Posted by Brad Osborne on February 20, 2021 · 10 Comments
It crashed our conversation,
Like an adolescent driver,
More meteor than metaphor…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 24, 2020 · 20 Comments
As I walked in the winter woods,
Amongst a chorus of white pines…
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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…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 11, 2020 · 19 Comments
Spillwords.com presents: Watercolor, a poem written by Brad Osborne. Source: Watercolor, a poem written by Brad Osborne at Spillwords.com
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 21, 2020 · 26 Comments
Daylight melts into the horizon,
A ribbon of pink and orange…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 28, 2019 · 5 Comments
In our busy bee lives
Taking care of our hives
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 18, 2019 · 1 Comment
It’s dark. The only light, the fluorescent glow of the screen. Like a campfire, it cannot reach past where I sit.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 26, 2019 · 3 Comments
If asked about the absence, I might be tempted to blame it on my muse. That whisper in my ear that triggers my thought process. That needling itch to put words to my thoughts. The tickling of abstraction yearning for clarity and enunciation.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
There is a vast difference between hearing and listening. Our conscious world bombards us with a plethora of sounds, from the faint rustling of leaves to the blaring of the horn from the car behind us. And although we hear everything, our vastly capable brain organizes and prioritizes these sounds so our auditory senses do … Continue reading →
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