Posted by Brad Osborne on October 31, 2019 · 8 Comments
We are blessed beyond measure,
But rarely do we treasure,
All the things with which we’re blessed,
Wanting more we do attest
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 30, 2019 · 11 Comments
I can boast of the greatest colored sunrise,
With flourish of words stained in the descriptive
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 29, 2019 · 4 Comments
Wooden fingers snap syncopated beats,
As sparks waft into the air like fireflies
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 28, 2019 · 3 Comments
We allow the trappings of what we have become. The haute couture wrappings of an upright kingdom. To infect how we think and how we see ourselves. Repressing all instinct, where nature sits and delves. This courtesy and tact we present to the world. Hides the genetic fact, an inner beast is curled. For even […] … Continue reading →
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 28, 2019 · 5 Comments
In our busy bee lives
Taking care of our hives
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 27, 2019 · 11 Comments
I think that you have heard me say
Rhyming ‘ee’ was not child’s play
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 26, 2019 · 6 Comments
I wonder how hard it would be
For each line to end beautifully
With words that rhyme most verily
With the long sound of the vowel ‘e’
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 25, 2019 · 10 Comments
A rispetto is a very old Italian poetic form and its age has spawned many definitions, but the two most common variations are these:
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 24, 2019 · 3 Comments
In paper fifteen hundred yards away
Now a perfect small circle can be seen
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 23, 2019 · 9 Comments
Twenty-three old salts set sail that day
And to a man a well-seasoned crew
Off to New Guinea is what they say
With fair winds and skies a cloudless blue
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