When autumn
departs, a gray
wind scribbles
faint traces
of snowflakes
in the afternoon
as I begin
to appreciate
the dark
in those long
moments behind
the steering wheel
when the face
of the clock
in a passing town
displays midnight.
Jim Brosnan’s first poetry and original photography collection, Nameless Roads, was traditionally published in 2019 (Moon Pie Press). He has had over 600 poems published in the United States, Ireland, Canada, Wales, India, Singapore, and the UK. Jim is a Pushcart nominee, a finalist in the Blue Light Chapbook Contest, and has won several awards in the National Federation of State Poetry Societies’ annual competitions, including a first place in 2021.