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A Dragon Born
A Dragon Bornby Michael DoyleIn the province of Henan, gungfu was bornTo rise to defeat China’s enemies as swornShaolin’s grace side by side with Tai Chi’s schoolBrought honor to their disciples’ ruleA battle head was one of strictly set contestFighting … Continue reading
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Tagged All That Is Left, Alley Ways, Anger and Pride, Avoid, Battle, Born, Brick, Building Up, China, Contest, Deciding Factor, Defeat, Disciple, Discipline, Dragon, Ebb and Flow, Enemy, Equilibrium, Every Moment, Extra Weight, Fall, Fate, Fights, Forget, Game, Glass, Glory, Grace, Gracious, Grow, Gungfu, Hard Learned, Henan, Hollywood, Honor, Humility, Importance, Increase, Increasing Strife, Inside, Keep Control, Lessons, Life Comes, Live, Live Strong, Live Yet Another Day, Lost In Life, Need, Other Person's Head, Pain, Path, Penance, Poetry and Poems, Power, Province, Restoration, Rule, Seal, Seifoo, Shaolin, Share, Side By Side, Skill, Spirit Unbroken, Spoken, Step By Step, Street, Strict, Tai Chi, Tea, Torn Down, Trick, True, Unspoken, Victory's Crown, Ways, When, Whisper, Will, Win, Won, Words
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Planted Seed of Fear
Poem 4 in a series retelling a classic werewolf tale: Planted Seed of Fear by Michael Doyle Plant the seed The seed of fear As the blood moon rises Evil comes in its disguises The village wills to celebrate While … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Moon, Celebrate, Dance, Disguise, Drink, Evil, Fear, Firelight, Fools, Guard, Hunter, Invigorate, Know, Lurk, Moonlit, Night, Pageantry, Photograph, Plant, Poem, Poetry, Rise, Second Sight, Seed, Seek, Shadow, Sleight of Hand, Stand, Tapestry, Things Seen, Trick, Trick of the Light, True, Village, Warrior
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Wildness Into View
Another in the series on photography. This one focuses on capturing animals and plants. There is so much to see in this fascinating world of ours. Wildness Into View by Michael Doyle Staying hidden in order to see Is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Aperture Priority, Balance, Best Lesson, Best Photos, Better, Build, Capture, Close, Connection, Conservancy, Day, Embrace, Expression, Fauna, Flora, Flow, Flower, Freeze, Gratification, Habitat, Hidden, Hike, History, Impression, Improve the Odds, Intimacy, Lenses, Light, Macro, Memory, Natural, Opportunity, Patience, Patience and Time, Pay, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Preplanned, Radio Control, Rare and Few, Reception, Repeated Access, Research, Richness, Right Opportunity, Satisfaction, See, Serenity, Shallow Depth of Field, Shape, Sharp, Shutter Speed, Subject, Trick, Trigger, View, Weather, Wildlife Photography, Wildness, Work Around, zoo
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On Perspective and Horizon
A second look at photographic composition: On Perspective and Horizon by Michael Doyle A good clean background Focuses the attention When aptly found These photos are worthy of retention Layered photographs have their place But cleaner is best to embrace … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Add, Angles, Attention, Background, Beginner, Big Deal, Block, Build, Camera, Capture, Change, Clean, Complete, Composition, Cooking, Detail, Distraction, Drama, Embrace, Focus, Fog, Forward, Found, Glory, High, Horizon, Horizon Line, Human Being, Kick, Know, Layered Phototgraphs, Looking, Low, Matter, Mountain, Overdone, Perspective, Photographs, Photos, Picture, Place, Poem, Poetry, Popping Out, Read, Retention, Satisfaction, Seen, Shatter, Sing, Smoke, Story, Subject, Sun, Toward, Trick
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Fruit of Devine
There are many theories on what the forbidden fruit might have been. On the 24th day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020, the optional prompt is to write about a particular fruit of our choice. Fruit of Devine by Michael Doyle Of every … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Adam, Apple, Believe, Days, Define, Deity, Devine, Die, Drip, Eat, Fate, Fruit, Fruit of Grape, Good and Evil, Goodness, Grape Wine, Grieve, Holy Purposes, Immorality, Indulgence, Knowledge, Mallum, Man, Mortality, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Noah, Path, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Rectify, Sin, Sip, Splendor, Throat, Treasure, Trick, Unholy, Verity, Wine, Zohar
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I of the Camera
It’s the first official day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! So what’s the prompt, right? “… a self-portrait poem in which you make a specific action a metaphor for your life – one that typically isn’t done all that often, or only … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Amazing, Awesome, Beautiful, Blur, Break of Day, Camera, Close Up, Color, Composition, Conscious, Dance, Decision, Distance, Dreams, Emphasis, Extraordinary, Eye, Flow, Focal, God, Green, Heart, Human Being, I, Inner, Interesting, Keep, Learn, Lense, Lesson, Life, Light of Moon, Marvel, Moment, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Normal, Ordinary, Perspective, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Premises, Prime, Reflexive, Seeing, Self Portrait, Show, Soft, Softness, Soul, Stir, Stream, Telephoto, Thin, Time, Trick, Trip, Tune, View, Visual Poetry, Wide, Witness, Wonderful, World
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The Hunting of the Wren
Around the world there are nations that share a thread of British heritage. From this heritage, these nations still keep some semblance of International Boxing Day. This day itself is preceded by the earlier tradition of the Hunting of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Bird, Caged, Charity, Children, Christmastide, Duty, Enchantress, Gather, Glory, Heaven, Holy Days, Hunting of the Wren, International Boxing Day, Lord, Mummers Play, Mysterry, Octave, Penny, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Revelry, Sacred, Salvation, Sing, Trick, Tuppence, Wisdom, Wren, Wrenboys
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Run of the Mill Hayride Halloween
Halloween Poem #31: Run of the Mill Hayride Halloween by Michael Romani From the first snowflake that fell that day It was a near certainty that the tricks at play Would make every headless horseman see and know That this … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, All Hallow's Eve, Best, Brim, Candle, Candy, Candy Lovers, Child's Play, Chill, Day, Day of the Dead, Extraordinary, First Snow, Fun, Ghost, Glow, Goblin, Halloween, Handy, Hayride, Head, Headless Horseman, Hoodwink, Jack-O-Lanterns, Joy, Moment, November, Parents, Phototgraph, Play, Plunder, Poem, Poetry, Prankster, Pumpkin, Run of the Mill, Scare, Shake, Shiver, Show, Thrill, Trick, Trick or Treat, Tricks, Trickster, Way, Wink, Witch
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