The soundtrack
from a Nineties
adventure film
fills the frigid
January air
at the Nebraska
truck stop
as I scribble her
a quick note.
I imagine
the envelope
won’t arrive
in California
before seasonal
weather blankets
Donner Pass.
I will meander
along the route,
search for a vacancy
as a snowstorm
approaches
from the Rockies.
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.
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