Posted by Brad Osborne on July 10, 2021 · 12 Comments
Wooden fingers snap syncopated beats,
As sparks waft into the air like fireflies
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 29, 2020 · 16 Comments
Born heavy the locust wood
A hewn heart bleeds no longer
There within a tragic good…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 7, 2019 · 10 Comments
Of their cherished ancestry,
Cursed oppression through history,
Colored and grained tapestry
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 29, 2019 · 4 Comments
Wooden fingers snap syncopated beats,
As sparks waft into the air like fireflies
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with consuming, death, eulogy, fire, forest, life, poem, Poetry, pyre, respect, sacrificed, strict form poetry, thankfulness, wood
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