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Category: Musings

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Shall I Sing Thee Thy Praises

Posted on July 10, 2020 / 0 Comment

Shall I sing thee thy praises,as do the hollyhocks bendto fortune’s grace at summer’s crest,to have lived and laughed so long and joyfully?They have...

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I Should Sing

Posted on June 29, 2020 / 0 Comment

I should singeven if the high note falters,and hang tremolos upon the lilting petals,of the moon-facing flowerstilting in your garden, so solitary,and dim in yo...

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From Whence This Sweetness Came

Posted on April 8, 2020 / 0 Comment

From whence this sweetness came,I do not know.But sweetness be!Such felicity!No errant word transcribed or heard,or hard-wrought image showed. From whence this ...

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End of Time

Posted on March 17, 2020 / 0 Comment

I must give to you of myself,for these are the dark times.I am a man and a multitude,and within my sea swim the dreams of ages. I point to the end of timewith t...

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My Soul Spoke True Words

Posted on December 15, 2019 / 0 Comment

my soul spoke true words and I gave voice to them:when I look at you, there is only joy in my heart. a half century it took to empty my cup of nettles,the restl...

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Cloudy Eyes

Posted on November 20, 2019 / 0 Comment

You sojourned with us on the kissing hill, cloudy eyes.The hill,dotted with dancing dandelions,dancingto summers sprung and unsprung,outlives you–will out...

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Hourglass

Posted on November 7, 2019 / 0 Comment

moon-eye and sun-eye,you compel the ocean, and the daffodilsto skyward raise their splayed heads in ageless adulation,and suckle you like bees to pollen.you are...

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Paradoxical

Posted on October 22, 2019 / 0 Comment

Love is a thing twoness.But underneath any twoness, man is alone. And underneath the great turbulent emotions of love, the violent herbage,lies the living rock ...

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There is a Seed in the Darkness

Posted on October 4, 2019 / 0 Comment

Here one can neither stand nor lie nor sitThere is not even silence in the mountainsBut dry sterile thunder without rainThere is not even solitude in the mounta...

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I Am the World To Your Dream

Posted on October 3, 2019 / 0 Comment

I am the world to your dream.You are my sorrow and my song.You ride the shaman’s conjured wind.I am a lover’s net.I catch your butterfly notesand dr...

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Brad Severance

Hi, my name is Brad Severance, and I'm a photographer, writer, Francophile, and avid reader. I live in Beaufort, NC.

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

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


2025 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I will post a photo a day for year 2025.
Check it out here: 2025 Photo Journey


Past Projects

2024 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I posted a photo a day for year 2024.
Check it out here: 2023 Photo Journey

2023 Photo Journey

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

2022 Photo Journey

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

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