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First Principles: It Does Not Take A Majority To Prevail… But Rather An Irate, Tireless Minority, Keen On Setting Brush Fires of Freedom In the Minds of Men
“It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men.” – Samuel Adams
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Tagged Brushfires, First Principles, Freedom, Irate, Majority, Mankind, Minds, Minority, Prevail, Samuel Adams, Set, Take, Tireless
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Shorebreak Blues
Shorebreak Bluesby Michael DoyleOut there on my hideaway, ride the bayI spend my moments in my casual wayHere to surf not to observe or talkI watch the waves crash on Jackpot RockI feel Autumn come creeping in Dreaming in my … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, Bay, Big Waves, Blues, Casual, Clouds, Crash, Creep In, Doubt, Dreams, Drizzle, Early Morning, Easy Enough, Everyday, Experience, Fake, Feeling, Gone, Hideaway, Island Girl, Jackpot Rock, Love, Make My Way, Moments, Observe, Oceant, Old Timers, Paddle, Paddle Out Again, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preference, Reverence, Ride, Roll In, Shape, Shorebreak, Sizzle, Slipping On, Souls, Stay, Sun, Surf, Swimming With Iguanas, Take, Talk, Talk Story, Tides, Time Spent, Waiemea, Waves, Waves Meet Shore
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Blood Moon Rising
Poem 3 in a continuing series of retelling of a classic werewolf tale: Blood Moon Rising by Michael Doyle Torchlight flows and leads the way As the full moon comes to claim the day Are you braver than me, my … Continue reading
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Tagged Ask, Belief, Best, Bind, Blood Moon, Brave, Claim, Classic, Consume, Credit, Day, Distinction, Doom, Errors, Few, Find, Fortify Courage, Full Blood Moon, Full Moon, Gloom, Good, Heart, Hero, Hunt, Lead, Learn, Life, Man Among Men, Manly, Moments, Move, Nerve, One By One, Page, Paint, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rise, Rising, Seal, Shock Proof, Soon, Steady, Strong Drink, Such Things, Take, Tale, Task, Terror, Think, Torchlight, True Courage, Understood, Unready, Way, Werewolf, Wolf
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Depths of Me and You
It’s all about connection. The deeper I dig in, the deeper I want this to go. Every moment is a new revelation to cherish. Depths of Me and You by Michael Doyle Taking our time To build our foundation It … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Better, Can't Help, Cherish, Close, Connection, Crime, Deep, Depth, Dig, Doubt, Feel, Focus, Form, Foundation, Heart, Hearts, Infatuation, Know, Laughter, Living, Love, Me and You, One, Our Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Real, Revelation, Share, Show, Special, Start, Sun, Take, Think, Time, Times, Together, True, Two, Without, World, You, Zone
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Fool’s Errand
Arguing with those we love is maybe sometimes natural. But, it’s a fool’s errand. There can be very little good in having to be right just to make the person you love somehow wrong. Especially in the modern age, … Continue reading
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Tagged Argue, Bring, Complete, Days, Dreams, Elf, Errand, Fight, Fool, Foolish, Forever, Fuss, Harmony, Heart, Hurt, Kiss, Life, Love, Magic, Make, Miss, Never Right, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Queen, Read, Sit, Stay, Table, Take, Tear, Think, Tranquility, Walk, Words
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Renewal of Vows
Dedicated to my best friend and lady, Desiree: Renewal of Vows by Michael Doyle Emotionally connected Physically dedicated The feelings run deep Knowing love is for keeps Talking points of love Have me thinking of What it takes to make … Continue reading
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Tagged Because, Connection, Dedicated, Deep, Do, Dream, Emotion, Fairytale, Feeling, Feelings, Feels, Found, Intense, Keeps, Know, Looking For, Lose, Love, Make, More, Need, Next, Overpower, Photograph, Physically, Poem, Poetry, Say, Sense, Take, Talking Points, Things, Think, True, Us, Wake Up, Waking, Way, You
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To Become A Knight
To be a knight is to be a servant for the country and its people. To Become A Knight by Michael Doyle The darkness is coming There’s no use in running Ruthlessly conquering as it comes It brings us to … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Awaken, Become, Blame, Boy, Brave, Burn, Call, Can, Come, Conquer, Consign, Country, Crush, Cunning, Darkness, Day, Destruction, Devour, Do, Eyes, Far, Fate, Fight, Fire, Flame, Found, Ground, Heart, Heed, Hero, Hold, Hour, Instincts, Knees, Knight, Knighthood, Knock, Learn, Lesson, Lust, Martial Styles, Mind, Need, Noble, Numb, Pass, People, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Power, Prepare, Prophecy, Protector, Rider, Role, Run, Savage, See, Servant, Servant of God, Sign, Soul, Spread, Start, Straight, Surplus, Survive, Take, Trial, True, Unholy, Warrior, Way, Weak, Will, Word, World, Zero
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A Nation In Need of Unity
In the last of this series, American history continues through the present: A Nation In Need of Unity by Michael Doyle George H. Bush struggled under Reagan’s shadow With his pedigree and skills he led well as most know It … Continue reading
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Tagged 1991, Age of Fracture, American History, Backward, Better, Challenge, Change, Children, Chinese Symbol, Choices, Civilization, Clash, Cold War, Commonality, Confidence, Containment Doctrine, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Deficits, Disaffection, Discontent, Disruption, Dread, Economics, End of History, Exceptional Now, Extricate, Focus, Forwaard, Fuction, Fukayama, Future, George H Bush, Germany, Give, Global Security, Hope, Hour, Humility, Huntington, Inspiration, Institutions, Invasion, Iraq, Know, Kuwait, Lesson, Liberal Democracy, Malcontent, Nation, National Debt, Need, New World Order, Operation Desert Storm, Pandemic, Past, Pedigree, Peril, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Prudence, Reagan, Rearrange, Rehablitation, Reintegration, Rogue States, Shadow, Sink, Sovereign, Soviet Empire, Strife, Take, Terrorism, Thug, Tiananmen Square, Together, Toward, Trillions, Unity, Unsustainable, Victory, Voices, Watch
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The Stolen Presence of Both Past and Present
The thirteenth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020 has the prompt objective of writing a non-apology for things stolen. This is a close as I have for the concept. It’s akin, I believe to something said that I read once but have … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Add-Ons, All, Approach, Aristotle, Brilliance, Claiim, Dance, Eloquently, Ethics, Explore, Full Throttle, History, Humble, Issac Newton, Lame, Learn, Light, Move, Mystery, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Non-Apology, Notions, Observations, Ought, Page, Past, Photograph, Plain, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Present, Recall, Shimmer, Should, Shoulders of Giants, Speak, Splash, Steal, Stolen, Take, Thoughts, Times, Truth, Words, Youth
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