Tag Archives: Style

Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of…)

Posted on December 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of…)by Michael DoyleCropper laid the template for rock-n-roll.Green Onions made the Soul Man cry. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay consoled our soulsAs Otis crashed and the rest of America cried.He proved that sometimes more … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged America, Bare Necessities, Belong, Certainty, Chugging Patterns, Clutter, Complexity, Console, Cry, Dissonance, Essential Groove, Feel, Flashy Solo, Green Onions, Guess, Jump Up, Language, Less, Licks, Madness, More, Move, Note, Otis Redding, Play, Pocket, Poetry and Poems, Precious and Tight, Primal Puriity, Remembrance, Right Place, Rock-n-Roll, Say, Siimple, Simply Right, Sitting On the Dock of the Bay, Space, Steve Cropper, Style, Succinct, Swagger, Template, Timing | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: My Mission In Life Is Not Merely To Survive, But To Thrive, and To Do So With Some Passion, Some Compassion, Some Humor, and Some Style

Posted on April 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style” – Maya Angelou

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Compassion, Humor, Life, Maya Angelou, Mission, Not Merely, Passion, Style, Survive, Thought For the Day, Thrive | Leave a comment

Due North

Posted on March 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Due Northby Michael DoyleIn these daysWhen everything has gone frothyIn a million waysWe need those around to be worthyThat’s who my friend had always beenThe one I knew was good for the winEver since back in high schoolI knew her … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alright, Always Been, Answer, Beat It, Brave, Calm, Cancer, Challenge, Come Hell or High Water, Concentration, Connected, Crisis, Days, Degree of Fascination, Demeanor, Due North, Facebook, Feel, Focus, Friend, Frothy, Glide, Good For the Win, Hallway, High School, Is, Joyous Laughter, Keep Things Real, Kept Cool, Lie On My Lips, Lifetime Past, Look, Lord, Lost Track, Million Ways, Mindfulness, More Than Fair, My Friend, Nobody's Fool, Paddleboarder, Peace, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Progress, Reconnected, Reflective, Same As the Last, Same Smile, Searching For An Answer, Sigh, Simple, Smile, Soul, Stalled, Stay Still, Stride, Style, Surreal, Tear, Test, Time, Traded Quips, True North Star, Water, Wherever, Words, Worthy, Yesterday | Leave a comment

The Something Better

Posted on March 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Something Betterby Michael DoyleWe all need our person we can go toIt’s the heart and soul of me and youSomeone to fit in with who we areThe seventh string on a six-string guitarWe share ourselves molded like clayTo find … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Art, Beautiful Smile, Become, Believe, Beyond, Clay, Common, Connections, Deceived, Different, Door, Equally Weighed, Fit, Focus, Forever Stay, Foward, Go To, Guitar, Heart, Heart and Soul, Hidden, Hold Tight, Laugh, Little Details, Love, Me and You, Mold, Moments, More, Multiple Choices, Need, Never Leave, Our Person, Poetry and Poems, Received, Repentance, Reverent, Right, Share, Silent Prayers, Small Voices, Something Better, Souls, Speak, Stars, Style, This Time, Tight, Together, What's Real, Wish | Leave a comment

Things Seen In 2023

Posted on December 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Things Seen In 2023by Michael DoyleLooking back on what has been 2023There was a lot to know and more to seeAI taught us some about our self-doubtAnd as always, there was a lot to work outEverywhere we looked, there was … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2023, AI, Allergy Seasons, Carbon Dioxide, Cause, Christmas, Databank, Debate, Decline, Electric Cars, Everywhere, Fall, Feral Chickens, Fit, Fold, Front Page, Fungi, Hawaii, Hippo, Impossible, Know, Local Waters, Mars, Pablo Escobar, Pirated Books, Plastic Sweaters, Poetry and Poems, Poets, Question, Ragee, Rank, Re-Engineering, Seasons, See, Self Doubt, Sky, Snow, Snowmen, Struggle, Style, Things Seen, Verse, Winter, Work Out, Worse, Yerba Mate | Leave a comment

The Bones of Rock-N-Roll

Posted on December 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Bones of Rock-N-Rollby Michael DoyleThe bones of rock-n-roll flowed through with authorityIn the American zeitgeist that Frank Zappa made legendarySpinning tales from hippies to yuppies in a vast conspiracyIt became tragically hipper as it grew to become legendaryHe was … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authority, Avantagarde, Bawdiness, Blank-Eyed Habits, Bones, Brok, Cales, Conformity, Curnch, Encourage, Fee Speech, Flamboyant, Flimsy Values, Frank Zaapa, Frivolity, Funk Infected, Hipster Guile, Hues, Humor, Hypocrisy, Lady Justice, Lyricism, Melody, Morality, Musical Tales, Narrative, Naughtiness, Percision, Poetry and Poems, Preach, Rabbit-Hole, Reach, Reality, Rock-n-Roll, Satirize, Sleeping Woke, Smile, Society, Spotlight, Style, Surreal, Television, Truthful Comedy, Urban Scensters, Vibraphone, Whine, Wounded Coil, Zeitgeist | Leave a comment

Giving Up On Being Superman

Posted on June 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Giving Up On Being Supermanby Michael DoyleThose of us who wished to be a supermanHave mostly ended up seeming like Peter PanThere comes a time when it becomes bestTo put such delusions to their restHaving hit the wall without a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Best Start, Best Strength, CGI, Comic Book, Compassion, Cup, Dedication, Delusion, Giving up, Inspiration, Ladies, Legendary, Listen, Longer While, Longest Miles, Love, Noble, Ordinary Man, Peter Pan, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Rest, Sad, Satisfcation, Sky, Smile, Sore Muscles, Strength of Heart, Style, Suit, Superman, Thunderbolt, Time, Time Is Up, Wish | Leave a comment

Daring To Live Different

Posted on June 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Daring to Live Differentby Michael DoyleAs we learn to accept who we areWe set our eyes on the mother starIt’s the urge to get back homeTo the family, no longer aloneThe heart breaks on the shoreBut still we dare to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Alone, Bonds, Brave Souls, Create, Dare, Defile, Different, Eyes, False Gods, Family, Home, Imitate, Learn, Life Happens, Live, Mother Star, Motivation, Outcast, Past, Poetry and Poems, Search, Shape and Mold, Shore, Style, Traditions, Urge, Wait | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Higher Up You Go, the More Mistakes You Are Allowed. Right At the Top, If You Make Enough of Them, It’s Considered To Be Your Style

Posted on May 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your style.” – Fred Astaire, dancer, actor, singer, musician, and choreographer (10 May 1899-1987)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Allowed, Consider, Enough, Fred Astaire, Higher, More Mistakes, Style, Thought For the Day, Top | Leave a comment

Hands Tell the Story

Posted on January 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Hands Tell the Storyby Michael DoyleSmooth and sultryThe jazz flautistSmooths out her linesSoothing like a silk mysteryThe jazz flautistBlows our mindsWhile somewhereIn that over thereA man watches a womanWishing he might persevereAnd didn’t know the fearLike only a man in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Ask, Blows Our Minds, Blur, Bolder, Cellphone, Comfort, Day, Emptiness, Fear, Forward, Hands, Happiness, Head, Hint, In the Zone, Jazz Flautist, Know, Lines, Love, Man, Messages, Morning, Never Pausing, Poetry and Poems, Shoulder, Silk Mystery, Slept Away, Smile, Smooth, Somewhere, Stay, Step Away, Story, Style, Sultry, Text, Truth, Two Hearts, Vows, Warning, Whisper, Wish, Woman | Leave a comment