Posted by Brad Osborne on April 11, 2021 · 10 Comments
Your words now, mere whispers in the willows,
The fragrance of yesterdays and long gones…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 10, 2021 · 22 Comments
It had been months since I laid eyes on her,
Though I saw her often in my dreams…
Filed under Poetry, Reading for Riders · Tagged with dreams, forgiveness, hibernate, longing, love, missed, motorcycle, motorcycling, poem, Poetry, riding, spring, sun, time, winter
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 9, 2021 · 10 Comments
The Rime Couee is a French poetic form that uses six-line stanzas with a 3-part rhyme scheme and variable line lengths.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 8, 2021 · 15 Comments
Slavery does not always come with chains,
The sad practice to this day remains…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with chains, corporations, economic equality, equality, greed, labor, minimum wage, people, poem, Poetry, profits, slavery, value, wages, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 7, 2021 · 23 Comments
When I die, I will never be far away,
And if you look for me, I will be easily found…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with always, closeness, death, far, giving, life, looking, lost love, love, near, need, poem, Poetry, time, unending
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 5, 2021 · 17 Comments
I did not set out to be brave,
My intent was much more selfish,
Just survive another day…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bravery, brotherhood, citations, death, fear, honors, life, luck, medals, military, poem, Poetry, ribbons, service, war
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 4, 2021 · 12 Comments
But it is hard to grow in your shade,
Privy to the mistakes you made…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with apology, children, father, inheritance, legacy, life, love, parents, perspective, poem, Poetry, society, son, strength, youth
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 3, 2021 · 16 Comments
We are but a speck of ink,
On a billion pages of history…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with brevity, clock, construct, endless, history, human race, humanity, life, lifetime, poem, Poetry, short, space, time, universe
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 2, 2021 · 13 Comments
The stornello is an Italian tercet (or 3-line stanza) form with 11 syllables per line and an AAA end rhyme.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 31, 2021 · 10 Comments
My tears wrote a love song,
On the letter you left behind…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with clef, heartbreak, life, loss, love, melody, music, notes, pain, poem, Poetry, rhythm, sad, song, tears
