Posted by Brad Osborne on October 22, 2020 · 16 Comments
It is like drowning in the night,
Ebony shades pulled against right…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 21, 2020 · 22 Comments
You speak from your throne,
A perfect and practiced tone…
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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 23, 2020 · 18 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 August 24, 2020 · 19 Comments
Of course, there is still great bigotry,
We have hated throughout our history.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 16, 2020 · 17 Comments
Ancient history is left to be seen,
And all that time can offer to see…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 25, 2020 · 15 Comments
To the victor is left the history,
Triumphant words recorded…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 18, 2020 · 9 Comments
The Creek and Chickasaw,
Ill-fated Seminole,
Cherokee and Choctaw,
Never again made whole.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 7, 2019 · 10 Comments
Of their cherished ancestry,
Cursed oppression through history,
Colored and grained tapestry
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 31, 2019 · 8 Comments
The phrase will need to meet one standard. It needs to be a readily recognized phrase for most people for whom English is their native tongue. I will endeavor to provide for each phrase, a definition, a history of its first use on print, the origins of the phrase (hopefully, removing fiction from the facts), and finally my own thoughts.
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