Poetry — August 8, 2011 12:23 — 1 Comment

Just Once Before I Go – James Brantingham

Just once more before I go
I would like to be in loved with,
To be near that easy smile
That subtly suggests,
“I got him, he’s mine.”

Or I would like, before I go,
If that fails, to be in liked with,
Sitting near that smile that discreetly says,
“I’ll take him, he’ll do.”

But then, if the stars are not aligned,
If the heavenly gears do not mesh,
It would suffice to be ok’d with
Just once before I go.

 

Bio:

James Brantingham bucked hay in the Rogue River Valley, worked the pear orchards of Medford, poured concrete in the Colorado mountain towns, framed houses in Colorado Springs and Spokane. Remodeled much of the Pike Place Market and now manages a marine navigation software company. Studied Latin and medieval literature at Gonzaga in Spokane. Published poems, translations and short stories in publications such as Crab Creek Review and ZYZZYVA. Two online magazines, Glossolalia and the one you are currently reading, have published his short fiction and poetry. His Seattle Small Books Company published three short books and will soon release the fourth, “Traveling Light”. Two sons and two grandchildren light his life.

One Comment

  1. Susan Chesney says:
    August 8, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    SImply lovely

    Reply

Leave a Reply

What am I?

Bioluminescent eye
That sees by the shine
Of its own light. Lies

Blind me. I am the seventh human sense
And my stepchild,
Consequence;

Scientists can't find me.

Januswise I make us men;
Glamour
Was my image then—

Remind me:

The awful fall up off all fours
From the forest
To the hours…

Tick, Tock: Divine me.

-- Richard Kenney

View More Visual Stimuli