Posted by Brad Osborne on December 3, 2020 · 16 Comments
How sad,
My only beauty,
Splashed ink on some page…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 23, 2020 · 28 Comments
But, alas, the poet is not given such things,
Our words in short rows is all we can bring…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 3, 2020 · 28 Comments
The pastels and the subtle shades,
Of sailing ship and foaming waves…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 7, 2020 · 21 Comments
Black iron dripped from the quill,
Life scratched into stiff parchment…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 17, 2020 · 12 Comments
You say that you love me,
But how am I to know,
The words are so easy,
These little seeds we sow.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 29, 2019 · 5 Comments
We are promised no time in our lives and ‘never’ can become ‘now’ in any moment.
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 12, 2019 · 1 Comment
Prior to a recent event, if asked, I would have said that I write solely as a form of expression. That my words flow out seeking nothing more than release. That I was not interested in who, or how many, would ever read the words.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 6, 2019 · 3 Comments
I did not have to flex my imagination to enter the world the writer evoked. I was given scene and sense in…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 28, 2019 · Leave a Comment
But there is not a clear line between these two styles. T. S. Eliot noted, while “the distinction between verse and prose is clear, the distinction between poetry and prose is obscure”. With free verse and prose poetry, everything less than technical writing seems to be on a spectrum of ways to compose language.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 26, 2012 · 4 Comments
I have always written in one form or another because I have a deep love for words and language. I got this from my Mom and I love her for it. I would think that most “bloggers” and writers share a similar joy for being able to express intangible ideas and feelings in written language. … Continue reading →
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