Posted by Brad Osborne on July 19, 2021 · 15 Comments
Is it cloud that falls so gently
When mountain top is kissed
Or does it rise from the valley
This cold and haunting mist
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 1, 2021 · 9 Comments
We are not what we were,
But we are what we teach…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 12, 2020 · 8 Comments
An eye towards race, a judging view,
A binary concept of who should love…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 9, 2019 · 5 Comments
This is yet another in the series of adages that resisted form. You can read of my lament in my original post ‘New World Adages’. A long dissertation on the differences between quotes, proverbs, and adages, finishing with a few hopeful additions to the book of words to live by. I added to this … Continue reading →
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 21, 2019 · 16 Comments
It’s not as easy as it looks
To put words down in poetry
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 6, 2019 · 4 Comments
If you are unsure of your beliefs, look at what you do, not what you say.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 21, 2019 · 1 Comment
Ne’er on my shoulder
Need wrap insincere your arm
Vaudevillian hook
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 15, 2019 · 7 Comments
Steady life passes to the left
Memories now curled
Past a million words and yet
A mere peek into my world
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 12, 2019 · 5 Comments
My latest poem, ‘Reflected Truth’, available now, only at ‘It’s All About Love’!
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 11, 2019 · 8 Comments
Is it cloud that falls so gently
When mountain top is kissed
Or does it rise from the valley
This cold and haunting mist
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with choices, choosing your path, destiny, fate, fear, fog, lessons learned, life, mist, perception, poem, Poetry, strict form poetry, unknown
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