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Lunchtime Poetry/Writing

And Now I Remember

Posted on February 7, 2015 / 0 Comment

And now I remember. It’s like the first breath. Past troubled lives. Over shards of painted idols roughly hewn By a dumb craftsman. I’m with you now...

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Lunchtime Poetry/Poetry/Writing

Lunchtime Poetry

Posted on February 5, 2015 / 0 Comment

Wash it all away. Into the quiet … Hush. I stand before my God. What else was I seeking?

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Lunchtime Poetry

Posted on February 4, 2015 / 0 Comment

A train passes, cries. Sobbing new life throbs within once quiet hills.

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Lunchtime Poetry

Posted on January 30, 2015 / 0 Comment

Geese tread icy waters. They don’t shiver, But I think they’re cold. Their little brains cannot plumb Man’s artifice. But neither can Man. &nb...

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Lunchtime Poetry

Posted on January 29, 2015 / 0 Comment

Rain falls. Even these words are wet and soaking. A fog rises and obsures the past. The crust of past experience. But sometimes I remember how it used to be.

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

A Poem a Week

To keep the creative juices flowing, I write a poem each week.
Check it out here: A Poem a Week


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.

The Red Book by C.G. Jung

Jungs account of his exploration in the shadow self.

Crescent Moon by Rabindranath Tagore

Poems about love between child and mother, and child and father.

Spain A History by Melveena McKendrick

A short concise history of Spain.

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

A magical realisitic account of the history of India.

The Colossus by Sylvia Plath

One of Plath's most important books of poetry.

A Book of Luminous Things edited by Czelaw Milosz

An international anthology of poetry compiled by the Nobel winning poet.


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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