Posted by Brad Osborne on May 8, 2023 · 10 Comments
You would lift the weight,
From shoulders, if you could…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 29, 2023 · 9 Comments
Here the dark hangs like ancient tapestries,
The dank rot of old woven wishes,
Fill nostrils with a stench of onyx air.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 5, 2023 · 15 Comments
If these words cannot make you stay,
Then all I will ask for is one more day…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 13, 2023 · 13 Comments
Lightning bugs stare back from the dark,
Like a hundred yellow eyes in the night…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 28, 2022 · 8 Comments
With all that I could muster,
My flint struck against the steel…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 21, 2022 · 9 Comments
Twelve chimes ghostly bell,
Time points to the sky,
Without detection,
Quickly passes by…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 21, 2022 · 7 Comments
~~~ Spillwords.com presents: The Thirteen Days of Halloween – Dark Gold, poem by Brad Osborne ~~~ Please visit and read my latest poetry on Spillwords.com. A dark and foreboding piece selected as a featured poem for their “13 Days of Halloween” series. As always, I appreciate you taking the time to read and don’t forget … Continue reading →
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 22, 2022 · 10 Comments
It flows like mercury,
Heavy and bright,
A shining bit of silver,
In the darkness of night…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 15, 2022 · 23 Comments
The sorrows and sins of our lives fall like rain,
When cloudy skies and fate darken ahead…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 5, 2022 · 17 Comments
Let me be a welcomed sign,
On the path so hard to find…
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