Posted by Brad Osborne on November 4, 2021 · 17 Comments
Moments stretch like taffy,
Sugary sweet and long,
Stillness pervades the spirit,
Each breath a connection…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 16, 2021 · 16 Comments
The fire’s coals groan a slow death,
Their warmth long gone…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 25, 2021 · 18 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 June 14, 2021 · 13 Comments
In budded youth, so tightly clasped,
Upon yourself your wings collapsed…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 23, 2021 · 20 Comments
Ak’wian struggled to understand the duality represented by the Yin and Yang.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 25, 2021 · 23 Comments
Painted in crimson,
The camouflaged art,
The venomed light dew…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 22, 2021 · 18 Comments
The dawn whispers good morning,
Peeking above the mountain covers…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 24, 2021 · 17 Comments
One more breath to breathe in,
After every breath exhaled
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 7, 2020 · 12 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 September 9, 2020 · 31 Comments
The train tracks stretch for miles,
Steel and stone making the way…
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