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Tag Archives: Tides
Cicero Speaks On Becoming Older
Cicero Speaks On Becoming Olderby Michael DoyleLife passes through many a stageUntil calumniating in old ageIt’s a folly to hold this in despiseWe’d be better off to open our eyesCicero offers us his philosopher’s lookIn his writing of many a … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Assassination, Assert, Assumption, Body, Cherished, Cicero, Clarity, Collective Wisdom, Constitutional Hall, Counsel, Despise, Die, Different, Education, Effective, Elder, Elocution, Ends of History, Essay, Estate, Eternity, Experience, Eyes, Fail, Fair Prize, Farm, Folly, Franklin, Freedom, Good Book, Grandparent, Guide, Hands, Heed, History, Ides of March, Immortality, Indignation, Infirmity, Inner Beauty, Integrity, Justice, Kingdom, Law, Leadership, Life, Life's Lessons, Loss, Meditate, Mental Abilities, Mental Faculty, Moments, Moral Duty, Observation, Offer, Old Age, Older, Open, Opportunity, Oratory, Phaedo, Philosopher, Plato, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Profound, Quality of Life, Reason, Sacred Ground, Sage, Sensual Pleasures, Sharp, Stage, Sweet Surprise, Teach, Throat, Tides, Time and Again, Triumph, Truth, Tyranny, Use, Useless, Valuable, Versed, Why, Wiser, Wonder, Write, Young
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Once There Was A Beginning
Once There Was A Beginningby Michael DoyleOnce there was a beginningWhere two could end up winningA smile shared on a sunny dayYou really shook my blues awayYour two lips were surely meant for kissingAnd now here we are caught in … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Away, Beginning, Caught, Countless Days Gone By, End Up, First Said Hi, Happiness, Kiss, Love, Meets, Mellow, Once, Poetry and Poems, Question, Reminiscing, Shadow, Share, Shook, Simmers, Smile, Some Things, Summer Day, Sunny Day, Tides, Time, Today, Two, Two Lips, Wash Away, Willow, Winning
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Na/GloPoWriMo #7: Spanish Flower Shadorma
Na/GloPoWriMo #7: Spanish Flower Shadorma by Michael DoyleTime stands stillAs I turn awaySlowing downTides are feltDeep inside my fragile soulInnocence betraysCastle sandsSlip through my fingersWashed awayAs alwaysI look into setting sunsWondering at whyBest of timesPass away too fastIn your eyesIn … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Always, Believe, Best of Times, Betray, Castle Sands, Deep Inside, Felt, Fingers, Fragile Soul, Hate, Innocence, Look, My Eyes, Na/GloPoWriMo, Pass Away, Poetry and Poems, Setting Sun, Shadorma, Slip, Slowing Down, Spanish Flower, Still, Tides, Time, Too Fast, True, Turn Away, Washed Away, When You Leave, Why, Wondering, Your Eyes
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Shorebreak Blues
Shorebreak Bluesby Michael DoyleOut there on my hideaway, ride the bayI spend my moments in my casual wayHere to surf not to observe or talkI watch the waves crash on Jackpot RockI feel Autumn come creeping in Dreaming in my … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Autumn, Bay, Big Waves, Blues, Casual, Clouds, Crash, Creep In, Doubt, Dreams, Drizzle, Early Morning, Easy Enough, Everyday, Experience, Fake, Feeling, Gone, Hideaway, Island Girl, Jackpot Rock, Love, Make My Way, Moments, Observe, Oceant, Old Timers, Paddle, Paddle Out Again, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preference, Reverence, Ride, Roll In, Shape, Shorebreak, Sizzle, Slipping On, Souls, Stay, Sun, Surf, Swimming With Iguanas, Take, Talk, Talk Story, Tides, Time Spent, Waiemea, Waves, Waves Meet Shore
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What Does It Look Like?
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
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American Sentence Poetry Workshop
How to write an American Sentence Poem: • One sentence, 17 syllables, end of story. • Minimum words for maximum effect. • It makes for a rush of a poem, and if you’re trying your own hand at these and … Continue reading
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Tagged American Sentence, Courage, Fear, Haiku, Modernized, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Work Shop, Primaries, Tides
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Tides – Lord Kelvin
“Go, wondrous creature! mount where Science guides; Go measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the sun;…” – Alexander Pope, Essay On Man Who would have ever … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Alexander Pope, Essay on Man, Harvard Classics, Lord Kelvin, Math, Physics, Thermodynamics, Tides, Victorian Age
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