Posted by Brad Osborne on May 14, 2023 · 6 Comments
A thousand words said a picture’s worth,
But these do not speak to me at all,
Wonderous world of the moment seen,
Unrevealed by the thin and small…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with life, living, past, photographs, photos, pictures, poem, Poetry, snapshots, still life, strict form poetry, thousand words, time, whispers, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 23, 2023 · 16 Comments
Wisdom is rarer when found in error…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with choice, cost, decisions, direction, freedom, learning, life, Life lessons, living, mistakes, path, poem, Poetry, wisdom, wrong
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 15, 2023 · 9 Comments
I live in a faded backdrop,
Of all the years since passed…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with distance, dreams, fears, future, hopes, life, living, living in the now, memories, past, poem, Poetry, time, time is fleeting
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 5, 2023 · 6 Comments
Tears fall like liquid diamonds,
Into the palms of dirty hands…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with daughters, distance, happy, home, humanity, life, living, pain, poem, Poetry, refugees, society, survival, tears, war
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 30, 2023 · 15 Comments
We cannot see all the road,
Only to the horizon…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with chance, crystal ball, fortune, future, horizon, life, Life lessons, living, moments, now, past, poem, Poetry, present, unknown
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 19, 2022 · 13 Comments
A thousand words said a picture’s worth,
But these do not speak to me at all,
Wonderous world of the moment seen,
Unrevealed by the thin and small…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with life, living, past, photographs, photos, pictures, poem, Poetry, snapshots, still life, strict form poetry, thousand words, time, whispers, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on November 27, 2022 · 10 Comments
Death has waited too long,
To win in fatal sport,
Life is more of a sprint,
Time is always short…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death, dying, grim reaper, immortality, late, life, Life lessons, living, living to the fullest, poem, Poetry, sprint, strict form poetry, time, winning
Posted by Brad Osborne on November 12, 2022 · 18 Comments
We must live like the great oak tree,
Pushing up against our gravity…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 10, 2022 · 12 Comments
Played upon windowpane,
A percussive symphony…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 2, 2022 · 11 Comments
Our lives are filled with things to be done,
Chores to be worked and errands to run…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with being present, life, living, living in the now, moments, pause, peace, poem, Poetry, quiet, rat race, slow down, strict form poetry, time, tranquility
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