Tag Archives: Watching

Sucker Punch

Posted on January 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Sucker Punchby Michael DoyleYou’re never fully dressedWithout a smileBut it’s hard to wear oneWhen you feel that you’re on trialDon’t put it downAs a matter of happenstanceWhen you’re watchingA wrong conviction buried in circumstanceFacing a false accusationIsn’t a pleasant feelingWhen … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bury, Cannot Be Trusted, Care, Circumstance, Compelling, Dare, Dime, Disappeared, Dove, Face, False Accusation, Feared, Feeling, Fully Dressed, Happenstance, Hard, Harsh Ability, Know, Loyalty, Openly, People, Poetry and Poem, Pushed Too Far, Put It Down, Question, Smile, Sucker Punch, Trial, Vulnerability, Watching, Wear, Wrong Conviction, You To Me | Leave a comment

Sandhill Cranes Revisited

Posted on June 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sandhill Cranes Revisitedby Michael DoyleEvery year Sometimes twice a yearWe would make our pilgrimage Off to Jasper PulaskiTens of thousands of cranes Filled the airZoning in on their nesting groundsZig-zag patterns as grouping Crossed by grouping Into what looks like … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Better, Blessed, Bobbing and Weaving, Canada, Children, Cornfields, Could, Courtships, Cranes Mate Forever, Cycles, Dance, Danced, Dies, Different, Disregard, Drive, Every Moment, Every Year, Fail, Familial Groups, Feathered Paratroopers, Fledglings, Fleeting, Flight, Florida, Forget, Grouping, Guess, Happiness, Hardship, Harvested, Hearts, History, Hope, Humans, Ingrained, Inspired, Its Way, Jasper Pulaski, Keep, Landing, Last, Learn, Learning, Life, Loved, Marsh, Mate, Midwestern Flyway, Migrations, Migratory Routes, Minds, Momma and Poppa, Motion, Natural Wisdom, Nature, Nesting Grounds, Newly Planted, Next Generation, Nourishment, Observation Platform, Pilgrimage, Poetry and Poems, Point, Possible, Promises, Puzzle, Really So, Recognize, Remember, Rest, Revisited, Rituals of Dance, Romance, Romantic Couples, Sandhill Cranes, Scrabbles of Food, Should, Snow and Rain, Sorrow, Sounding Off, Spring, Survival, Taught, Think, Thousands, Times, Too Often, Trace, Tradition, Vain, Watch and Learn, Watching, Weariness, Wish, Wonder, Young, Zig-Zag Patterns | Leave a comment

For Sierra At Age Thirteen

Posted on May 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

For Sierra At Age Thirteenby Michael DoyleIt seems only yesterdayThat you were a tweenAnd now my youngest princessIs aged perfectly to thirteenThere’s not a single dayThat I will ever forgetThe moments that have passedNor will I ever in any way … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afternoon's Nap, Amazing Young Lady, Been, Birth, Birthday Song, Blessing, Blink, Candles, Card, Climbed Up, Darling Baby, Daughter, Days, Depart, Drink, Express, Far Away, Feel, Forget, God Knows, Grown Up, Guess, Happen, Hope, Laugh, Life, Lifetime, Live To Watch, Moments, My Heart, Never Stray, Now and Then, Only A Single Doubt, Part By Part, Passed, Perfectly, Poetry and Poems, Quickly, Regret, Sameness of Us, Sierra, Simple Words, Single Day, Smile, Softly, Tell Me Please, Thirteen, Tween, Victory Cup, Voice, Watching, Whisper, Woke Up, Yesterday, You'll Go Really Far, Youngest Princess | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Integrity Is Doing the Right Thing Even When No One Is Watching

Posted on November 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” – C.S. Lewis

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Do, Even, Integrity, No One, Right Thing, Thought For the Day, Watching | Leave a comment

My Beauty Queen

Posted on November 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

My Beauty Queenby Michael DoyleThere you are, my beauty queenAlways seen if only in my dreamsYou are the holder of my heart’s keyIt’s wonderful how you enchant meI love watching you sleep at nightIn my arms wrapped up cozy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arms, Beauty Queen, Between, Bliss, Cozy, Day, Dreams, Enchant, Find, Found, Heart, heartbeat, Here, Holder, Key, Kiss, Last Time Seen, Likewise, Lost Moments, Love, Make It Last, More and More, Night, Passes, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Savor, Seen, Shine, Sleep, Slow It down, The Score, Tight, Too Fast, Truth, Wake Me, Wanting, Watching, Wrap, You, You Are Mine, You Say | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: A Person’s Character Is Shown Best In What They Do When No One Is Watching

Posted on October 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” – John Wooden

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Alone, Character, Does, John Wooden, Test, Thought For the Day, Truth, Watching | Leave a comment

Dare The Devil

Posted on September 22, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Dare the Devil by Michael Romani Perched on top of the city Feeling the ebb and flow pass by Absorbing all of the violence In a rushing cascade of sound Lost up in the nitty gritty It’s an old flow … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answers, Courage, Dare, Devil, Incidence, Incidents, Man, Mean Streets, No Hero, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Rat Race, Team, Trust, Watching | Leave a comment

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