Posted by Brad Osborne on October 3, 2022 · 8 Comments
Wicked woven in midnight trance,
A magic called by Shaman’s dance…
Category Poetry · Tagged with love, Poetry, poem, strict form poetry, witchcraft, magic, witch, spells, voodoo, sorcery, incantations, potions, trickery, wicked
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 2, 2022 · 13 Comments
Flesh has born in body torn,
Epitaphs in sullen grey,
A feast is spread before us,
Table filled with what we say…
Category Poetry · Tagged with Life lessons, wisdom, life, words, responsibility, Poetry, poem, actions, strict form poetry, anger, good, penance, evil
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 1, 2022 · 11 Comments
The fire’s coals groan a slow death,
Their warmth long gone…
Category Poetry · Tagged with campfire, content, farewell, forest, happiness, life, memories, moon, nature, night, outdoors, poem, Poetry, sad, stars
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 29, 2022 · 12 Comments
Speak not of sorrowed seasons,
Untold the many reasons…
Category Poetry · Tagged with bad, choosing, fondness, friends, friendship, good, good times, happiness, joy, life, memories, past, poem, Poetry, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 28, 2022 · 12 Comments
It seems nothing requires proof,
And all we ever do is fight…
Category Poetry · Tagged with compromise, family, fear, humanity, life, poem, Poetry, proof, right, sharing, society, strict form poetry, truth, winning, wrong
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 26, 2022 · 13 Comments
How is distance measured,
When like the moon,
Thoughts of you break upon my shore…
Category Poetry · Tagged with absence, beauty, devotion, distance, free form poetry, heart, kisses, life, love, moonlit, nearness, poem, Poetry, prose, starlight
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 25, 2022 · 6 Comments
It is a sad little song,
Warbled in the dawn…
Category Poetry · Tagged with bird, dawn, early, loud, morning, noise, poem, Poetry, singing, sleep, song, strict form poetry, sunrise, too early, wren
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 24, 2022 · 5 Comments
Why must the lucid be so elusive,
And why what I see so foreign to me…
Category Poetry · Tagged with dreams, elusive, existence, fantasy, fight, haunted, life, love, poem, Poetry, seeking, strict form poetry, struggle, wanting, wishful
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 22, 2022 · 10 Comments
It flows like mercury,
Heavy and bright,
A shining bit of silver,
In the darkness of night…
Category Poetry · Tagged with dark, glow, light, linger, lovers, Mercury, moon, night, poem, Poetry, romance, shining, silver, strict form poetry, translucent
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 21, 2022 · 11 Comments
A beg for grace in lyric tone,
Words, the sacred given throne…
Category Poetry · Tagged with Gospel, hymn, poem, Poetry, prayer, reverence, rhythm, sacred, scripture, tense, tithe, wish, words, writing, writing poetry
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