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As Invincible As the Stars
As Invincible As the Starsby Michael DoyleAnother Father’s Day approaches soon.I think on this under the shining moon.I love talking to each of my daughters,And I realized I’m blessed to be their father.I think on the long drives and all … Continue reading
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Tagged Babies, Blessed, Cars, Catch Fire, Coddled, Daughters, Desire, Eyes, Family, Father, Father's Day, Invincible, Joy, Life, Long Drives, Love, Moon, Poetry and Poems, Stars, Stars Above, Talk, Window, Young Ladies, Youth
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Virtual Love Song
Virtual Love Songby Michael Doyle She peeked inside my windowTell me how was I to knowFrom outside my hdden shadowWas the heart that would rattle my soul Shaking me into a hope for tomorrowAnd make me forget my sorrowShe’s filling … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Arm In Arm, Beautiful, Best Part, Control, Dreams, Enemy, Forget, Friend, Half-Way, Heart, Hidden, Hope, Know, Love, Magic, Nadia, New Day, Peek, Poetry and Poems, Positive, Rays, Run Away, Shadow, Sorrow, Soul, Start, Stay, Stroll, Sunshine, Tomorrow, Virtual Love Song, Window, World
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Christmas and Its Dysfunctions
Christmas and Its Dysfunctionsby Michael DoyleLife around Christmas can be crazyThough the reasons why can feel hazyThe story of Christmas continues on and onIn versions of dreams from just beyondBut with family, it comes togetherWith every improvised verse, it just … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggravaation, Better, Beyond, Bruised Knees, Christmas, Christmas Lights, Conjunction, Crazy, Crazy Nights, Dreams, Drink, Dysfunction, Family, Fights, Glory, Guitar, Happy Christmas, Hazy, Holiday Lights, Holidays, Improvised Verse, Jesus, Kissed, Love, Missed, Open Invitation, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Romance, Sealed, Small Talk, Smile, Stars, Story, Strings, Strum, Superstar, Together, While, Window, Wounded Keys
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Thought For the Day: The Library Is An Arena of Possibility, Opening Both A Window Into the Soul and A Door Onto the World
“The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.” – Rita Dove
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Tagged Arena, Door, Library, Open, Possibility, Rita Dove, Soul, Thought For the Day, Window, World
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Moving To Indiana 2004
Moving to Indiana 2004by Michael DoylePulling up to the state lineThe moment we crossed overThe rain began October 24, 20004 I swear it seemed to have no end40 days in, the jokes beganShould I build an arkThere would be no … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004, 2023, Ark, Beeline, Benign, Black Ice, Body Surfing, California Man, Daughters One and Two, Derecho, Dunes, Earthquake, Extinction, Extreme Temperatures, Fence, Four Seaons, Freezing Rain, Highway, Humor, Indiana, Indianapolis, Intersections, Isolation, Love More Than Life, Memories, Midwest, Move, New Way of Life, Oceans, Pieces of Shred, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Rain, Power Line Damage, Precipitation, Question, Rain, Seagull, Spring, State Line, Straight Line Winds, Supercells, Surfer, Too Cold, Too Hot, Tornadoes, Two Reasons, Wet, Willow, Window, Winter Storms
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For Harry Belafonte (RIP: 3/1/27 – 4/25/23)
For Harry Belafonte (RIP: 3/1/27 – 4/25/23)by Michael DoyleUsing song as a tool for transformationHis soundtrack helped to change the nationNow Belafonte has died at the age of ninety-sixHis life having affirmed the need of too much to fixSo many, … Continue reading
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Tagged Affirm, Affirmation, Ballad, Banality, Banana Boat, Better World, Birth, Black Man, Brutality, Bucket, Carribean, Change, Claypso Beat, Colors, Confirmation, Fix, Freedom, Front, Harry Belafonte, Hesitation, Hint, How Low, Inclusive, Injustice, Island, Joy, Joyful Mix, Jump In the Line, Liberty Bell, Life, Limbo, Linger, Melody, Mississippi Goddamn, Musical Life, Nation, Ninety-Six, Paradise, Poetry and Poems, Popstarr, Price, Question, Ransom, Recalled, Representation, Revolutionary, Rhymes, Ride, Risk, Song, Sountrack, Stride, Tangle, Tool, Transformation, Vision, Whole, Window, Winds, Work Songs, Wrongs
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Visceral Causes
The fifth and final of the series based on the science fiction movie, Alien. Visceral Causesby Michael DoyleThe visceral causes bits of reactionConnected to the phobias with distinctionA baby born with a visual screamBirthing the nightmare, where might have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby, Birth, Black, Blank Slate, Burn, Cause, Chance, Clouds, Collective Memory, Dance, Darkest Corners, Dedicate, Distinction, Dreams, Escape, Essence, Frequency, Future, Height of Creativity, Hollywood, Human Beings, Inside, Inter-Connection, Learn, Lessons, Linear Direction, Mother, Name, Nightmare, No Limits, Nuance, Pass, Past, Phobia, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Reaction, Reactivity, Reality, Remaining, Sand, Screen, Self-Destruction, Shadow, Shapes, Thoughts, Unknown, Visceral, Visual Scream, Window, World
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Blown Smoke
Blown Smokeby Michael DoyleBlown smoke seen through a windowThe feel of doubt, imprinted on her shadowThe detective watches the young widowLooking for clues, he might recognize and knowHe thinks back on days of reverieThat are no longer more than memoryShivering … Continue reading
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Tagged Arms, Blown Smoke, Borrow, Burn, Children, Clues, Contrite, Dark, Days, Detective, Empty, Feel of Doubt, Forgot, Keep Out, Know, Life, Love, Memory, Misery, Night, Not Divine, Numbers, Paganini, Poetry and Poems, Present, Recognize, Revenge, Reverie, Rocks, Rude, Run, Secret Moods, Shadow, Ship of Fools, Shiver, Sign, Silver Strings, Sorrow, Souls, Stargazer, System, Tomorrow, Troubles, Widow, Window, Wise, Yesterday
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A Thinking Plague
A Thinking Plagueby Michael DoylePeeped at through the window my mind’s eyeIt seems to philosophize is to learn to dieThere is to every life an adversary named deathOne that we must fight until our last breathFruitful in our play had … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Analysis, Approach, Approximation, Brings, Composition, Conversation, Death, Destination, Detachment, Die, Dreams, Forgot, Hume, Last Breath, Life, Long Road, Meant, Measure, Middle Ground, Obfuscation, Paralysis, Parchment, Pen, Philosophy, Plague, Poetry and Poems, Quest, Reproach, Sinners and Saints, Society, Tale, Taught, Think, Thinking, Tomorrow, Treasure, Window
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