Vasant 2021 Poems - John Brantingham

 

1 AM

By John Brantingham

I come outside to see the night
and look up into the light-difuse sky

to dream of the stars behind it.
In the parking lot

 

across from my place,
my neighbor is sacking out

 

for a quick nap
before his phone wakes him

 

for his Uber job.
He told me once he likes people

 

in the early morning commute.
He told me he likes nearly empty streets

 

and the cool breeze
of an open window

 

John Brantingham from US was the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks’ first poet laureate. His work has been featured in hundreds of magazines, Writers Almanac and The Best Small Fictions 2016. He has twelve books of poetry and fiction including his latest, Life: Orange to Pear (Bamboo Dart Press). He teaches at Mt. San Antonio College.

 

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