Posted by Brad Osborne on September 17, 2021 · 9 Comments
This is a simple, quick, and fun exercise of word association in poetic form. Give it a try and release your inner poet!
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 16, 2021 · 24 Comments
Join the throng of the domesticized
Eyes glued to cell phone or tiled floor
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 15, 2021 · 21 Comments
We leave behind all the shops lining Main Street,
Let the newcomers shop as we beat our retreat.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 13, 2021 · 10 Comments
In the tincture of sullen mist,
Rises the faint cry, man bound…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 12, 2021 · 20 Comments
Let me be a welcomed sign,
On the path so hard to find…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 11, 2021 · 16 Comments
You listened intent, as if heaven sent,
And you memorized every word…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 10, 2021 · 16 Comments
The rhupunt has some variability to it, but also some rigid rules as well.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 8, 2021 · 14 Comments
How is it the color of one’s skin,
Somehow defines what is held within…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 6, 2021 · 16 Comments
I have forgotten most everything,
Paled all the vivid reminders…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 3, 2021 · 15 Comments
The haibun is the combination of two poems: a prose poem and haiku.
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