Posted by Brad Osborne on February 25, 2021 · 13 Comments
Your pudgy little cherub face,
All smiles as you draw your bow…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 17, 2021 · 12 Comments
We shared a puits d’amour,
In the café on rue Bonaparte,
Parisian nights the gallery,
And pastry the delicious art…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 13, 2021 · 17 Comments
You would lift the weight,
From shoulders, if you could…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with cost, dark, dawn, evils, grace, heart, light, lost, love, night, past, shadows, silohouette, stains, unholy
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 11, 2021 · 19 Comments
Do not let my calm demeanor,
Make you for a minute think,
That I am not a man of purpose…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beliefs, fight, heart, honor, measured, purpose, resolve, right, stand, storm, Taking a stand, unity, unseen, violence, warrior
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 6, 2021 · 17 Comments
Who,
Who else,
Who else will,
If not yourself…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with fear, good, heart, love, poem, Poetry, purpose, self, strict form poetry, what, when, who, why, With, without
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 25, 2021 · 15 Comments
You have a Jaguar body,
With a Pinto heart,
Beautiful lines,
But hard to start…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 14, 2021 · 15 Comments
I give it to you,
Bloody and beating,
This love so blue,
Still retreating…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 30, 2020 · 12 Comments
Scars do not protect a heart,
Old wounds are oft renewed…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beaten, dreams, failure, heart, life, love, loving, pain, poem, Poetry, relationships, risk, safety, strict form poetry, wounded
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 19, 2020 · 17 Comments
It is there,
Among dappled sunlight,
Twinkling the scent of violets,
On one of those forever days…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 4, 2020 · 8 Comments
It is forever long,
This finite moment,
This breath of air,
This life sweet…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with blessed, finite, heart, life, Life lessons, light, love, momentary, new, poem, Poetry, strict form poetry, strong, time, zen
