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Growing Up In the Tropics
Growing Up in the Tropicsby Michael DoyleAcross the tropics, in early morning,We awaken sleepless, feeling the sunShining like a dreamBe it Cuba, Hawaii, or the PhilippinesThe breeze blows by coollyTurning the wind vanes slowly Dragonflies and butterflies floatOn mica wings … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Answer, Awake, Breeze, Butterflies, Children, Colored Skies, Cuba, Dragon Flies, Dream, Drowsy, Early Morning, Fields, Float, Glaze, Growing Up, Happiness Enough, Hawaii, Hit the Beach, Instinct, Island Time, Mica Wings, Names, New Day, Nourishment, Peaceful Bliss, Pineapple, Poetry and Poems, Rain, Reeds, Rice Paddies, Ride, See, Sleepless, Sleepy Day, Slow, Slow Heat, Sugar Cane, Summer All Year Long, Sun, Sunshine, The Philippines, Tropical Fish, Tropics, Waves, Wind Vanes, Yawn
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Big Sur
Big Surby Michael DoyleThinking back under Indiana’s rainMemories of a life spent in refrainWhere too much was never quite enoughAnd jokers begged a thief to call his bluffI remember back to when weeks were doneWe’d pack the car to drive … Continue reading
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Tagged Away, Beach, Believe, Big Sur, Bixby Bridge, Bluff, California, Chapparal, Closed, Conceive, Condor, Current, Days, Driving, Earth, Enought, Footpaths, Freedom, Glide, Greenery, Happy Songs, Heaven, Highway One, Home, Indiana Rain, Jade Cove, Joy, Leave, Ledge, Life Spent, Life's Answers, McWay Falls, Mirth, Nature's Child, Oak, Poetry and Poems, Push and Pull, Reach, Redwood, Refrain, Scenery, Secrets, Smile, Soar, Soft Rain, Sunshine, Tear, Tide, Times, Topple, Trails, Unveiled, Ventana, Week, Wild, World's Edge
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First Principles: Keep Your Face Always Toward the Sunshine – and Shadows Will Fall Behind You
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman (1819-1892) For something a little different in this month edging up on that day of Thanksgiving and gratitude…is a poetic thought that used … Continue reading
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Tagged Behind, Face, Fall, First Principles, Keep, Shadow, Sunshine, Toward, Walt Whitman
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Na/GloPoWriMo #20: Sijo For An Ill-Turned Vaccination
Na/GloPoWriMo #20: Sijo For An Ill Turned Vaccinationby Michael DoyleFather, will you be alright? But of course, I will my dearsWith one hundred three point three, who might I fooling?The fire blazes hot inside, but not as deep as my … Continue reading
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Tagged 103.3, Alright, Be Fine, Dad, Daugthers, Dears, Deep, Do Not Worry About A Thing, Father, Feeling Better, Fire, Fooling, Had Worse, I Am Fine, Ill-Turned, Love, Mother, Na/GloPoWriMo, Poetry and Poems, Sijo, Sleeping, Sunshine, Temperature, Time, Too Much, Two, Two To Love, Vaccination, Vaccine, Wait, Worry
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Thought For the Day: Just Living Is Not Enough. One Must Have Sunshine, Freedom and A Little Flower
“Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”- Hans Christian Anderson
With You As My Dream
With You As My Dreamby Michael DoyleOnce upon a time, there was a dreamAnd she shared her dreams with meTold me I was her king if she was my queenSeemed about right, my walking fantasyLike a fairy tale told in … Continue reading
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Tagged As My Dream, Beautiful, Believing, Bell, Cast My Penny, Cause Behind, Chime, Detail, Dreams, Every Moment Shared, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Heart Knows, Holding You Tight, Hope, King, Late Night, Lifetime, Me and You, Moments, More Than All, My Prayer, Once Upon A Time, Playful, Poetry and Poems, Queen, Real, Remembering Every Word, Ringing, Said, Shadows, Some Dreams Do Come True, Sunshine, Thoughts In My Head, Three Words, Us Two, Wake Up, Walking Fantasy, Wanting, Whispering Into My Pillow, Wishing Well, Wistful, With You
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Thoughts On Our Partnership 09032020
Thoughts On Our Partnership 09032020by Michael DoyleSmiles into your sleeping dreamWaking into our tomorrow’s sceneThe unseen director calls for actionAll moves and words lead to satisfactionKnowing that your heart holds mineWhile mine holds a bit of your sunshineIt’s a beautiful … Continue reading
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Tagged 09032020, Action, All You Truly Are, Beautitful Thing, Best of All, Bold, Breath, Bright, Bring, Day, Desire, Director, Dream, Fade, Goodness, Gratitude, Guitar, Hanging Star, Happy, Heart, Holds, Inspire, Keeping, Know, Mine, Moon, Moves, My Life, Night, Partnership, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Sacred, Safe, Satisfaction, Shining, Sing, Sleep, Sleeping, Smiles, Spark, Sparkling, Sunshine, Thoughts, To Have and To Hold, Tomorrow, Wake, Warm, Watch, Words, Yes, Your Heart
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A Summer Breeze Calls
Situational haiku or maybe just something from the place I photographed today… A Summer Breeze Calls by Michael Doyle A summer breeze calls Passing joyfully today Butterflies drift by Dragonfly alights Resting on a steady branch Offering comfort Goldfinch says … Continue reading
Sunshine On A Rainy Day
Day 26th of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo and the optional prompt is to write an almanac poem using: Almanac Questionnaire Weather: Rainy Day Flora: Marsh Roses Architecture: Limestone Customs: Pork Tenderloin Mammals/reptiles/fish: Sandhill Cranes Childhood dream: Becoming the president Found on … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 Hour News Cycle, Address, Amish, Art Museum, Bats, Belong, Bicycle, Clever, Crossroads, Desiree, Dream, Dress, Einstein, Escape, Fear, Feel, Forever, Graffiti, Heart, Here, Hometown, Hunch, Indiana, Kim Jong Un, Know, Lack, Limestone, Look, Love, Love Letters, Marsh Rose, Mine, Moon and Back, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poisoned Toads, Pork Tenderloin, President, Promise, Rain, Rainy Day, Sandhill Cranes, Space, Speculation, Street Lights, Sunday, Sunshine, SUV, Sweet Love, Thoughts, Three Thousand Miless, Window, Winnie the Pooh, Write
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 