Tag Archives: Youth

The Journey Back

Posted on June 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Things of memory have the worth of time revealed in the quiet moments of our hearts. The Journey Back by Michael Doyle Somewhere in a cup of coffee Is the reflection that is memory Somehow a photograph starts to show … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back, Broken, Burdens, Childhood, Children, Coffee, Confusion, Cruel, Crush, Dance, Disappointments, Every Day, Fanciful Hopes, Fantastic Schemes, Find, Firm, Forgot, Given, Graveyard, Half Measure, Hearts, Hope, Humility, Idleness, Illusion, Journey, Kin Is Kin, Know, Left Behind, Lies, Little Things, Living Dreams, Love, Memory, Mind, Open, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Pretend, Prove, Quiet Moments, Reflection, Remind, Reveal, Show, Skin, Spoken, Strong, Times, Treasure, Trouble, True Love, Truer Words, Truth, Utility, Warm, Wishing It So, Words, Worth, Yesterday, Youth | Leave a comment

Woven Into A Delicate Tapestry

Posted on May 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Faith and reason must work in combination with one another to approach the balance necessary to navigate the life of individuals and of nations around the world. Woven Into A Delicate Tapestery by Michael Doyle Woven into a most delicate … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Balance, Blind, Bloody, Capricious, Church, Civilization, Combination, Creativity, Deity, Delicate, Deny, Diversity, Era, Evidence, Exceed, Faith, Freedom, God, Holy Kingdom, Incomplete, Inculcate, Known, Liberty, Life, Limits, Mankind, Mastery, Modernism, Monotheism, Navigate, Need, Pantheism, Path, Pathology, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Psychology, Rational, Realization, Reason, Record, Reverent, Roots, Seeds, Self-Evident, Struggle, Tapestry, Theology, Truth, Twentieth Century, University, Wisdom, Woven, Youth | Leave a comment

First Principles: A Primary Object Should Be the Education of Our Youth In the Science of Government

Posted on April 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing… than … communicating it to those who are to … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Communicate, Country, Duty, Education, First Principles, Future Guardians, George Washington, Government, Important, Knowledge, Liberty, Pressing, Primary Object, Republic, Science, Youth | Leave a comment

The Stolen Presence of Both Past and Present

Posted on April 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The thirteenth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020 has the prompt objective of writing a non-apology for things stolen. This is a close as I have for the concept. It’s akin, I believe to something said that I read once but have … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2020, Add-Ons, All, Approach, Aristotle, Brilliance, Claiim, Dance, Eloquently, Ethics, Explore, Full Throttle, History, Humble, Issac Newton, Lame, Learn, Light, Move, Mystery, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Non-Apology, Notions, Observations, Ought, Page, Past, Photograph, Plain, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Present, Recall, Shimmer, Should, Shoulders of Giants, Speak, Splash, Steal, Stolen, Take, Thoughts, Times, Truth, Words, Youth | Leave a comment

The Reagan Renewal

Posted on April 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History continues through the Reagan presidency: The Reagan Renewal by Michael Doyle By the late 70s, the Conservative movement formed a coalition Not all were of the same mind, but it combined of its own volition Seeking smaller government … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1984, American History, Berlin, Brandenberg Gate, Budget, Bureaucratic, Coalition, Cold War, Compel, Conservative Movement, Deficit Spending, Dignity, Electorate, Empathy, Establishment, George H Bush, Gift, Glasnost, Government, Great Communicator, Greater Revenue, History, Hope, Increase, Inflation, Kennedy, Landslide, Liberal Democrat, Long Coat Tails, Lose, Lower Taxes, Mellon, Message, Mikhail Gorbachev, Military, Military Might, Nation, Opportunity, Orwell, Perestroika, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Precision, Public Confidence, Qualification, Question, Questions, Reagan, Reagan/Bush, Recession, Reformation, Regulation, Renewal, SDI, Shining Moment, Small Government, Soviet Union, Spending, Strength, Technocratic, Television, The People, Time, Transformation, Unemployment, Vision, Voice, Win, Youth | Leave a comment

Be the Salt

Posted on April 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Matthew 5:13: Be the Salt by Michael Doyle The God who was faithful then Will be as faithful now as when When He made Goliath fall Shaking down all the walls The salt of earth made … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Culture, Cure, Earth, Faith, Faithful, Fall, Fall Out, Fear, Feeling, Forget, God, Goliath, Good News, Holy, Holy Ghost, Holy Star, Huddle, Humble, Influence, Isolation, Key, Light, Live, Matthew, Path, Pews, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prevention, Pure, Right, Saint, Salt, Sanctified, Sanctity, Sell Out, Silent, Sing, Society, Son, Spirit, Stand up, The Church, Truth, Walls, Youth | Leave a comment

First Principles: If We Mean To Have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, We Should Have Learned Women

Posted on March 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abigail Adams, Benefit, Deepest Root, Early, Education, First Principles, Heroes, Instill, Learned Women, Literary, Philoosphers, Sentiment, Statesmen, We, Women, Youth | Leave a comment

Alchemy of Words

Posted on February 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Words are such powerful things – especially when you’re not finding the right ones… Alchemy of Words by Michael Romani Standing just before the threshold Hand to heart then hand to ground At peace as each journey unfolds I reverently … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alchemy, Blind, Bright, Collide, Connection, Core, Damocles' Sword, Dangle, Days, Double Dealing, Double Speak, Embrace, Emperor, Energy, Experience, Eyes, Feeling, Felt, Gateway, Golden Chord, Ground, Hand, Heart, Idea, Ideas, Information, Journey, Mean, Orwell, Pass, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points of View, Power, Pretense, Pulsate, Real, Reliance, Sense, Stand, Surreal, Thought, Threshold, Transform, Transparent, Truth, Unwrap, Wisdom, Word, Youth | Leave a comment

Urban Christianity

Posted on December 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A Sunday sort of poem… Urban Christianity by Michael Romani Fully formed in my Christianity I have come to belief quite rationally But, also find it credible emotionally Bit by bit, I have been ratifying These things of belief, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Agrarian, Alive, Answer, Axiom, Belief, Big Questions, Christianity, Claim, Community, Conclude, Contemporary, Controversy, Credible, Cross, Deceive, Define, Earn, Emotionally, Equality, Essence, Evidence, Evil, Faith, Fight, Form, Gift, God, Grief, Human, Injustice, Is, Job, Just, Leap of Faith, Legacy, Life, Live, Logic, Mentality, Mercy, Moment, Morality, Nature, Office Hours, Ought, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Ratify, Rational, Reality, Reason, Receive, Relief, Respect, Satisfy, Science, Season, Sincere, Soul, Standard, Strong, Suffer, Sunday, Supernatural, Survive, Transcendent, Truism, Trust, Truth, Tussle, Understate, Understood, Urban, Youth | Leave a comment

Thankful For That Yellow Brick Road

Posted on November 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of gratitude # 23 for the songs of my life that feel deeply in my heart: Thankful For That Yellow Brick Road by Michael Romani A pre-winter’s chill is felt to the bone As I sit here thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Belong, Castaway, Celebrity, Change, Chill, Chord, Dogs of Society, Drift, Echo, Eyes, Flow, Gratitude, Heart, Howl, Humble, Influence, Integrity, Keys, Land, Live, Lyric, Melody, Memory, Moment, Notes, Passage, Pet Sounds, Photograph, Please, Pockets, Poem, Poetry, Record, Sense, Song, Soul, Stumble, Thankful, Truth, When, Wonder, Yellow Brick Road, Youth | Leave a comment