Posted by Brad Osborne on September 14, 2022 · 10 Comments
This brief interlude in time,
Must be born in depth and soul…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with breath, breathe, calm, gratitude, in the moment, life, moments, poem, Poetry, relax, soul, spirit, stillness, strict form poetry, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 20, 2022 · 23 Comments
There are many things one can hang their hat on as being worthy of the time we are given.
Filed under General · Tagged with age, blessings, combat, death, editorial, gift, giving back, guilt, legacy, life, Life lessons, purpose, survivor, time, worthy
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 13, 2022 · 18 Comments
Leaves fall like flakes of gold and bronze,
Tumbling through the cool autumn air…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with autumn, colors, dreams, fall, fauna, flora, life, poem, Poetry, seasons, sleep, spring, summer, time, winter
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 8, 2022 · 16 Comments
The sunset pulls colors across the sky,
Like a child pulling salt-water taffy,
Stretching the joy of summer days…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beach, beauty, beauty of nature, joy, kisses, life, lovers, poem, Poetry, ribbon candy, sigh, summer, sunset, taffy, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 18, 2022 · 10 Comments
The hourglass of life filled with granular moments…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with free form poetry, future, hourglass, in the moment, passing of time, past, perspective, poem, Poetry, present, prose, self, time, time is fleeting, truth
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 14, 2022 · 13 Comments
Now published on Spillwords as a featured poem.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with emotional graffiti, love, metaphor, meteor, poem, Poetry, quiet, relationships, silence, Spillwords, spillwords press, time, unspoken, wishes, words
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 10, 2022 · 17 Comments
A thousand words said a picture’s worth,
But these do not speak to me at all,
Wonderous world of the moment seen,
Unrevealed by the thin and small…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with life, living, past, photographs, photos, pictures, poem, Poetry, snapshots, still life, strict form poetry, thousand words, time, whispers, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 6, 2022 · 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 June 25, 2022 · 8 Comments
We shared a puits d’amour,
In the café on rue Bonaparte,
Parisian nights the gallery,
And pastry the delicious art…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with City of Love, duty, heart, life, love, night, one, Paris, passion, pastry, remembered, reminder, Rue, soldier, time
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 29, 2022 · 12 Comments
The sunset pulls colors across the sky,
Like a child pulling salt-water taffy,
Stretching the joy of summer days…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beach, beauty, beauty of nature, joy, kisses, life, lovers, poem, Poetry, ribbon candy, sigh, summer, sunset, taffy, time
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