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…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with blessing, closeness, distance, embrace, family, friends, gift, hug, life, poem, Poetry, sister, steadfast, true, visiting
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 9, 2021 · 10 Comments
Spillwords.com presents: Mommy, a poem written by Brad Osborne.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 23, 2021 · 19 Comments
He had watched his father work the seas his whole life and wanted nothing more than to be a great fisherman in kind.
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with boat, fishing, generations, gift, giving, hard work, koan, learning, life, Life lessons, mantra, parable, taoism, taoist koan, tradition
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 24, 2021 · 20 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 January 16, 2021 · 14 Comments
To the pretty girls, running slow,
Who let us steal playground kisses…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with Appreciation, beauty, fairer sex, female, feminine, gift, ladies, love, poem, Poetry, respect, strict form poetry, thanks, woman, women
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 26, 2020 · 30 Comments
“The gift of words, holds within it every possibility. Boundless permutations of human thought, emotion, and expression. It is like the universe wrapped with a bow. And, how do you thank someone for that?”
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 18, 2020 · 26 Comments
The dawn sun cracks the horizon,
Whispers words to wake the world…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 11, 2020 · 24 Comments
Sitting there in the morning air,
Our table graced by your perfume…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beauty, cut flowers, death, flowers, fragrance, freedom, gift, life, poem, poems, Poetry, sacrifice, strict form poetry, taking, vase
