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First Principles: As To My Title, I Know Not Wheter It Will Be Honorable or Dishonorable, the Issue of the War Must Settle It. Perhaps Our Congress Will Be Exalted On A High Gallows
“As to my Title, I know not yet whether it will be honourable or dishonourable, the issue of the War must Settle it. Perhaps our Congress will be Exalted on a high Gallows.” – Abraham Clark
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Tagged Abraham Clark, Congress, Dishonorable, Exalation, First Principles, Gallows, Honorable, Issue, Title, War
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It Takes Money (A Farmer Meets Reality)
It Takes Money (A Farmer Meets Reality)by Michael DoyleThe land and youAre everything to me.The mortgage is due,And hellhounds are dogging me.All that I want to doIs to farm this land.A simple, honest farm and you,But the Lord gave me … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Harvest, Bullet, Certain, Devil's Lies, Dusky Eyes, Fall In, Family, Farmer, Forty Acres and A Mule, Fuel, Hell Hounds, Honest Wages, Hunter, Land, Money, Mortgage, Paradise, Poetry and Poems, Reality, Rogue, Soar, Steady Hand, Tall Blue Skies, The Dead Line, The Law Man, The Lord, Turkey Vultures, War, Wasted, Watch
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Africa’s Green Wall
Africa’s Green Wallby Michael DoyleHoofs are necessary for grasslands,Doing their part as the Lord demands.Elephants know the weight of memory,And all of this reminds us that we are family.Mankind must act in full concertTo help all who have been hurt.Here … Continue reading
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Tagged Afriic, Elephant, Grassland, Green Wall, Hoofs, Memoory, Poetry and Poems, Shadow, War
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Kick In the Teeth
Kick In the Teethby Michael DoyleFolks deflect, saying it doesn’t matter,Even as it seems they feel their world shatter.It can be inane, like only so much chatter.Maybe it stops them from acting like a Mad Hatter.Even in the rain, their … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Chatter, Civilization, conseqence, Death, Eyes, Feel, Kick, Life, Mad Hatter, Matter, Poetry and Poems, Rain, Shot, Tears, Teeth, War
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Crimes Against Peace
Crimes Against Peaceby Michael DoyleHeading into court for the first round,There were issues with no precedent found.The war to end all wars would continueUsing words as weapons and points of view.Formality and contempt were on display,Which would be wiser was … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjudcaton, Aggesssion, Agitatiion, Contempt, Crrimes Against Peace, Formality, Nurembeg Trals, Petry and Poems, Precedent, Responsblty, The Hague, War, Weaponss, Wisdom, Wods, World War II
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First Principles: I Have Never Advocated War Except As A Means of Peace, So Seek Peace, But Prepare For War. Because War …War Never Changes. War Is Like Winter and Winter Is Coming
“I have never advocated war except as means of peace, so seek peace, but prepare for war. Because war… War never changes. War is like winter and winter is coming.” – Ulysses S Grant
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Tagged Advocation, Change, First Principles, Means, Peace, Preparation, Ulysses S. Grant, War, Winter
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Peace and War
Peace and Warby Michael DoyleWhen it comes to moments like war,It feels rare that anyone is truly winning.There’s always something that changes the score.Before we know it, we’re back to the beginning.There’s something about the total brutality.It strips away any … Continue reading
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Tagged Begiinning, Brutality, Confide, Conflict, Cruelty, Defeat, Hand, History, Humanity, Incomplete, Moments, Outburst, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Score, Surrender, Victory, War, Winniing
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Nuremberg: History In Phase
Nuremberg: History In Phaseby Michael DoyleMay Seventh, Nineteen Forty-Five,The war in Europe came to an end.Those still living were glad to be alive.The lessons learned were a hopeless godsend.The inevitable capture of Hermann GöringSet off the events that became ongoing.These … Continue reading
Contemplation of War
Contemplation of Warby Michael DoyleThere are times to pause and wait,When a poet breathes and contemplates.What are the pieces and how each connects,And what, pray tell, will come next?It is easy enough to flex and show raw power.But after initiation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Connection, Contemplatonn, Control, Decision, Endless Threat, Evolution, Flex, Forget, Gravty, Iran, Israel, Naton, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Raw Power, Reverence, United States, War
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