Tag Archives: World

Jeering At the Past

Posted on September 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Jeering At the Pastby Michael DoyleToo often, society burns with fireForgetting virtue for forms of desireProgression is found in cinders burningAll of the lessons, we keep relearningBrigands scoff at things of the pastLaughing at those things that didn’t lastAnd believing … Continue reading →

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Thoughts On A September Morn

Posted on September 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Thoughts On A September Mornby Michael DoyleYou can feel it in the airA discernable sense of changeAs you take in the world with careAnd watch the leaves rearrangeSummer comes to its endAs Autumn starts to beginEven before leaves start to … Continue reading →

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Talk of Grace

Posted on September 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Talk of Graceby Michael DoyleIt is all of us, the body of peopleFound under God’s holy steepleThat makes us wonder about graceUndeserved in favor, yet we know our placeClearly, His church is most attractiveWhere grace is found and is most … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All of Us, Apparent, Attractive, Church, Clear, Favor, Found, Glory, God, God's Story, Grace, Great Things, Holy Name, Holy Steeple, Learn, Lives, Love Given, People, Place, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Reflective, Talk, Transparent, Undeserved, Wonder, World | Leave a comment

Keeping Holy Balance

Posted on September 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Keeping Holy Balanceby Michael DoyleWe live in a world of brokennessWe must speak our praise with outspokennessAs we place one foot in front of the otherWhile we walk this life with our sisters and brothersScripture must be seen in its … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Altar, Alter, Balance, Brokenness, Entirety, Flame, Foot, Holy, Keep, Outspokenness, Poetry and Poems, Sacred Library, Salvation, Scripture, Servant, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Climate Science Has Become Less About Understanding the Complexities of the World and More About Serving As A Kind of Cassandra

Posted on September 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“To put it bluntly, climate science has become less about understanding the complexities of the world and more about serving as a kind of Cassandra, urgently warning the public about the dangers of climate change.” – Patrick Brown I Left … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Only Art Penetrates What Pride, Passion, Intelligence and Habit Erect On All Sides – the Seeming Realities of This World

Posted on September 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Only art penetrates what pride, passion, intelligence and habit erect on all sides – the seeming realities of this world. There is another reality, the genuine one, which we lose sight of. This other reality is always sending us hints, … Continue reading →

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A Dark View of Neverland

Posted on September 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Dark View of Neverlandby Michael DoyleWhat kind of world is thisWith a closing of our eyes, we missThe changes are approaching lunacyAs conspiracy moves shadow into realityThe monkeys now run the big topAnd unneeded changes won’t stopChildhood heroes from … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Light For the Nations, Barely Breathing, Being, Big Top, Billionaires, Bind, Century, Changes, Childhood Heroes, Clap of Hands, Close, Command, Compete, Conspiracy, Croc, Crooked Smile, Dark View, Deconstsruct, Dreams, Escape Pod, Experiment, Explore, Eyes, Fools, Good Measure, Haiku, Hold On Tight, Human Beings, Humans, Ill Intent, Illusion, Imagination, Jaded Dreams, Living Treasure, Lost Boys, Love, Love and Hope, Lunacy, Lust, Lying Eyes, Maturity, Misogny, Monkeys, Moonbeams, Neverland, Pirate's Lagoon, Pixie Dust, Poetry and Poems, Preavil, Prescription, Pushback, Reality, Rules, Shadow, Significance, Star Dust, Street Talk, Tick Tock, Tinkerbell, True Wealth, Trust, Truth, Turtle Island, Unspoiled Gifts, Wisdom, Without Apology, World, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If More Politicians In This Country Were Thinking About the Next Generation Instead of the Next Election, It Might Be Better For the United States and the World

Posted on September 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.” – Claude Pepper, senator and representative (8 Sep 1900-1989)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Better, Claude Pepper, Country, Next Election, Next Generation, Politicians, Think, Thought For the Day, United States, World | Leave a comment

Politically Incorrect Revisited

Posted on September 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Politically Incorrect Revisitedby Michael DoyleIs there some kind of fearThat we the people might persevereInto the rapid-fire shaking upCrystalized by making upToo many improvised linesSliding through topical landminesIn an approximation of real-timeThat edges up into the sublimeIt’s that take no … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Place To Improve the World Is First In One’s Own Heart and Head and Hands, and Then Work Outward From There

Posted on September 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” – Robert Maynard Pirsig

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged First, Hands, Head, Heart, Improve, Place, Robert Maynard Pirsig, Thought For the Day, Work Outward, World | Leave a comment