Tag Archives: The Devil

The Pleasures of the Kill

Posted on October 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Pleasures of the Killby Michael DoyleTo be a vampire is to live a very long time.You can spend this time in venal pleasure or sublime.But either way, it is a counting of thousands of days,And this time is best … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blood, Breath, Days, Death, Eternal Life, Hunt, Jealously, Kill, Poetry and Poems, Sin, The Devil, Time, Vampire, Word | Leave a comment

When Rock Went To School

Posted on September 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

When Rock Went To Schoolby Michael DoyleSometimes there is thunder in a perfect mind.There in that place we have left behind.We wonder why it is that we all can’t walk away.We’re still mesmerized by the songs they used to play.Every … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bass Drum, Classic Rock, Complaint, Embrace, Every Note, Extended Range, Gin and Tonic :Pour, Heavenly Framed, Inner Dreams, Left Behind, Mesmerized, Misty Air, Mr. Bones, Music, Next Level, Path, Perfect Mind, Pierce, Play, Poems, Poetry, Riff, Roar, Rock, Roots, School, Screams, Silence and Chaos, Singular Voice, Snare, Sometimes, Song, The Devil, Thunder, Touch of Rock, Train, Walk Away, Wonder, Writing | 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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Arms of God, Attention, Balloon, Blame, Call, Control, Corner Boys, Crash and Burned, Crawl, Crying, Death, Desire, Die, Different, Dollar, End of Night, Escape, Fall, Fantasy, Fatalstically, Fear, Fire, Friend, Gang, Gone, Gun, Hand, Heed, Holler, Jester Crown, Last Prayer, Life, Light, Lost Soul, Loud, Lower East End, Mark, Name, Need, Off and On, On Your Own, Phantasm, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pointed Fingers, Reach, Relationship, Revere, Reverent, Scratch, Scream, Shots Fired, Shuffle, Sinners, Snitch, Soldier, Soul, Stale, Street, Struggle, Switch, Tale, Temptation, The Devil, Truth, Twitch, Whole, World, Worship, Worth of Life, Wreckage | Leave a comment

Praying In the Name Of…

Posted on October 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Praying In the Name Of…by Michael DoyleThe battle is won in victoryMy hands lift up in God, not meThroughout all of my daysEvery waking moment, focused on His waysMy hands lift up in His holy praiseHe is the author of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Alive, Author, Battle, Beyond, Blame, Blessings, Blood, Capability, Days, Done, Earthly Graves, Evil, Father's Feet, God, God Loves, Good, Hands Lift Up, Healing, Hearts, His Ways, His Will, Holy Praise, Hope, House, In the Name of, Jesus' Name, Lessons, Lived, Miracles, Name of the Father, Poetry and Poems, Praying, Promise, Receive, Resurrection Power, Save, Thankful, The Adversary, The Devil, The Son, The Spirit, True Defeat, Turn, Understood, Veins, Victory, Waking Moment | Leave a comment

The Gospel of A Hard Life

Posted on September 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Gospel of A Hard Lifeby Michael DoyleWith a pinch and a twistThe Devil takes my wristLeading me into temptationAnd away from contemplationAt the podium, the preacher talksAbout the holiness in which he walksDefining words by their situationSomehow arriving at … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Contemplation, Define, Destination, Gospel, Hard Life, Holiness, Pinch, Podium, Poetry and Poems, Preacher, Situation, Temptation, The Devil, Twist, Wrist | Leave a comment

Letting An Innocent Man Die

Posted on June 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Yes, this is still a big issue if not the biggest issue with me left over from the work for which I will always take a bit of my dignity and honor (such as it is) from. Even one … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Another Day, Better, Big Issue, Breath, Brutal, Burn, Compel, Daze, Death, Decide, Devil, Die, Dry Eye, Electric Chair, Emotions, George Floyd, Guilty Man, Heart, Hell To Pay, High, Injustice, Innocent Man, Learn, Less, Let, Lie, Live, Nothing, Path of Destruction, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reform, Selma, Sigh, Smell, Smoke, Snare, Somethign, Teachable Moments, The Devil, Time, Unacceptable, Ways, Weak Man | Leave a comment

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