Bridges


We should not make our home on bridges!



Sydney Harbour bridge,

the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge,

the bridge between the worlds,

the Helix bridge

let's bridge the gap on the Peace bridge,

which bridge are you on?


Canal bridge lock gate,

wild swans with cygnets, moorhens paddling,

heron standing aloof on the other bank.


The Argenteuill bridge on the Seine

Newcastle bridge, aye, but which one?

The Cliff Bridge in Scarborough,

The Laughing and Greeting bridge

near Falkirk Wheel and the big Kelpies

Brooklyn bridge, Tower bridge London

Mount Fuji from Tokyo bridge,

Shylock's Rialto in Venice


Marine Corp pontoons and Roman

aqueducts, horses hauling narrow boats

along tow-paths on peaceful inland

waterways

Tam o' Shanter chased over the Brig o' Doon

by witches and warlocks;

poor Meg the mare lost her tail that night!


There are people

who even throw themselves off bridges;

we should not make our home on bridges.