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Asphalt Excursion

In small towns south
of Milwaukee, days
disappear like dreams
on snowy winter nights.

Red maple and sassafras
release turning foliage—
a signal of nature’s
seasonal changes.

Stopping for an evening
meal, I slit the envelope
postmarked Paris, confident
you miss these moments

as the restaurant’s speakers
sing Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect”
from an oldies station
out of Racine, Wisconsin.

Imagine a tangerine sunset
filled with intimate secrets.

A Pushcart nominee, Dr. Jim Brosnan is the author of Long Distance Driving (2024) and Nameless Roads (2019). His poems have appeared in the Aurorean (US), Crossways Literary Magazine (Ireland), Eunoia Review (Singapore), Naugatuck River Review (US), Nine Muses Poetry (Wales), Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), The Strand Magazine (India), The Madrigal (Ireland), The Wild Word (West Germany), and Voices of the Poppies (UK). He is a professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI.

Flame of Remembrance

I linger over
hot coffee
at the café
on an avenue
in Dover
as a northerly
wind wails
in dimming
light under
a lopsided moon
while I remain
captivated
by the soft echoes
of the wind,
captivated
by your faded
photo as memory
erases the time
I held your hand.

A Pushcart nominee, Dr. Jim Brosnan is the author of Long Distance Driving (2024) and Nameless Roads (2019). His poems have appeared in the Aurorean (US), Crossways Literary Magazine (Ireland), Eunoia Review (Singapore), Naugatuck River Review (US), Nine Muses Poetry (Wales), Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), The Strand Magazine (India), The Madrigal (Ireland), The Wild Word (West Germany), and Voices of the Poppies (UK). He is a professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI.

Chance Meeting

The June evening
acquires a silence
as a crescent moon
emerges above sassafras
and white pine as early
evening shadows
restore my memories—
forgotten afternoons
when we stood
in shifting light
a hundred miles
from the country
station and pointlessly
questioned why
we never kissed.

A Pushcart nominee, Dr. Jim Brosnan is the author of Long Distance Driving (2024) and Nameless Roads (2019). His poems have appeared in the Aurorean (US), Crossways Literary Magazine (Ireland), Eunoia Review (Singapore), Naugatuck River Review (US), Nine Muses Poetry (Wales), Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), The Strand Magazine (India), The Madrigal (Ireland), The Wild Word (West Germany), and Voices of the Poppies (UK). He is a professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI.

Retreat From Serenity

At the far edges
of Nebraska corn
fields, billowing
clouds gather before
lightning displays
its vengeance
in a distant county,
prepares to uproot
nearby plowed grain
fields as a porchlight
two doors west
blinks its warning
as the morning sky
quickly transforms
into licorice.

A Pushcart nominee, Dr. Jim Brosnan is the author of Long Distance Driving (2024) and Nameless Roads (2019). His poems have appeared in the Aurorean (US), Crossways Literary Magazine (Ireland), Eunoia Review (Singapore), Naugatuck River Review (US), Nine Muses Poetry (Wales), Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), The Strand Magazine (India), The Madrigal (Ireland), The Wild Word (West Germany), and Voices of the Poppies (UK). He is a professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI.

Where I Seldom Visit

I am fascinated
by fragments
of silence
as I circle back
to this rarely visited
field where walnut’s
thinning branches
reveal flashes
of vivid lightning
followed in seconds
by the sound
of thunder breaking
my trance as darkness
smothered the town.
Tonight I remember
the rainy afternoon
we parked in Walmart’s
parking lot and
etched hearts
on steamed windows
as lightning lit up
New Hampshire skies.

A Pushcart nominee, Dr. Jim Brosnan is the author of Long Distance Driving (2024) and Nameless Roads (2019), copies available via [email protected]. His poems have appeared in the Aurorean (US), Crossways Literary Magazine (Ireland), Eunoia Review (Singapore), Nine Muses Poetry (Wales), Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), The Strand Magazine (India), The Madrigal (Ireland), The Wild Word (Germany), and Voices of the Poppies (United Kingdom). He holds the rank of full professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI.

Silent Hour

Southbound
on Route 101
light shimmers
through
pointed fir
as a red-eyed
dawn awakens
this north
country town
as my restless
yearning steals
morning’s breath.
It’s hours like this
when I recall
our breakfasts
at Madden’s.

A Pushcart nominee, Dr. Jim Brosnan is the author of Long Distance Driving (2024) and Nameless Roads (2019), copies available via [email protected]. His poems have appeared in the Aurorean (US), Crossways Literary Magazine (Ireland), Eunoia Review (Singapore), Nine Muses Poetry (Wales), Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), The Strand Magazine (India), The Madrigal (Ireland), The Wild Word (Germany), and Voices of the Poppies (United Kingdom). He holds the rank of full professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI.

Notes From Nebraska

You don’t need
to reveal
whispered secrets
drafted under
cracks of thunder
or disappearing
with your valentine
on a train trip west
or visiting
small towns
in a white convertible
under the comfort
of familiar shadows
since you no longer
remember the prairie.

A Pushcart nominee, Dr. Jim Brosnan is the author of Long Distance Driving (2024) and Nameless Roads (2019), copies available via [email protected]. His poems have appeared in the Aurorean (US), Crossways Literary Magazine (Ireland), Eunoia Review (Singapore), Nine Muses Poetry (Wales), Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), The Strand Magazine (India), The Madrigal (Ireland), The Wild Word (Germany), and Voices of the Poppies (United Kingdom). He holds the rank of full professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI.

Somewhere Else Daffodils Are Blooming

Yesterday we forgot
to cover the woodpile
that’s now buried
in a five-foot drift.

You ask if we’ll see grass
before May, and I doubt it,
but we do have photos
of roses taken last season.

At night the furnace hums
like it’s happy to burn
fuel, but tonight we
await the season of cooling.

Somewhere else the sun
is shining, the temps
in the high eighties,
the humidity level high.

Someone forgot the theme
of this narrative. You recall
my favorite hot chocolate
flavor without asking.

A Pushcart nominee, Dr. Jim Brosnan is the author of Long Distance Driving (2024) and Nameless Roads (2019), copies available via [email protected]. His poems have appeared in the Aurorean (US), Crossways Literary Magazine (Ireland), Eunoia Review (Singapore), Nine Muses Poetry (Wales), Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), The Strand Magazine (India), The Madrigal (Ireland), The Wild Word (Germany), and Voices of the Poppies (United Kingdom). He holds the rank of full professor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI.

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