Posted by Brad Osborne on December 6, 2021 · 5 Comments
Twelve chimes ghostly bell,
Time points to the sky,
Without detection,
Quickly passes by…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 5, 2021 · 19 Comments
I have always envied musician’s gift,
As their melodies and harmonies lift…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 4, 2021 · 18 Comments
But one will, by destiny, be led,
To the notebook that bears their name…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 3, 2021 · 8 Comments
Here is, Triversen, a fun poetic form developed by William Carlos Williams (one of the principal poets in the Imagist movement).
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 28, 2021 · 16 Comments
Love can become an affliction,
If the wanting an addiction…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 26, 2021 · 8 Comments
While reading “The Best American Poetry 2007”, I came across this very different form of poetry referred to as an Anagram poem. I was intrigued by it but have avoided it, as any thought about writing in this form made me shiver with dread at the work that may be involved.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 25, 2021 · 12 Comments
But life is not so easy this,
A linear chart of time,
A life lived to its fullest intent,
Has always been a climb…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 24, 2021 · 16 Comments
We must live like the great oak tree,
Pushing up against our gravity…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 22, 2021 · 15 Comments
Not once does life come to me,
The vivid lucidity of wondrous dream…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 21, 2021 · 24 Comments
If I told you my dreams,
would you laugh at what they are?
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