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I First Saw You Play a Violin

Posted on June 15, 2019 / 0 Comment

I first saw you play a violinlike a cattail on a virgin wind. You were only an outline then. Tracing clouds with your eyesonly later did I see,and petals with a...

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I Thought the Night’s Solitude Over

Posted on June 10, 2019 / 0 Comment

I thought the night’s solitude over,on the forest’s edge where only I can go.I proffered my question to angels, towering above the trees,more ancien...

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The Days Are Filled with You

Posted on June 9, 2019 / 0 Comment

The days are filled with you; the night, too.ever-growing, my vines grow into you.Taut against your blossoms, over your valleys,I caress you like a fog, water a...

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We Are the Stories We Tell

Posted on June 7, 2019 / 0 Comment

We are the stories we tell–Even this onewe weave together. Our beautiful wordsdance with each otherand our love multiplies.

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This Sun

Posted on June 6, 2019 / 4 Comments

This sun, this moon, this moss-covered womb from which love awakes. To know you now, (Why not then? But still … now!) The butterflies have multiplied. I catch t...

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Mistress City

Posted on June 4, 2019 / 0 Comment

Mistress city my fingers trace your long highways– soft as Persian carpets. Your spires lure your lamps conspire your thousand eyes glitter behind neon an...

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All the World Is in Your Eye

Posted on June 1, 2019 / 0 Comment

All the world is in your eye that bends like a reed; the wind–your brush, the canvas–seed. With what strokes the world is made the downy moon, the s...

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There are Moments that Linger

Posted on May 25, 2019 / 0 Comment

There are moments that linger in the memory. Such a moment I think is this. She stood upon a precipice– to fly or to fall, and unfolded herself before me,...

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The World Turned Back ‘Round

Posted on May 20, 2019 / 2 Comments

The world turned back ’roundand said, “You’ve suffered long enough, old man.” May I say that I love you?The words vault, skitter, and ch...

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These are the Golden Moments

Posted on May 18, 2019 / 0 Comment

These are the golden moments– Golden boughs. The end may tremble in a mouth’ed O. Yet still they burn unperturbed– tiny lamps of adoration lit...

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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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