Tag Archives: Words

Echo Back

Echo Backby Michael DoyleMy words echo back into tomorrowA half-life that’s full of sorrowI’m often sorry for what I sayThe demons inside won’t have it any other wayIf these were the last words I saidI wouldn’t want them rolling in … Continue reading

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Out of A Writer’s Head

Out of A Writer’s Headby Michael DoyleSome who writeHave fumbled for wordsAs though words aren’t rightEven as they’ve occurredWhether poetry or proseIt’s the words that passIt’s less what one knowsBut what has amassedWords flow best in experienceThen become arranged by … Continue reading

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On Turning 17

On Turning 17by Michael DoyleThe days crawl slowly on one by oneAnd your birthday is past and doneI am still thinking on what it meansThat my baby girl has turned seventeenWasn’t it only just yesterdayThat you entered this world’s wayLaying … Continue reading

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In Beginning To Chill Hostility

In Beginning To Chill Hostilityby Michael DoyleIn truth, Christ came to save us allBringing us peace, as we might recallChrist has already graced us as He’s doneIn the name of the Father, the Spirit, and the SonIn this world, hanging … Continue reading

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Venomously Bitten

Venomously Bittenby Michael DoyleOn this roller coaster of loveIt’s sometimes hard to keep track ofWho’s the saint, and who is sinningToo many complications can set things spinningThrowing in the towel isn’t how it’s doneNot if you’re fighting for your golden … Continue reading

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Reality Bytes On An Earlier Hillbilly Sandwich

Reality Bytes On An Earlier Hillbilly Sandwichby Michael DoyleCounterculture shined through the city’s veilGiving a glimpse of Eden through the fires of HellHarsh in its repressive bits of curdled adviceDreamers managed to paint their fleeting paradiseThe torches of an artistic … Continue reading

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Through the Son

Through the Sonby Michael DoyleThere’s something in my attitudeIt’s heard in my love and gratitudeOn my knees, I am prayingOn my lips, I am sayingHallelujah, for all my healingThere is grace in all I’m feelingHere in all my daysI keep … Continue reading

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The Best of We

The Best of Weby Michael DoyleThere are things sometimes saidThat could be put a better wayEmotions ricochet off the tapes in our headsBetter-chosen words keep the ball in playThe fights fought are a step forwardOn the path that moves us … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Where Words Fail, Music Speaks

“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen

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Into A Pirate’s Tomorrow

Into A Pirate’s Tomorrowby Michael DoyleIt’s a rough pirate’s world out thereWhen words spoken spill into loose fearMobs, it seems, are as easily turnedAs pirate shanty towns are easily burnedJust as melancholy on the azure wavesAre the boarding plans that … Continue reading

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