Posted by Brad Osborne on October 14, 2021 · 14 Comments
Speak not of sorrowed seasons,
Untold the many reasons…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 29, 2021 · 20 Comments
I wanted nothing more than to see my brother eaten by a bear.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 11, 2021 · 21 Comments
I travel now, a different path,
In a world you cannot see…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 11, 2021 · 17 Comments
Your words now, mere whispers in the willows,
The fragrance of yesterdays and long gones…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 1, 2021 · 17 Comments
It is but a simple wooden box,
An unadorned treasure chest…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with box, life, little things, meaning, memories, past, photographs, reminders, special, tears, touchstone, treasure, trinkets, trivial, wooden
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 7, 2021 · 10 Comments
Memories hang heavy,
Like Spanish moss draped,
Over the gnarled boughs…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 24, 2021 · 13 Comments
Analgesics for the pain,
Learned minds to explain,
Therapy for the brain…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with fears, love, memories, pause, poem, Poetry, relationships, remainder, remove, stained, stopping, strict form poetry, tears, time, turn off
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 31, 2020 · 10 Comments
The old man peers down the road yet ahead,
And in the distance, the hills for him to climb…
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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 December 12, 2020 · 9 Comments
Memories of you cling to me like rain on a window,
Muddied by the dust of days in a purity lost…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with life, memories, pain, permanent, poem, Poetry, purpose, reminder, scars, stain, stained, strict form poetry, tattoo, unwelcome, vows
