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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 →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Brethren, First Principles, Good Report, Honest, Just, Lovely, Meditate, Noble, Philippians 4:8, Praise, Praiseworthy, Pure, Think, True, Virtue | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actions, Adoration, Best Choice, Brave Enough, Cardinal Virtues, Change, Common, Constant Court, Corrupt, Courage, Days, Define, Democracy, Desire, Destruction, Difference, Divine Form, Divine Forms, Doing Onto Others, Everyone, Exemplification, Fatal Blindness, Footnote, Geometry, Government, Great Questions, Greedy, Heartbreaks, Heed, History, Humanity, Instruction, Justice, Life Well Lived, Listen, Living Perfection, Meaningful, Meant, Mistakes, Moderation, Pages, Pander, Philosopher-King, Plato, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Principled Voice, Purpose, Republican Ways, Reverence, Right, Satisfaction, Seeking Glory, Self-Afflicted, Self-Interest, Sound Principles, Studying, Teach, Thread, Time, Tomorrow, True, Tyranny, Wisdom, Wisest Course, Worst Slander, Writing, Written | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Amuck, Banality, Beauty and Kindness, Center, Complete, Connection, Content, Criminalize, Days, Dies, Direction, Disorder, Dull Day, Ego, Endless, Endure, Enthusiasm, Equal, Ever After, Every Breath and Sigh, Every Life, Exterminate, Eyes, Family, Finality, Freed, Friends, Grab Us A Memory, Grasp, Holy, Humanity, Ignore, Intimacy, Joy Thieves, Laugh, Laughter, Less Is More, Life More Livable, Life Reveals, Lifeless, Living In Memory, Memories, Mental Orgasms, Moments, Music, Need, Onslaught, Opened, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Sacred, Scenes of Beauty, Self, Selfies, Smile, Steal, Tears, Timeless, Times, Times of Humor, Tiny Moments, True, Unforgettable, Vital, Wonder, Words, Zero | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Awake, Best, Brace, Capability, Clavier, Disappointment, Discord, Divine, Dreams, Err, Fade, Fate, Fear, Filter, Final, Grand Design, Guns, Half-Forgotten, Hand of the Creator, Hard Wired, Heads, Humanity, Inevitability, Intend, Intricate, Last Note, Late, Late Night Shows, Master of Puppets, Memorize, Metaphorical, Mind, Odds, Parts, Passion, Perceptions, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Pull the Trigger, Pulled Strings, Realize, Recall, Release, Rote, Shadow, Shotgun Wedding, Silent Screams, Snow, Taught, Tragic Flaw, True, Well-Tempered, Well-Tempered Clavier, Wishing Wishes | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chance, Change, Correction, Course, Dedicate, Direction, Discern, Dream, Esteem, Faith, From, Great Things, Harmony, Hearts, Heed, Hope, Learn, Lesson, Listen, Lorax, Magnificience, Model, Mustard Seed, Naysayer, Need, Play, Plentitude, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Remember, Say, Second Guess, Significance, Simple Dream, Small, Smallish Things, True, Truly Seem, Unless, Warning | Leave a comment

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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There’s Maybe Nothing Better

Posted on December 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

There’s Maybe Nothing Betterby Michael DoyleThere is maybe nothingThat could be any betterHowever bright or gloomyThe day has turned the weatherThan spending this Sunday afternoonWatching dreams with my daughtersHearts overflowing with joy soonWatching Rudolph with their fatherThere’s nothing like a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Better, Born, Bright, Confide, Daughters, Day, Differences, Dreams, Every Heart, Father, Fit, Follow, Girls and Boys, Gloomy, Good, Grow Up, Hearts, Hide, Joy, Lesson, Love, Loving World, Memory, Misfit, Misfit Toys, Nothing Better, One, Outrun, Place, Poetry and Poems, Room Enough, Rudolph, Sunday Afternoon, Together, Tomorrow, Troubles, True, Understood, Weather, World, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Line By Line

Posted on November 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Line By Lineby Michael DoyleScripture, being God breathedIs to save us from being deceivedEvery word is for our trainingEver toward righteousness as we are readingReading the Bible filled with our trustPaying attention as we surely mustThe names listed provide more … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Benign Neglect, Character, Cherish, Deceived, Difference, Diminish, Divine, Doubt, Every Word, Examine, Explanation, Faitfhulness, Familial Line, Genealogy, God, God Breathed, Line By Line, Names, Noble, Pay, Poetry and Poems, Read, Respect, Reveal, Reverence, Righteousness, Save, Scripture, Sentiment, Sign, Summary, The Bible, Theology, Trace, Training, True, Trust | Leave a comment