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100 Day Project Three – Day 31

Posted on February 12, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 31 (February 5th, 2018) ice drops remain long after frozen rain fell on an open umbrella a bulwark heavy against all that is hurtful the sun may one day mel...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 28, 29 and 30

Posted on February 8, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 28, 29 and 30 (February 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2018) DO YOU HEAR THEM? Do you hear them? You spoke those words in your youth, and still they are written, penned...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 27

Posted on February 6, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 27 (February 1st, 2018) A KISS I feel a kiss flutter between us—   a timid butterfly Our lips don’t touch Not a kiss, as such— &...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 26

Posted on February 4, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 26 (January 31st, 2018) LIFE AND DEATH There is life and death in life— in every verdant hillside in every fallen bridge in every caught fish in wine ...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 25

Posted on February 4, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 25 (January 30th, 2018) LABORERS One day, you’ll walk like her— like a broken marionette. It is your pain she feels— feel you her pain tha...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 24

Posted on February 3, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 24 (January 29th, 2018) NATURE What is nature now? Fenced into tiny plots like unseemly monsters— starved prisoners— All of it belongs to man no...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 23

Posted on February 1, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 23 (January 28th, 2018) VESTIGE I am left only with your vestige to roll you on my tongue to taste your balmy vapor to conjure you from subterranean scapes ...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 22

Posted on January 30, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 22 (January 27th, 2018) ADRIFT He finally sees, When all that’s left is blindness, when all hope’s lost for land or shore— only squalls or...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 21

Posted on January 28, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 21 (January 26th, 2018) SHAMELESS GESTURES You come only when I call with this solitary voice– you listen– only when these bare-toothed baubles,...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 20

Posted on January 27, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 20 (January 25th, 2018) WHAT’S REAL We make with our minds the things we wish to see. There’s precious little else in the world that’s rea...

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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

Flickr Photostream

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