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Mountain Pose by Traci Harrison

"MOUNTAIN POSE"
copyright 2006 by TRACI HARRISON

Peace

A poem by Bob Bradley

I.

One time I lost the key
to my favorite memory.
I wanted to visit.
So bad.
I knew all the best parts.
But still, there’s nothing
like the view from here.
Here, where the echoes
play off the old family castle walls.
Find nooks and other crannies
to rebound off of. Sets up a din
of wild unforgettable racket
that borders on music.
A music that takes it all
apart and before it can be put
back together, you get
to choose. Pieces? Parts?
Until with the wind howling, Crevices
and the rain lashing at the storm
windows, you get down on your knees
and ask please—please, please—
show me the fate that awaits thy will.

Copyright 2006 by Bob Bradley

Bob Bradley Bob writes:
You can hear the spoken word version of "Peace" (with guitar master Kenny Vaughn—who played on Allen Ginsberg's hit, "Birdbrain," along with Marty Stuart and Lucinda Williams) at: www.bobbradley.com

Bob Bradley was born in Mansfield, Ohio, May 31, 1959, and grew up in North Carolina and Georgia. He was educated at the University of Georgia, Athens, where he studied with Coleman Barks at the University of Virginia. He also studied with Charles Wright and Gregory Orr. He currently pursues doctoral studies at Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN. His work has appeared in Ploughshares, Gettysburg Review, Southern Poetry Review, Seneca Review, Poetry East, Antioch Review, Plainsong, Iris, and Painted Bride Quarterly, among others. Bob can be reached via email at: artistultra@comcast.net.

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