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Month: July 2018

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100 Day Project Three – Days 44, 45

Posted on July 31, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 44, 45 (July 25th, 26th, 2018) SUMMER AFTERNOON (fragments) I catch her breath like a hawk upon a pendulous breeze— untrammeled by shame— by an albatross o...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 40, 41, 42, 43

Posted on July 30, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 40, 41, 42, 43 (July 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th 2018) LABORERS (fragments) One day you’ll walk like her— like a broken marionette. A subtle distance in years d...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 37, 38, 39

Posted on July 29, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 37, 38, 39 (July 18th, 19th, 20th 2018) I’M LEFT ONLY WITH YOUR VESTIGE (fragement) I’m left only with your vestige, to roll you on my tongue a...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 34, 35, 36

Posted on July 29, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 34, 35, 36 (July 15th, 16th, 17th 2018) THAT’S HER Time won’t spoil her spirit but crack the cocoon that is her body open. Winds won’t break her wing...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 30, 31, 32, 33

Posted on July 27, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 30, 31, 32, 33 (July 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 2018) WHAT’S YOUR NAME? What’s your name? I’ll call you ‘mine’! No friend but yo...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 29

Posted on July 15, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 29 (July 10th, 2018) BETWEEN TWO DARK SEAS between two dark seas— the same dark sea— soul waters flood a sinuous straight— We cannot drown...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 28

Posted on July 15, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 28 (July 9th, 2018) TROUBLED LIVES Troubled lives garishly painted crudely hewn idols of disfigured dreams now shards in the wake of a simian traipse. Discl...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 27

Posted on July 15, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 27 (July 8th, 2018) ALL IN CASEMENT WINDOW all in a casement window— a boy behind bars crookedly drawn by rivulets of rain dreams dewy dreams, and, in...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 26

Posted on July 15, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 26 (July 7th, 2018) SECRET GARDEN We dallied in the secret garden– our legs variously crossed and uncomposed. We played like arcadian children, unharr...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 25

Posted on July 14, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 25 (July 6th, 2018) LITTLE DEATH What is this? This little death? This loss of heart and stolen breath. This waterfall dry of feeling— This echo of mo...

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Brad Severance
Brad Severance

I'm a photographer, poet, artist, Francophile, and avid reader.

Current Projects

2022 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I take a photo a day.
Check it out here: 2022 Photo Journey

A French Word a Day for 100 Days

To practice and improve my French, I’m picking a word a day and writing three sentences containing that word.
Check it out here: A French Word a Day for 100 Days

Stuff I’m Reading Now

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” —Joseph Addison
Don’t get flabby! Read everyday. See what I’ve read in 2021 here.

Upstream by Mary Oliver
Essays by one of the most popular poets of the modern era.

The Fall by Albert Camus

The Fall by Albert Camus 
A confession for the modern man.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
The third novel of the immortal series that everyone has read except me.

Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke, trans. by Anita Barrows & Joanna Macy
Inspired love poems to God.

Past Projects

The 2021 Painting & Poetry Project

Each week, my painter, Addie, and I will choose a theme upon which to write and paint. We have many exciting topics to explore, and we are excited to share our work.
Check it out here: The 2021 Painting & Poetry Project

2021 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I take a photo a day.
Check it out here: 2021 Photo Journey

The 30 Day Poetry & Painting Challenge

Each day, for 30 days, my painter, Addie, and I selected a poem (from the public domain). I wrote a poem and she painted a painting inspired by that poem. The result was an outpouring of creative energy.
Check it out here: The 30 Day Poetry & Painting Challenge

2020 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I took a photo a day for an entire year.
Check it out here: 2020 Photo Journey

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