Tag Archives: Travel

Indiana’s Waters

Posted on May 16, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Indiana’s Watersby Michael DoyleIndiana first greeted me with a rainy season.It lasted about sixty days and tried my reason.Patiently, I’ve explored this place and its stops.There’s so much to see between the velvet raindrops.The backroads are filled with flowered beauty,And … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Backroads, Flowers, Indana, Lakes, Life, Nature, Photography, Poetry and Poems, Ponds, Raiin, Raindrops, Raviines, Riivers, Shore, Stops, Streams, Tapestry, Travel, Tree, Water, Wetland, Wildlife, Writing | Leave a comment

The Weight of Life’s Precision

Posted on May 15, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

The Weight of Life’s Precisionby Michael DoyleError is the margin of lost control.The world gradually takes your soul.The things of this world will cost us pain,Until we walk beyond the shadow of rain.Traveling this world on the way out,The darkest … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Dark Process, Doubt, Error, Family and Frends, Liife, Lost Controll, Margin, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Proposiition, Return, Shadow of Rain, Side-Step, Soul, Test, The World, Travel, Weiight | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Treat All Men Alike. Give Them All the Same Law. Give Them An Even Chance To Live and Grow. All Men Were Made By the Same Great Spirit

Posted on March 3, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Alke, All People, Brothers, Chief Joseph, Earth, Equal Rights, Even Chance, Free Man, Great Spirit, Indian, Law, Motherr, Obedience, Peace, Penalty, Religion, Same LLaw, Tae, Teach, Think and Talk, Thought For the Day, Travel, Treat, White Men, Work | Leave a comment

Rose Parade 2026

Posted on January 1, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Rose Parade 2026by Michael DoyleEvery new year, we gather around the nationTo enjoy the Rose Parade celebration.The thought that I’ve done this nearly 63 yearsBrings a slight trickle of champion’s tears.I’m just a little bit missing my daughters,I suppose that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2026, All-American Dream, America, Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales, Audio, Bands, Beaat, Better, Bloom, Celebration, Cheer, Court, Creativity, Crowd, Daughters, Depth and Structure, Design, Disney, Dream, Empower, Family, Feels Good, Float, Floral, Flower, Food, Gather, Given, Happy New Year, History, Horses, Kindness and Love, Levvity, Long Ago, Magic Johnson, Magical, Modern Father, Nation, New Year's Day, Parade, Pasadena, Poetry and Poems, Prevailing Message, Quee, Rain Gear, Rain-Kissed, Rose Parade, San Francisco, Scenery, Street, Team, The Marines, Thereapy, Thrill, Tower, Travel, Working Together, Writing | Leave a comment

Macy’s 99th Thanksgiving Day Parade

Posted on November 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Macy’s 99th Thanksgiving Day Paradeby Michael DoyleA slight smile replaces my poker faceAs I rush with everyone to find my place.This beautiful parade of yours and mineComes just like an early Valentine.A little special love shines our way,Brought to us … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 99th, Balloon, Broadway, Character, Christmas, Dancers, Dancing Shoes, Elves, Explore, Family, Felix the Cat, Float, Happiness, Herald Square, Holidays, Inflation, Love, Mack the Knife, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Marching Band, New York City, Poetry and Poems, Radio City Rockettes, Ragtime, Smile, Super Fan, Thanksgiving, Tom Torkey, Travel | Leave a comment

In Kalkota’s Slum

Posted on November 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In Kalkota’s Slumby Michael DoyleEven in the Kalkota ghetto,You can see courage in the shadows.Youths capture the waters of historyWhile finding hope for tomorrow’s mystery.Revolutionary optimists fetch the waterWhile knowing so little of mother or father.Living life there in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brave, Change, Children, Community, Cradle, Early Grave, Flth, Hazrdous, History, Kalkota's Slum, Message, Poetry and Poems, Politicians, Poloio, Poverty, Revolutionary Optimsts, Shadow, Slum, Street, Talk, Tomorrow, Travel, Water, Youth | Leave a comment

Hula Memories

Posted on August 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Hula Memoriesby Michael DoyleThe modern age has its share of complexity.But not enough to warrant Hawaiian anxiety.The sacred duty held with great veneration,Is the sacred duty felt by each generation.Hula is the language of the Hawaiian heart.It has remained so … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancestors, Art, Beauty, Call and Response, Chant, Choice, Complexity, Connection, Courage, Dance, Dancers, Direction, Express, Fear, Feel, Found, Generation, Gourd, Grave, Ground, Guard, Harmony, Hawaiian Anxiety, Heart, Heiau, Heritage, Hula, Language, Loosen the Key, Love, Memory, Million Stars, Modern Age, Move, Musician, Night, Peace, Pig Roast, Poetry and Poems, Polynesian, Postion, Real, Return Home, Sacred Duty, Save, Slack Key Guitar, Spirituality, Step, Strife, Symbolic, Tale, Temple Stone, The Islands, Travel, Ukuleles, Unison, Way of Life, Writing | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Nothing Is More Active Than Thought, For It Travels Over the Universe, and Nothing Is Stronger Than Necessity For All Must Submit To It

Posted on August 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.” – Thales

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Action, Necessity, Nothing, Thales, Thought, Thought For the Day, Travel, Universe | Leave a comment

Hoosier Rains

Posted on August 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Hoosier Rainsby Michael DoyleIt has been over twenty years nowAnd it’s on my mind still somehow.I was driving, approaching the state lineOf Indiana, determined to make it mine.Shortly before the sight of the dunes, I had plannedTo visit like some … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding America

Posted on July 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Rebuilding Americaby Michael DoyleOur defiant spirit makes America proud.We have more faith than we should be allowed.It wasn’t passing time that shaped us into being.Our visionaries forced us into always seeingThe shapes of things to come for our nationWere led … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged America, Civilization, Economy, Exploration, Faith, History, Industry, Nation, Persistence, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Rebuild, Shape, Spirit, The United States of America, Travel, Vision, Wilderness | Leave a comment