Posted by Brad Osborne on March 16, 2023 · 4 Comments
I would rather wanting miss,
The cherry taste of your red lips…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 21, 2022 · 7 Comments
~~~ Spillwords.com presents: The Thirteen Days of Halloween – Dark Gold, poem by Brad Osborne ~~~ Please visit and read my latest poetry on Spillwords.com. A dark and foreboding piece selected as a featured poem for their “13 Days of Halloween” series. As always, I appreciate you taking the time to read and don’t forget … Continue reading →
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 8, 2022 · 14 Comments
Like a faint wisp of smoke,
Or a letter unread,
Like an itch I can’t get to,
You linger in my head…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 21, 2022 · 14 Comments
Specters,
That haunt,
Every moment…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 24, 2021 · 16 Comments
Like a faint wisp of smoke,
Or a letter unread,
Like an itch I can’t get to,
You linger in my head…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 29, 2021 · 21 Comments
Does a sunrise bring more hope,
When it greets you in a place to live…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 2, 2020 · 22 Comments
Like a faint wisp of smoke,
Or a letter unread,
Like an itch I can’t get to,
You linger in my head…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 3, 2020 · 17 Comments
The pain in their stomachs never more or less, sated by nothing, why do we not that protest.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 22, 2019 · 11 Comments
Thrust upon us this horrid war
Lives cast in blood and sand
Can we ever hope something more
Salvation but prayer in weak hand
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