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First Principles: The Storm of Frenzy and Faction Must Inevitably Dash Itself In Vain Against the Unshaken Rock of the Constitution
“The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.” – James Buchanan
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Tagged Constitution, Dash, Faction, First Principles, Frenzy, James Buchanan, Rock, Storm, Vain
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First Principles: If Ever A Time Should Come When Vain and Aspiring Men Shall Possess the Highest Seats In Government, Our Country Will Stand In Need of Its Experienced Patriots To Prevent Its Ruin
“If ever a time should come when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” – Samuel Adams It seems we have arrived … Continue reading
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Tagged Apiring, Country, First Principles, Government, Highest Seats, Need, Patriots, Preventation, Ruin, Samuel Adams, Vain
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Holding Onto the Truth
Holding Onto the Truthby Michael DoyleToo much has been made of modern complexity,While forgetting that truth rests on simplicity.In this modern age, we circle the drainAs we swear, the easiest answers are in vain.Truth tellers don’t need to hide from … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Bible, Christianity, Circle the Drain, Complexity, Controversy, Doomsay, Faith, God, Holding On, Jesus, Modern Age, Poetry and Poems, Popularity, Siimplicity, Socety, Truth, Truth Telling, Vain
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Season of the Lamb
Season of the Lambby Michael DoyleSatan has lost his position to win,With Christ, I no longer pursue sin.Once, I walked this world in harshness.But with God’s love, I walked from darkness.Instead, let me walk by daylight.At last, I am getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Chains, Christ, Darkness, Dayight, Faith, Flame of Love, Gain, God's Love, Harshness, Lamb, Life, Lion, Loss, Poetry and Poems, Position, Satan, Season, Sin, The Cross, The World, Vain, Walk, Win
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First Principles: Of All the Dispositions and Habits Which Lead To Political Prosperity, Religion and Morality (Honesty) Are Indispensable Supports
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality (honesty) are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness, these … Continue reading
And Then Came the Final Fall (For Ozzy)
And Then Came the Final Fall (For Ozzy)by Michael DoyleFacing the music as it begins to playI, in my pulpit of one, begin to pray.Lost within my sense of inconsolable dreams,I take comfort in the prophet’s endless screams.Time went on, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Sabbath, Blizzard of Oz, Call, Comfort, Crazy Train, Dark Night, Demons, Depression, Extremists, Final Fall, Hell, Hex, Hitching A Ride, Home, Homicidal, Inconsolable Dreams, Mature, Music, Nurture, Ozzy Osbourne, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Rain, Pray, Prince of Darkness, Prophet, Pulpit, Puzzle, Randy Rhoads, Regret, Shouting At the Devil, Singer, Song, Sreams, Urgency, Vain, Western Dessert
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A Broken Family Finds Healing
A Broken Family Finds Healingby Michael DoyleEmotions are relational in graceAs we love others in our embraceWe’re all dysfunctional as we striveIn God’s family, we will surviveEnriched by the joy that we shareIn every moment that we show we careLiturgical … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, Advent, Belief, Bible, Broken Family, Broken Heart, Canaan, Care, Craziness, Deep Meaning, Descendants, Dysfuncational, Embrace, Emotions, Extraordinary, Faith, Family, Family Tree, Geneology, God, God's Call, God's Family, Grace, Greatest Story, Healing, History, Human Being, Importance, Impression, Intention, Jesus, Joy, Liturgical, Love, Nation, Ordinary, Pain, Passages, Path, Poetry and Poems, Proximity, Relational, Salvation, Set Apart, Strive, Survive, The Church, The Law, Theology, Times, Traces, Truth, Unfold, Vain, Wisdom, World's Breeze
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On Hunt For the Moments
On Hunt For the Momentsby Michael DoyleIn my life’s recent historyI have written tons of poetryIn happiness and in tormentI find myself on the hunt for momentsWith x-ray eyes for what is rightI approach the world in second sightFor the … Continue reading
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Tagged Atom, Attempt, Break, Comprehend, Constant Transformation, Contempt, Course Correction, Dreams, Fear, Feel, Formed Myself, Genuine, Godspell, Gospel, Happiness, Hatred, Heart, History, Hope, Hunt, Judas, Little Pictures, Meant, Moments, Mumble, My Life, Negotiated Life, Peace and Strife, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Redemption, Rise Above, Second Sight, Shocker, Start, Street Prophet, Stumble, Tainted Soul, The Hurt Locker, Torment, Translation, Unmasked, Vain, Waterfall, Whole, World's Pain, X-Ray Eyes
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First Principles: Falling Down Is Not A Failure. Failure Comes When You Stay Where You Have Fallen
“Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.” – Socrates I cannot help but like Socrates, who is quoted as saying that poets are the interpreters of the gods. We are not, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspiration, Challenge, Come, Dust Ourselves Off, Encounters, Failure, Fallen, Falling Down, First Principles, Giving up, Gods, Grow, Growth Mindset, Humor, Interpreters, Lamp Filament, Learn, Life, Life's Journey, Mistakes, Motivation, Obstacles, Opportunity, Overcome, Perseverance, Personal Growth, Poets, React and Respond, Resilience, Rethinking, Setbacks, Significant Error, Socrates, Stay, Stepping Stones, Success, Suitable Approaches, Surrender, Think, Thomas Edison, Time To Time, Vain, Wise
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Danza Pieta
Danza Pieta by Michael DoyleNoisome crypts jangle the bones of innocenceWhere evil lingers knowing no pretenseOrgan music begins to play in its tonal rangeSomething wicked and something strangeParanoia, whispered fears, and shades of doubtEcho like unfriendly notes raised into a … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Death, Bones, Cause, Crypt, Danza Pieta, Death, Echo, Evil, Fragility, Imagery, Innocence, Insensibility, Memento Mori, Momento Mori, Organ Music, Paramoia, Philosophy, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Sacred, Sensuality, Stoicism, Terror, Tonal Range, Unfriendly Notes, Vain, Wicked
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