Tag Archives: True

A Penitent’s Tale Begins

Posted on February 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Penitent’s Tale Beginsby Michael DoyleWhat do we do then when we awakeTo find our life has been a mistakeWhat then is life if we do not growExamined questions offer answers yet to knowThere is greatness in the sum of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Awake, Begin, Bible, Draw, Examined Questions, Exile, God, Grow, Jerusalem, Jewish Insurgency, Know, Legacy, Lessons, Lore, Mistake, Penitent, Poetry and Poems, Rabbis, Read, Righteous, Speak, Tale, True, Wailing Wall, World's Sin, Yiddish | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Best and Only Safe Road To Honor, Glory, and True Dignity Is Justice

Posted on January 31, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.” – George Washington (1779)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Best, Dignity, First Principles, George Washington, Glory, Honor, Justice, Only, Road, Safee, True | Leave a comment

The Sting of A Yellow Jacket

Posted on January 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Sting of A Yellow Jacketby Michael DoyleNaughty narrative braids togetherA story of coming of age but betterTwo tracks made into one storyNeither of them qualifying for gloryHigh school drama can be brutalityEven without its incessant fatalityAs childhood comes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anarchy, Anxieties, Apart, Barbarity, Brewing, Brutality, Campfire, Childhood, Cling, Coming of Age, Complexity, Dreams, Embers, Emotional Undoing, Ends, Fatality, Fingers, Friend, Gore, Growing Pains, Hierarchy, High School Drama, Hormones, Iconic, Indolence, Instability, Intentions, Ironic, Lethal Stew, Lingers, Losing Touch, Narrative, Naughty, Negotiation, Poetry and Poems, Process, Qualify, Question, Remembers, Scars, Simplicity, Smothered, Stars, Sting, Swore, Threads, Toxicity, Transforms, True, Two Tracks, Woods, Yellow Jacket | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Science Is More Than A Body of Knowledge; It is a Way of Thinking…When the People Have Lost the Ability to Knowledgably Question Those In Authority….

Posted on January 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Ability, Agendas, America, Authority, Body of Knowledge, Carl Sagan, Countries, Critical Faculties, Crystals, Darkness, Decline, Distinguish, Feels Good, Hands of A Very Few, Horoscopes, Issues, Key Manufacturing Services, Notice, Public Interest, Question, Science, Service and Information Economy, Slide, Superstition, Technological Powers, Thinking, Thought For the Day, Time, True, United States | Leave a comment

First Principles: Meditate On These Things

Posted on January 23, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on … Continue reading →

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The Geometry of Divine Form

Posted on January 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Geometry of Divine Formby Michael DoyleEveryone it seems makes their mistakesBut is is the what we do with the heartbreaksThat makes all of the most meaningful differenceA life well lived holds this with reverenceSuch is the same even of … Continue reading →

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Making Moments Memories

Posted on January 19, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Making Moments Memoriesby Michael DoyleIt’s the momentsNot selfies that we needIn these times that aren’t contentBut from these, we can be freedLike mental orgasmsCrept up on with enthusiasmNot the dull day of egoThat add up to practically zeroOne photo after … Continue reading →

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Well-Tempered Clavier Played In Discord

Posted on January 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Well-Tempered Clavier Played In Discordby Michael DoyleThe disappointmentWas of an inevitabilityAfter all, to err is humanity’s Greatest capabilityVery few are hard wiredInto our grand designWe don’t stand a prayerIn the face of the divineEven the hand of the creatorIs open … Continue reading →

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Dedicated To A Half Remembered Lorax, Part III

Posted on January 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated To A Half Remembered Lorax, Part IIIby Michael DoyleThere’s one word left to sayOne hope left yet to prayThere’s no need to second guessIt all comes down to unlessUnless we have faith of a mustard seedUnless we listen to … Continue reading →

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Dedicated To A Half Remembered Lorax

Posted on January 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated To A Half Remembered Loraxby Michael DoyleHats off to Betty WhiteWho although not always rightDid voice for the Sneedville treesAnd against polluting factoriesThere’s something for the glitz that’s not forgotThe importance of trees over parking lotsBeauty there is to … Continue reading →

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