Tag Archives: Times

Some Times We Can Wait No Longer

Posted on October 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Some Times We Can Wait No Longerby Michael DoyleSocrates and Jesus took their last breathsAs each of these were put to their deathsAccused and tried for treason and blasphemyAnd in corrupting the young by truth’s divinityThe noble search and allegiance … Continue reading →

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In the Providence of Seneca

Posted on August 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the Providence of Senecaby Michael DoyleIn the age of ancient tyrannyWhen Rome had lost its libertyEven a good man might compromiseFor the partial good seen in his eyesThough at times, it took its tollTo hide his better angels in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absolute, Age, All That Happens, Ancient, Beg For Mercy, Belong, Better Angels, Bind, Blessing, Breath of Life, Code, Complexity, Compromise, Confronted, Correspondence, Creation, Cringe, Death, Destroy, Deviation, Divinity, Done, E, Epistles, Every, Evil, Evil For Evil, Eyes, Face to Face, Facing Adversity, Fast, Felt, Fiddle, Final Analysis, For Good, Full, Garment, God, God Works, Good, Good Man, Good Person, Greater, Grow, Hide, His Creation, Hold True, Just, Kill, Knowing, Liberty, Life, Lost, Mankind, Moral Relativists, Mortal, Name of God, Nation, Natural Law, Nero, No Choice, Nobility, Order, Partial Good, Path, Perfection, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Providence, Regardless, Return, Right and Wrong, Right Way, Righteousness, Role, Rom, Rule, Satisfaction, Seam, Self, Seneca, Sense, Setting Sun, Shade, Shadows, Showing, Situational Ethics, Slavery, Socrates, Sonorous, Soul, Strains, Subjugation, Test of Evil, Testimony, Thoughts, Time, Times, Toll, Traces, Tyranny, Understood, Universe | Leave a comment

Slips of the Tongue

Posted on August 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Slips of the Tongueby Michael DoyleSlips of the feeble tongueCome more often when no longer youngThings ill thought should often not be saidBut instead kept inside one’s headOur lives are played out like a movieSometimes hellbent though that doesn’t move … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acknowledge, Actual, Another, Awkward, Bad Decisions, Best, Better, Better Way, Charm, Clarity, Cling, Conspire, Copping Out, Dancing, Day To Day, Dealt, Derision, Desire, Dig Out of the Dirt, Doing Best, Embrace, End, Face to Face, Fade In, Fed, Feeble, Feel, Felt, Foot, Fragility, Freely, Front, Fully, Half, Hands, Harm, Head, Hearts, Hold Out, Hope, Hurts, Ill Thought, Intended, Kept Inside, Know, Less, Life, Lives, Living It Up, Make Believe, Masquerade, Means, Measured, Mouse, Move Me, Movie, Next Day, Often, Opening Scene, Other, Our Own Devices, Out of Control, Party, Photograph, Place, Played Out, Poem, Poetry, Premature, Realization, Roles, Roll Through, Said, Seek, Self, Slips, Sorrow, Start, Times, Tongue, Trap, Truths, Unintended, Universe, Wicked, Wrap, Young | Leave a comment

In Your Silent Reply

Posted on July 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Is silence really the best answer at times? I am not so certain of this. In Your Silent Reply by Michael Doyle Haunted by all the dreams Filled with the dramatic scenes Wondering what it is to find All the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Bleed, Blur, Burn, Cards, Certain, Cheap, Cheer, Chipped, Conversations, Cry, Cushion, Dark, Decisions Made, Despite, Dramatic, Dreams, Embrace, Emotions, Erase, Expect, Fear, Find, Fine Point, Force, Forget, Greed, Haunted, Heart, History, Hold Onto the Dead, Keep, Kept In Head, Lark, Led, Losses, Lost, Might Against Might, Miracles, More, Mystery, Near, No More Tears, No Reason, One Moment, Pages, Photograph, Play On the Mind, Poem, Poetry, Point, Pointless, Prepared To Fight, Price Paid, Priceless, Pride, Reply, Scar, Scenes, Silence, Silent, Smell of Fear, Something, Special, Steep, Tears, Tend, Times, War, Weep, Well Played, Wished For, Wishing, Wonder, Written Words | Leave a comment

Ohio River Driven

Posted on July 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Poem based on Part I of a scenic drive taken along the Indiana towns along the Ohio River. Part II will be today, probably. 🙂 Ohio River Driven by Michael Doyle Two hour drive to catch a bit of history … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aurora, Beecher Church, Blast, Call Out, Care, Catch, Cemetery, Chasing Circles, Children's Children, Core, Details, Distillery, Drive, Each Age, Feel, Feeling, Fool, Found, Gamble, Give Thanks, Greek Revival, Guide Book, History, Iconoclast, Indiana, Integrity, Leave, Legacy, Legendary, Lessons Learned, Liberty, Life, Live, Live Ours, Lost, Manage To Survive, Memorial, Misery, Model-T, Moments Taken, Not Fake It, Ohio River, Out of Order, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Prayer, Present, Prosperity, Rising Sun, River Towns, Scenery, Seagram and Sons, Shaken, Small Town, Some Day, Some Gave All, Street, Take A Drive, The Past, Times, Unique, War Dead, What We Make It, Whiskey, Wonder | Leave a comment

Prayer For Courage

Posted on July 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Poem Number Six in a series on a retelling of a classic werewolf tale: Prayer For Courage by Michael Doyle Look deep – is it a surprise? Do you see the beast in my eyes God knows that I wish … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Beast, Bold, Cards, Courage, Desire, Divine, Eyes, Flaws, Forgiveness, Fortunes, God, God Knows, God's Law, Good, Greater Good, Home, Hope, I, Inside, Look Deep, Looking Hard, Mortal Heart, Moves, Pensive, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Prayer, Prove, Read, Real, Sadness, Savage Beast, Series, Signs, Stand, Start, Stumble, Surge, Surprise, Tale, Times, Told, Understood, Urge, Werewolf, Whisper, With, World | Leave a comment

From Darkness To Light

Posted on July 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Spent an interesting day learning, seeking and then seeing and then simply being … Or maybe, it was more like several hours in 90+ degrees photographing left me more just taking it all in while conveniently clicking to take photos … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authenticity, Awaken, Baggage, Being, Beyond, Blown Fuse, Blues, Carry On, Cosmos, Crevices, Dark, Darkness, Day Trip, Deal, Death, Dedicate, Destination, Destiny, Discover, Done, Doors, Ducklings, Enough, Eternal, Eventuality, Exquisite, Find, Forgetfulness, Found, Freed, Freedom, Gain, God, Greater Consciousness, Human, Ignorance, Immortality, Incessant, Interesting Day, Journey, Keys, Kingdom, Knowledge, Learn, Less Me, Light, Live, Locks, Luck, Mirror, More and More, Mother Duck, Need, Night, One, Open Doors, Park Pond, Part, Perception, Perfected, Photograph, Photographing, Pick, Poem, Poetry, Pointless, Quiet, Realization, Reflection, Remember, Remember When, Reunite, Right, Rocks, Scurry, Search, Seeing, Seem, Set Free, Shake, Share, Show, Shrug, Simplicity, Simply, Soul, Star Stuff, Swim, Takes, Tangled, Think, Thinking Back, Times, Truth, Unreal, Untarnished, Web, When, Wholeness, Wiser, Within, World, Young Ducklings, Zen | Leave a comment

In A Freeze of Time

Posted on June 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A little something about taking other people’s photographs: In A Freeze of Time by Michael Doyle A still photograph freezes time Offering its momentary relationship sublime Lasting memories never to be taken back A single shot at stopping time in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All of the Best Moments, Always Forever, Best Variety, Blur, Capture, Catch, Clean, Create, Curious, Dance of Life, Days, Family, Feeze, Give, Goes On and On, Gone, Habit, Holidays, Human Lives, Iconic, Iintimate, Lasting Memory, Life, Life Passing By, Loved Ones, Memory, Messy, Momentary, Moments, Occur, Offer, Pets, Photograph, Photographs, Pictured, Poem, Poetry, Reality, Relationship, Relationships, Remind, Right Scene, Single Shot, Snapshots, Something There, Sometimes, Special Occasions, Special Ways, Still Photograph, Stop Time, Suddenly, Taken Back, The People, Tidy, Time, Times, Tracks, Ways, Worship, Worthy | Leave a comment

Build Up, Don’t Tear Down

Posted on June 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Why is destruction and all that so popular as the way to express grievances that do need to be addressed? Build Up, Don’t Tear Down by Michael Doyle We should be building up All for a drink from the winner’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Address, Appropirately, Attempt, Believe, Build Up, Burn Down, Complexity, Construction, Destroy, Destruction, Drink, Economy, Elevate, Embark, End, Equal, Fallen Ground, Feelings, Found, Good Weather, Grievances, Hate, History, Issues, Living, Love, Misery, Mystery, Neighborhood, Path, Photograph, Plain, Poem, Poetry, Pure, Record, Rise, Rougher, Sing For Our Supper, Society, Solid Wall, Sound, Speak Truth, Stand, Statues, Storm, Suffer, Tear Down, Times, Together, Tough, Turn Down, Understood, Wait, Winner's Cup, Worse | Leave a comment

War Changes A Man

Posted on June 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

While paying attention to something else, I started to think on PTSD. War Changes A Man by Michael Doyle It came on without any warning Half past two in the morning And suddenly, it was show time Landing hard like … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Backfire, Best, Booby Traps, Boys, Came On, Can, Change, Crawling, Door, Emotional Crime, Face Down, Facedown, Ghosts, Ground, Hip Deep, Home, Hug, Landing Hard, Left Behind, Loud Noise, Loud Sound, Made It Out, Man, Mind, Morning, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Show Time, Struggle, Times, Trip Wires, Visit, War, War Changes A Man, Warning | Leave a comment