Leland James

Leland James Poems

Leland James Biography

Leland James is the author of two books of poetry, Inside Apples, published in 2012 and This is the Way the World Ends/ This is the Way the World Ends, from Finishing Line Press with a publication date of August,2014. His poems have appeared in ten countries in over fifty periodicals, including, The South Carolina Review; The Spoon River Poetry Review; New Millennium Writings; Vallum; Orbis; Magma; Osprey, Scotland’s international journal of literature; Arc; HQ, The Haiku Quarterly; and The Society of Classical Poets Journal. He was an International Publication Prize winner in an Atlanta Review poetry competition and was runners- up for the Fish International and the Welsh Poetry prizes. He has placed or received honors in dozens of other competitions, including, Aesthetica Magazine, Morton Marr, and the Bridport Prize. www.lelandjamespoet.com)

The Best Poem Of Leland James

Ghost Riders

Wild horses on the moon,
great silver beasts
18 hands high,
hooves of steel,
breath white as snow—
Gone.

Wiped out
by rocket men
who never knew
—did not believe,
did not imagine—
they were there:

rocket men,
whose forebears
riding silver horses
(on the covers
of slick magazines)
now haunt the silent moon.

Leland James Comments