Posted by Brad Osborne on May 27, 2021 · 19 Comments
Each small step we take in life,
Leads to an unseen abyss
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with death, existence, future, hope, humanity, life, Life lessons, limited time, mortality, poem, Poetry, strict form poetry
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 24, 2021 · 22 Comments
Must I leave the earth that I love,
Transit the most dangerous place…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with alien, different, hidden, longing, love, outer space, partner, poem, Poetry, rare, seaching, seeking, strict form poetry, unearthly, wanting
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 6, 2021 · 18 Comments
What is he doing up there,
Rascal with the brownish hair…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with acrobat, artist, balance, circus, entertainer, high wire, highway, limerick, poem, Poetry, speed, squirrel, strict form poetry, telephone wires, Wallenda
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 3, 2021 · 12 Comments
A million gaping mouths,
Clamoring to be fed,
Many worthy causes,
Pulling a single thread…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with causes, charity, deeds, giving, good, helping, life, many, needs, poem, Poetry, start, strict form poetry, value, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 25, 2021 · 14 Comments
Your pudgy little cherub face,
All smiles as you draw your bow…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with aim, archer, arrows, bow, cherub, Cupid, heart, life, love, pincushion, poem, Poetry, romance, strict form poetry, toxophilite
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 24, 2021 · 17 Comments
One more breath to breathe in,
After every breath exhaled
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with balance, cosmic, Grey, impermanence, leaning, life, Life lessons, nature, path, poem, Poetry, scale, strict form poetry, taoism, yin and yang
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 22, 2021 · 20 Comments
For what you say, will fade away,
And what is left, is just what’s done…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with american, civics, common ground, congress, partisanship, poem, Poetry, politics, re-election, rhetoric, senate, strict form poetry, unity, us, voting
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 14, 2021 · 22 Comments
I don’t know how I would have found you,
What planets would have needed to align…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with chance, destiny, family, fate, fortune, karma, kindred, kismet, love, luck, perfect, poem, Poetry, sister, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 6, 2021 · 17 Comments
Who,
Who else,
Who else will,
If not yourself…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with fear, good, heart, love, poem, Poetry, purpose, self, strict form poetry, what, when, who, why, With, without
