Posted by Brad Osborne on July 31, 2021 · 14 Comments
My mind is slanted,
Any drop of idea,
Runs deftly to the edge…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 30, 2021 · 8 Comments
The Luc Bat is a Vietnamese poetic form that means “six-eight.” In fact, the poem consists of alternating lines of six and eight syllables.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 29, 2021 · 23 Comments
The ink stained linen and shiny coins,
That have passed through ten thousand hands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 28, 2021 · 14 Comments
Bed chamber romances,
With kingdoms at stake,
Lost in stolen glances…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 27, 2021 · 13 Comments
A rasher of rarified rumors, ruminations, and rants.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 26, 2021 · 18 Comments
Thoughts fall like bombs,
Rippling the plane of my existence…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 25, 2021 · 17 Comments
Sorrows drip from leaking eaves
Chasing a path to fertile ground
Like angel’s tears upon green leaves
Flowed off with nary a sound
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 24, 2021 · 18 Comments
With him lived and studied twenty monks and one nun whose name was Eshon.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 23, 2021 · 11 Comments
The Trenta-Sei form was created by the poet John Ciardi. It’s a 36-line poem (the word “Trenta-Sei” is Italian for 36) that has a rhyme pattern and refrains.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 22, 2021 · 16 Comments
And when Alcinous asked of love,
Odysseus gave pause to think…
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