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Beauty’s Brutality
Beauty’s Brutalityby Michael DoyleIn the deeps of Finland’s heartThe land lies in its darknessBathed in the Northern LightFrom where whispers of hope startAgainst the chilling harshnessBelow winter’s frosted nightSummer has been quick and fleetingTo thrive here takes endurance and courageWorn … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Ancient, Aurora Borealis, Beauty, Bleak Midwnter, Borne, Breeze, Brutality, Change, Chill, Comfort, Constant, Courage, Darkness, Deeps, Discourage, Down Under, Dreams, Endurance, Fatal, Finland, Fleeting, Fools, Forest, Free, Frost, Frozen In Time, Frozen Mouth, Gifts, Golden Eagle, Greeting, Grit, Harshness, Hope, Impatience, Infinity, Jeweled Crown, Land, Lapland, Legends, Life, Magical, Mesmerized, Midnight Sun, Moment To Spare, Myth, Myth of Fire Foxes, Never Know, Northern Light, Owl, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Reindeer, Rule, Santa, Serenity, Shine, Stand To Know, Star-Filled Sky, Stillness, Struggle, Summer, Sunrise, Surprise, Survive, The Sun, Thrive, Tough Lessons, Trees, Warmth, Weeks On End, Weight In Gold, Whisper, Winter, Winter Snow, Wisdom
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Getting To the Photographer’s Prize
Getting To the Photographer’s Prizeby Michael DoyleIf you don’t want to be left in the lurchIt is always best to start with researchTrying to find the photo with something to sayCannot best be left to an improvised dayThere is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdundantly, Access, All of the Best, Best, Best Direction, Best Ways, Blessing, Ca;pture, Capacity, Clear, Dazzle, Deer In the Headlights, Details, Dream, Email, Embrace, Equal, Eyes, Face, Find, Focus, Forget, Function of Time, Gam, Getting To the Great, Guest, Homework, Improvised, Intimation, Intrigue, Keys, Left, Lurch, Magic, Making Connection, Mental Aggravation, Might Known, Nonverbal Communication, Observer, Others, Photo, Photographer, Phototgraph, Places, Poem, Poetry, Possess, Presentation, Prize, Proverbial Smile, Research, Right Opportunity, Say, Secret, Share, Shoot, Shooting Beyond the Obvious, Show, Simple, Start, Sublime, Surprise, Unique, Visually Loaded, Web, What Isn't There, What To Say, Worthy, You Should Have Been Here Yesterday, Your Best
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An Intellectual Conversation
An Intellectual Conversationby Michael DoyleI asked you to speak your beautiful mindUnsuspecting of all the wonders I might findBut knowing that I would love just to talkWho knew that talk would grow into our walkI asked you to kiss me … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Amazing, Ask, Band, Beautiful, Bodies, Brilliant, Captivate, Conversation, Cultural Taste, Dance, Deep, Depths, Destination, Explanation, Eyes, Final, Find, Grow, Hands, Hear, Hips, Ill-Defined, Inspiration, Intellectual, Kiss, Know, Lips, Look, Lord, Love, Mind, Music, My Hand, Near, Need, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Preordained, Say, Speak, Stay, Surprise, Sway, Sweet Love, Talk, Tomorrow, Unsuspecting, Wait, Walk, Want, Wonders, Words, Yesterday, You and Me
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As I Lay My Head Down
As I Lay My Head Downby Michael DoyleWrapped up in the depths of your soulAs we talk along our evening’s strollI see my heroes inside your heartEasily seeing what sets you apartYour words as you touch me deepWhisper you are … Continue reading
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Tagged Beside me, Dance, Day, Deep, Depths, Drift, Every Single Day, Feel, Fill, Fleet, God's Reflection, Growing Love, Heart, Hero, Hoping To Find, I Lay My Head Down, I Should Keep, Kneel, Lay My Head Down, Love Shine, Our, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Pillow, Please, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pray, See, Sets Apart, Shadow, Sleep, Stay, Stop, Stroll, Strong Enough, Surprise, Sweet Eyes, Talk, Think Of, Tomorrow, Whisper, Words, Wrapped, Your Love, Your Soul, Your Words
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A Vacation In the Reflective
A Vacation In the Reflectiveby Michael DoyleIt seems to me that there’s one thingCovid has brought and its the thrivingThat comes in knowing it’s not really destinationGiving us the best of our family vacationIt does not hurt in thinking locationBut, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambience, Architecture, Beauty, Billion, Blown Ego, Candid, Catch the Light, Collect, Contrast, Covid, Creative, Curves, Dawn, Day, Death's Embrace, Destination, Difference, Differently, Dignity, Dingy, Draw, Early To rise, Edges, Eloquent, Exact, Familiar, Family, Family Vacation, Feel, Floor, Focus, Found, Grey, Handholding, Highest Degree, Hurt, Images, Inside, Intimacy, Intricate, Just Right, Know, Lattice, Life, Linger, Location, Lunacy, Making the Best, Marble, Measuring Ages, Moments, Mt. Rushmore, New Angle, Opportunity, Perspective, Photo, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Potential, Real, Reflect, Remind, Restrict, Reverence, Said, Seems, Share, Situation, Sky, Snapshot, Spin, Standard Image, Statue of Liberty, Stiff As A Board, Surprise, Texture, Thoughtful Expression, Thrive, Too Big, Top Down View, Trip of the Shutter, Twilight, Vacation, Visual, Whole Other World, World, Wounded Pride
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When Tomorrow Comes Your Day
When Tomorrow Comes Your Dayby Michael DoyleWrapped up in the depths of your soulAs we talk along our evening’s strollI see my heroes inside your heartEasily seeing what sets you apartYour words as you touch me deepWhisper you are who … Continue reading
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Tagged Always Stay, Always There, Apart, Beside me, Comes, Connection, Dancing, Day, Depth, Drift Off, Evening, Every Single Day, Eyes, Feel, Fill, Find, God, Growing Love, Heart, Hero, Keep, Kneel, Love Shine, My Dear, Not Fleeting, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Pillow, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Prayer, Reflection, See, Shadow, Sleep, Sleeping, Soul, Strength, Strong Enough, Surprise, Talk, Thank you, Think, Tomorrow, Touch, Wake Up, Whisper, Whispering, Wrapped, You, Your Love, Your Words
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Lessons From Life’s Jungles
There are laws that are met in all jungles be these forested or concrete. The two most vital are survival and truth. Lessons From Life’s Jungles by Michael Doyle The jungle has two laws Survival and truth There is no … Continue reading
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Tagged Always, Ample, Anger, Be Fair, Belongs, Best, Best Lessons, Best of Life, Bitterness, Change, Choices, Close To Shore, Concrete, Danger, Each Person and Thing, Earned, Escape Clause, Eyes Forward, Fate, Firm, Forest, Forget, Fortune, Humor, Ignore, Jaws, Jungle, Jungle's Laws, Jungles, Last, Learn, Learned, Less, Lesson, Lessons, Lies, Life, Life's Lessons, Live Life, Lwas, Moments, Monkey, Must, Narrow, Not Learned, Ones, Opportunities, Particular, Parts Unknown, Past, Path Taken, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Room, Self, Shelf, Somewhere, Start, Straight As An Arrow, Streets, Strong, Surprise, Survival, Taught By Example, Too Late, Trust, Truth, Tumor, Us, Vital, Want, What's In Store, Youth
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To Keep the Sacred Near
A look at life’s lessons. To Keep the Sacred Near by Michael Doyle Life thrusts us into situations Thigh deep in aggravations But then there’s a lesson even in that One felt deep even if you’re not an empath Another … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggravations, Another Day, Bambi, Care, Country, Dear, Doe, Doesn't Really Matter, Empath, Endless Days, Eyeball, Eyes, Felt Deep, Go Far, Good Enough, Heart, Holding On, Home, Instinct, Keep, Last Night, Learn, Lesson, Lessons, Life, Mortality, Near, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realization, Sacred, See, Situation, Slip By, Spare, Surprise, Thigh Deep, Thrust, Time, True, Wonder, Yearling
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Life Taken By Slice
Life is filled with events that beg for good photographs that capture their essence. Next in the series on photography and photograph composition. Life Taken By Slice by Michael Doyle Birthdays, weddings and holidays Special occasions in a million ways … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Being, Bind, Birthday, Blow the Candles Out, By Slice, Cake, Candid, Caption, Capture, Catch, Colors, Count, Detail, Details, Don't Stop the Action, Drama, Draws In, Emotions, Essence, Events, Every Angle, Face, Fade Into Night, Find, Fly On the Wall, Force, Glasses Raised, Glorious Moments, Good Times, Grab, Hard, Holidays, Homework, Humans Being, Impossible To Replace, Life, Life Goes By, Life's Events, Light, Long Exposure, Main Dish, Meaning, Moments, Moments of Joy, Most, Neglect, Nothing, Photograph, Photographs, Photos, Poetry, Presents, Remember, Respect, Round of Drinks, Satisfaction, Saving Aside, Scout Out, Seasoning, Seen, Sight, Slice By Slice, Soak, Something, Spark, Special Occasions, Spice, Stolen Kiss, Stop Time, Stuck In Mind, Stuff of Life, Sublime, Surmise, Surprise, Swirls, Takes, The Best of Life, Thought, Tie, Toast, Wedding, Whisper, Wish, Wonderful
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Prayer For Courage
Poem Number Six in a series on a retelling of a classic werewolf tale: Prayer For Courage by Michael Doyle Look deep – is it a surprise? Do you see the beast in my eyes God knows that I wish … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Beast, Bold, Cards, Courage, Desire, Divine, Eyes, Flaws, Forgiveness, Fortunes, God, God Knows, God's Law, Good, Greater Good, Home, Hope, I, Inside, Look Deep, Looking Hard, Mortal Heart, Moves, Pensive, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Prayer, Prove, Read, Real, Sadness, Savage Beast, Series, Signs, Stand, Start, Stumble, Surge, Surprise, Tale, Times, Told, Understood, Urge, Werewolf, Whisper, With, World
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