Tag Archives: Tale

I, Noelle

Posted on December 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I, Noelleby Michael DoyleGrowing up there was nothing as pleasantAs waiting on Christmas Eve for presentsHe was like a lamb to metaphorical slaughterAs I snuck up on my Santa Claus fatherAs his daughter, there was much prideExcept for the part … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Big Year, Cheer, Children, Chimney, Choice, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve, Complete Perfection, Dasher, Daugther, Destiny, Detail, Doing Well, Father, Feeling, Getaway, God, Growing Up, Hope, Lamb, Look, Magic, Me, Merry Gentlemen, Metaphor, Morning Light, New Direction, Noelle, Phoenix, Photograph, Pleasat, Poetry and Poems, Presents, Pride, Promise, Pushed Aside, Rest, Santa Claus, Shining, Silent Night, Sled, Snowy Night, Snuck Up, Spinning, Tale, Tragic, We, Without Presents, Words | Leave a comment

A Christmas Heart

Posted on December 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A Christmas Heartby Michael DoyleOn a forge borne of magicThe Star of Bethlehem Can be harnessed with loveA Christmas heart wipes away the tragicOnly in the way an elf understandsLed as these are from up aboveWhen times are getting hardAnd … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always and Forever, Believing Hearts, Christmas Heart, Christmas Spirit, Company, Conceive, Dare, Deceive, Dream, Elf, Fantasy, Feel, Find Their Waay, Forge, From Up Above, Great, Hard, Harness, Hearth, Hope, Know, Led, Listening, Love, Low, Magic, Making It Real, Miracle, Moral, Move Beyond, Needed, Photograph, Poetry and Poems, Save the Day, Star of Bethlehem, Start, Stop Thinking, Tale, Think, Times, Tragic, True Believer, Understands, Way Back Home, Wild Card, Your Heart | Leave a comment

In Gratitude For Santa’s Spirit

Posted on November 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In Gratitude For Santa’s Spiritby Michael Doyle”Dear Santa”, that’s how it all beganSealed with love as only a child canWhat he wanted most of all was familyThat and a meaningful Christmas treeHe grew up endlessly chasing a little cheerIn the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appreciation, Badgered, Beaten Down, Began, Blues, Busy, Cheer, Child, Christmas, Christmas Cheer, Christmas Tree, Commericialization, Crown, Days, Dear Santa, Disappear, Dizzy, Dreams, Elves, Endlessly Chasing, Expectations, Family, Fascination, Frenzied, Give Me Give Me, Gladness, Gloves On, Going Through the Motions, Gratification, Gratitude, Greed, Happy News, Here and Now, Hustle and Bustle, Important Thing, Jaded World, Jingle, Joy, Joyfully, Magic, Meaning Got Lost, Meaningful, Never Allow, Never Be Allowed, New York City, North Pole, Not Just Once Upon, Notions, Our Children, Overworked, Photographs, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Press On, Real Meaning, Reflection, Remember, Remember What Matters, Santa, Sealed With Love, Season's Greetings, Shatter, Snow, Spirit, Spirit of Christmas, Stress, Suit Up, Tale, Tinsel, To Be Gone, Top of the World, Unsatisfied, Whole, World Apart, Year After Year, Yesterday | Leave a comment

God Revealed In the Smallest Details

Posted on October 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

God Revealed In the Smallest Detailsby Michael DoyleThe eyes might be the windows of the soulBut it’s the little things that elude controlWhere through the lenses of macrophotographyWe become consumed with our use of technologyIt all opens up a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Autofocus, Background, Best Friend, Best Hour, Color, Composition, Consume, Created, Deep, Definition, Details, Elude Control, Embrace, Enhance, Extraordinary, Eyes, Face, Flower, Found, Friend, Gaze, God, Heartbreaks, Hint, Lense, Light, Little Things, Macrophotography, Masterpiece, Mistakes, New World, Ordinary, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reveal, Simple, Small, Soft, Soul, Tale, Tear, Technology, The Greatest Artist, Three Dimensions, Trace, True, View, Windows | Leave a comment

A Wolf Keeps Watch

Posted on September 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A Wolf Keeps Watchby Michael DoyleLike a wolf into a flock of sheepTheir troubled souls, he would keepFor he was a reformed wolf standing guard against the enemyAnd there were questions of one’s dignityPoints of contention still must be proved … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age, Blur, Blush, Breath, Buriedd, Contention, Corruption, Craw, Defile, Determined, Devil, Dignity, Enemy, Evidence, Eyes, Fall, Flock of Sheep, Forgotten, Giving Ground, God, Guard, Guilty, Harder Than Death, Head of Doubt, Holy Man, Hostiles, Hustle, Innocent Child, Keep, Last, Love, Mumbles, Obedience, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Point of View, Pray, Providence, Questions, Random Thought, Recall, Reformed, Rotten, Safe, Shake, Shiver, Side Hustle, Silent, Sold, Solid, Soul, Street, Survivors, Suspicion, Tale, Tears, Told, Touch, Trace, Troubled Souls, True, Truth, Under, Understood, Watch, Wollf, Wounded Heart | Leave a comment

Born In the Dawn

Posted on July 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Tales of magic and the quests that invariably accompany these always tug at my soul. Born In the Dawn by Michael Doyle In the mists of time, there is a story Of the sword of power and it’s full glory … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arthur, Boon, Born, Bring, Choice, Choose, Courage, Curse, Dawn, Death, Deed, Demon, Desire, Devour, Discontent, Doubt, Earth, End, Fear, Flight, Force, Fore, Full Glory, Guidance, Heed, King, Learn To Lead, Life, Listen, Lives, Long Lost Friend, Loudly, Magic, Men, Mists of Time, Moon, Murder, Mystery, Nature, Need, Offering, Omens, Once Voice, One Day, Pass, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Quest, Raven, Require, Revealed, Right, Sacrifice, See, Sight, Sit, Soul, Story, Suffer Fools, Suffice, Sword of Power, Tale, Tug, Twilight, Understood, Wall, Water, Whisper, Wield, Will, Wisdom, Witch, Woman, Woods | Leave a comment

A Dagger’s Breath

Posted on July 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The last in the classic retelling of a classic werewolf tale: A Dagger’s Breath by Michael Doyle Everywhere the deceived heart searches for clues Bits of treachery displayed in all of its hues You can hide it all within a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ask, Aware, Banks, Bestial Pride, Big Eyes, Bitten, Blood Moon, Breath, Brutality, Chains, Christ, Clue, Complain, Confide, Courage, Cross, Curse, Dagger, Dagger's Breath, Darkness, Daughter, Deceived, Destiny, Devil's Daughter, Die, Ears, Errors, Father, Fears, Feel, Foggy, Goodbye, Hatred, Heart, Hero, Hide, Hues, Invincible, Lake, Lies, Loss, Love, Mask, Mortality, Nightmares, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Protect, Questions, Reins, Safe Passage, She, Sheer Terror, Silver, Simple, Slain, Soul Shake, Sunrise, Tale, Tears, Teeth, Treachery, Unholy, Vain, Veins, Verse, Want, Watch, Werewolf, Winter, Woken, Wolf | Leave a comment

Prayer For Courage

Posted on July 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | 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 | Leave a comment

Blood Moon Rising

Posted on July 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | 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 | Leave a comment

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