Tag Archives: Terror

The Death Head of Night

Posted on November 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Death Head of Nightby Michael DoyleThere in the darkest of the 20th CenturyWere pages to learn from in our historySuch evil as was darker than the nightWhere our traditions still bring us lightNo matter what the king tells usTruth … Continue reading →

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I’ll Always Take Your Call

Posted on October 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I’ll Always Take Your Callby Michael DoyleRipped apart deep inside my DNAFinding the scary part is the last biteWhen suddenly, I run short of what to sayAnd my wildest dreams hold me through the nightSomewhere in the geometry of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abstract, Always, Apprehensive, Beeline, Behind, Bitter Respite, Boundaries, Breath In, Breath Out, Bridge, Catch Your Fall, Chase, Condescension, Conviction, Dark Tendency, Despair, Desperate, Different Tempos, Direction, DNA, Do It AGain, Dread, Edges, Elasticity, Facts, Feeling, Finish Stong, Geomtry, Hands In Mine, Heat of It, Holding On, Hollow Comfort, Hope, Implore, Infinite, Jester, Jump, King, Less Than Clever, Letting Go, Live and Learn, Lives Lessons, Melts Away, Moments, My Love Runs Deep, Never Leave You, Nighttime, Offer, Photograph, Place, Plasticity, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Rare, Refuse To Drown, Remember, Return, Ripped Apart, Run Short, Say, Scary Part, See Beyond, Shadows Creep In, Shriek, Silent, Silver Lining, Society, Song, Spin, Superficiality, Take Your Call, Terror, Through the Night, Unruly Mind, Waiting Out, Wildest Dreams, Worse, Wrap, Zig Zag | 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

Waking Up Alone

Posted on June 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Didn’t Bowie set it out for us well? Time may and does change us. But, we cannot change time. Why do realize that when we are young. Then so many of us lose sight of this as we grow older … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Apocalyptic, Approach, Aware, Bleed, Bowie, Capable, Change, Cross, Die, Dream, Drowned Out, Eventually, Fatalism, Fear, Feel, Feeling, Forward, Gone, Hands and Hearts, Hangs In the Air, Hard Rains, Hesitation, Highs, History, Hold On, Humor, Know, Listen, Live In the Past, Living, Lows, Mockery, Moving, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point of No Return, Proud, Question, See, Slow Trains, Sneer, Stark, Still Here, Terror, The Rubicon, Things Don't Last, Time, Today, Tomorrow, Unafraid, Wake Up, Waking Up Alone, Warning, We're On Our Own, Wonder, World, Yesterday, Young Ladies, Youngsters | Leave a comment

Antebellum Blues

Posted on March 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It’s true that there’s a lot more to the Southern side of the story than I’ll cover in this poem. But, with respect to American history, I would be amiss if I failed to cover this. Antebellum Blues by Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1830s, African, Agrarian, America, American History, Antebellum, Beauty, Bi-Racial, Bitter, Black, Blessed, Blues, Brutality, Canadaa, Cash, Character, Climate, Collision Course, Contrast, Control, Cotton Gin, Cruel, Cry, Dark Clouds, Dash, Disdain, Divide, Division, Domination, Eli Whitney, Enthusiasm, Error, Exodus, Export, Fall, Fear, Fertility, Field Hand, Fundamental, Gather, Ground, Haiti, Hired Hand, History, Horror, Idealism, Industry, Ineqquality, Integrity, Kick of the Can, King Cotton, Lash, Lower South, Master, McHugh, Misery, Moral, Motherless child, Nat Turner, Nation, Nature, Noble, Pecking Order, Peculiar Institution, Perpetuation, Perpetuity, Photograph, Piety, Plantation, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Poverty, Pride, Promised Land, Punditry, Puritan, Puzzle, Racism, Rebellion, Recall, Road, Role, Ruin, Sad, Seal, Sensibility, Slave, Slave Religion, Sobriety, Socialism, Society, Solace, South, Split, System, Terror, Textile, Truth, Ugly, Understand, Upper South, Virginia, Wage Slavery, War, White | Leave a comment

What Does It Look Like?

Posted on March 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Some try to push Christians out of the public square. That won’t be done. What Does It Look Like? by Michael Romani What does it look in this crumbled society To find that Christians have imputed notoriety Confronted by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abraham, Act, Best, Bow Down, Brink, Carnage, Christian, Cringe, Crown, Crumble, Daniel, Dedication, Deeds, Defile, Dependence, Divinity, Do, Drawing the Line, Empire, Error, Faith, Fire, Focus, God, God's Family, Goodness, Gospel, Guide, Hammer, Homily, Imperfect, Inspire, Issac, Jacob, Kingdom, Living God, Norm, Notoriety, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Pray, Principle, Public Square, Raise, Re-Education, Reconcile, Refuse, Reign, Roots, Say, Separated, Service, Show, Society, Stammer, Talk, Teach, Terror, Think, Tides, Truth, Walk, Will, World | Leave a comment

Thought of the Day: The Terror Is In the Anticipation of the Bang; Not the Bang

Posted on August 13, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” – Alfred Hitchcock, film-maker (13 Aug 1899-1980)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Anticipation, Ban, Suspense, Terror, Thrill | Leave a comment

Sleepless Sunrise

Posted on July 17, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated to the veterans with whom I work and do my best to help as they are no longer able to do as much as they once did. It’s a silent tragedy that more veterans and military members in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories, Poetry and Poems | Tagged Left Behind, Photogaphs, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, PTSD, Scars, Suicide, Terror, Veterans, Wound | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Voice of Opposition Should Not Be Silenced

Posted on July 7, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Government, Harry Truman, Opposition, Repression, Security, Silenced, Terror, Thought For the Day, United States, Voice | Leave a comment