community, Intuition, Intuitively, Jedi Masters, Know, Law, Literary, Literature, Long Ago, Mind, Missed Point, Mummy, Mystery, Notions, Obsolete, Plead, Poetry and Poems, Prioirty, Pseudo-Intellectuals, Question, Quiet Hope, Reader, Remember, Respectable Leaders, Right Words, Seeds, Seeker's Soul, Sin, Soft, Sought, Soul, Source, Stillness, Stopped Thinking, Storm, Tapestry, Technicalities, The Arts, Thinking, Thought, Threads, True Impressions, Truth, Tyranny, Unblinking, Unfilled Page, Unkind, Villiany, Warning Signs, Whitness, Wildnerness
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Beauty’s Brutality
Beauty’s Brutalityby Michael DoyleIn the deeps of Finland’s heartThe land lies in its darknessBathed in the Northern LightFrom where whispers of hope startAgainst the chilling harshnessBelow winter’s frosted nightSummer has been quick and fleetingTo thrive here takes endurance and courageWorn … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Ancient, Aurora Borealis, Beauty, Bleak Midwnter, Borne, Breeze, Brutality, Change, Chill, Comfort, Constant, Courage, Darkness, Deeps, Discourage, Down Under, Dreams, Endurance, Fatal, Finland, Fleeting, Fools, Forest, Free, Frost, Frozen In Time, Frozen Mouth, Gifts, Golden Eagle, Greeting, Grit, Harshness, Hope, Impatience, Infinity, Jeweled Crown, Land, Lapland, Legends, Life, Magical, Mesmerized, Midnight Sun, Moment To Spare, Myth, Myth of Fire Foxes, Never Know, Northern Light, Owl, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Reindeer, Rule, Santa, Serenity, Shine, Stand To Know, Star-Filled Sky, Stillness, Struggle, Summer, Sunrise, Surprise, Survive, The Sun, Thrive, Tough Lessons, Trees, Warmth, Weeks On End, Weight In Gold, Whisper, Winter, Winter Snow, Wisdom
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In His Blessing
In His Blessingby Michael DoyleKnowing the path of GodAnd finding in it stillnessIn times, it is so oddThere is a thrill in thisWalking from the darkness into lightInto the daylight from the nightWatching every move madeMy strength of faith will … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things, Blessing, Bring, Conceivable, Darkness, Daylight, Declaration, Deliver, Everything, Fade, Faith, Far, Feeling, Find, Firmament, From Below, Gaze, God, Grace, His, Light, Love, Move, Night, Odd, Path, Peace, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Power, Presence, Promise, Providence, Refuge, Safe, Seen, Sense, Stars, Stillness, Strength, Surrender, Thrill, Times, True Inspiration, Walk, Watch
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How To Live the Bible
Based in part on Deuteronomy 11:18-21: How To Live the Bible by Michael Doyle Thank you Father for our salvation Certain of our coming final destination Please hear our prayers on Palm Sunday As we worship and praise all of … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Bible, Carve, Comfort, Console, Destination, Deuteronomy, Devotional, Distraction, Emotion, Encourage, Faith, Flock, Focus, Follow, Foundation, Fuel, Guidance, Habit, Health, Holy, Home, How-To, Lesson, Life, Live, Look, Lost Sheep, Me, Palm Sunday, Paryers, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop Culture, Praise, Prayer, Principles, Proverbs, Psalms, Restoration, Rock, Rules, Salvation, School, Scripture, Sky, Soul, Spiritual, Stillness, Stone, Struggle, Thank you, The Book, Troubled, Verse, Walk, Wealth, Widom, Wilderness, Word, Words, Worship
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Of Love and Fear
No slackers here for Day 5 of Na/GloPoWriMo. Here are the goals: “(1) the villanelle form, (2) lines taken from an outside text, and/or (3) phrases that oppose each other in some way. If you can use two elements, great … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety, Anxious, Calmness, Choice, Confidence, Devoice, Explore, Fear, Find, Give, Hobson's Choice, Life, Limit, Love, Method of Choice, Na/GloPoWriMo, Patois, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Priority, Quatrain, Refine, Refrain, Rejoice, Stanza, Step, Stillness, Strip, Tercet, Villanelle, Voice
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Thanks In Everything
There are times when it seems awfully hard to find gratitude for the things and situations God puts into our lives. Here’s a little something on that topic and to make up for not having my mid-week Christian poem yesterday. … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bliss, Christian, Circumstance, Commandment, Commission, Contemplation, Cope, Dark Threads, Days, Dependent, Fear, Glory, God, Gratitude, Happenstance, Hear, Hesitation, Obey, Peace, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Question, Release, Sovereign, Spirit, Stillness, Story, Submission, Thankful, Understand, Unfolding Revelation, Woven
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Stillness of Heart
To self actualize life, I think… requires to first dare to dream.. then to dare more and make strides at making the dream or dreams come true? Stillness of Heart by Michael Romani She headed out West, heeding a platitude … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Calling, Certainty, Challenge, Confidence, Discern, Expectation, Fear, Footing, Grace, Gratitude, Guessing, Heart, Learned, One Step At A Time, Persevere, Photograph, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, Providence, Step, Stillness, West
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