Tag Archives: Tale

A Tale of Happy Winnings

Posted on November 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Tale of Happy Winningsby Michael DoyleSomewhere common in the cityAnd in the heart of a New York City blue,A good cop found he made his own chances.The New York City streets were full of romance.Good luck finds its opportunity.It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chance, City, Good luck, Happy Winning, Lottery, Miracle, New York City, Opportunity, Poetry ad Poems, Romanc, Tale | Leave a comment

Without Apology

Posted on October 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Without Apologyby Michael DoyleOf the things noticed as lethal,One does the best that one can.Leaning in toward the seduction to evil,Thoughts ran toward being and murdering the man.Backroom cards are shared with frivolity,But there is a depth below the venality.There, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apology, Backroom Cards, Control, Conversation, Desire, Devil, Dishonesty, Evil, Fealty, Fear, Gentility, Lethal, Murder, Poetry and Poems, River To Lake, Seduction, Tale, Time, Vampirism, Venality | Leave a comment

Hula Memories

Posted on August 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Hula Memoriesby Michael DoyleThe modern age has its share of complexity.But not enough to warrant Hawaiian anxiety.The sacred duty held with great veneration,Is the sacred duty felt by each generation.Hula is the language of the Hawaiian heart.It has remained so … Continue reading →

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The Tale Behind the Tail

Posted on July 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Tale Behind the Tailby Michael DoyleSometimes, behind the nucleus and its tail,There is a deeper meaning, a tale within a tale.There is a pervasive feeling in the cosmic trackOf an object that continuously makes its way back.Some see this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arbitrator, Atmosphere, Bringer of Life, Change, Comet Tail, Cosmic Track, Damaged and Broken, Deep Meaning, Fear, Feeling, Fleeting Stars, Harmoize, Hear, Hope, Millennia, Nighttime Skies, Nucleus, Object, Outspoken, Passage of Time, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Poets, Shooting Stars, Strife, Tale, Transformation, Universe, Unspoken Verse, Verbal Collectibles, Words | Leave a comment

Merely A Comedic Test

Posted on July 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Merely A Comedic Testby Michael DoyleA comedy writer laughs and readsA lot of energetic devotionThese days are filled with emotion lotionIt’s the tale of perpetual motion that reads.Like a tale of running down a road of screams,Played out in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability To Give Life, Black and White, Cartoon Screens, Color, Comedic Test, Comedy Writer, Comic Abstraction, Devotion, Emotion Lotion, Endless Show, Formula, Homage, Iconic, Laugh, Modern World, Over, Page One, Perpetual Motion, Poetry and Poems, Process, Read, Road of Screams, Room, Smart Guys, Step, Tale, Television Glow, Test, Theft, Unwise | Leave a comment

Like A Velvet Snare

Posted on December 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Like A Velvet Snareby Michael DoyleShe looked at meWith the eyes of an angelI was worried there’d beSome kind of angleI put my guard upShe dropped it with a smileBefore I knew what was upThere could be no denialI knew … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Angel, Angle, Beyond, Bond, Common, Curiosity, Deep Look, Denial, Do-It-Yourself, Each Other's Face, Eternity, Eyes, Feeling, Forward, Gone, Grace, Guard, Her Man, Innuendo, Knew, Life's Journey, Life's Window, Look, Nobility, Our Hearts, Poetry and Poems, Question, Sensuality, Sepcial, Simple, Smile, Snare, Soul, Subtle Habits, Tale, Tone, Touch, Velvet, Velvet Snare, What Was Up, Wish, Worry | Leave a comment

A Tale of the Floods

Posted on November 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Tale of the Floodsby Michael DoyleA backstory in humanity’s pagesTells of an advanced people of mythic agesWe study these times with optimismBelieving that humanity survived a great cataclysmThe time considered the dawn of historyIs imprecise and filled with mysteriesHuman … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Archeologist, Civilization, Dawn of History, Evidence, Footprint, Great Cataclysm, Great Flood, Gunung Padang, Humanity, Ice Age, Jigsaw Puzzle, Mud, Mystery, Mythic Ages, Optimism, Past, Poetry and Poems, Tale | Leave a comment

Fiery Cinders

Posted on September 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Fiery Cindersby Michael DoyleHourglass sands spell tales of brutalityWhispering that most pirates keep their humanityThat is until they can only no longer see fitWhich mostly comes down to the matter of profitIn these moments, and when it’s a Hell of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Bravado, Brutality, Captain, cinder, Dead Men, Die, Escape, Fiery Cinders, Fit, Hell, Hourglass Sands, Humanity, Jolly Rogers, Last Man, Less-Than-Clever, Loose Lips, Moments, Never, Pirates, Plan, Plundering Pirates, Poetry and Poems, Prize, Profit, Sea, Strictly Logic, Survive, Tale, Tales, Watch Change, Whisper, Witnessing Eyes | Leave a comment

A Reach and Twitch

Posted on July 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Reach and Twitchby Michael DoyleA hand reaches out and twitchesHeld out toward the unseen switchesAs a life comes and then is goneAs easy as a light turned off and onWe come into this life cryingScreaming out for more and … Continue reading →

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Newport Aquarium

Posted on June 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Newport Aquariumby Michael DoyleAs though a knight eager on his questI, as a father, find little need to restInstead, I eagerly undertake a two-hour driveGlad to teach my daughters and feel aliveThough I wish I could take them to the … Continue reading →

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