Tag Archives: Water

First Principles: When the Well’s Dry, We Know the Worth of Water

Posted on February 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin

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Petra Reexamined

Posted on November 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Petra Reexaminedby Michael DoyleThere is an ancient city in which Nabataeans dweltThat is more carved than could be thought of as builtThis city of beauty and wonder is a World Heritage siteIt belongs to all of humanity by our noble … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancient City, Aqueducts, Architecture, Astound, Beauty, Birthright, Carved, Cliffside, Desert, Engineering, Examine, Exuberance, Fine Detail, Gorge, Humanity, Luxury, Nabataeans, Narrow Canyon, Nomads, Oasis, Perfection, Petra, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Safety, Scale, Sculptured, Trade Network, Trade Routes, Wadis, Water, Wonder, World Heritage Site | Leave a comment

The Death Head of Night

Posted on November 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Death Head of Nightby Michael DoyleThere in the darkest of the 20th CenturyWere pages to learn from in our historySuch evil as was darker than the nightWhere our traditions still bring us lightNo matter what the king tells usTruth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 20th Century, Ability, Accident, Accusation, Adolph, All But Lost, All Peoples, Americans, Ancient Peoples, Apart, April Tenth, Arrive, Atmosphere, Atrocity, Auschwitz, Babies, Barren Fields, Believe, Betray, Bluffing, Buchenwald, Burn, Caged Ghetto, Captivity, Cattle Cars, Cleft, Communication, Cost, Crushed, Cry, Cup, Darkest, Daughters, Death Became the Mercy, Death Head, Deeds, Dehumanized, Demonized, Deportation, Desperation, Destination, Determination, Devil's Symphony, Doubt, Dread, Dying, Elders, Eternal, Eternity, Evil, Extermination, Face, Faith, Father, Fear, Few, Flames, Flick, Forced March, Forgotten, Germany, Ghost Train, God, God Be Willing, Going On, Goodness, Grapple, Graves, Grief, Grim Determination, Guide For the Perplexed, Hand, Happenstance, Haste, Hatred, History, Hitler, Hold On Tight, Hope, Huddle, Hunger, Incessant, Infernal, Jewish History, Kabbalah, King, Know, Learn, Left, Let This Be A Lesson, Light, Line, Literature, Live or Die, Living Skeletons, Loved, Madmen, Marginalized, Mengele, Mercilessly, Miracle, Mirror, Misery, Monsters, Mystic Union, Names, Necessary Lie, Night, No Coming Back, No End, Nothing, Optimism, Pages, Peace Alone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Pray, Prophets, Prove Forgiving, Provident, Purpose, Question, Rage, Recall, Receptivity, Robbery, Rogues, Rule of Law, S;piritual, Sacred Ritual, Sake, Scarlet, Seek, Shame, Shed, Shrieking, Sighing, Slight, Slip, Snow, Sons, Soul, Spark, Suffering, Suffocating, Sunken Eyes, Survival, Survived, Surviving, Targets, Taste, Terror, Test, The End, The Jewish, The Jewish People, Track, Tradition, Transition, Transmission, Treasures, Truth, Ugliness, Unity, Water, Weisel, West, Whenever, Wherever, Wine, Wisdom, World, Worse, Worship, Yiddish | Leave a comment

Born In the Dawn

Posted on July 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Tales of magic and the quests that invariably accompany these always tug at my soul. Born In the Dawn by Michael Doyle In the mists of time, there is a story Of the sword of power and it’s full glory … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arthur, Boon, Born, Bring, Choice, Choose, Courage, Curse, Dawn, Death, Deed, Demon, Desire, Devour, Discontent, Doubt, Earth, End, Fear, Flight, Force, Fore, Full Glory, Guidance, Heed, King, Learn To Lead, Life, Listen, Lives, Long Lost Friend, Loudly, Magic, Men, Mists of Time, Moon, Murder, Mystery, Nature, Need, Offering, Omens, Once Voice, One Day, Pass, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Quest, Raven, Require, Revealed, Right, Sacrifice, See, Sight, Sit, Soul, Story, Suffer Fools, Suffice, Sword of Power, Tale, Tug, Twilight, Understood, Wall, Water, Whisper, Wield, Will, Wisdom, Witch, Woman, Woods | Leave a comment

On Habits of Soap, Water and Masks

Posted on May 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

My youngest princess is fond of teasing the truth that we are living history. What a memory this all will be one day won’t it? They’ll be able to say they lived through a global crisis and remember things … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alcohol, Antibody, Block, Car, Common Sense, Crowns, Daughters, Destructive, Disabuse, Disrupt, Embrace, Epidemiology, Face, Fancy, Father, Global Crisis, Habit, Learn, Live, Living History, Manipulate, Mask, Me and You, Memory, New Norm, Notion, Opportunity, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Protect, Protein, Safe and Sane, Scientists, Smile, Soap, Soap and Water, Strategy, Trials, Used, Viral, Virus, Wash Our Hands, Water | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: To Love Another Person Is To See the Face of God

Posted on April 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion. Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Air, Always, Bodies, Eyes, Face of God, Faith, Hand, Hands, Hearts, Hold, Light, Love, Love Another, Palm, Passion, Promise, Rose Garden, See, Sincerity, Sky, Smile, Star, Thought For the Day, Victor Hugo, Water | Leave a comment

Death and A Desert God

Posted on March 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A further adventure in Egyptian myth. Death and A Desert God by Michael Doyle Without ambition, Horus would quietly assert That to kill a desert god, you must kill the desert To kill a desert, requires Ra, God of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Ambition, Appetite, Bay, Breath, Chaos, Conceal, Creation, Creator, Cruel, Dark, Death, Decay, Desert, Destiny, Destruction, Dreams, Drown, Edict, Egypt, Embrace, Equal, Fight, Flight, Glory, God, Height, Hell Hounds, Hopes, Horus, Journey, Kill, Light, Lord, Might, Mortal, Night, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Quest, Ra, Rot, Scarabs, Set, Shine, Stray, Sun, Uncertain, Water, Will | Leave a comment

Glass Onion Reality

Posted on March 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How many layers of conjecture do we need to peel back to find true reality? Is it even possible for us to comprehend? Glass Onion Reality by Michael Doyle All things, all times, all places Bear the burden across all … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Answer, Avoid, Believe, Burden, Comprehend, Conjecture, Crumble, Currents, Dominion, Eventual, Eyes, Face, False, Fear, Fist, Glass Onion, God, Grieve, Hesitancy, Known, Life, Limit, Live, Mind, Murder, New World, Path, Peace, Peel, Photograph, Pillar, Place, Poem, Poetry, Preserve, Pride, Prove, Push, Raven, Reaity, Reality, Release, Risk, Search, Shadow, Simple, Soul, Spark, Strife, Struggle, Survivor, Sweet, Things, Thirst, Time, Transparent, True, Trust, Urge, Victory, Water, Way, World | Leave a comment

A Return To the Sea

Posted on March 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A pirate’s lot remains on my mind today. To me, like many, there has always been a bit of allure to some of the legendary pirates. Not the least of these is a chapter in a book I aim to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Andrew Jackson, Banditry, Battle of New Orleans, Best, Call, Claim, Earn, End, Fatal, Fate, Final, Footnotes, Forgot, Gallantry, Gold, History, Jean Lafitte, Know, Legacy, Legend, Life, Lot, Me, Monument, Mystery, Photograph, Pirate, Poem, Poetry, Remains, Return, Sea, Sirens, Soul, Storm, Swallow, Tales, Told, Unwanted, Water, Whole, You | Leave a comment

Natural Collaboration of Lights

Posted on November 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Okay.. so it’s a stretch. But, since I’m always grateful for art and artistic endeavors, this will be my poem of gratitude #26: Natural Collaboration of Lights by Michael Romani Water falls Like the passage of time The angle calls … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Angle, Art, Beauty, Child's Game, Collaborate, Color, Few, Grace, Grateful, Gratitude, Light, Love, Natural, Nature, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Same, Sea, Sight, Space, Spectrum, Sublime, Tale, Thankful, Time, View, Water, Weather | Leave a comment