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The Problem of Pride

Posted on September 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

The Problem of Prideby Michael DoyleEasily knownPride is the diseaseWe’ve seen this and it showsPutting us all ill at easeSeen in others, we forgetAll of those thingsWe struggle and yet we forgetAll the troubles, living bringsSeemingly standing positiveBut we think … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affirmation, Again, Bring, Confirmation, Contemplative, Dignity, Discord, Disease, Every Sin, Exercise, Forget, Genesis, Good, Guard, Haughty Eyes, Ill At Ease, Kill, Known, Lesson, Living, Lying Tongue, Negatives, Neglect, Others, Past, Poetry and Poems, Positive, Present, Pride, Problem, Relevant, Respect, Seen, Show, Sow, Spin, Struggle, The Moment, Think, Troubles, Walk Past, Wear Our Pride, Will Not Last | Leave a comment

On Becoming Truly Human

Posted on August 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Based on 1 Corinthians 12: On Becoming Truly Humanby Michael Doyle On becoming human resplendentWe were never meant to be independentBut rather communal in the nature of our beingLiving in a communion of love with all we’re seeing Love is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1 Corinthians 12, Accept, As We Are, Becoming, Being, Body of Christ, Brink, Brother, Burden, Christ, Christian Life, Communal, Connected, Core, Dedication, Divine, Elocution, Focus, God's Family, God's Plan, Heart, Holy Trinity, Humble, Illustration, Independent, Keep Our Faith, Knowing, Living In Communion, Love, Love Grows, Many Members, Meant, Miles, Nature, New Life, One Another, One Body, Overflowing, Part, Poetry and Poems, Process, Quenching the Thirst, Remember, Resplendent, Right, Sacred, Santification, Satisfy, See, Seeing, Serves Us Well, Sister, Sufficiency, Sum, The Spirit, Think, Together, Transcendent, Trials, Truest Theology, Truly Human, Vine and Branches, Vineyard, Walk, We Believe, Whole, Wine, Working for Good | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Liberty, Or the Absence of Coercion, Or the Leaving People To Think, Speak, and Act As They Please, Is In Itself A Good Thing

Posted on August 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty, or the absence of coercion, or the leaving people to think, speak, and act as they please, is in itself a good thing. It is the object of a favourable presumption. The burden of proving it inexpedient always lies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Abridge, Absence of Coercion, Act, Burden, Direct, Favorable Presumption, Good Thing, Indirect, Inexpedient, John Morley, Leaving, Liberty, Lies, Object, Speak, Think, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Waters Felt As Wild

Posted on July 8, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Waters Felt As Wildby Michael DoyleLooking to the commons differentlyWe sip at the waters reverentlyWith willows and elms along the banksAs a praying man, I stop to give thanksNo matter how much we pollute the watersTheir resilience slips back dreamilyAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adolescent, Banks, Camelot, Days, Days Gone By, Differently, Dreamily, Dusk, Elms, Friends, Give Thanks, Guilty, I Let Go, Idles, Ignorant, Insanity, Lost Lore, Memory, Might Have Been More, Once Again, One Word, Past, Poetry and Poems, Policeman's Blotter, Pollute, Praying Man, Pristine, Rainforest, Resilience, Restorative, Reverently, Sins, Sip, Soul, Sunlight, The Commons, Think, Thinking, Today, Undertow, Unseemly, Vanity, Waters, Wild, Wished Against Hope, Yearn, Yesterday, You and I, Youth | Leave a comment

First Principles: Let Us Tenderly and Kindly Cherish, Therefore, the Means of Knowledge. Let Us Dare To Read, Think, Speak, and Write.

Posted on May 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.”– John Adams

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First Principles: I Think All the World Would Gain By Setting Commerce At Perfect Liberty

Posted on May 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)

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Na/GloPoWriMo #18: “I Began My Life…”

Posted on April 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #18: “I Began My Life…” by Michael Doyle Grabbing this pony by the bridle Chapters do not really need a title That seems wisest, he quietly said And yet that’s not the task, replied his head So alright, as … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo #17: Your Turn To Peek

Posted on April 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #17: Your Turn To Peekby Michael DoyleA silver faceShrouded in thinnest veilShines of love’s embraceIn the greatest detailLines traces acrossScars whispering of lossYet, hopeful of fantasyLike star-crossed lunacyPlaying hide and seekUntil it’s your turn to peekThe day’s sun falls … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Across, Crown, Day, Detail, Embrace, Falls Down, Fantasy, Hide and Seek, Hopeful, Lines, Loss, Love, Lunacy, Na/GloPoWriMo, Once Again, Peek, Play, Poetry and Poems, Scars, Shine, Shroud, Star-Crossed, Sun, Think, Trace, Veil | Leave a comment

First Principles: Character Is Like A Tree and Reputation Like A Shadow. The Shadow Is What We Think of It; the Tree Is the Real Thing

Posted on March 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

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In the Sneeze of A Sweet Blink

Posted on February 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

In the Sneeze of A Sweet Blinkby Michael DoyleIn the sneeze of a sweet blinkShe was deeper than I’d thinkBreathing through my old heartNever to ever want to departThe memories that we buildWhether at home or afieldAre those that I … Continue reading →

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