Tag Archives: Truth

The Naughty List

Posted on December 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Naughty Listby Michael DoyleWhen the truth’s told even in the best of timesA heart should beware of the easiest rhymesKeeping an eye out for the details of the DevilIs best because we know he’s never on the levelThere’s a … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Perjury Is Often Bold and Open. It Is Truth That Is Shamefaced – As, Indeed, In Many Case Is No More Than Decent

Posted on December 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Perjury is often bold and open. It is truth that is shamefaced – as, indeed, in many cases is no more than decent.” – Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bold, Case, Charles Darling, Decent, Open, Perjury, Shamefaced, Thought For the Day, Truth | Leave a comment

First Principles: The General Spread of the Light of Science Has Laid Open…That the Mass of Mankind Has Not Been Born With Saddles On Their Backs

Posted on December 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged All Eyes, Booted and Spurred, Born, Favored Few, First Princiiples, Grace of God, Laid Open, Legitimate, Light of Science, Mass of Mankind, Open, Rights of Man, Saddles On Their Backs, Spread, Thomas Jefferson, Truth, View | Leave a comment

A Passion For Listening

Posted on November 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Passion For Listeningby Michael DoyleIn the set of all possible worlds, I pauseThinking of the multiverses behind The first causeAnd I realize that the chasm between Finite and infiniteIs something that, at this time, we find Cannot be definitiveBut … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beginning, Between Nations, Certainty, Chasm, Command, Cultivate, Curiosity, Dance the Dance, Deeper Understanding, Defined, Definitive, Deity, Desired Prayers, Dignity, Empathy, Fat, Felt Heard, Finite and Infinite, First Cause, Give, Heal, Heard, Heeded, Human Beings, Listen, Love God, Love One Another, Mindless Vanity, Missed, Multiverses, Mystery, Needed, Nothing, Nurture, Occur, Other Side, Passion, Passive Skill, Pause, Peoples, Plead, Poetry and Poems, Rar, Respect, Right Relationship, Secret, Sense of Reality, Set of All Possible Worlds, Shape, Shrug of History, The Big Bang, the Word, Time, True Worship, Truth, Unfixed Probabilty, Utility, Variability, War, Wave Function, We Are All Relations, Weed | Leave a comment

Truth of War

Posted on November 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Truth of Warby Michael DoyleMost of the world’s problems start with warIt’s a noteworthy thing that it takes moreThen dreamy words offering a shallow victoryTo come out on the winning side of historyMany a fool has believed themselves betterWhen cooler … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arms, Begun, Breath, Brilliance, Choose, Cooler Head, Creep Up, Depths, Done, Dream, Equally Sad, Fight, Fight Hard, Fool, Fought, Hell, History, Journey, Legacy, Lesson, Lessons Learned, Lose, Luck, Mirror, No One Wins, Poetry and Poems, Price, Problem, Reflection, Reliance, Review, Roulette Wheel, Rush of Exuberance, Shallow Victory, Sin, Slow Drag of Death, Struggle, Tragic, Truth, Truth of War, Victory, Wages of War, War, Well-Earned, Winning Side, Won, World, Wounded | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Truth Isn’t Always Beauty, But the Hunger For It Is

Posted on November 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.” – Nadine Gordimer, novelist, Nobel laureate (20 Nov 1923-2014)”

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A Story’s End

Posted on November 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Story’s Endby Michael DoyleA story must be told through its endHowever little we think that we can defendAs the hero struggles to free himself from chainsWhile holding onto the dreams of the morning rainsIt’s hard to cut through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger and Fear, Attendant Lies, Blur, Chains, Charade, Cut, Defend, Dreams, End, Grow, Hero, Hidden Road, Humanity, Ignorance, Maturity, Morning Rains, Offense, Paid In Full, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Security, Story, Struggle, Think, Tired Eyes, Travel, Truth | Leave a comment

Through Fevered Eyes

Posted on November 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Through Fevered Eyesby Michael DoyleHeard even from the criminally rejectedComes the kindness otherwise neglectedNeglected by those who have more than neededAll of the many lessons too seldom heededHelping the poor brings about true prosperityThe type of prosperity of an unknown … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Better Days, Child's Play, Chosen Friends, Circles, Comedy, Comfort, Criminally, Cycles, Darkness, Deliver, Discern, Eyes, Family, Fever, Glory, God, Heard, Heed, Help, Horro, Kindness, Learn, Lesson, Lessons, Life, Majesty, Miracles, Monstrosity, Need, Neglected, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Private Hell, Prosperity, Rejected, Riddles, Search, Shiver, Sights, Stories, Story, Strie, Truth, Unfold | Leave a comment

If the Truth…

Posted on November 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

If the Truth…by Michael DoyleIf the truth is to be unpleasant Let it be spoken in a bold voiceKeeping focused on the presentNot a stumbled mumble as if not a choiceIt is better that the disagreeableBe out there and quickly … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Avoid, Avoidance, Bad, Better, Bit By Bit, Bold Voice, Choice, Conceivable, Cycle, Dear, Deception, Disaagreeable, Done, Ear, End of Nature, Fear, Focus, Happy, If, Laws and Statutes, Life, Love, Malice, Moment, Mumble, Nibble, Pacify, Poetry and Poems, Present, Quick, Quick Usee, Reason, Reception, Sad, Seasonal, Seek, Spoken, The Cause, Think, Time, Torment, Truth, Unpleasant, Victory, Well Used, Wisdom, Won | Leave a comment

Two Brothers Fight

Posted on November 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Two Brothers Fightby Michael DoyleTwo brothers are engaged in a fightOver their father’s founding legacyEach side as if as lost within vanityAs the day that divides the ends of nightDown through the centuriesEach side believes itself the betterRepeating cycles of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abandon, Allow, Believe, Better, Better Fate, Better Way, Brutality, Caught Up, Centuries, Chains of Yesterday, Claim, Cling, Coexistence, Construction, Crazy, Darkness, Day, Desert To the Sea, Difference, Disobedience, Divide, Each Side, Endless Cycles, Ends of Night, Every Day, Fallen Stakes, False Histories, Father, Fight, Gaslighting, God's Commands, Hate, Holy Lands, Humanity, Indignity, Land, Legacy, Love, Mercy, Miunderstood, Mutually Caused Destruction, One Side, Other Side, Paths, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Proclaim, Recognize, Repeating Cycles, Result, Sanity, Strength, Truth, Two Brothers, Vanity, Victimhood, Work Toward | Leave a comment