Tag Archives: Sublime

To Yet Be Wiser Than Yesterday

Posted on June 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I can only wish, right? We can only wish? Well.. maybe some wishes do come true? To Yet Be Wiser Than Yesterday by Michael Doyle A held tongue leaves time to think Observing those things to be observed These often … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Little More Time, Animosity, Beautiful, Begin Each Battle, Best, Blackness, Blessings, Borrowed Time, Bring, Brink, Businss, Care, Ceiling, Contribute, Deep, Early Rise, End Each Night, Eyes, Felt, God, Head, Held Tongue, Humble, I, Infinite, Intensity, Knees, Know, Laying Back, Life, Loan, Lost, Make, More, Observe, Part, Photograph, Pillow, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Sleep, Sorrow, Stare, Sublime, Suffering, Swept, Thanking God, Think, True, Unchangeable, Undeserved, Unfair, Whisper, Wise, Wiser, Wish, Witch's Broom, Wonderful, Wondering, World, Yesterday | Leave a comment

First Principles: Without Morals A Republic Cannot Subsist Any Length of Time

Posted on June 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Best Security, Charles Carroll, Christian Religion, Decry, Duration, Eternal Happiness, First Principles, Free Government, Insure, Morality, Morals, Pure, Republic, Solid Foundation, Sublime, Subsist, Time, Undermine | Leave a comment

On Understanding Children’s Literature

Posted on June 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A wisely crafted tale invites its reader or listener, young and old, to inquire what good might be learned from the tale. On Understanding Children’s Literature by Michael Doyle The stories we have heard from childhood Are the classics of … Continue reading →

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Something In the Time

Posted on May 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A brief reflection on life: Something In the Time by Michael Doyle There’s something wonderful to life Full of patterns and rhythms rife Skipping stones across wooded streams And summer evenings filled with dreams Beautifully seen through your elven eyes … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful, Blessing, Corridor, Creep, Crumble, Dazzle, Desire, Dream, Elven, Eyes, Fascination, Feeling, Fire, Fleet, Hope, Indiscretion, Life, Light, Meet, Moments, Moving, Mystic, New Norm, Night Skies, Pattern, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Rhythm, Rise, Skipping Stones, Something, Spark, Speak, Storm, Stream, Sublime, Summer, Summer Evenings, Sun, Suntan, Time, Tongue Tied, Travel, Walk, Whisper, Wonderful, Woods | Leave a comment

Dancing Cheek To Cheek

Posted on May 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Thinking on the Prohibition, flappers, gangsters and murder as she wrote… Dancing Cheek To Cheek by Michael Doyle Dancing cheek to cozy cheek Might bring us to ruin Libertine as it is It might lead to our undoing The habits … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Begin, Brave, Breath, Cheek To Cheek, Confess, Control, Cozy, Crime, Daddy, Dance, Darkness, Death, Deceptive, Escalation, Explain, Fear, Fiction, First Light, First Warning, Flapper, Gangster, Habit, Him, Home, Implore, Inhalation, Lead, Libertine, Mess, Murder, Partnership, Perfect, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Prohibition, Race, Real, Reveal, Roll, Ruin, Sad, Safe, See, She, Somewhere, Soul, Sublime, Time, Understand, Undoing, Volatile, Wrote | Leave a comment

A Star Wars Lesson In Liberty

Posted on May 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

May 4th has become, for some, a day of tribute to Star Wars as “May the 4th Be With You” day. When the day passed recently, it gave me some cause to think about how we around the planet … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ambiguity, Anakin, Bad, Black and White, Civil Liberties, Continues, Darkness, Darth Vader, Democracy, Empire, Enchained, Evil, Father Time, Good, Jedi, Learn, Lesson, Liberty, Man, Manipulation, May 4th, May the Fourth Be With You, Means, Moral, Old, People, Photograph, Plain Sight, Poem, Poetry, Power, Quest, Reel, Republic, Security, Shallow, Silver Screen, Soul, Spool, Star Wars, Steal, Story, Sublime, Trilogy, Truth, Useful Tool, Watch | Leave a comment

First Principles: Those Decrying Christianity…Are Undermining the Solid Foundation of Morals, the Best Security For the Duration of Free Governments

Posted on March 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Charles Carroll, Christian, Duration, Ensure, First Principles, Foundation, Free, Government, Happiness, Morality, Morals, Pure, Republic, Security, Sublime, Subsist, Undermin | Leave a comment

Souls On the Line

Posted on March 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Ever had that moment when you suddenly knew that however scary love is, you had met your forever in the eyes of the one you love? Souls On the Line by Michael Doyle My soul is on the line Wanting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always, Baby, Beautiful, Believe, Best of Love, Better, Beyond, Blind, Bliss, Broken, Choose, Clever, Dare, Doubt, Dream, Eyes, Feel, Feeling, Find, Forever, Happiness, Heart, Inside, Kind, Know, Life, Line, Love, Marking Time, Mind, Mine, Moment, Much, Must, Our, Out, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Puzzle, Reach, Real, Room, Soul, Spoken, Sublime, Surreal, Together, Touch, Travel, Trust, Want, Wonder, Words | Leave a comment

Sidewalk Communication

Posted on February 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The city is a place of connection in its own way. Fusions of thought and experiences blend into that special something that helps the creative process. Sidewalk Communication by Michael Romani Hustled and bustled to the point of hassled The … Continue reading →

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The Arrow Shoots Straight

Posted on February 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

We can do nothing about our yesterdays. We cannot do a whole lot about our tomorrows but prepare. All we are promised and all that we have is this moment we breathe. The Arrow Shoots Straight by Michael Romani We … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Anger, Arrow, Belief, Breathe, Brother, Cave, Dead, Dragon, Echo, Fight, Fire, Forgive, Grief, Head, Hide, Honor, Inflict, Inside, Inspire, Jesus, Live, Meaning, Miss, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Promise, Quiet, Remember, Straight, Stranger, Sublime, Survive, Taint, Tear, Tears, Time, Today, Tomorrow, True Love, Wall, We, Year, Yesterday | Leave a comment