Posted by Brad Osborne on August 3, 2022 · 13 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 9, 2022 · 10 Comments
A shadow in the dark,
A fire without spark…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 11, 2022 · 7 Comments
Here the dark hangs like ancient tapestries,
The dank rot of old woven wishes,
Fill nostrils with a stench of onyx air.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 26, 2022 · 34 Comments
Leave me alone,
To make peace with the past,
To quiet the ghosts…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 2, 2022 · 21 Comments
Where whispered the words,
Sweet as a winter wine…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 26, 2022 · 14 Comments
So, burn it to the ground,
If that is your great desire…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 9, 2022 · 31 Comments
A shadow in the dark,
A fire without spark…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with adoration, Appreciation, beauty, elegance, fire, gift, individual, love, poem, Poetry, romance, shadow, thesaurus, unique, you
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…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with fate, fire, iceberg, lifeboats, New York, North Sea, ocean, poem, Poetry, Queenstown, sea, sinking, strict form poetry, Titanic, unsinkable
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 10, 2021 · 12 Comments
Wooden fingers snap syncopated beats,
As sparks waft into the air like fireflies
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with consuming, death, eulogy, fire, forest, life, poem, Poetry, pyre, respect, sacrificed, strict form poetry, thankfulness, warmth, wood
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 17, 2021 · 13 Comments
Leave me alone,
To make peace with the past,
To quiet the ghosts…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with alone, burden, evil, finding peace, fire, ghost, haunted, history, mental health, pain, past, peace, poem, Poetry, solitude
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