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James Brandenburg, San Antonio, Texas, USA

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Work History: Since 1964, James has worked in school settings as a teacher of English, German, theatre, and English as a second language. He speaks three languages—English, German and Spanish and currently works as a Mental Health Counselor and Advisor at San Antonio College,. For over twenty years, he was international counselor (bilingual counselor) at Tom C. Clark High School in San Antonio, Texas, where he worked with at risk students and a diverse population from Africa, Latin America, Spain, Egypt, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia, China, Japan, and Korea (Over eighty languages are spoken in Northside Independent School District). Initially, James ran multi-cultural groups, and, later, added poetry support groups, after he became a Certified Poetry Therapist. James is Co-editor (Poetry Editor) of Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Poetry & Arts Magazine. In his private practice, he specializes in poetry therapy and dream analysis.

He published two books of poetry In Pursuit of the Butterfly, and Somewhere Everywhere Irgendwo Überall, a collaboration in German and English with Hejo Müller, a Berlin poet. He is working on a third book entitled Accustomed to Dark, a combination of dreams and poetry For James, poetry is a passion. He writes, “When poetry dies, the society dies. The understanding of metaphors transforms the way we think and view reality. The study and the writing of poetry is a journey of the soul. The journey begins at birth and ends at death.”
Education:
Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Poetry Therapist, and Dream Analyst in Training.
B.A. (major in English and minor in German and education) from Andrews University
M.A. (major in German and minor in English) from Ball State University
M.A. (major Theatre Arts and minor in Psychology) from Texas State University
M.Ed. (major in Guidance and Counseling and minor in Sociology) from Texas State University
Exchange Teacher and Student at Schwäbisch Gmünd Pädagogische Hochschule (Teacher Training College in German), where he taught English to German students and studied Philosophy for a year
Spent six summers in Spain;



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                                POETSKA VRTOGLAVICA

Poetska vrtoglavica nije rijetka stvar u književnosti. I dešava se kod iskustveno znalački omeđenih pjesnika. James Branderburg je upravo jedan od onih pjesnika koji znanje optočeno iskustvom sažima stihovima nade usmjeren. Da, stihovima nade u pojavnost života, bez obzira na ludilo materijalizma, licemjerja i zavisti u svijetu u kojem živimo. I u tom bijegu od grubog realiteta on nagost sopstvenog tijela isprepliće sa rizikom suočenja sa ništavilom ovozemaljskim. Jer šta drugo živimo do materijalno ništavilo koje samo poetska vrtoglavica može usmjeriti. Dok čitamo Jamesa...Branderburga.

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Sabahudin Hadžialić

25.7.2011.
                             POETIC VERTIGO
Poetic vertigo is not a rare thing within the literature. And it happens to the experience shaped and knowledgeable poets. James Branderburg is just one of those poets who the knowledge, framed with experience, sums up directed with the verses of hope. Yes, the verses of hope in the prevelance of life, regardless of the madness of materialism, hypocrisy, and envy in the world in which we live. In this runaway from the harsh reality, he intertwine his own body nakedness with the risk of confrontation with the wordly nothingness. Because, what else do we live but material nothingness that only poetic vertigo can direct. While we are reading James...Branderburg.


Editor's word
Sabahudin Hadzialic

25.7.2011.

My Father: A Parting Memory

My father played blocks
with me
winter’s fatigued breath
falling on our cold floor
and I felt all warm
because my father
played blocks
with me
the only toys I knew
toys he gave me
and I placed them
one on top
of another.

Meanwhile
they came tumbling down
blocks strewn
like discarded fatalities
all around
and as I picked them up
to place them
he was gone


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Accustomed to Dark

Dusk creeps in
The tuft of wind
carries a flashing light
from the distance
Suddenly it blinks again
in the apple blossoms
to my left
then to my right
in the mulberry tree
now another light
over the steamy creek
three lights
four lights
like creatures under gas lamps
snuffed out for the evening
Flames engulf the darkness

Flaming fireflies
carry me 
in their airy motion
I close my eyes in darkness
I open my eyes in darkness
fireflies have tricked me
into eternity.


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Homeless

I awake late at night
to the moon
not sure if it is
the moonshine inside me
or the moon shining down on me
that makes me crazy
but here I am
panhandling on
the street with drunks
I don’t even know

Talking to crazies
lit up by the moon
or maybe lit up within
a burning itch
that has gone ablaze
a flame of disillusions
and disappointments
as I talk
I beg
I plead
I drink
to smother
the burning fire
it is hell
holding up my sign,
“Help me,
I am homeless.”




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Barbie Girl

“I am a Barbie Girl
in a Barbie World”*
thin thighs
eyelashes and lipstick
makeup and hairspray
smiles and acknowledgements
walking a tightrope
reading the right (riot) act
watching my diet
dressing in style

A Barbie Doll
in a glass bubble
I escape
injuring myself
on the display case
a broken doll
bleeding
in pain
surrounded by
broken and bleeding dolls

Barbie in Wonderland
I fall into an empty cavern
trip over a laughing clown
in his red, white and black costume
he drags me through a circus
the merry-go-round stands empty
the tightrope flat on the ground
as schools of flying fish
smile down on me from the ceiling
I wake up
startled.

*Quote from the song, “I am a Barbie Girl in a Barbie World.”

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AMBIGUITY 

Just wanted to dangle a bit over the edge,
then come back to reality.
What the hell ever that means.
Well, I have come back,
somewhere—looking for—something
that reality still elusive, out of reach.

Dangled a bit too long over the edge,
Fell off into space.
All spaced out for a while,
gradually climbed back up.
It’s not easy out there;
it’s not easy up here.

Dangled a bit too long over the edge.
Keep falling off; no fear anymore.
Still not easy coming back,
Still don’t know what I want here.
Looking for that certain reality,
what the hell ever that means.

I live now on the edge,
dual personalities—my heart out there.
Part of me wants that certain reality,
all those shoulds.
Part of me wants to follow my heart
over the edge.
It’s those inbetweens bothering me.
Can’t stop searching for that certain reality,
uncertain as it might be.
Still can’t stop going over the edge
occasionally.


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PORTRAIT OF A POET

It’s the cool air
against my naked body
when I climb out the shower
in the morning
chilling me to the bone
yet invigorating me,
no air conditioning
just morning in Madrid;
as I breathe in through open windows,
birds welcome me at dawn with
trills from their lyrical register
while I dry myself
my body now accustomed to the chill.
I stand there in the nude
enjoying the moment
all of life’s achievements
all of life’s protection
through clothing
through material things
stripped away for the moment
even my native language gone
dried off in a fluffy towel
but no need to speak
no need to do anything;
it’s all there in the moment
in the silence of waiting
naked
all things stripped away.

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Voices de la luna

In the valley of the sun
la luna throws her shadows at night
onto tree branches
and they dance  on the water’s edge
three swan maidens
drift across the misty pool
shadowy, fragile
a white bird traverses the darkness
and perches on my window sill
speaking with the voice of a child
a woman serpent speaks tenderly
yet emerges dangerous and poisonous
wrapping herself in a circle
a water woman  combs her tresses
on the glassy surface
of the lagoon’s mirror
a nixie imprisoned in glass
stares down from the mountain
nixies, water fairies,
swam maidens, white birds,
women serpents, water nymphs
inhabit my sleep
voices de la luna
whisper in my dreams
awakening me from
the edge of lunacy
rumors disperse in the wind
soft voices vanish in the dawn.


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A Chair and a Table

In another land
dust collects
on an empty chair;
a table with
broken plates
tells the story
of blasts splitting the sky.

Shining his boots
I place them underneath
the empty chair
his face stares at me
from amidst a shelf
of family pictures
how many days
have I waited for him
how many years
have I set the table
and washed his plate?
How many tears
have I shed?

Moon’s illumination
cradles a thousand
heartbreaks scattered
on the desert floor
missing are
boots underneath
an empty chair
and water to wash
away the grief.


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