Posted by Brad Osborne on May 31, 2021 · 17 Comments
And in dawn’s growing light,
Was heard the bugle’s blare…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with brave, death, fallen, honor, life, Memorial Day, military, peace, poem, Poetry, remembering, service, soldiers, veterans, war
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 30, 2021 · 16 Comments
I told you everything would be okay,
And we both knew that was untrue…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with battle, brother, burial, death, funeral, life, loss, Marines, peace, poem, Poetry, promise, rest, vow, war
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 19, 2021 · 16 Comments
Joy does not have our address,
It cannot find us by itself…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with Amazon, different, finding your path, finding yourself, found, happiness, how-to, joy, life, Life lessons, looking, peace, poem, Poetry, searching
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 17, 2021 · 13 Comments
Leave me alone,
To make peace with the past,
To quiet the ghosts…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with alone, burden, evil, finding peace, fire, ghost, haunted, history, mental health, pain, past, peace, poem, Poetry, solitude
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 8, 2021 · 14 Comments
I must purge,
Throw off the negative,
In a shuffling of the mind…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with dead, exhausting, free form poetry, happiness, life, meditation, negativity, new, peace, poem, Poetry, purging, renewal, stagnant, stale
Posted by Brad Osborne on November 22, 2020 · 11 Comments
Our lives are filled with things to be done,
Chores to be worked and errands to run…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with being present, life, living, living in the now, moments, pause, peace, poem, Poetry, quiet, rat race, slow down, strict form poetry, time, tranquility
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 24, 2020 · 19 Comments
Of course, there is still great bigotry,
We have hated throughout our history.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bias, bigotry, brotherhood, culture, hate, history, language, love, peace, poem, Poetry, power, society, strict form poetry, US History
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 23, 2020 · 12 Comments
Where is the sanctity in what you do,
In raising a hand against another…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with cause, change, equality, justice, peace, perception, poem, Poetry, protest, revolt, riots, society, strict form poetry, vandalism, violence
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 24, 2019 · 7 Comments
You have an odd philosophy,
Possessive shown by apostrophe,
As if all the material things,
Buy gold harp and angelic wings.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with giving, greed, harmony, humanity, less fortunate, life, love, peace, poem, Poetry, status, strict form poetry, symbolism, thoughtfulness, wealth
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 16, 2019 · 13 Comments
This is not how we were made,
To cast others in our shade,
Treatment based on some earned grade,
Regardless of dues they paid.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with acceptance, brotherhood, compassion, harmony, humanity, love, mankind, one love, peace, people, poem, Poetry, sisterhood, strict form poetry, tolerance
