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Tag Archives: Words
First Principles: Without Continual Growth and Progress, Such Words As Improvement, Achievement and Success Have No Meaning
“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
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An Incident of Oxford Compilation
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
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Thought For the Day: For All Sad Words of Tongue and Pen, the Saddest Are These, “It Might Have Been”
“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
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In the Elegance of You
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
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An Intellectual Conversation
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
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A Birthday Week
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
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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
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As I Lay My Head Down
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
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