Posted by Brad Osborne on September 20, 2021 · 14 Comments
Fate hangs in azure strung long,
A narrow and harrowed path…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 5, 2021 · 15 Comments
Fifty-two tons, one of the unsinkable ones,
The proud flag ship of the White Star Line…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 19, 2021 · 15 Comments
Is it cloud that falls so gently
When mountain top is kissed
Or does it rise from the valley
This cold and haunting mist
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 19, 2021 · 11 Comments
Ahab had his whale,
And La Mancha its dragons…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 1, 2021 · 17 Comments
For when the axe-man came,
Her beauty was to blame…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 21, 2021 · 12 Comments
Reason born by enlightenment,
Tethered to an instinctual animal…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 21, 2021 · 15 Comments
Is it making me take three lefts,
When I was meant to go right…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 10, 2021 · 11 Comments
You are a mystery,
Shrouded in elegance,
An unsung love song…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 14, 2021 · 22 Comments
I don’t know how I would have found you,
What planets would have needed to align…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 6, 2020 · 19 Comments
Twelve chimes ghostly bell,
Time points to the sky,
Without detection,
Quickly passes by…
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