Posted by Brad Osborne on April 3, 2023 · 14 Comments
In budded youth, so tightly clasped,
Upon yourself your wings collapsed…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beauty, birth, bloom, bud, crimson, delight, flowers, grow, hope, love, nature, poem, Poetry, rose, rose bud
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 13, 2023 · 13 Comments
Lightning bugs stare back from the dark,
Like a hundred yellow eyes in the night…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with acknowledge, beauty of nature, campfire, dark, lightning bugs, meditation, nature, night, outside, poem, Poetry, quiet, spider, taoism, trees
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 9, 2023 · 12 Comments
Ak’wian struggled to understand the duality represented by the Yin and Yang.
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with direction, duality, evil, good, nature, opposites, parable, perception, philosophy, single, steps, Tao, taoism, taoist koan, yin and yang
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 15, 2023 · 13 Comments
The dawn whispers good morning,
Peeking above the mountain covers…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with awaking, beauty, beauty of nature, dawn, hush, life, meadow, morning, nature, poem, Poetry, quiet, sun, sunrise, warmth
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 26, 2022 · 6 Comments
Moments stretch like taffy,
Sugary sweet and long,
Stillness pervades the spirit,
Each breath a connection…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with alive, connection, future, life, living, meditation, natural world, nature, poem, Poetry, soul, spirit, stillness, strict form poetry, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 1, 2022 · 11 Comments
The fire’s coals groan a slow death,
Their warmth long gone…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with campfire, content, farewell, forest, happiness, life, memories, moon, nature, night, outdoors, poem, Poetry, sad, stars
Posted by Brad Osborne on September 17, 2022 · 9 Comments
In lovely prose did Kilmer write,
Impressed by an arbored delight,
“I think that I shall never see,
A poem lovely as a tree.”
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 9, 2022 · 13 Comments
In budded youth, so tightly clasped,
Upon yourself your wings collapsed…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beauty, birth, bloom, bud, crimson, delight, flowers, grow, hope, love, nature, poem, Poetry, rose, rose bud
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 13, 2022 · 20 Comments
Ak’wian struggled to understand the duality represented by the Yin and Yang.
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with direction, duality, evil, good, nature, opposites, parable, perception, philosophy, single, steps, Tao, taoism, taoist koan, yin and yang
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 13, 2022 · 21 Comments
The dawn whispers good morning,
Peeking above the mountain covers…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with awaking, beauty, beauty of nature, dawn, hush, life, meadow, morning, nature, poem, Poetry, quiet, sun, sunrise, warmth
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