Tag Archives: Tradition

Brilliant Pebbles and A Dome

Posted on April 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Brilliant Pebbles and A Domeby Michael DoyleBrilliant pebbles laid outIs an efficient strategyAs it removes the layers of doubtResidual in our window of historyThere is a weave of known costAbout all that might be lostWere we to live by traditionWar … Continue reading →

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Balance of Power

Posted on February 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Balance of Powerby Michael DoyleYour people came to my peopleWith all of their demandsBefore we knew what coexistence meantWe had lost all our sacred landsWe were offered the peaceThat can only be called brutalityAs we were savagely rounded upBy your … Continue reading →

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Bring On the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Bring On the New Yearby Michael DoyleAs my daughters and I take our moment to reconnectThe newsman sings his warnings about a polar vortexWe don’t care because we are warm and safe insideIn our cozy corners, where each of us … Continue reading →

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Reality Vs. Constructs

Posted on October 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Reality Vs. Constructsby Michael DoyleAn understanding states and instructsThat the “real world” consists of constructsWe all oblige each other to reach an understandingBut to apply this loosely rather than too demandingThis is to say we lie so often to our … Continue reading →

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A Living Web

Posted on May 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Living Webby Michael DoyleOur minds have a superpowerIt’s the ability to project beyond the hourWe can be in the future or the pastTemporarily, though, it will not lastLanguage is the mystic secretIt can be soft or hard as concreteOur … Continue reading →

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A Gathering of Understanding

Posted on October 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In honor of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous PeoplesA Gathering of Understandingby Michael DoyleThe time has come for the Red Nations to riseAgain, and bring healing before the world’s eyesWith promised blessings that will cure the separationsBy and … Continue reading →

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On the Role of Grandparenting

Posted on June 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

On the Role of Grandparentingby Michael DoyleIn a celebration of one anotherWe commemorate the blessings of each otherThis is part of being God’s familyAs we live within God’s holy communityThe lessons taught by new facesAre blessed when revisited by old … Continue reading →

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Sandhill Cranes Revisited

Posted on June 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sandhill Cranes Revisitedby Michael DoyleEvery year Sometimes twice a yearWe would make our pilgrimage Off to Jasper PulaskiTens of thousands of cranes Filled the airZoning in on their nesting groundsZig-zag patterns as grouping Crossed by grouping Into what looks like … Continue reading →

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Happy First Day of Spring

Posted on March 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Welcome to Spring 2022! Today is Spring Equinox 2022 in a continuation of those traditional blessings each of us used to embrace by heading outdoors and starting to live large. With the Covid experience behind us now, maybe we can … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Takes the Highest Courage To Utter Unpopular Truths

Posted on December 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The authoritarian sets up some book, or man, or tradition to establish the truth. The freethinker sets up reason and private judgment to discover the truth… It takes the highest courage to utter unpopular truths.” – Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

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