Posted by Brad Osborne on February 27, 2021 · 16 Comments
There in the mirror, a life defined,
Written in every crevice and line
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with aging, gravity, greying, imperfect, laughter, life, lines, mirror, old, past, reflection, scars, tears, time, wrinkled
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 21, 2020 · 11 Comments
Our minds are like the fallow field,
Overgrown when left on their own…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with dreams, earth, fallow, field, growth, inspiration, new, old, personal development, personal growth, poem, Poetry, stewardship, strict form poetry, tilling
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 18, 2020 · 14 Comments
In hopes left from what will,
Pain comes from the knowing…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with forward, future, ghosts, life, Life lessons, looking ahead, looking back, new, old, pain, past, poem, Poetry, regret, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 8, 2020 · 15 Comments
There, broken upon the sandy shoals,
A wooden sailing ship, once so brave…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beach, decay, exotic, life, memories, ocean, old, poem, Poetry, rotting, sailing, sailing ship, sea, shipwreck, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 15, 2020 · 39 Comments
Would you still see who I used to be,
For, since then, I surely did grow…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with change, growth, life, Life lessons, memories, new, old, past, perception, personal growth, poem, Poetry, present, strict form poetry, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 16, 2020 · 22 Comments
From the curb the house looks so familiar,
The front door a different color,
And the hedges now more fully grown…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with change, dated, decor, house, life, Life lessons, living space, new, old, open form poetry, poem, Poetry, prose, remodeled, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on October 16, 2019 · 8 Comments
A patina to its painted finish
Bleeding rust drips like long years
Appearance cannot diminish
Steadfast strength of sunken piers
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bridge, crossing, old, patina, permanence, poems, Poetry, river, rust, span, steel, strict form poetry, thankful
