Tag Archives: Talk

Ghost Story

Ghost Storyby Michael DoyleRemember Remember meMy death Was cold miseryThere is no record At least officiallyBut my lynching Is part of historyI’m cold and alone Without a name on the stonePlease talk to me I need a sort of legacyI … Continue reading

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When High Brow Meets Low Brow

When High Brow Meets Low Browby Michael DoyleBoundaries of jazz smashed into neoclassical rockAnd the people who listened began with the talkTrying to be impressive though they couldn’t define itListening harder, the intellectuals began to refine itThere it was in … Continue reading

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In A Parisian Crowd

In A Parisian Crowdby Michael DoyleThe French soul Is wrapped around500 year old plumbingLike a lump of coalOn a Christmas dayIt has its significanceAnd at times its magnificenceBut there’s something to sayFor finding other, better waysAnd even the naughty findIt … Continue reading

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Cracking Hearts Into Holiness

Cracking Hearts Into Holinessby Michael DoyleThe temptations that we faceAre common to others as we embraceGod’s family, and begin to shareThis walk of love in all that we careIndifference and hurt build the wallsThat hardens us, until we recallOur need … Continue reading

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Like Wanderers Seeking

Like Wanderers Seekingby Michael DoyleLike wanderers wandering a lovelier wayWe plant the seeds that bring the new daysWith a fullness of dreams filling our heartsWe loosely planned how the days would startBut kept the freedom breathing in and outNever steadfastly … Continue reading

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First Principles: Be Humble, Talk Little, Think and Pray Much

“Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.” – George Whitefield

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Talk of Grace

Talk of Graceby Michael DoyleIt is all of us, the body of peopleFound under God’s holy steepleThat makes us wonder about graceUndeserved in favor, yet we know our placeClearly, His church is most attractiveWhere grace is found and is most … Continue reading

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Into the Blackest Night

Into the Blackest Nightby Michael DoyleAfter a charlatan’s talk of romanceShuffled by in the cards of chanceFriends from the other side tell the taleHalf past the shaded gates of HellIt seems that games of chance are legendaryAs sleight of hands … Continue reading

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First Day On the New Job

First Day On the New Jobby Michael DoyleOn the morning of the interviewIt seems the world is thrown askewThe keeper of the door is the one closing itAnd on most mornings, it’s easy to be forgetting itWhen a mouth runs, … Continue reading

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Continually and Helpfully

Continually and Helpfullyby Michael DoyleContinually and helpfully, we must setGod’s word before us studied, not just a peekSeeking to live as Jesus would teachKeeping the things above within our needed reachFocused on what is truly our very bestThat we might … Continue reading

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