Posted by Brad Osborne on September 30, 2020 · 12 Comments
Decaying scent to what has died,
The smell of salt within our tears…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 29, 2020 · 15 Comments
Spillwords.com presents: Full Hold, a poem written by Brad Osborne
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 29, 2020 · 18 Comments
A pool of poignant and powerful prayers for prose.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 28, 2020 · 14 Comments
Steel glows a cherried red glare,
Smith tosses sparks blow freed…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 27, 2020 · 27 Comments
The scandalous rum,
melts with setting sun…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 26, 2020 · 24 Comments
Fate hangs in azure strung long,
A narrow and harrowed path…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 25, 2020 · 8 Comments
If you couldn’t tell from the name, the byr a thoddaid is a Welsh form (like the gwawdodyn). And true to most Welsh forms, it is a good challenge.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 24, 2020 · 21 Comments
The antiquity of binary thought,
Love bound to gender and the hate it brought…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 23, 2020 · 19 Comments
Since the dawn of time we have fought,
Millions of lives have been paid, nothing bought…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 22, 2020 · 22 Comments
A well of wispy words and wishes for writers.
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