Posted by Brad Osborne on January 18, 2023 · 15 Comments
A million gaping mouths,
Clamoring to be fed,
Many worthy causes,
Pulling a single thread…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 16, 2023 · 15 Comments
Memories hang heavy,
Like Spanish moss draped,
Over the gnarled boughs…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 15, 2022 · 11 Comments
Stand not idly by and watch,
Whispering words in wishes,
Wanted given in little prayers,
When action seen capricious…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 2, 2022 · 13 Comments
Flesh has born in body torn,
Epitaphs in sullen grey,
A feast is spread before us,
Table filled with what we say…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 29, 2022 · 12 Comments
Speak not of sorrowed seasons,
Untold the many reasons…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 7, 2022 · 12 Comments
In the tincture of sullen mist,
Rises the faint cry, man bound…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 13, 2022 · 20 Comments
Ak’wian struggled to understand the duality represented by the Yin and Yang.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 9, 2022 · 17 Comments
Injustice is not reserved,
For the wayward and owed…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 16, 2022 · 20 Comments
Memories hang heavy,
Like Spanish moss draped,
Over the gnarled boughs…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bad, bodies, darkness, forgotten, good, honored, hushed, memories, names, past, poem, Poetry, remembered, whispered, wounds
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 14, 2022 · 31 Comments
A million gaping mouths,
Clamoring to be fed,
Many worthy causes,
Pulling a single thread…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with causes, charity, deeds, giving, good, helping, life, many, needs, poem, Poetry, start, strict form poetry, value, worth
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