Tag Archives: Sunrise

Christmas Tree Lane

Posted on December 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Christmas Tree Laneby Michael DoyleLife can throw its curve ballsYet, still, it is that Christmas callsWith Christmas lights bringing good cheerEven when a little sadness nearsA smile offered over a little wineHelps to smooth the edgy linesBringing joy and times … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Beneath, Bright Lights, Candy Canes, Children's Eyes, Christmas, Christmas Calls, Christmas Cheer, Christmas Eve, Christmas Lights, Christmas Tale, Christmas Tree Lane, Curve Bals, December's Night, Detours, Each Heart, Eave, Edgy Lines, Glow, Good Cheer, Good Will, Happiness, Heavens Above, Hold Dear, Hold Near, Holding On, Holding Tight, Holiday, Hugs and Kisses, Humor, Icicles, Joy, Kissing, Know, Kris Kringle, Life, Lights, List, Love, Loved Ones, Melt, Memories, Missing, Mistletoe, Moment, Money Spent, Neighbors, Neon, Poetry and Poems, Remind, Sadness, Season, See, Selfies, Share, Shine, Sing, Sleigh Bells, Smile, Smooth, Snow, Song, Sparkle, Spread, Staying Up, Sugar Plum Fairies, Sunrise, Surprise, Thieves, Time of Year, Treasure, Tree, Warmth, Went, Wine, World, Worthwhile | Leave a comment

Coming Back Again

Posted on November 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Coming Back Againby Michael DoyleIn the killing schoolI met my limits and wonThat is life’s only ruleTo never be done – There’s a storm insideThat burns like a fireSomewhere beyond the walls of prideIt flows like a river of desirePushing … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Again, Beyond, Blackest Night, Blocking Out, Burn, Capable, Coming Back, Desire, Determination, Edge, End, Eyes, Feelings, Fight, Find, Fire, Gain, Inside, Killing School, Ledge, Life, Limits, Moving Beyond, Never Be Done, Only Rule, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Pride, Prize, Push, River, Storm, Sunrise, Walk | Leave a comment

Cumberland Falls

Posted on November 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Cumberland Fallsby Michael DoyleInternet sites, articles, and word of mouthHas Cumberland Falls as the Niagara of the SouthAnd though we haven’t made it to see the moonbowWe have been there to see the gentle waters flowThe Cumberland River’s water ripples … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful, Change, Cumberland Falls, Cumberland River, Daniel Boone National Forest, Daughters, Eyes, Father, Flow, Forge, Full Moon, Giant Boulders, Impression, Kept, Light, Majestic, Mark, Moonbow, Niagara of the South, Nights, Path, Pinkies, Poetry and Poems, Polish, Promise, Promises, Record, Ripple, River, Slept, Sunrise, Tall, The Girls and I, Time, Unfold, Water, Word of Mouth | Leave a comment

A Sunrise Journey

Posted on June 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Sunrise Journeyby Michael DoyleClouds hang high in the morning skyAs if painted for the poet’s eyeThere’s a journey undertaken by the heartWhere the holiest of holy finds its startLike a seagull traveling light on its journeyA soul travels reaching … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Few More Smiles, Accept, Clouds, Constant Flow, Destiny, Dreams, Farther, Faster, Fly, Forgiven, Greater, Heart, Holiest of Holy, How High, Journey, Learn to See, Limits, Morning Sky, Painted, Poet's Eye, Poetry and Poems, Seagull, Soar, Spread Your Wings, Sunrise, Taken Wings, Travel, Try, Why Can't I?, Worry | Leave a comment

Midnight Reflections

Posted on November 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Midnight Reflectionsby Michael DoyleSending I love you echoes across the canyon wallInto the frigid air of this late fallThinking to myself that you were once so nearNow gasping at the thought that you might disappearThe distance is no further than … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ache, Beautiful Face, Beside me, Close My Eyes, Disappear, Distance, Echoes, Fantastic Blunder, Hand, Heart, Infinite Grace, Kiss, Late Fall, Midnight Reflections, Miss, Near, Poetry and Poems, Pull Me Under, Soul, Start, Sunrise, Tear Drops, Then, Wait, Wake, Walking Dream, Wish, Without You, Wonder, Words Exchanged | Leave a comment

Shadowboxing

Posted on October 7, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Shadowboxingby Michael DoyleShadowboxing with my egoHiding from whispers of an echoWhen cleansing of sin is neededAnd common sense is not heededThere are dangers in complexityRaw feelings rough in their simplicityI just need to hold on to the sunriseVisions that bleed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful Soul, Bleed, Cleansing of Sin, Common Sense, Complexity, Danger, Demons Dwell, Echo, Ego, Grow, Hid, Hurt, ID, Inferno, Innocence of Childhood, Jaded Past, Killing Me, Let Go, Living Hell, Lose Control, Love, Making, Mistakes, Must, Pain Inside, Past Trauma, Poetry and Poems, Pool of Blood, Raw Feelings, Shadow Boxing, Simplicity, Sunrise, Swept, Taking, Trust, Uncertainty, Whisper, World, Wound, Wounded Parts | Leave a comment

Child of Tomorrow

Posted on August 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Child of Tomorrowby Michael DoyleIn a thank you from the futureThe child of tomorrowKnows the caliber and essence of nurtureFiltered between the narrowOf sights that no one has seenIn a splendido sunriseThere in the Devil’s cathedral of beingThe way home … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bardic Depths, Being, Caliber, Cathedral, Child of Tomorrow, Devil, Easier To Love, Essence, Filter, Flow, Future, Glow, Hope, Narrow, Neon's Light, Night, Nurture, Poetry and Poems, Promises, Seen, Sights, Sunrise, Thank you, The Way Home, Unsaid, War | Leave a comment

Lisa (How To Love A New England Girl)

Posted on July 7, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Lisa (How To Love A New England Girl)by Michael DoyleShe was born a New England girlWith dreams of her own and the leaves in a whirlEvery fall, she knew comfort in her seasonAnd he knew that she made sense beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beach, Beautiful Name, Best Place, Beyond Reason, Blame, Boston, Coffees, Comfort, Conversations, Cotton Candy, Dreams, Driven, Dunkin Donuts, Embrace, Enjoy, Every Morning, Fall, Fall Foliage, Flowers, Glad To Be Alive, God, Granite Swimming Holes, Hand-In-Hand, Hard to Resist, Hayrides, Heart, Her Ways, Hoome, Hung Out, Incredible Place, Kaleidoscope, Leaves, Lights, Lips, Lisa, Longfellow Serenade, Love, Love Like hers, Love Like That, Love of Music, Miss, Moon, Music, Never Alone, New England Girl, North Beach, North Conway, Overgrown Surfer Boy, Oyster, Plans Made, Poetry and Poems, Posse, Promised, Reach, Red Hair, Sand, Season, Settler's Green, Shade, Shores, Smart Enough, Songs, Sore Thumb, Splinter, Start, Story Land, Summer, Sunrise, Take the Blame, The Wall, Toes, Tourists, Two Hour Drive, Understand, W.C. Handy, Walking, Warm, Warning, Wicked Slippery, Winter, Wintry, Woods, Worth | Leave a comment

To the New Sunrise

Posted on June 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

To the New Sunriseby Michael DoyleHand to heart, heart to handI wish only that you understandThat even if it weren’t for all your charmI would never wish to bring you harmWhen and wherever you may goYou take my care beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Betteer, Brave, Care, Charm, Comfort, Deeper, Desire, Dream, Eyes, Feel, Fire, Forward, Greet, Hand, Harm, Heart, Inspire, Joy, Known, Life, Lifetimes, Light, Love, Make Love Real, Memories, Memory, Morning Light, New, Playfulness, Poetry and Poems, Refuge, Restless, Reverie, Safe, Sense of Peace, Sunrise, Tire, Toward, Understand, Warmth, Wish, Words, World | Leave a comment

On Mother’s Day 2022

Posted on May 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

On Mother’s Day 2022by Michael DoyleWe’re here in celebration of no otherThan the holy names of our mothersAt this time of blessed worshipWe raise up this sacred relationshipLet’s bring it in intimate conversationShared love in its happy intimationGiven the power … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anxiety, Blessed Worship, Celebration, Children, Complexity, Contentment, Delay, Full Attention, God, Grace, Gratification, Happy Intimation, Hesitate, Holy Names, Imperfect, Instruction, Intimate Conversation, Learned, Love, Mother's Day 2022, Mothers, No Control, Parenting, Persist, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Present, Raise, Resentment, Right Intention, Sacred Relationship, Season, Serving As Example, Shared Love, Simplicity, Stay, Sunrise, Surprises, Theology, Uncertainty, Urgency | Leave a comment