Tag Archives: Water

In Kalkota’s Slum

Posted on November 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In Kalkota’s Slumby Michael DoyleEven in the Kalkota ghetto,You can see courage in the shadows.Youths capture the waters of historyWhile finding hope for tomorrow’s mystery.Revolutionary optimists fetch the waterWhile knowing so little of mother or father.Living life there in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brave, Change, Children, Community, Cradle, Early Grave, Flth, Hazrdous, History, Kalkota's Slum, Message, Poetry and Poems, Politicians, Poloio, Poverty, Revolutionary Optimsts, Shadow, Slum, Street, Talk, Tomorrow, Travel, Water, Youth | Leave a comment

The Brave Man

Posted on September 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Brave Manby Michael DoyleThe brave man knowsIt’s now or never. The cautious man thinksThat’s not so clever.Sometimes it’s simply time To throw caution to the wind.In these times, it’s time to liveHowever it is, that dreams end. She looked … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adventure, Atuumn, Best, Better, Captain Nemo, Cautious, Clever, Comic, Dreams, Explore, God, Know, Live, Love, Mystery, Nautilus, Now or Never, One, Patch, Poetry and Poems, Sail, Sometimes, The Brave Man, Think, Thought, Time, Times, Tragic, Trust, Twist of Fate, Two, Water, Wind | Leave a comment

Through Songs and Deeds

Posted on July 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Through Songs and Deedsby Michael DoyleThe Empirical Arbitrator is who decides.The rest of us are along for the ride.Whatever happens, happens as it does.Past or present, it is as it never ever was.Our revelations are preordained, However easy or however … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arbitrator, Bindings, Blasphemy, Bringer of Life, Circle of Fifths, Decide, Deeds, Difference, Discern, Eternity, Explanation, Explore, Fear, Frequency, Future, Gamble, God's Embrace, Happen, Harmony, Hidden Truth, Hypotheticals, Interfere, Language, Learn, Life's Song, Maestro, Matter, Messages, Music, Notes, Past, Peace, Persevere, Planetary Music, Poetry and Poems, Preordained, Present, Reach, Reshape, Revelation, Ride, Sacred Duty, Shatter, Something Else, Songs, Space, Strain, Strife, Translation, War, Wash Away, Water | Leave a comment

Beyond the Sea

Posted on June 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Beyond the Seaby Michael DoyleThere are spaces under the painted skyThat are beautiful enough to make me sigh.Stretching beyond the edges of the seaIs a world of water in its own beauty.Rivers, lakes, wetlands, and streamsAre all filled with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Better Days, Beyond, Coast, Corn Belt, Dark, Dreams, Edges, Energy, Gloom, Heart, Hidden Life, Indiana State Line, Injury, Kayak, Lake Michigan, Lakes, Painted Sky, Poetry and Poems, Rain, Rivers, Sea, Seagulls, Sign, Soul, Space, Stark, Streams, Sun, The Great Lakes, Water, Wetlands | Leave a comment

Omaha Beach

Posted on June 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Omaha Beachby Michael DoyleThe American soldier was carried by perpetual motionIn a metal hull as he prepared to land from the ocean.The air around him was filled with the stench of salted fear.All around him prayed, certain their deaths were … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Allies, American Soldier, Breech, D-Day, Death, Footsteps of Heroes, Friends, Land, Metal Hull, Mortal Eyes, Ocean, Omaha Beach, Perpetual Motion, Poetry and Poems, Prayed, Sand, Solid Ground, Stench, Struck Down, Water, Wind | Leave a comment

Due North

Posted on March 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Due Northby Michael DoyleIn these daysWhen everything has gone frothyIn a million waysWe need those around to be worthyThat’s who my friend had always beenThe one I knew was good for the winEver since back in high schoolI knew her … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alright, Always Been, Answer, Beat It, Brave, Calm, Cancer, Challenge, Come Hell or High Water, Concentration, Connected, Crisis, Days, Degree of Fascination, Demeanor, Due North, Facebook, Feel, Focus, Friend, Frothy, Glide, Good For the Win, Hallway, High School, Is, Joyous Laughter, Keep Things Real, Kept Cool, Lie On My Lips, Lifetime Past, Look, Lord, Lost Track, Million Ways, Mindfulness, More Than Fair, My Friend, Nobody's Fool, Paddleboarder, Peace, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Progress, Reconnected, Reflective, Same As the Last, Same Smile, Searching For An Answer, Sigh, Simple, Smile, Soul, Stalled, Stay Still, Stride, Style, Surreal, Tear, Test, Time, Traded Quips, True North Star, Water, Wherever, Words, Worthy, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Fires Framing Truth

Posted on January 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Fires Framing Truthby Michael DoyleHow can you serve the peopleWhen you’re feeding them lies?How can you mislead a motherAnd look her straight in the eyes?You think a dismissive smileIs all you need to wearAs you issue your political denialDon’t you … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authority, Burning, Care, Choke, Clarified, Common Sense, Compassion, Controversy, Courage, Decision, Dismissive Smile, Eyes, Fires, Flow, Forgot, Frame, Going Up In Smoke, Grieving Families, Homes, Houses, Hydrants, Integrity, Leader, Lies, Life, Listen, Lives, Love, Love of Ease, Love of Power, Maquerade, Matched, Measure, Memories, Mislead, Mother, No Defense, Office, Ought, People, Perceptions of Truth, Poetry and Poems, Policy, Political Denial, Power, See, Serve, Social Disease, Tears, Times of Challenge, True Strength, Trust, Truth, Vote, Walk Away, Water, Wear, Who | Leave a comment

Rodin’s Artistry

Posted on November 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Rodin’s Artistryby Michael DoyleSome pursue the fine arts for immortalityThat makes a degree of sense thoroughlyAfter all, you start with a marble blockBut see what you will transform from rockLike water, the shape begins to conformThe chisel drips patiently to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Appetite, Artist's Heart, Artistry, Atone, Behind, Better Days, Bronze, Chisel, Complication, Conform, Contemplation, Creativity, Depth, Deserved, Drip By Drip, Feeling Right, Fine Arts, Finish, Fool, Genuine Spark, God's Home, Guided Hand, Immortality, Just So, Knowledge, Marble Block, Movement Observed, Nature, Plaster, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Reality, Reflection, Rock, Rodin, Sculptor, See and Know, Sense, Shape, Start, Stone, Terra-Cotta, The Artist, Thinker's Mind, Tortured Heart, Transform, Truth, Vision, Water, Words | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Patience Is Also A Form of Action

Posted on November 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Patience is also a form of action.” -Auguste Rodin, sculptor (12 Nov 1840-1917), attributed to Rodin in Hesitation: Impulsivity and Reflection, p.124, by Leonard William Doob — Action is most commonly thought of as being proactive and doing something tangible. … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Action, Art, Auguste Rodin, Challenge, Consideration, Delayed Gratification, Deliberation, Endeavors, Fast Paced Society, Form, Long-Term Results, Outcome, Patience, Proactive, Sculptor, Sculpture, Strategic Choice, Strength, Tangible, Thought For the Day, Water | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Live In Each Season As It Passes; Breathe the Air, Drink the Water, Taste the Fruit, and Resign Yourself To the Influence of the Earth

Posted on October 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” – Henry David Thoreau

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Air, Breathe, Drink, Each Season, Earth, Fruit, Henry David Thoreau, Influence, Live, Pass, Resign, Self, Taste, Thought For the Day, Water | Leave a comment