Posted by Brad Osborne on February 17, 2021 · 12 Comments
We shared a puits d’amour,
In the café on rue Bonaparte,
Parisian nights the gallery,
And pastry the delicious art…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 2, 2020 · 22 Comments
Like a faint wisp of smoke,
Or a letter unread,
Like an itch I can’t get to,
You linger in my head…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 27, 2020 · 27 Comments
The scandalous rum,
melts with setting sun…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 20, 2020 · 25 Comments
I can smell your coffee,
As morning light dapples your hair…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 4, 2020 · 23 Comments
Kiss me like,
Love is your madness,
Infect my world,
Drive me insane.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 5, 2020 · 35 Comments
Well, my kind and faithful readers, today marks one year since the return to my blog.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 30, 2019 · 9 Comments
By great lovers it has always been known,
That it is not about graced beauty alone.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 25, 2012 · 2 Comments
Although I cannot imagine this will be the last time I write about the topic of love, I do think this will be the final in this series “Defining Love”. Please feel free to read the earlier posts in this series. As my readers already know, I always learn from writing on any topic. Through … Continue reading →
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Please feel free to read Parts I through IV of this series previously posted. Now that we have discussed Philos (mental) love and Eros (physical) love, it is time to move on to Agape (spiritual) love. This is the type of love we are referring to when we speak of unconditional love. If Philos was … Continue reading →
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 18, 2012 · 2 Comments
Please feel free to read Parts I & II of this series previously posted. Now that we have separated sex and love and discussed its common over use as a word, we are ready to delve a little deeper into the subject matter. I had devoted an article specifically on the separation of sex and … Continue reading →
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