Posted by Brad Osborne on December 7, 2021 · 4 Comments
A drenching downpour of delicious and delightful diatribes.
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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 December 2, 2021 · 13 Comments
As you go through your life you’ll find
most things will come and go
like the weather of the seasons
the heat, the rain, and snow
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 1, 2021 · 15 Comments
Hard to sleep the night before.
Always harder, not knowing.
With the rising sun we’ll leave,
I wonder where we’re going.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 30, 2021 · 17 Comments
A curated collection of cackles, caws, and critiques.
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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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