Tag Archives: Voice

Crash and Burn

Posted on July 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Crash and Burnby Michael DoyleCrash and burnWhen will I learnMy stomach churnsFrom the lessons that I learnIf I haven’t learned by nowWill I ever somehowI keep pushing onI keep pushing onGonna slow it downA warm smile turned to frownI keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Answer, Bad Fish, Churn, Count, Crash and Burn, Ebb and Flow, Fall, Feel, Feet, Floor, Good Dish, Good Wish, Hall, Hesitation, Insane, Know, Learn, Lessons, Life, Matter, Nothing, Now, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Pushing On, Questions, Sheep, Sleep, Slow It down, Somehow, Stomach, Train, Vain, Voice, Which, World, Worries | Leave a comment

A Purity of Feeling

Posted on June 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Purity of Feelingby Michael DoyleSailing along the sea Guided by a northern lightBecomes a willing collaborationTo reach our destinationSomewhere between the purityAnd the places of sheer beautyIs the presence utterly revealingConcealed inside the naked feelingProfound as it is somewhat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absurd, Aestehtic Principle, Alleviation, Appeal, Beauty, Beguile, Bleed, Choice, Collaboration, Competition, Desire, Destination, Detritus, Disembodied Voices, Drift, Feeling, Halluncinate, Inebriation, Inspire, Interlinked, Link, Listen, Mass, Mass Communication, Miasma, Midnight, Mind, Nightcrawlers, Northern Light, Participate, Poetry and Poems, Purity, Read, Real, Repetition, Reveal, Risk, Sail, Sea, Shared, Shudder, Thought, Voice, Whisper, Writer | Leave a comment

Mickey Said To Minnie

Posted on May 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Mickey Said To MinnieBy Michael Doyle When the world fades right out of viewIt’s the fate of how it is that I met you.It wasn’t like I was wishing on a starBut there it is, and there you are The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blend, Choice, Digital Light, Dream, Eyes, Fate, Fitting Right, Gentle Hello, It Is, Jump, Kill, Laugh, Low, Met, Mickey, Midial, Minnie, Miss Minnie, Moment, Night, Poetry and Poems, Recognize, Rhythm, Said, Seems, Shadows, Show, Silver Screen, Simple Hello, Smile, Something Good, Something Sacred, Spark, Star, Tell, Thunder, Time and Space, Touch of Grace, View, Voice, Wish, Wonder, Words, Work, World, You Are | Leave a comment

Transition Versus Change

Posted on April 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Transition Versus Changeby Michael DoyleThe Lord knows that it’s hard to growThe paths taken are hard to knowIn the midst of life’s transitionsIt takes a long time to make right decisionsThat change our lives as we needWhen we find our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Begin, Bold, Born, Chaff, Change, Choice, Conflict, Contact Sport, Contribution, Control, Decision, Disturbance, Dynamic, Fear, Foothold, Footing, Full-Flow, Fuller Meaning, Garden of Eden, God, Good fight, Grapple, Grow, Heal, Heavy Questions, Hesitation, Hold, Human Beings, Humanity, Insecurity, Know, Learning Curves, Letting Go, Light, Lord, Loss, Love's Embrace, Made Right, Navigation, Need, Own Space, Past Clings, Path, Poetry and Poems, Preparation, Processes, Redemption, Relationships, Resolution, Reveal, Rules, Satan, School, Seed, Series, Slow, Soul, Stay Alive, Strength, Survive, Theology, Transition, Truth, Unfold, Vengeance, Versus, Voice, Wheat, Whisper, Win-Win, Wrestle | Leave a comment

Funny How Time Slips Away

Posted on April 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Funny How Time Slips Awayby Michael DoyleI was thinking just the other dayIsn’t it funny how time slips away?Somewhere between country and rockThere’s need for living by straight talkLife has its beats and tribulationsTimes of sadness and of jubilationsIndulging in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acquisition, Appreciation, Authority, Beats, Bob and Weave, Burning It Down, Canonical, Change, Choice, Composition, Confused, Contend, Conversation, Country, Croon, Dreams, Eavesdrop, Emotional Impact, End, Endure, Eternal, Evoke, Flame, Found, Funny, Generation, Heart, Heartbroken, Human Being, Hurry, Imaginaton, Incantation, Incendiary, Indulge, Introspection, Jaded, Jubilations, Knocked Off Balance, Life, Living Wealth, Loss, Meaning, Moon, Narration, Nuance, Older, Other Day, Outlaws, Path, Poetry and Poems, Punch, Reborn, Retrospection, Rock, Round, Sadness, Self-Deprecation, Serenade, Shade, Silky Groove, Slips Away, Slow Down, Somewhere, Straight Talk, Sun, Surprised, Think, Three Chords, Tight, Time, Tribulations, Veneration, Vindication, Voice, Yesterday | Leave a comment

A Song of Thanksgiving

Posted on January 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Song of Thanksgivingby Michael DoyleA song of thanksgivingSung to be braveIn need of forgivingI claw my way from my graveWith apprehensionI am reaching outBeyond comprehensionMy thoughts are filled with doubtStill, I danceIn your rain of kindnessTaking this chanceDespite my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apprehension, Better Choice, Blindness, Brave, Chance, Circumstance, Comprehension, Dance, Days, Doubt, Forgiving, Good, Grave, Heaven, Kindness, Love, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Prayer, Reaching Out, Relevance, See, Song, Thanksgiving, Theology, Understood, Voice | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Your Voice Dries Up If You Don’t Use It

Posted on November 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Your voice dries up if you don’t use it.” – Patti Page, singer (8 Nov 1927-2013)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Dry, Patti Page, Thought For the Day, Up, Use, Voice | Leave a comment

Imaginary Friend

Posted on October 30, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Imaginary Friendby Michael DoyleIn the eternal sense of voiceThat I believed was a choiceA deviance disguised as free willIs but an illusion and was never realI made up my imaginary friendThat one on whom I could dependTelling myself faith was … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Blurred Lines, Choice, Clever, Conspire, Depend, Desire, Distinction, Duality, Endeavor, Eternal, Extinction, Faith, Fighting Chance, Free Will, Happen, Illusion, Imaginary Friend, Keep, Passage, Place, Poetry and Poems, Regret, Second Glance, Shore, Sleep, Soul, Voice, Waves | Leave a comment

Love Was There

Posted on July 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Love Was Thereby Michael DoyleAlong the country roads of my youthI learned a few jokes and a lot of truthSinging along with the radio showA lot joy there and it continues to flowSo many smiles built on memoryTimes spent with … Continue reading →