Tag Archives: Together

Under the Potter’s Hands

Posted on January 24, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Under the Potter’s Handsby Michael DoyleUnder the potter’s handsHe forms the clayWe talk, He understandsWe live yet another dayIn our time, we fold handsAcross the world, in many landsTalking to God quietlyRescued from myself politelyGod in His purpose and mercyCorrects … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Another Day, Burden, Clay, Daily History, Forgiven, God, Grace, Guidance, Hands, Hearts, Hurting, Keys, Kingdom, Lands, Law, Light, Live, Lives, Love, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Potter, Purpose, Rescue, Right, Talk, Time, Together, Understand, Wisdom, Words, World | Leave a comment

We’re Going To Make It

Posted on January 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

We’re Going To Make Itby Michael DoyleWhatever today’s bit of sorrowKeep holding on for tomorrowNot giving in to the gray skiesUntil you see the bright sunriseThat will greet your dreamsHeld together now taped at the seamsIn a world that even … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adjustment, Alibis, Blame, Brave, Cheerfulness, Clueless, Dreams, Empty, Empty Pockets, Fear, Gratitude, Gray Skies, Greet, Holding On, Hope, Hopes and Dreams, Linger, Make Believe, Make It, New Day, New Norm, Newsmen, Optimism, Pessimism, Platitude, Poetry and Poems, Quarter, Refuge, Same, Seams, Shanty Town, Sing, Someday, Sorrow, Souls, Stay, Sunrise, Today, Together, Tomorrow, Warm, Warmth, We, Winter's Day, Wise, World | Leave a comment

There’s Maybe Nothing Better

Posted on December 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

There’s Maybe Nothing Betterby Michael DoyleThere is maybe nothingThat could be any betterHowever bright or gloomyThe day has turned the weatherThan spending this Sunday afternoonWatching dreams with my daughtersHearts overflowing with joy soonWatching Rudolph with their fatherThere’s nothing like a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Better, Born, Bright, Confide, Daughters, Day, Differences, Dreams, Every Heart, Father, Fit, Follow, Girls and Boys, Gloomy, Good, Grow Up, Hearts, Hide, Joy, Lesson, Love, Loving World, Memory, Misfit, Misfit Toys, Nothing Better, One, Outrun, Place, Poetry and Poems, Room Enough, Rudolph, Sunday Afternoon, Together, Tomorrow, Troubles, True, Understood, Weather, World, Yesterday | 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

Through the Eyes of Love

Posted on July 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Through the Eyes of Loveby Michael DoyleThrough the eyes of love I see youDreaming of things we’ve grownTo become and what it is we doWhat the future holds is shownIn the way that you touch my handAnd how you kiss … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Become, Blind, Care, Close, Closer In Heart, Do, Dreaming, Each Other's Arms, Embrace, Face, Find, Future Holds, Grown, Hand, Happiness, Heart, Insistence, Kiss, Love To Light, Magic, Mind, Miss, Morning and Night, My Lady, Only Get Better, Our Lives, Own Kind, Place, Poetry and Poems, Promise, See, Shining Down, Shown, Smile, Start, Sweet Trace, Sweetness, Through, Together, Touch, Traces, Understand, Walking the Distance, Wonderland, Year, Years, You and I, Your Love | Leave a comment

First Principles: Nothing Is More Certain Than That A General Profligacy and Corruption of Manners Make A People Ripe For Destruction

Posted on June 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Best Constitution, Beyond, Certain Pitch, Corruption, Destruction, Ensue, First Principles, General Profligacy, Good Form of Government, Ineffectual, John Witherspoon, manners, More Certain, Nothing, Ripe, Rotten Materials, Slavery, The People, Together | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo #19: St Patrick’s Day Kiss

Posted on April 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #19: St Patrick’s Day Kissby Michael DoyleLike a lucky man wondering ifYou’d always beMy lucky charmLiving in a moment’s blissIt was easy to seeAnother kiss could do no harmGotta phone that message inLet it ring true, again and againLong … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affection, Another Kiss, Beat, Better, Borrow, Complete, Connection, Could Do No Harm, Cup of Sweetness, Destination, Easy To see, Eyes, Find, Finding Love, Gladly Return, Hands, Intention, Irish Street, Isolation, Kiss, Knows, Love, Lucky Man, Meet, Message, Moment's Bliss, More Than Talk, My Heart, My Lucky Charm, My Soul, Na/GloPoWriMo, Old, Our, Phone, Poetry and Poems, Ring True, Seen, Sighs, Solitary, St Patrick's Day, Sweet, Together, Tomorrows, Touch, Two Hearts, Walk, Your Song | Leave a comment

A Saint Patrick’s Day Kiss

Posted on March 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

A Saint Patrick’s Day Kissby Michael DoyleLike a lucky man wondering ifYou’d always beMy lucky charmLiving in a moment’s blissIt was easy to seeAnother kiss could do no harmGotta phone that message inLet it ring true, again and againLong distance … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always Be, Another Kiss, Bliss, Complete, Connection, Cup of Sweetness, Destination, Each Other, Easy To see, Find, Gladly Return, Hands, In Our Tomorrows, Intention, Isolation, Kiss, Knows My Soul, Lends Affection, Living In A Moment, Long Distance, Love, Loving Eyes, Lucky Charm, Lucky Man, Meet, Meets, More Than Talk, Need To Borrow, No Harm, Of the Better, Phone That Message In, Poetry and Poems, Ring True, Saint Patrick's Day, Sighs, So Sweet, Solitary, Together, Touch To My Heart, Two Hearts Beat, Walk, Wonder, Your Song | Leave a comment

To Simply Believe

Posted on December 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

To Simply Believeby Michael DoyleThe Square root of the possibleOf all that we can achieveIs to have some gumption And to simply believeThrowing caution to the windTaking chances we defendMore on odds approximatedAnd guaranteed seldom as estimatedThe magic isn’t just … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Achieve, Afraid, Again, Approximate, Believe, Believing, Best Capability, Calculation, Capable, Choose, Closed Eyes, Dedication, Destination, Dreams, Estimate, Fear, Formulate, Gumption, Hard, Heart, Hearts, Heaven Sends, Imagination, Journey, Know, Magic, Mend, Mind, Mistletoe, No Telling, Odds, Persevere, Photograph, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Possible, Quite the Cost, Reality, See, Seeing the Way, Shared Smile, Simple, Square Root, Story Ends, Taking Chances, Things In Life, Throw Caution To the Wind, Together, Truth, Unafraid, What's Lost, Worth While | Leave a comment

In My Thanksgiving For You

Posted on November 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In My Thanksgiving For Youby Michael DoyleI don’t have to wait for another dayTo tell you, I am thankful in every wayFor all those things you give to meThat’s putting it maybe too simplyFrom the day you quietly said helloMy … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always Be the Same, Another Day, Closer, Counting My Blessings, Day, Every Way, For Worse Or For Better, Forever, Glad, Hello, Known, Met, My Heart, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Say My Name, Simple, Tell the World, Thankful, Thankgiving, Together, Wait, You | Leave a comment