Posted by Brad Osborne on April 1, 2023 · 11 Comments
I have freedoms others will never know,
Simply because my skin is white…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 25, 2022 · 13 Comments
Ancient language torn from their heads,
Proud native beliefs, forcefully bled…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with civilization, culture, identity, indigenous, language, lies, lost tribes, nation, native american, poem, Poetry, reservation, school, stripped, white
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 8, 2022 · 19 Comments
I have freedoms others will never know,
Simply because my skin is white…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with black, black lives matter, color, community, fear, freedom, hate, poem, Poetry, privilege, race, racism, relations, society, white
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 12, 2021 · 14 Comments
Ancient language torn from their heads,
Proud native beliefs, forcefully bled…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with civilization, culture, identity, indigenous, language, lies, lost tribes, nation, native american, poem, Poetry, reservation, school, stripped, white
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 20, 2021 · 22 Comments
I have freedoms others will never know,
Simply because my skin is white…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with black, black lives matter, color, community, fear, freedom, hate, poem, Poetry, privilege, race, racism, relations, society, white
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 17, 2020 · 18 Comments
You stare at me white and unblinking,
Waiting to see what I am thinking…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with blank, emptiness, muse, pain, poem, Poetry, stare, stark, strict form poetry, waiting, white, words, writer's block, writing, writing poetry
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