Tag Archives: Vampire

New Orleans Home Rules

Posted on October 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

New Orleans Home Rulesby Michael Doyle”Whites Only”, read the ugliest sign.It was as if, by some sort of designThe conspiracists were inclined to provoke,The arrogant mulatto who so often spoke.Little did they know the shadow empireIn which the Devil befriends … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged "Whites Only", Alderman, Confidece, Desing, Devil, Fantasy, Home Rules, Horror, Mulatto, New Orleans, Poetry and Poems, Provoke, Shadow Emire, Sign, Vampire, vampires | Leave a comment

The Pleasures of the Kill

Posted on October 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Pleasures of the Killby Michael DoyleTo be a vampire is to live a very long time.You can spend this time in venal pleasure or sublime.But either way, it is a counting of thousands of days,And this time is best … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blood, Breath, Days, Death, Eternal Life, Hunt, Jealously, Kill, Poetry and Poems, Sin, The Devil, Time, Vampire, Word | Leave a comment

As the Devil’s Own

Posted on October 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

As the Devil’s Ownby Michael DoyleOne man views evil with a quiet bemusement.Another sees it as a form of amusement.Neither looks beyond pleasure for purpose.It is not for them to want to be of service.Vampires feed to live and not … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Amusement, Beast, Bemusement, Bloodlust, Devil's Own, Echo, Evil, Extinct, Feast, Hunt, Instinct, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Purpose, Reasons, Season, Service, Vampire | Leave a comment

The Life of A Vampire

Posted on October 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Life of A Vampire by Michael DoyleA new vampire feels invincible at nightBut it’s quite the opposite in sunlight.Transformational in a flash of firsts,The provocations are felt in the thirst.Vampires are the apex predators holding control,The keepers of life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apex Predator, Control, Horror, Invincible, Life, Murder, Poetry and Poems, Second Language, Soul, Sunlight, Thirst, Vampire, vampires | Leave a comment

Like A New Look of Horror

Posted on October 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Like A New Look of Horrorby Michael DoyleWe look back on yesterday’s self,Like a new look of horror from our shelf,And as we turn from page to pageWe find more foolishness than wisdom from a sage.Memory is a monster as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apology, Fantasy, Foolishness, Groan, Horror, Host, Lapdogs of Hell, Memory, Monstger, New Look, Page, Poetry and Poems, Sage, Shelf, Vampire, vampires, Writing, Yesterday | Leave a comment

The Details on Liberty Street

Posted on October 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Details On Liberty Streetby Michael DoyleMortality beats a heavy drum in perspective.Memories of past conversations are kept respectiveOf all the years that have since come and gone.Only the night herself can say when to move on.The sharing of souls … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Books, Confession, Conversation, Desecration, Details, Error, Fiction, Horror, Liberty Street, Memory, Morbidity, Mortaility, Movies, Negotiation, Night, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Reconciliation, Respective, Share, Soul, Truth, Undead, Unsaid, Vampire, vampires, Years | Leave a comment

Intoxicatingly Lost

Posted on August 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Intoxicatingly Lostby Michael DoyleWe paraded all of our songsSinging on the trail to each otherStrumming our tunes to one anotherWondering where we might belongWe were tripping over the costFeeling intoxicatingly lostAs we fished for the starsInventing our stories on our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 15 Minutes, Bamboo Flute, Believe, Belong, Best Friend, Blue Stone, Bows, Butterflies, Chances, Conspire, Cosmic Dances, Cost, Court, Darkness, Ends, Eventually, Explore, Fast, Fingers, Fire, Float, Focus and Emphasis, Fools, Full Moon, Gilded Screens, Glory, Gothic Cathedrals, Guitars, Gun Slingers, Intoxicatingly Lost, Life, Lived and Loved, Lonely Shadows, Lost Dreams, Metamorphosis, Moment, Moonbow, MTV, Night, Occur, Paraade, Poetry and Poems, Pyrotechnics, Ring, Rock, Seat, Sing, Songs, Sonic, Stars, Stories, Strum, Sun, Tell, Tides of the Moon, Too Soon, Trail, Trip, Troubadours, Tunes, Vampire, Wind, Wonder, World, You and I | Leave a comment

A Life In Size

Posted on April 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The saga of Dracula continues: A Life In Size by Michael Doyle In the dark castle hangs her face A painting of the sunlight he once embraced Hidden within were passages of a maze Guarded from the sun that continues … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Artist, Belief, Blame, Blaze, Blessing, Blood, Broken, Castle, Cave, Creatures of the Night, Cryptic, Darkness, Dead, Death, Devil, Dracula, Eat, End, Ending, Evil, Eyes, Face, Faith, Glow, Good, Gory, Guard, Guess, Hang, Hope, Hunger, Immortal, Immortality, Know, Language, Life, Light, Love, Loveless Marriage, Lucifer, Maze, Monster, Mortal, Pain, Painting, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Quest, Roof, Safety, Saga, Save, Secret, Shock, Sight, Size, Sky, Story, Sun, Sung, Sunlight, Taste, Time, Touch, Truth, Understood, Undone, Unspoken, Vampire, Warmth | Leave a comment

Music of the Night

Posted on October 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #20: Music of the Night by Michael Romani Creatures of the night Make such music don’t they? Listen closely until first light To the things that make the undead happy The vampire lord finds love tragic As it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Change, Choice, Creature, Day, Destiny, Dracula, Fight, First Light, Force, Glow, Halloween, Happy, Howl, Join, Legacy, Listen, Lord, Love, Mad, Magic, Moon, Music, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Savage, Spoke, Tragic, Undead, Vampire, Victory, Voice, Werewolf, Wolf | Leave a comment