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Na/GloPoWriMo #14: Quis ut Deus?

Posted on April 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #14: Quis ut Deus?by Michael DoyleMay parents had their preferenceBut my life has whispered its reverenceMaybe they meant to play oracle?But like the archangel’s rhetoricalThis name is a bit battle wornAs a soldier speaks on behalf of the forlornAnd … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Archangel, Battle Worn, Believe, Dedication, Lord's Warrior, Na/GloPoWriMo, Parents, Poetry and Poems, Quis Ut Deus?, Revelation, Reverence, Satan, Scorn, Sleeve, Soldier, Song for the Sea, Truth | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo #13: Yesterday’s Tomorrow’s News

Posted on April 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #13: Yesterday’s Tomorrow’s News by Michael DoyleSitting watching the evening news hourWatching the sun go down as night devoursI fell asleep to the bleat of the LED displayDisrupting a poem meant written yesterdayHaving missed my embossed invitationI make up … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty's Walk, Best Ever Lesson, Bleak, Bleak Veil, Blue Skies, Cheer, Consist, Darkness, Dazzlingly Beautiful, Deafening Wall, Disrupt, Embossed Invitation, Evening News, Exactly That, Exchanging Smiles, Filled, Finding that Moment, Fluffy Clouds, Gloom, Guessing, Harshness, Hear, Hello Back, Invocation, Joy, Last Year, LED Display, Let Them Serve Us Well, Life Is Better Served, Little Need, Matter of Fact, Meant, Morose Views, Na/GloPoWriMo, News, Newsman, Night, Off-Guard, Pleasantry, Poem, Poetry and Poems, Pointless, Presence, Punditry, Random Moments, Regardless, Remain, Risk All, Saying Hello, Serves To Fill Life, Simple, Sit, Slip Through, Sun, Sun Comes Out, Sunflowers, Sunlight, Sunny and Bright, Surprise, Talk, Task, Thousand Fears, Thud, Times, Today, Tomorrow, Tomorrow's News, Trapped, Truth, Unrequired, Verbal, Watch, We Are Best Served, Wipe Away, Wrapping My Mind, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Truth That Makes Men Free Is For the Most Part the Truth Which Men Prefer Not To Hear

Posted on April 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.” – Herbert Sebastien Agar (1897-1980)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Herbert Sebastien Agar, Makes, Men Free, Most Part, Not To Hear, Prefer, Thought For the Day, Truth | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo #11: Letters From Father To Daughter

Posted on April 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #11: Letters From Father To Daughterby Michael DoyleDearest Daughter,I didn’t know I would be a fatherWhen I took the chances that I didAnd I’ve always tried to keep it hidI see your eyes of confusionBetween truth and illusionAnd, yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All of the Stories, Always Near, Called, Chances, Chemical Exposure, Composure, Confusion, Covid Shot, Dad, Daddy, Dare Show, Daughter, Do, Every Day, Every Way, Eyes, Family, Father, Feel Less, Fooling, Hardly Wait, Hero, Hid, Hold Your Hand, I Love You, I've Heard of You, Illusion, Immunity, In My Heart, Lay Awake, Less To Fear, Less to Revere, Letters, Listen, Love, Make Me Laugh, May Not Say, Na/GloPoWriMo, Need to Know, Not Easily Forgot, Not Hid, Not There, One Day, Out of Control, Pardon, Play Guitar, Poetry and Poems, Proud, Proud of all, Say It, Scared Me, Sorry, Star, Stay Alive, Survive, The Best of You, Times, Times Like These, To Be Your Father, Truth, Understand, Until Then, Want Your World, Wipe OUt, You, You Are My Hero, You Touch My Soul, Youngest Daughter, Your Daughter, Zero | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo #10: On Bended Knee

Posted on April 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #10: On Bended Kneeby Michael DoyleThere much stronger in its placeHidden behind such a pretty faceIs a heart that beats stronger yetAnd a love that I will never forgetThough my heart is oft a deceiverI am blessed that you … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Honesty, Beats, Behind, Believer, Best of Me, Beyond What I See, Blessed, Books, Chain, Clear, Closer, Concession, Confession, Cross, Deceiver, End of My Life, Faithful, Give My Heart, Heart, Hidden, Know Myself, Look Into Your Eyes, Love, My Dear Wife, My Love, My Prayer, Na/GloPoWriMo, Neck, Never Forget, Night, Not In Vain, On Bended Knee, Place, Poetry and Poems, Pretty Face, Shelf, Sin, Speak This, Stronger, To Thee, Truth, Truth of You, Worse, You, You Are Truly | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 1: Distorted Images

Posted on April 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo* Day 1: Distorted Imagesby Michael DoyleI’ve learned in lifeTo keep each distortionThat brings me strifeIn their due proportionSeeing as clear as possibleDoing what I can to be capableTo do away with what’s improbableAnd live my best life as inescapableLooking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Things Shall Pass, Always Are, Best Life, Blue, Capable, Certain, Deceived, Dim, Distorted, Distorted Image, Due Proportion, Glass, Illusion, Improbable, Learn, Living Life, Mirror, My Best, Na/GloPoWriMo, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Recall, Rise or Fall, Seeing Clear, Shade, Since Youth, Sky, Stare, Stars, Strife, Sun, Test, Truth, View | Leave a comment

Effective Communications Competence

Posted on March 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Ineffective Communications: Everyone knows that there is a great deal of truth to that adage about the proverbial age gap between parents and children. Imagine if you would having two budding teenagers – ages 11 and 13 and being 57 … Continue reading →

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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily

Posted on March 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)

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The Not So Cooked Goose of Dr. Seuss

Posted on March 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

The Not So Cooked Goose of Dr. Seussby Michael DoyleThis is not what it means to be wokeSomething inside must be truly brokeThese sinister snowflakes in reactivitySeek to search and destroy all creativityFor generations we have lived and learnedFrom lessons … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Thing of Notoriety, All Creativity, Anxiety, Before Me, Belief, Brave and Free, Cooked Goose, Courage, Cringers, Dear Country, Defend, Different Voice, Discerned, Dr. Seuss, Far Out of Reach, For Myself, Generations, God, Incapable, Leaving Each To Their Own, Lessons Taught, Liberty, Live For, Lived and Learned, Lost Within, Loudly Assert, Make What's Right, My Death, My Freedom, My Last Breath, Need To Live, No More Freedom, No Sense, Not the Way, Poetry and Poems, Propriety, Reactivity, Real Dignity, Real Justice, Safe Zones, Search and Destroy, Sinister Snowflakes, Society, Something Inside, The Founders, They've Made Your Choice, Thought and Speech, True Justice, Truly Broke, Truth, Vacuum, What It Means To Be Woke | Leave a comment

First Principles:

Posted on February 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” -Thomas Jefferson (1781)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged By Itsefl, Error Alone, First Principles, Government, Needs Support, Stand, Thomas Jefferson, Truth | Leave a comment

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Na/GloPoWriMo #14: Quis ut Deus?

Na/GloPoWriMo #13: Yesterday’s Tomorrow’s News

Thought For the Day: The Truth That Makes Men Free Is For the Most Part the Truth Which Men Prefer Not To Hear

Na/GloPoWriMo #11: Letters From Father To Daughter

Na/GloPoWriMo #10: On Bended Knee

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 1: Distorted Images

Effective Communications Competence

First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily

The Not So Cooked Goose of Dr. Seuss

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