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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
Literature/Musings/Poetry/Writing

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
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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