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Thought For the Day: A Painter’s Got A Canvas. The Writer’s Got Reams of Empty Paper. A Musician Has Silence

Posted on December 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.” – Keith Richards

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Words Well Spent

Posted on November 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Words Well-Spentby Michael DoyleDon’t wait until the endTo learn to live as a father and a friend.Now and then are the moments to seize.This lesson doesn’t come with fancy degrees.It begins and ends by saying I love you,And living each … Continue reading →

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Laughing At Life

Posted on September 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Laughing At Lifeby Michael DoyleHere I am, sitting on the floor.I’m lost in numbers, collating the score.I’m not saying that I need it easy.But wish for once it would even up to please me.We’re laughing at all of life’s dramady,But … Continue reading →

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Humanity’s Eclipse

Posted on July 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Humanity’s Eclipseby Michael DoyleIt seems worthy of recallThat none of us has a crystal ball.We might want to see what’s next,But the best we have is what connects.Will it be humanity’s eclipse – As we fall before a robot apocalypse?Or … Continue reading →

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First Principles: When I Hear of the Destruction of A Species, I Feel Just As If All the Works of Some Great Writer Have Perished

Posted on May 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished.” – Theodore Roosevelt, in a Letter to Frank Michler Chapman (February 16, 1899)

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Just One More Psychotic Break

Posted on October 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Just One More Psychotic Breakby Michael DoyleCosmic horror played the killing schoolThat taught the writer of chilling ghoulsThis was the bogeyman’s secret in his tombThat rose up from the barren gothic wombThis was where a dark demon became a faceless … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Writer Needs Three Things, Experience, Observation, and Imagination, Any Two of Which, At Times Any One of Which, Can Supply the Lack of the Others

Posted on September 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.” – William Faulkner, novelist (25 Sep 1897-1962)

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Thought For the Day: The Only Advice Anybody Can Give Is, If You Wanna Be A Writer, Keep Writing. And Read All You Can, Read Everything

Posted on August 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The only advice anybody can give is, if you wanna be a writer, keep writing. And read all you can, read everything.” – Stan Lee

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Out of A Writer’s Head

Posted on August 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

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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Thoughts Looking Back

Posted on December 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Thoughts Looking Backby Michael DoyleI do not want to say anything that isn’t trueAt least, that is, from my deepest point of viewI have lived my life in its living, and as a writer,Often seeking to find life a little … Continue reading →

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