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The Brave Man
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
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Thought For the Day: Absence Diminishes Small Loves and Increases Great Ones, As the Wind Blows Out the Candle and Fans the Bonfire
“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”– Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims
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Tagged Absence, Bonfire, Candle, Diminish, Fans, Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Increase, Maxims, Small Loves, Thought For the Day, Wind
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First Principles: Effort and Courage Are Not Enough Without Purpose and Direction
“But effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. For, as Socrates told us, “If a man does not know to what port he is sailing, no wind is favorable.’” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Courage, Direction, Effort, Enough, Favor, First Principles, John F. Kennedy, Port, Purpose, Sail, Socrates, Wind
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Damaged Memories of An Indiana Tornado
Damaged Memories of An Indiana Tornadoby Michael DoyleOminous clouds are captured in a photographThat suggests thunderclaps as the Devil’s laughAs lightning strikes down on a Hoosier cornfieldForked-tongued, it speaks of devastation revealedCracked wood is tossed across the creek’s bendAs a … Continue reading
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Tagged Clouds, Cracked Wood, Damaging Winds, Debris, Devastation, Devil's Laugh, Fallen Trees, Flooded Road, Forked-Tongued, Fragments of lives, Hoosier Cornfield, Human Voice, Indiana, Lightning, Long Growl of Wind, Memories, Photograph, Poetry and Poems, Symphony of Survival, Thunder claps, Trapped, Wind
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My Final Victory Won
My Final Victory Wonby Michael DoyleMy soul has no place to hideAs I face the night and rideRolling away that stoneWherever I am, I’m not aloneBurning ashes spread with the windBlown hot until the endPraying that things turn aroundMy feet … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alone, Attitude, Blown Hot, Burning Ashes, Care, Complete, Done, Earthly Treasure, Face, Final Victory, Fixed, Forever, Freed, God, Gratitude, Greed, Heaven, Heavenly Treasure, His Control, Human Being, Jesus, No Place To Hide, Offer, Owe, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pray, Recall, Replete, Ride, Secure, Seen, Solid Ground, Songs, Soul, Stone, Tainted Soul, Thankful, The Night, True Pleasure, Wind, Won, Worth
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Living Waters Fill My Thirst
Living Waters Fill My Thirstby Michael DoyleLiving waters fill my thirstFreed by the love that I put firstMy King has paid the ransomHe has given me my place in His kingdomHis words are the wind in my sailsHis song is … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Eternal Love, Every Breath, Fall Down, First, Focus, Freed, Grace, Healing Hand, Heaven Above, His Kingdom, His Song, His Will, His Words, Intention, Learned, Living Waters, Love, My Eyes, My King, My Place, Not Earned, Palm, Poetry and Poems, Prevails, Ransom, Received, Sails, Testify, Thirst, Understand, Understood, Victory, Victory Crown, Wind
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Thought For the Day: A Certain Amount of Opposition Is A Great Help To A Man. Kites Rise Against, Not With, the Wind
“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.” – John Neal, author and critic (25 Aug 1793-1876)
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Tagged Against, Amount, Help, John Neal, Kite, Man, Oopposition, Thought For the Day, Wind
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