Tag Archives: Thin

Autumn Seen Starkly

Posted on October 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Autumn Seen Starklyby Michael DoyleOctober 2nd and the days are wearing thinI suppose it is true that Winter is coming againThis, then, is the truth of Autumn seen starklyAs the days grow shorter and are seen darklyPoetry captures violent moments … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Amplify, Ancient Lineage, Autumn, Bend, Blessedness, Blossom, Breath, Change, Childhood, Cold, Collect, Creep, Cycles of Life, Dark, Days, Death, Decadence, Deciduous, Everywhere, Flower, Golden, Heartbeats, Hibernate, Hours, Ice, Knew, Love, Memories, Moments, New, Old Lifee, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Radiance, Reaper, Rearrange, Seep, Simple, Slip, Spin Out, Spring, Stark, Stay, Sunlight, Taces, Thin, Time, Transmute, True Growth, Truth, Universal, Vivid Color, Warnth, Weather, Winter, Wither | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Doesn’t Matter What You Look Like…What Does Matter Is the Size of Your Heart and the Strength of Your Character

Posted on June 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The lesson I want you to learn is it doesn’t matter what you look like. You can be tall or short or fat or thin or ugly or handsome, like your father, or you can be black or yellow or … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Black, Fat, Father, Fred Gwynne, Handsome, Learn, Lesson, Look Like, Matter, Short, Size of Your Heart, Strength of Your Character, Tall, The Munsters, Thin, Thought For the Day, Ugly, White, Yellow | Leave a comment

A Faithful Companion

Posted on May 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 2 Sam. 7:29: A Faithful Companion by Michael Doyle In a world filled with grief and acrimony God wants to bless our lives through testimony Loving us unconditionally and wanting our best He walks beside us … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2nd Samuel, Acknowledge, Acrimony, Aim, Alive, Alone, Appreciation, Approach, Ask, Believers, Beside, Best, Bless, Blessed, Blessings, Brought, Child of God, Choose, Circumstance, Companion, Counsel, Cross, Days, Discipline, Doing, Dream, Each, Earnest, Empower, Endeavor, Ensure, Everlasting, Expedience, Faithful, Family, Father, Fear, Flock, Foot of the Cross, Forgive, Forgotten, Forsake, Forward, Future, Gather, Getting By, God, Good, Good Habits, Good Life, Good Will, Grief, Guidance, Hear, Him, History, Home, Hope, Humility, Jesus, Joy, Keep, Last, Lesson, Lift, Listen, Lives, Loss, Love, Magnify, Moments, New Beginning, Obedience, Obey, Past, Personal Savior, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Providence, Purity, Reap As We Sow, Refuse, Relationship, Reliance, Remember, Right, Satisfaction, Seek, Slavation, Stand, Star, Step, Stewardship, Supplication, Survive, Temporal, Testimony, Thin, Truth, Unconditional, Understand, Understood, Undivided, Walk, Ways, Weigh, Wisdom, Word, World | Leave a comment

I of the Camera

Posted on April 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It’s the first official day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! So what’s the prompt, right? “… a self-portrait poem in which you make a specific action a metaphor for your life – one that typically isn’t done all that often, or only … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, Amazing, Awesome, Beautiful, Blur, Break of Day, Camera, Close Up, Color, Composition, Conscious, Dance, Decision, Distance, Dreams, Emphasis, Extraordinary, Eye, Flow, Focal, God, Green, Heart, Human Being, I, Inner, Interesting, Keep, Learn, Lense, Lesson, Life, Light of Moon, Marvel, Moment, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Normal, Ordinary, Perspective, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Premises, Prime, Reflexive, Seeing, Self Portrait, Show, Soft, Softness, Soul, Stir, Stream, Telephoto, Thin, Time, Trick, Trip, Tune, View, Visual Poetry, Wide, Witness, Wonderful, World | Leave a comment

Ruined Absolution

Posted on December 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

This poem was meant for December 19, 2019. This is, among other observances, National Emo Day.. So Happy that… In my own confessional, I am struggling a bit these last few days with my upcoming birthday, Christmas almost here and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absence, Absolution, Afraid, Angst, Bangs, Beautiful, Brithday, Burn, Care, Chemical Romance, Christmas, Compression, Confession, Confessional, Contemplate, Dark, December 19 2019, Die, Do It Or Die, Embrace, Emotional, Escape, Expression, Fall, Fraught, Glance, Hair, Happy, Hollywood, Human Being, Ink, Inspiration, Intropective, Jet Black, Life, Little Girls, Love, National Emo Day, Nothing, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Question, Ruin, Savage, Sigh, Silence, Skinny Jeans, Sleeve, Smile, Something, Sonic Attack, Sorrow, Stride, Structure, Sunday, Taste, Tee Shirt, Tenderness, Thin, Think, Violence, Violin, Want, World, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Ode To An Orangutan In My Thoughts

Posted on December 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Friday was the Day of the Monkey. This brought to mind a certain event that happened maybe 12 or more years ago. I could not fact any references to this orangutan on the net so I could not completely flesh … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Thin

Posted on August 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Shooting from the far side I feeling it thin Lost my pride Looking in; looking in All those things that I done Got this rabbit on the run Praying from near side Reeling it in Talking ’bout my pride Looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Cost, Daily Prompt, Debt, Far Side, Guilt, Introspection, Loss, Lost, Poetry, Pride, Rabbit, Run, Thin, Wish | Leave a comment

Word Prompt – Thin

Posted on August 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes there is a thin line Between what’s right and wrong You need a crystal ball to divine On which side you belong Teetering on the edge of my chair Moving fast but going nowhere I search my mind for … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Better Way, Crystal Ball, Edge, Nowhere, Photograph, Right, Second Guessing, Thin, Word Prompt, Wrong | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Thin

Posted on May 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

There’s a thin line between thunder And the lightning that strikes, she thought Between the water that pulls you under And the gasping breath reached for and sought There’s a thin line between love and what’s mine Selfishness and desire … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Breath, Daily Prompt, Family, Grumble, Lightning, Love, Mumble, Possession, Pulled Under, Thin, Thunder, Valentine, Water, Wordpress | Leave a comment