Posted by Brad Osborne on February 29, 2020 · 16 Comments
The thoughts we think in our own mind,
Be it ill fate or happiness,
The things to which we are resigned.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 29, 2020 · 17 Comments
Please visit my poem, ‘Leap Year’, featured on Spillwords Press.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 28, 2020 · 18 Comments
The Dizain is a long established French poetic form. This particular form was a favorite of 15th and 16th century French poets, but it has also been employed by English poets such as Philip Sidney and John Keats.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 27, 2020 · 20 Comments
We tell our teens,
“For you there is no limit”,
For fear their dreams,
May somehow be diminished.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 26, 2020 · 17 Comments
The bleach-whitened and perfect smile,
Leopard prints and trendy style…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 25, 2020 · 5 Comments
A waterfall of wisdom and wishes for wanted words.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 24, 2020 · 11 Comments
I asked of the King, what must be done,
That in the end, maiden’s heart be won…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 23, 2020 · 7 Comments
Capitalism is a great philosophy,
But it is not the savior of democracy…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 22, 2020 · 38 Comments
As writer’s, we often wonder whether our words inspire or affect others, but we rarely know when they do.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 21, 2020 · 15 Comments
I think part of the reason I find Irish forms so difficult is that the rhymes can be so intense, and that is definitely the case with the Ae Freislighe (pronounced – ay fresh-lee).
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