Tag Archives: Street

Spinning Wheel Spun

Posted on August 8, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Spinning Wheel Spunby Michael DoyleWhen the wheel is spunAnd you look at what you’ve wonYou find the truth in what has been doneAt the end of it, you’re number one.The crowd gets overly loud, But you know that it’s allowed.You … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged "The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted." - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799), Allowed, Done, Dream, Game, Hustle, Lights, Loaded Dice, Number One, Poetry and Poems, Rock-n-Roll Circus, Scene, Show, Spinning Wheel, Spun, Street, Sympathy, Symphony, The Crowd, Twice, Wheel, Won | Leave a comment

Love’s Cost

Posted on March 24, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Love’s Costby Michael DoyleNo matter who it is that you might meetAs you walk down life’s long street, You might never know how she may feel.So, it’s important to make this real.It’s more than wedding bells’ chime,A counterfeit love would … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Better Fate, Chance, Chime, Counterfeit Love, Criime, Feel, Fine Romance, Imposter, Life, Love, Love's Cost, Meet, No Matter, Poetry and Poems, Real, Relationships, Reliable, Ribbons and Bows, Shadows, Stick Around, Street, Tomorrow, True Love, Wait, Wedding Bells | Leave a comment

Rose Parade 2026

Posted on January 1, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Rose Parade 2026by Michael DoyleEvery new year, we gather around the nationTo enjoy the Rose Parade celebration.The thought that I’ve done this nearly 63 yearsBrings a slight trickle of champion’s tears.I’m just a little bit missing my daughters,I suppose that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2026, All-American Dream, America, Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales, Audio, Bands, Beaat, Better, Bloom, Celebration, Cheer, Court, Creativity, Crowd, Daughters, Depth and Structure, Design, Disney, Dream, Empower, Family, Feels Good, Float, Floral, Flower, Food, Gather, Given, Happy New Year, History, Horses, Kindness and Love, Levvity, Long Ago, Magic Johnson, Magical, Modern Father, Nation, New Year's Day, Parade, Pasadena, Poetry and Poems, Prevailing Message, Quee, Rain Gear, Rain-Kissed, Rose Parade, San Francisco, Scenery, Street, Team, The Marines, Thereapy, Thrill, Tower, Travel, Working Together, Writing | Leave a comment

In Kalkota’s Slum

Posted on November 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In Kalkota’s Slumby Michael DoyleEven in the Kalkota ghetto,You can see courage in the shadows.Youths capture the waters of historyWhile finding hope for tomorrow’s mystery.Revolutionary optimists fetch the waterWhile knowing so little of mother or father.Living life there in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brave, Change, Children, Community, Cradle, Early Grave, Flth, Hazrdous, History, Kalkota's Slum, Message, Poetry and Poems, Politicians, Poloio, Poverty, Revolutionary Optimsts, Shadow, Slum, Street, Talk, Tomorrow, Travel, Water, Youth | Leave a comment

A Sense of Loneliness

Posted on October 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Sense of Lonelinessby Michael DoyleThe strange new thoughts are invasive.The changes to what life is are pervasive.One must be careful out on the street,Especially of who one decides to eat,To keep things in the superlative, One must never eat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attempt, Changes, Eat, Emptiness, Fantasy, Feelings, Friend, Hesitation, Horror, Invasive, Life, Liiquid, Live Forever, Loneliness, Page, Pervasive, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Relative, Sense, Street, Superlative, Thirst, Thought, Unanswered Question, Unquenchable, Value, vampires | Leave a comment

Turning Points of Resolution

Posted on September 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Turning Points of Resolutionby Michael DoyleWithout having so much as a college degree,Charlie offered the ideals of American philosophy.Bringing truth to the street of clever error,It’s more than 7 years of bad luck from this broken mirror.Touching hearts and guiding … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged American Philosophy, Atmosphere, Bad Luck, Broken Mirror, Charlie Kirk, Civil, Clever Error, Clouded Hate, College Degree, Display, Examination, Faith, Fear, Fragility of Life, Frame, Hearts, High-Powered Round, Ideals, Informed Debate, Left Behind, Life, Madman, Malice, Mindless Loss, Minds, Nation's Friend, Poetry and Poems, Reasoned Debate, Resolution, Shame, Start, Street, Strife, Thug, True Justice, Truth, Turning Point, Writing | Leave a comment

Intricate In Arrangement

Posted on August 30, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Intricate In Arrangementby Michael DoyleLoss of integral resplendenceBrothers of spiritual disciplineOff balance in our alchemyIt’s easy to get lost in the harmony.These are touches to the soulPlayed out in our rock ‘ n ‘ roll,It’s the music that moves the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aisle, Alchemy, Audience, Brothers, Crucified, Dance, Deified, Estrangement, Feet, Harmony, Hdart, Horn Section, Loss, Lost, Mistake, Music, Off Balance, Part, Perfection, Poetry and Poems, Providence, Rehearsal, Resplendence, Reverence, Rites of Survival, Rock'n'Roll, Soul, Spiritual Discipline, Street, Touches | Leave a comment

On Abundance and Incompetence

Posted on June 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

On Abundance and Incompetenceby Michael DoyleAcross America, the Left rules with impotence.It’s a case of negligence and incompetence.Despite California’s being blessed by providence,Its governance provides more than ample evidence.It isn’t just an outbreak of vast stupidity.But more the case evidenced … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abundance, America, California, Dependence, Feet, Governance, Hand Out, Hand Up, High Speed Trains, Impotence, Incompetence, Outbreak, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Providence, Street, Struggle, Stupidity, Teach To Fish, The Left, Truth, Wildfires | Leave a comment

Bullfrog’s Blues

Posted on May 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Bullfrog’s Bluesby Michael DoyleIt seems Bullfrog doesn’t like sweltering heat,But he liked less, his man facedown on the street.The weight of decisions bringing life and deathOften takes away even a tough man’s breath. To hide his tears, he feigned a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blues, Breath, Bullfrog, Card, Coffin, Cough, Death, Decision, Die Hard, Guilt, Hard To Forgive, Heat, Joked, Left To LIve, Lessons, Life and Death, Loe, Orders, Poetry and Poems, Street, Tears | Leave a comment

A Reach and Twitch

Posted on July 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Reach and Twitchby Michael DoyleA hand reaches out and twitchesHeld out toward the unseen switchesAs a life comes and then is goneAs easy as a light turned off and onWe come into this life cryingScreaming out for more and … Continue reading →

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