Tag Archives: Thrill

Rose Parade 2026

Posted on January 1, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Rose Parade 2026by Michael DoyleEvery new year, we gather around the nationTo enjoy the Rose Parade celebration.The thought that I’ve done this nearly 63 yearsBrings a slight trickle of champion’s tears.I’m just a little bit missing my daughters,I suppose that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2026, All-American Dream, America, Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales, Audio, Bands, Beaat, Better, Bloom, Celebration, Cheer, Court, Creativity, Crowd, Daughters, Depth and Structure, Design, Disney, Dream, Empower, Family, Feels Good, Float, Floral, Flower, Food, Gather, Given, Happy New Year, History, Horses, Kindness and Love, Levvity, Long Ago, Magic Johnson, Magical, Modern Father, Nation, New Year's Day, Parade, Pasadena, Poetry and Poems, Prevailing Message, Quee, Rain Gear, Rain-Kissed, Rose Parade, San Francisco, Scenery, Street, Team, The Marines, Thereapy, Thrill, Tower, Travel, Working Together, Writing | Leave a comment

Fully Present In the Past

Posted on November 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Fully Present In the Pastby Michael DoyleRage bait and other angry fillsHave long ceased being thrills.No one has asked for my tainted advice,But I think it’s long past time to offer mine.Let’s not be rattled by our every whim.Instead, let’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angry Fills, Authority, Chaos, Courage, Discourage, Eyes of a Child, Fully Present, Goodness, Inner Strength, Know, Past, Poetry and Poems, Profile, Rage Bait, Reel, Strife, Tainted Adviice, Thrill, Whim | Leave a comment

Ed Gein’s Mind

Posted on October 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Ed Gein’s Mindby Michael DoyleThis time of year, with all of its chillsHas taught us, along with all the thrillsThat the worst monster is the human one.Among the animals, we are who kill for fun.Post-World War II saw a rising … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aggression, American Murderland, American Society, Answer, Bloodstream, Brokenness, Catastrophe, Chill, Common Thread, Confluence, Conspiracy, Crazy Wall, Devastation, Deviance, Ed Gein, Eden, Evaluation, Fetus, Fun, Greed, Haste, Hate, Horror, Human, Impulse, Indifference, Industrial Waste, Lead, Lunacy, Meta-Analysis, Mnd, Myster, Nerrative, Patterns, Pins, Poetry and Poems, Poison, Serial Killing, Smelter Smoke, Taught, Thrill, Trtuh, Violence, Worst Monster | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Do Not Think There Is Any Thrill That Can Go Through the Human Heart Like That Felt By The Inventor As He Sees Some Creation of the Brain Unfolding To Success

Posted on July 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Brain, Creation, Emotion, Forget, Human Heart, Inventor, Nikola Tesla, Success, Think, Thought For the Day, Thrill | Leave a comment

The Click Inside the Moment

Posted on April 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Click Inside the Momentby Michael DoyleStrangers showboating the skillsProbably don’t have the thrillsThey talk about so profuselyThese things shouldn’t be said looselyStill, we come into the roomWith exploding feelings that loomAnd I know that your pros outweigh your consUntil … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Night Long, Beach, Beating Strong, Believe, blogging, Cards, Care, Celebrated, Check the Box, Click, Color, Cons, Doublt-Time, Elated, End, Feeligns, Feelings, Find, Flow, Friendship and Love, Gate, Gone, Happy, Hear, Heart, Hold On, Hold You Close, Journey, Kiss, Know, Lifetime, Locks, Loom, Loose, Love, Made, Mind, Moment, Move, My Best Freind, One Another, Poem, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Positives, Pros, Rhyme, Room, Safe, Same, Show, Showboat, Skill, Strangers, Talk, Thrill, Validate, Wait, Walk, Words, Writing, Wrong | Leave a comment

First Kiss

Posted on February 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

First Kissby Michael DoyleRemembering back on the magicFound waiting for the first kissThat led to heartbreak, something tragicBut that moment felt like blissThat moment, for the moment, felt like blissThing back on the magicFound in waiting for the first touchThat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Begun, Bliss, Cherry Taste, Done, Feeling, First Touch, Flair, Grasp, Happiness, Heartbreak, Hips, Lips, Magic, Moment, Night's Air, Poetry and Poems, Reeling, Remember, Sadness, Seal, Surprise, Thrill, Tragic, Veil, Wait | Leave a comment

Stirred Up In Recipe

Posted on May 19, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Stirred Up In Recipeby Michael DoyleIt is hard to be ecstaticAbout a man who acts erraticNor is there a thrill in Bernie’s weekendThat gives anyone a reason to pretendThat we have any reason left to be reverentAbout just choosing something … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged After, Anywhere, Believe, Bernie, Best Choices, Better Days, Choose, Comedians, Conspiracy, Corrected, Craven, Day-To-Day, Democracy, Depiction, Different, Dire, Directed, Disaster, Disrespectful, Ecstatic, Erratic, Face, Fiction, First Time, Graven, Grim, History, Laugh, Left, Look, Man, Mystery, Outcomes, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pray, Pretend, Prospects, Reason, Recipe, Republic, Reverent, Safe Place, Say, Situation, Solution, Stirred Up, Stranger, Thrill, Truth, Weekend, Wiling, Wire, Work Out, World, Worse | Leave a comment

A Little Time To Kill

Posted on April 7, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Little Time To Killby Michael DoyleShe had a little time to killAmong other thingsHe had a need for a big game thrillAnd to find out what tomorrow bringsWith a single shot, she found whatShe was looking for and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Big Game, Black, Bought, Confess, Dreams, Fateful, Few, Found, Friend, Guilty, Head, Heart, Hunt, Led, Lies, Listen, Mess, Poetry and Poems, Protagonist, Pull of A Trigger, Screen, Single Shot, Slipping Away, Strike, Three Sheets To the Wind, Thrill, Time to Kill, Tomorrow, Trace of Blood, Truth, View To the Kill, War | Leave a comment

In His Blessing

Posted on November 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In His Blessingby Michael DoyleKnowing the path of GodAnd finding in it stillnessIn times, it is so oddThere is a thrill in thisWalking from the darkness into lightInto the daylight from the nightWatching every move madeMy strength of faith will … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Things, Blessing, Bring, Conceivable, Darkness, Daylight, Declaration, Deliver, Everything, Fade, Faith, Far, Feeling, Find, Firmament, From Below, Gaze, God, Grace, His, Light, Love, Move, Night, Odd, Path, Peace, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Power, Presence, Promise, Providence, Refuge, Safe, Seen, Sense, Stars, Stillness, Strength, Surrender, Thrill, Times, True Inspiration, Walk, Watch | Leave a comment

On An Ancient Pathway

Posted on April 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Today is the last day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! 30 days of poetry. Congratulations to my traveling companions through this journey who stuck with all of this. They tell me it’s really something to write 30 days of poems. I … Continue reading →

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