James Brasfield

James Brasfield (1952- ) has twice been a Senior Fulbright Fellow to Ukraine and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. James has published 3 volumes of poetry

Palladium

A cortege of clouds’

shifting planes 

reflected on a river,

the current’s weave deepens,

yet motionless

the dramatization of

a fern unfolding,

light illuminating the air

for a moment’s threshold,

when time, where we stand,

corresponds to the day

held firm,

derived from the elegance of

the equation

for what was once never here.   

— James Brasfield