Posted by Brad Osborne on June 6, 2021 · 17 Comments
The world is full of scarecrows,
But they are just straw on a pole…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 26, 2021 · 18 Comments
There are times when you think you will not get out alive,
When forces are plotted against your plan to survive
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with coming dawn, darkness, depression, don't give up, Finding strength, hanging on, lost hope, night, perserverance, poem, Poetry, strength, strict form poetry, suicide
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 5, 2021 · 20 Comments
Worth is not found in what we hold,
Not seen in our vaults of silver and gold…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with charity, death, giving, letting go, life, Life lessons, love, poem, Poetry, power, soul, spirit, strength, value, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 1, 2021 · 17 Comments
For when the axe-man came,
Her beauty was to blame…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beach, beauty, death, destiny, fate, forest, life, poem, Poetry, rotting, sand, sea, strength, time, trees
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 26, 2021 · 12 Comments
I watched the sun set,
On so many, many things…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with blindness, darkness, Finding strength, hope, life, Life lessons, light, poem, Poetry, sight, strength, tomorrow, trapped, weight, will
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 12, 2021 · 17 Comments
Strength comes in the spirit knowing,
Even as the world turns to ashen gray,
And our joys seem so yesterday…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with dawn, feelings, happiness, happy, joy, life, Life lessons, moments, negative, poem, Poetry, sadness, shadows, spirit, strength
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 February 18, 2021 · 22 Comments
Swaddled in a fledgling nation,
Where brave dead gave her hope…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with America, birth, democracy, freedom, law, Liberty, nation, patriots, poem, Poetry, precious, proud, self-rule, strength, tyranny
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 23, 2021 · 23 Comments
With all that I could muster,
My flint struck against the steel…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 18, 2021 · 20 Comments
You earned my respect many years ago,
When you chose the hardest choice…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with admiration, choices, convictions, cultural bias, expectations, friendship, integrity, life, Life lessons, love, poem, Poetry, respect, strength, strict form poetry
