Posted by Brad Osborne on July 2, 2022 · 7 Comments
To the pretty girls, running slow,
Who let us steal playground kisses…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 6, 2022 · 20 Comments
He had watched his father work the seas his whole life and wanted nothing more than to be a great fisherman in kind.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 9, 2022 · 31 Comments
A shadow in the dark,
A fire without spark…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 6, 2022 · 16 Comments
Five rounded rocks stacked neatly
In sparse random parking lot
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 17, 2022 · 29 Comments
To the pretty girls, running slow,
Who let us steal playground kisses…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 5, 2021 · 22 Comments
I have always envied musician’s gift,
As their melodies and harmonies lift…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 15, 2021 · 20 Comments
And we then, well-reminded,
To our future we are blinded…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 7, 2021 · 12 Comments
Yea, the many hands that held,
The songs, sonnets, and psalms…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 2, 2021 · 21 Comments
Distance is only space,
And I am never letting go…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 9, 2021 · 10 Comments
Spillwords.com presents: Mommy, a poem written by Brad Osborne.
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