Posted by Brad Osborne on February 2, 2023 · 14 Comments
Slavery does not always come with chains,
The sad practice to this day remains…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 6, 2022 · 20 Comments
Slavery does not always come with chains,
The sad practice to this day remains…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 1, 2021 · 29 Comments
I wrote this piece on April 4, 2020 at the onset of the Covid pandemic. Some of the thoughts and feelings I captured then have changed and, sadly, some have not.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 8, 2021 · 15 Comments
Slavery does not always come with chains,
The sad practice to this day remains…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 17, 2020 · 14 Comments
The red ink of history written,
Drips long from the blades of man…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 29, 2020 · 15 Comments
Spillwords.com presents: Full Hold, a poem written by Brad Osborne
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 23, 2020 · 19 Comments
Since the dawn of time we have fought,
Millions of lives have been paid, nothing bought…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 13, 2020 · 23 Comments
Envying those who have more,
We lose sight of how to give…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 9, 2020 · 18 Comments
How many days in a row of sun,
Before you longed for the rain…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 23, 2020 · 7 Comments
Capitalism is a great philosophy,
But it is not the savior of democracy…
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