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Hills and Valleys to Die On
Hills and Valleys To Die Onby Michael DoyleStretching my SUV across the Greater Ohio ValleyI see what my travels bring closer to meHere in what were once considered idle spacesAre the dreams that leave me etching their tracesThe displacement is … Continue reading
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Tagged Borders, Bullets, Complexity, Debt, Die On, Displacement, Dreams, Ghosts of the Past, Greater Ohio Valley, Harmony, Hills, History, Idle Spaces, Iroquois, Muse, Mystic Dance, Poetry and Poems, Shadow, Short Story, Silver Tongues, SUV, Traces, Travel, Valleys, War Cry, Wilderness, Writing
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Facing Death Boldly
Facing Death Boldlyby Michael DoyleFacing death is one thingWatching the death of your menThat hurts more than anythingIt burns like the second mortal sinCold and hungry in the nightA target was seen in every lightYou never forget the death seenIt … Continue reading
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Tagged Advance, Best Nights, Bold, Breaking Point, Breath, Burn, Cold and Hungry, Death, Dreamless, Emotional Landmines, Face, Forgot, Fought, France, Human Being, Hurt, Images, Inching, Light, Man, Memories, Nivht, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Seamless, Second Mortal Sin, Seen, Target, Tears, Traces, Useless, War, Watch, Your Men
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A Broken Family Finds Healing
A Broken Family Finds Healingby Michael DoyleEmotions are relational in graceAs we love others in our embraceWe’re all dysfunctional as we striveIn God’s family, we will surviveEnriched by the joy that we shareIn every moment that we show we careLiturgical … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, Advent, Belief, Bible, Broken Family, Broken Heart, Canaan, Care, Craziness, Deep Meaning, Descendants, Dysfuncational, Embrace, Emotions, Extraordinary, Faith, Family, Family Tree, Geneology, God, God's Call, God's Family, Grace, Greatest Story, Healing, History, Human Being, Importance, Impression, Intention, Jesus, Joy, Liturgical, Love, Nation, Ordinary, Pain, Passages, Path, Poetry and Poems, Proximity, Relational, Salvation, Set Apart, Strive, Survive, The Church, The Law, Theology, Times, Traces, Truth, Unfold, Vain, Wisdom, World's Breeze
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Divination
Divinationby Michael DoyleIs it true that only foolsCast aside all the rules?And what kind of wreckDoes life become living by the deck?A spooky basement points the directionThat reveals the cloth of divinationHand painted arcana mixes with astrologyIt is needed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arcana, Astrology, Basement, Candle, Clarity, Coincidence, Combination, Crazy, Dark Art, Dark Design, Death and Darkness, Deception, Demonic Tale, Design, Desire, Direction, Divination, Drunken Children, Equal Weight, Evil, False Track, Fate, Fear, Fire, Fools, Forecast, Forsaken, Friends, Gasoline, Grow, Harshness, High Priestess, Impulse, Investigate, Lack of Control, Magician's Bag, Must, No Turning Back, Painted Glory, Path Undone, Pity, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Priestess, Reading, Readings, Risk, Rules, Runaway Train, Sincerity, Spirituality, Story, Sympathy, Taken, Tarot, Tarot Deck, Tear, Traces, Tricks, True, Trust, Wait, Wreck, Wrong Light, Zodiac
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Faith Where Satan Lives
Faith Where Satan Livesby Michael DoyleThere are times of great expectationBut none so much as in RevelationEschatology teaches us, and we learnAll the things that we need to discernKnowing what is spoken is realHas the possibility of making our spine … Continue reading
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Tagged Apathy, Bible, Christianity, Cleave, Close To Home, Confess, Culture Drift, Discern, Eschatology, Eternity, Every Knee, Faith, Faithfulness, Final Test, Fleeced, Forgive, God, God Or A Madman, Great Expectation, Hidden Manna, Hostile Space, Jesus, League of His Own, Learn, Lies, Need, Omnipresent, Poetry and Poems, Point of No Return, Question, Read, Revelation, Righteousness, Satan, Shifts In Tone, Steel, Thread, Thrive, Times, Tongue, Traces, Urgency, Vanity, Where Satan Lives, Word of God
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The Lord Turns His Blessed Face
The Lord Turns His Blessed Faceby Michael DoylePraise the Father; Praise the SonPraise the Spirit for what is doneJoy spreads across all creationGiving us all its holy inspirationTruth is truth, new to oldThis is God’s story toldAll things that are … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessed Face, Blind, Choir, Creation, Daily Prayer, Done, Find, God, God's Story, His Word, Holy Inspiration, Joy, King of Kings, Left Behind, Love, Mind, Pace, Peace and Grace, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Sacred Sight, Seek, Sing, The Father, The Lord, The Son, The Spirit, Three-In-One, Traces, Truth, Truth of God
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Home Is Felt
Home Is Feltby Michael DoyleBanging on the walls of our spacesChecking the layout of our placesPopping the bottle of our cheerWe’ll find our way to make our thereThe there of our shared creature comfortLearning how we’ll fit and comportSpinning around … Continue reading
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Tagged Added Splashes, Blend, Bottle, Cheer, Clouds, Coming Together, Creature Comfort, Days Ahead, Done and Said, Dreams, Embraces, Explain, Felt, Filling Our Dreams, Fit, Fit and Comport, Flash, Forever, Forward, Grow, Heads, Home, Home Is Felt, Know, Layout, Life, Light, Live the Love, Memories, One Step At A Time, Peace, Place, Poetry and Poems, Pop, Precision, Proud, Real Life's Paces, Refine Our Graces, Shine On, Sigh, Simple Words, Spaces, Spinning Around, Sublime, Suddenly, There, Thinking Of, Together, Traces, True Love, Vision, Walls, Woman's Touch
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Nature and Dignity Earned
Nature and Dignity Earnedby Michael DoyleThere’s a quiet in natureThat you won’t find in the cityIt helps you to think and matureLearning what is and isn’t prettyThis is especially true of the soulAs you learn the value of self-controlBeing where … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Born To Be, Chance, Circumstance, City, Critical Moments, Danger, Decide, Deserve, Dignity Earned, Discern, Experience, Eyes, Face-To-Face, Felt, Give, Grace, Heart, Humility, Imprint, Known, Learn, Live, Lives, Master Ourselves, Mature, Meant, Nature, Observe, Outcome, Paths, Places, Poetry and Poems, Pretty, Quiet, See, Self-Control, Shown, Soul, Stars, Start, Step, Teach, Think, Traces, True, Value, Wish
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To Raise Godly Children
To Raise Godly Childrenby Michael DoyleTime travels as shadows grow longerAnd the need to be wiser is strongerI look on my children and hope the bestI look for answers that might pass the testAs we raise our children for successIt’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Above All the Religons, Actions, Affection, Answers, Attention, Authority, Believe, Best, Build, Children, Clear Expectations, Clear Rules, Comparison, Consistency, Control, Correction, Cue, Did, Direct, Do, Dream, Dress, Echoes, Encouragement, Example, Fair Consequences, Faith, Family, Fools, God's Way, Grace, Grown, Happiness, Hold, Holy Worship, Hope, Imprint, Instill, Instruction, Integrity, Intention, Keep, Known, Leave, Lessons, Live Righteously, Long Game, Long Ride, Longer, Look, Lord's Grace, Love, Maturity, Meant, Name, Parenting, Pass, Path, Place, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Presents, Promise, Quality, Quantity, Raise, Relationship, Rely, Rescue, Responsibility, Right, Right Direction, Rules, Said, Say, Shadows, Soul, Speaking Life and Love, Strong Balance, Stronger, Struggle, Success, Tears, Test, Tight, Time, Trace, Traces, Travel, Walk, Weep, Wise
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