Tag Archives: Words

First Principles: Without Continual Growth and Progress, Such Words As Improvement, Achievement and Success Have No Meaning

Posted on January 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Achievement, Benjamin Franklin, Continual, First Principles, Growth, Improvement, No Meaning, Progress, Success, Words | Leave a comment

An Incident of Oxford Compilation

Posted on December 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

An Incident of Oxford Compilationby Michael DoyleIn my mind gathered so silentlyI pray against evil so vigilantlyIn the darkness of a blind alleyLost among the madmen in the galleryThough words come at me namedLanguage itself will not be tamedIt grows … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agreed, Alley, Approach, Best Laid Plans, Capability, Cast, Change, Charade, Clear, Compilation, Contrary, Crumble, Darkness, Dictionary, Eloquent, Encroach, English Language, English Tongue, Gallery, Incident, Known, Lairds, Language, Lexicon, Linguist, Madmen, Mind, Nation, Need, Nuance, Oxford, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Proctor, Propriety, Quotation, Refine, Rubicon, Search, Shown, Silent, Sketches, Study, Supplication, Symbols, Tamed, Tumble, Turn, Vigilant, Volumes, Wise Men, Words | Leave a comment

I, Noelle

Posted on December 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I, Noelleby Michael DoyleGrowing up there was nothing as pleasantAs waiting on Christmas Eve for presentsHe was like a lamb to metaphorical slaughterAs I snuck up on my Santa Claus fatherAs his daughter, there was much prideExcept for the part … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Big Year, Cheer, Children, Chimney, Choice, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve, Complete Perfection, Dasher, Daugther, Destiny, Detail, Doing Well, Father, Feeling, Getaway, God, Growing Up, Hope, Lamb, Look, Magic, Me, Merry Gentlemen, Metaphor, Morning Light, New Direction, Noelle, Phoenix, Photograph, Pleasat, Poetry and Poems, Presents, Pride, Promise, Pushed Aside, Rest, Santa Claus, Shining, Silent Night, Sled, Snowy Night, Snuck Up, Spinning, Tale, Tragic, We, Without Presents, Words | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: For All Sad Words of Tongue and Pen, the Saddest Are These, “It Might Have Been”

Posted on December 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.” – John Greenleaf Whittier, poet (17 Dec 1807-1892)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged All, It Might Have Been, John Greenleaf Whittier, Pen, Sad, Saddest Are These, Thought For the Day, Tongue, Words | Leave a comment

Attached In Meaning

Posted on December 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Attached In Meaningby Michael DoyleWords are mainly symbolsSomething that vaguely resemblesAn agreement between we human beingsAs to what it is that we are meaningWe need a little less of the dictionaryAs we each act out our own PictionaryOf all that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actions, Actions Speak Louder, Actual, Agreement, Allow, Arguments, Attached, Blur the Lines, Burst Out, Co-Construction, Come and Go, Communicate, Communicated, Communication, Complicated, Conflict, Contemplation, Contrary, Conventionality, Deceived, Deception, Defy, Destruction, Development, Dictionary, Encoded, Factors, Factual, Foolish, Forged, Hit That Restart, Human Beings, Intended, Intent, Intentionality, Interpretation, Late, Learn, Life, Look On Your Face, Meaning, Message, Nonverbally, Optimism, Perception, Pessimism, Photograph, Pictionary, Poem, Poetry, Prouder, Reach, Reassurance, Received, Relation, Resembles, Rut, Satisfying, Say, Says It all, Simple, Sink, Splash, Still, Symbols, Tender, Think, Truth Perceived, Unnecessary, Vague, Wall, Weight, Words, Words of Trust, Wounded Hearts | Leave a comment

Two of A Pair

Posted on November 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Two of A Pairby Michael DoyleThat life would change and I’d be blessedWas something, I’d never have guessedUntil that day you looked my lonely wayLeaving me breathless and hoping to sayThat there might come some magical dayWhen I knew that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Pair, All Seasons, Beautiful Reasons, Beauty, Before the Fire, Blessed, Breathless, Caught Up, Change, Dare Say, Desire, Dismiss, Fall, God, Gratitude, Guess, Heart, Here To Stay, Hold You, Hope, Joy Fill, Keep Us, Knew, Leaves Fall, Life, Lonely Way, Long, Look, Love, Love Brings, Magical Day, Next Day, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Quietly Pray, Say, Sings, Song, Spring, Summer, Sweet Kiss, That Day, Thoughts of You, Truth, Two, Two of A Pair, When We're Apart, Winter, Wish, Words, You and Me | Leave a comment

In the Elegance of You

Posted on October 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the Elegance of Youby Michael DoyleWhether dressed in red or blueThe lady I wish to dance with is youNot just for today or a few more tomorrowsBut in always in all days in joy and in sorrowHolding you close … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Again, All Days, Best Friend, Best Place, Blue, Bound Together, Care, Cheek To Cheek, Close To My Heart, Closer, Confidant, Dance, Dress, Elegance, Evening, Face, Feel, Final End, First Song, Gentle, Hearts Beat, In My Heart, Joy, Lady, Love, Moment, Never Fear, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rainbow, Red, Share, Soft, Sorrow, Think, Three Times A Lady, Today, Tomorrow, Wait, Waterfalls, Whisper, Woman, Words, Wrap, You | Leave a comment

An Intellectual Conversation

Posted on October 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

An Intellectual Conversationby Michael DoyleI asked you to speak your beautiful mindUnsuspecting of all the wonders I might findBut knowing that I would love just to talkWho knew that talk would grow into our walkI asked you to kiss me … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Amazing, Ask, Band, Beautiful, Bodies, Brilliant, Captivate, Conversation, Cultural Taste, Dance, Deep, Depths, Destination, Explanation, Eyes, Final, Find, Grow, Hands, Hear, Hips, Ill-Defined, Inspiration, Intellectual, Kiss, Know, Lips, Look, Lord, Love, Mind, Music, My Hand, Near, Need, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Preordained, Say, Speak, Stay, Surprise, Sway, Sweet Love, Talk, Tomorrow, Unsuspecting, Wait, Walk, Want, Wonders, Words, Yesterday, You and Me | Leave a comment

A Birthday Week

Posted on October 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A Birthday Weekby Michael DoyleSolid as it is with just a look2020 was a hard one for the history booksBut, as those pages have turnedThere was one thing that I have learnedMy love was born a Libra on her scaleAnd … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2020, Agreeable Enough, Birthday, Birthday Week, Celebrate, Celebration, Clarity, Complexity, Connection, Contemplation, Dare, Deny, Easy, Fun, Golden Heart, Great Gift, Hard One, History Books, Insistence, Justice, Learned, Libra, Look, Love, Love of Fashion, Mumble, Need, One, Pages, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Reflect, Relaxation, Request, Scale, Sense, Simplicity, Sincerity, Solid, Speak, Strong Desire, Thing, Turn, Unity, Week, Words | Leave a comment

As I Lay My Head Down

Posted on September 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

As I Lay My Head Downby Michael DoyleWrapped up in the depths of your soulAs we talk along our evening’s strollI see my heroes inside your heartEasily seeing what sets you apartYour words as you touch me deepWhisper you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beside me, Dance, Day, Deep, Depths, Drift, Every Single Day, Feel, Fill, Fleet, God's Reflection, Growing Love, Heart, Hero, Hoping To Find, I Lay My Head Down, I Should Keep, Kneel, Lay My Head Down, Love Shine, Our, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Pillow, Please, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pray, See, Sets Apart, Shadow, Sleep, Stay, Stop, Stroll, Strong Enough, Surprise, Sweet Eyes, Talk, Think Of, Tomorrow, Whisper, Words, Wrapped, Your Love, Your Soul, Your Words | Leave a comment