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The Shaman’s Missing Chord
The Shaman’s Missing Chordby Michael DoyleThe struggle for life’s force,The mystery in seeking its source,Blazed as Morrison’s eyes glow.On what side would we learn to know.It’s easier to scare an audience,Portraying the figure of scorn and diffidence.Twirling into a dance … Continue reading
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Tagged Ascent, Audience, Blaze, Boots, Born, Breaking Waves, Celebration, Character, Colonnade, Describe, Diffidence, Distance, Endless Passages, Energy, Eyes, Half-Alert, Hurt, Imagery, Jim Morrison, Know, Life's Force, Lizard King, Miss, Missing Chord, Muddy Canals, Mystery, Pattern, Poet and Madman, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Puzzle, Quest, Scare, Scorn, Secret Graves, Sentiment, Shaman, Sing, Source, Stars, Struggle, Surrealistic Images, Sword, The Doors, Treasures, Twirl, Unresolved, Vision, Writing
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Overcoming the Adversary
Overcoming the Adversaryby Michael DoyleI’m glad to say that I believeIn God’s promise, not a devil who deceivesLife’s storms come, but I have strengthEnough to last the day’s lengthWith the Bible as my swordI rest on the strength of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Belief, Believe, Believer, Belssing, Bible, Christ's Blood, Circumstances, Confidence, Contrary, Darkness, Day, Deceive, Devil, Doubt, Fear, Glad, God of Second Chances, God's Promise, Going, Grow, Guess, Harshness, His Light, History, Holy Spirit, Joy, King, Legacy, Life, Lord, Name, Overcome, Overflow, Poetry and Poems, Show, Storm, Strength, Sword
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Breaker of Chains
Breaker of Chainsby Michael DoyleBreaker of the chainsYou have freed my soulHeard in the refrainsIt’s you that I extolYou are the LordSubject to my praiseYour Bible is my swordThroughout my daysHeld in our venerationFrom first to last generationsHeld in holy … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Bible, Blessing, Breaker, Chains, Christ's Own, Connection, Days, Direction, Extol, Free, Generation, Guess, Lord, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pride, Refrain, Soul, Sword, Together, Trust, Veneration, Ways, You and I
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First Principles: There Are Two Ways To Conquer and Enslave A Country. One Is By the Sword. The Other Is By Debt
“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.” – John Adams IT HAS BEEN POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THIS QUOTE WAS ACTUALLY SAID BY JOHN … Continue reading
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Tagged Conquer, Country, Debt, Enslave, First Principles, John Adams, Sword, Two Ways
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Ways of Life Previously Chosen
Ways of Life Previously Chosenby Michael DoyleEating smoked salmon and in contemplationAbout what will be the fate of my nationI will let no untruths be varnished or toldBut insist on telling how history did unfoldI have watched the destruction of … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Through 15th Amendments, 1860s, 1960s, 40 Acres and A Mule, ACA, Actual History, America, America's Legacy, American Power, American Soul, Aspiration, Assimilation, Bells and Lights, Bill of Goods, Bill of Rights, Black, Blight, Blood and Tears, Brooks, Bureaucracy, Calhoun, Choose, Chosen, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Common Man, Complicit, Contemplation, Credit, Creed, Crockett, Cross Road, Cruelty, Darker Brothers, Deep State, Deliberate Illusion, Delivered, Democratic Republcian, Democratic Standard, Destruction, DNC, Doubling Debt, Douglas, Dredging Up the Truth, Dysfunction, Economical, Election Day, Election Year, End Slavery, Ensure, Equal Opportunity, Equal Rights, Equality, Equity, Equivalency, Extorionate, Fable, Fact, Fair Life, False Flag, Fate, Filibustered, Focus, Freedom, Frelinghuysen, Fringe, Gang, Greenlight, History, Inconvenient, Indian Removal Act, Instill Fear, Islamic Militancy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kleptocracy, Knee, Lands, Lash, Legacy, Liberty, Lies of Equity, Lincoln, Love For the People, Merit, Military, Modern Democrats, Modern History, Nation, Native American, North and South, Not So Distant Past, Obama, Open Opportunity, Opposing Listeners, Pathway, Permanent, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Price Paid, Priority, Profit, Promises, Racism, Real Fight, Real History, Recalled, Republican, Restore, Right To Vote, Rule of Law, Sexual Plunder, Shackled, Shivered, Slavery, Sleight of Hand, Smoked Salmon, Social Justice, Stand Up In the Front, Steeple, Stumble, Suffragettes, Supreme Court, Sword, Tainted Legacy, Taught, The Hermitage, Theft, Tocquieveille, Told, Trading Lives, Trail of Tears, Understood, Unfold, Untruth, Varnish, Vehement, Votes Are Cast, War, Ways of Life, Whip, White, White House, Women, Worth
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Of All Things Valued
Of All Things Valuedby Michael DoyleLike pieces arranged on the chessboardThe Man from La Mancha bears his swordPrince or pawnbroker, there is trade for madnessBut only the type that perpetually leads to sadnessThe battle with evil and giants cannot compareWith … Continue reading
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Tagged Affection, All Things, Approach, Battle, Because, Believe, Best, Born, Challenge, Chess Board, Compare, Contest, Cost, Days of Old, Disillusioned, Distinguished, Emblems, Errant Knight, Eternal Brothers, Evil, Fair, Garment, Giants, Good Knight, Hem, Joined, Kiss, Language, Lost, Love, Madness, Ores, Pawnbroker, Peasants, Pieces, Poetry and Poems, Precious Sacrament, Prince, Sadness, Say, See, Stolen, Sword, The Man From La Mancha, Token, Trade, True Gold, Truth, Useless, Valued, You and Me
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First Principles: Before A Standing Army Can Rule, the People Must Be Disarmed; As They Are In Almost Every Kingdom of Europe
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe.” – Noah Webster (1787) When someone tells you that the right to bear arms exists for target practice and hunting, … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Armed, Disarmed, Europe, First Principles, Force, Kingdom, Noah Webster, Rule, Standing Army, Supreme Power, Sword, The People, Unjust Laws, Whole Body
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Push Button
Push Buttonby Michael DoylePushed buttons bring us to griefFrustrations from which we need reliefWe have but one Father, one God of creationBrothers and sisters sharing our one situationWe should then, treat one anotherAs we are, sisters and brothersEqually held in … Continue reading
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Tagged Abandon, Altars, Belong, Blessing, Born, Brothers and Sisters, Cheat, Command, Correction, Creation, Cuts Deeper, Darkness, Direction, Disregard, Doing Wrong, Equally Held, Fake, Father, Forgiveness, Frustrations, Full Liberty, Gardens, God, God's Body, Godly View, Grief, Grow, Heads on Swivel, Hearts, Holiness, Honor, Light, Living, Living Years, Love, Make, Member, Our Father's Love, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Push Button, Regard, Relationship, Relief, Reveal, Right Move, Rightful Worship, Sacred, Sanctuary, Situation, Speak, Sword, Tears, Treat One Another, True Devotion, Wasteland, Will, Witness, World
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The Legend of the Sword
The Legend of the Swordby Michael DoyleIn the centuries that came beforeMyth and legend became the ways of loreMan and mage coexisted in peaceUntil Mordred’s darkness slipped its leashA sorcerer turned to his dark ambitionAgainst mankind in a betrayal of … Continue reading
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Tagged Before, Betrayal, Camelot, Century, Dark Ambition, England, Evil, Excalibur, King Uther, Legend, Man and Mage, Mordred, Mortal Hand, Myth and Legend, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Sorcerer, Sword, Victory, Ways of Lore
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Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant
Well Done, Good and Faithful Servantby Michael DoyleFinding peace in the house of the LordHaving finally put away ways of the swordTime spent pursuing the Godly thingsAnd the blessings this bringsEach of us giving talents and giftsHealing the wounds and … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Blue Sky, Bow, Day, Difficult, Faithful, Faithful Steward, Forward, Godly Things, Good, Gratitude, Heal, House of the Lord, Keeping the Faith, Lift, Lord's Word, Ministry, Open, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prisons, Promises, Rifts, Servant, Sword, Time Spent, Walk, Well Done, Wounds
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