Posted by Brad Osborne on September 4, 2022 · 17 Comments
We had been in the field for 12 days. We were unshaven, dirty, tired, and still dressed in our fatigues.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 18, 2022 · 17 Comments
There are smallish moments,
When our lives seem to exhale…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 21, 2021 · 17 Comments
There are smallish moments,
When our lives seem to exhale…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with catalyst, chance, change, crisis, danger, different, dreams, future, happiness, new, opportunity, path, turning point, unknown, unseen
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 4, 2021 · 13 Comments
The world is full of men,
That wonder what they would do…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 1, 2020 · 21 Comments
The metal sings in creak and groan,
As the depth and the pressure build…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with brave, brotherhood, bubblehead, danger, deep, Navy, ocean, poem, Poetry, pressure, pride, strict form poetry, submarine, submariner, warship