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Slàinte by Brooks Bradbury there are matters in a lifetime we can never seem to mend like broken hearts and let-downs or when good things have to end so let’s leave them all behind us and move further down the road hearts grows stronger as we go lighter from woes we unload life goes on–is all we can say new joys arrive nearly every day our live’s are richer for all we’ve known and the souls…

Me and You by Brooks Bradbury his step unslowed his shoulders unbowed his eyes still azure blue he feels the passing years go by and finite days come into view a Sisyphus pushing against time, defiant he strains to move the rock of age his strength grows weaker the rock more giant her step unslowed her back unbowed her beauty still shines through though she knows the toll that life can take and…

To Adrien and John, On your Wedding Day by Brooks Bradbury it’s only when we live enough to know our soul’s true place that we come to know the difference ‘tween each false and friendly face in time we find a place like home a place to make a stand finally safe at home at last life reveals its master plan for you some roads were rough and crooked there to here you’ve lived enough through joyful…

Blind Spots by Brooks Bradbury

i get a sense of blind spots or at least where i think they might be and i realize there are dimensions in life, many i never see

blind spots beyond the senses to neither taste nor touch nor feel hidden places remain unclear to us though i’m certain they’re quite real

like dark matter and black holes only scientists comprehend perhaps these blind spots are where our…

January 1919 by Brooks Bradbury

There’s a bit of bacon in the teeth And the mud is squelchin’ soft beneath A pullin’ out of Couddes in the rain. The same stone street in the same damn way With the same dead drill to do today, A hikin’ outer Couddes in the rain.

It’s light packs, helmets and gas masks too, With a drinkin’ Sarge to drive each us through; Soldierin’ outside Couddes in the rain. I’d…

Precious You by Brooks Bradbury

beneath neon skies of powder blue precious you

two lifetimes yet days too few precious you

on darkest days a beautiful view precious you

fireflies dance in evening’s dew precious you

a crooked road a waltz for two precious you

through it all i stand by you precious you

© Copyright 2015 Brooks Bradbury

Red Quinoa by Brooks Bradbury

i could live without quinoa i try to be gluten-free but to confess i never eat any wheat is like a Ukraine that’s Putin-free

it’s not that the distant Russians are involved in my diet at all okay an occasional vodka or a black bread gluten-free-fall

i’d relish a little beluga savor borscht when it’s good and cold but the thing is about my diet gluten-free is getting…

Dark Matter by Brooks Bradbury

they say this all started with a great big bang fire and rain yin and the yang

millenia passed and left plenty of clues like how we crawled out of some primordial ooze

we’ve come so far to get to where we are as we take another lap around this old star where are going? will we ever arrive? gravity bound to live and die

still we fight for border control incivility…

Maple Road by Brooks Bradbury (1973)

There was a home that held all I wanted A girl, two sons, one very human dog I wonder.if that house is ever haunted By the great love I gave that catalogue

If a high heat my absent heart still throws there Be fixed and focused by Time’s burning glass A gentle fragrance should forever blow there And flowers sparkle gaily in the grass

There is no need for flame…

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Precious You by Brooks Bradbury

beaneath neon skies of powder blue precious you

two lifetimes yet days to few precious you

on darkest days my beautiful view precious you

fireflies dance in evening’s dew precious you

a crooked road a waltz for two precious you

through it all i stand by you precious you

  © Copyright 2015 Brooks Bradbury

When All the Lights Turn Green by Brooks Bradbury

when the time is right and it’s time to go seize the day you finally know

new horizons are calling you to places you’ve never seen the past becomes a distant view when all the lights turn green

adventure lies in moving forward before they change to caution’s glow ride the wave, be brave, live on! as you face life’s ebb and flow

new horizons are…

i was at odds with the world today and it was at odds with me it didn’t go where i wanted it to nor was i where i wanted to be

i’m going to call it an early night to try and break the spell out of sorts i can hardly think please let tonight go well so tomorrow we’re back in synch

i was at odds with the world today and it was at odds with me it didn’t go where i wanted it to nor was i where i…

The Way the Wind Blows by Brooks Bradbury tell me how to read the signs the subtle messages among the tea lives and between the lines

give me time to solve each riddle feel the vibe of each vague transmittal including those i can’t describe

when i listen help me know the rising tide the wind’s direction the ebb and flow

help me thank distant admirers for their support when i’m out of touch or…

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Dark Matter by Brooks Bradbury

they say this all started with a great big bang fire and rain yin and the yang

millenia passed left plenty of clues like how we crawled out of a primordial ooze

we’ve come so far to get to where we are as we take another lap around this old star where are going? will we ever arrive? gravity bound to live and die

still we fight over border control incivility takes a…

APPALACHIA RISING Brooks Bradbury 6.11.2011

BORN IN A HOLLER RAISED IN A SHACK, LEARNED TO GET BY ON WHAT THE LAND GAVE BACK NEVER KNEW THE WORLD OF THE GREAT BEYOND APPALACHIAN MAN FOREVER FOND OF THE SWEET BLUE RIDGE LAND HE GREW UP ON

HE KNOWS THE RIDGE LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND PAIN, DROUGHT AND HUNGER MADE A BOY INTO A MAN HE’LL NEVER BREAK FREE OF HIS BLUE RIDGE BOND HOME IS HERE IN THE LAND…

Inhospitable by Brooks Bradbury

if we put down the double latte move away from our little screens try to become a little human again if we remember what it means

generous employers decades ago provided commendable steady work benefits, pensions and raises were earned without armed workers going berserk

honorable employees decades ago gave a lifetime of blood and sweat they earned each precious…

Verge by Brooks Bradbury

if Romney runs another time i’ll scream and move away to somewhere compaign-free like Katmandu or east Bombay

that way I won’t hear him vent how he’s tight with immigrant issues how he’s conquered 47% with crocodile tears and tissues

Hillary’s got it all sewed up the best that’s in the race if Romney runs another time i’ll be in my secret place

if Boehner in his…