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Month: July 2019

Literature/Musings/Poetry/Writing

If I Could

Posted on July 31, 2019 / 0 Comment

If I could reachinto the pastand pluck a petalfrom that ghostly flowerI’d pull you backand tell you that I loved you. In your dying hoursI saw that you triedto ...

Literature/Musings/Poetry/Quotes/Writing

Hummingbird

Posted on July 30, 2019 / 0 Comment

But because truly, being here is so much;because everything hereapparently needs us, this fleeting world,which in some strange waykeeps calling to us. Us, the m...

Writing
Literature/Musings/Poetry/Writing

And Now You Know

Posted on July 29, 2019 / 2 Comments

And now you knowThat I have thought, “Will you still love me?”Once you have seenmy all-too-human frailtyand how I often feelthat this bag of bones a...

Writing
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You and I

Posted on July 21, 2019 / 0 Comment

Starving for your ripeness,the winepress of your lips,the blood of your river,the root of your tree,the lost highways you traveled by,the miles of imagined mile...

Writing
Literature/Musings/Poetry/Writing

Dear and Far

Posted on July 10, 2019 / 0 Comment

Dear and far,far have you flown,flown to the East,East and to the sea … Stretched so thin are you and I,phantoms disarranged on either sideof this veil of miles...

Writing
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How Deep Our Hearts Have Grown

Posted on July 3, 2019 / 0 Comment

How deep our hearts have grown,like roots into the Earth,like boughs into the sky;Love never have I knownbut for your arms in mineentwined,our two sunsburning o...

Writing
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I Studied Your Face

Posted on July 1, 2019 / 0 Comment

My eyes, waters warm of moonlight,swept your face over, worn a sweetness smooth,while you softly sleptthrough the hallowed night,and I both laughed and wept. La...

Brad Severance

Hi, my name is Brad Severance, and I'm a photographer, poet, artist, Francophile, and avid reader. I live in Indianapolis, Indiana.

You can check out my best photographs on my photography website site at photography.bradseverance.com and my Flickr profile at www.flickr.com/photos/brad-severance

I run a writer's group called Pen to Paper, Indy's most notorious coterie of misfit writers. Checkout our website at www.pentopaperblog.org and our Meetup site at www.meetup.com/Pen-to-Paper.

If you wish to contact me, don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail at me@bradseverance.com


Current Projects

2023 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I will take a photo a day for year 2023.
Check it out here: 2023 Photo Journey


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 2023 here.

Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright

An excellent blend of science and Buddhist philosophy and practice.

Diamonds are Forever by Ian Fleming

James Bond goes to the United States to follow black market diamonds.

Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein

An in-depth look into the Buddhist concept and practice of mindfulness.

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

The multi-generational story of the Buendía family.

The Red Book by C.G. Jung

Jungs account of his exploration in the shadow self.

A Poet to his Beloved by W.B. Yeats

Early love poems by Yeats.


Past Projects

2022 Photo Journey

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

The 2021 Painting & Poetry Project

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

2021 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I took a photo a day for the year 2021.
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 the year 2020.
Check it out here: 2020 Photo Journey

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