BRIDGES

All I can say is I never took you for a troll, Scribbler.

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Reminds me of the bridges in the Smoky Mountains. The bridge crews were always replacing boards 6x12s with ten inch nails. I think that they have all been replaced with concrete now. Saves on wood, but not as aesthetic.

You ol' devil you. Who woulda thunk?

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~A

I liked this a lot. As one who was brought up in Fife, in Scotland, I was aware of being connected to the capital, Edinburgh, by the most beautiful bridge in the world, the Forth railway bridge. Its 130 years old and good for another century at least.
It has been calculated that if all the rivets were taken out of the bridge and laid in a line from New York heading due West--------------------------------- The bridge would collapse and the trains would land in the river !! lol

what a lovely write full of live imagery with a wonderfull message ..."a strong bridge is worth some work"...

it is coincidental that only yesterday through the influences of some sub-conscious forces ..may be because of the things happening around us in our world ..i spilled out these words..." It is easier to raise fences than build bridges"...

warmly..

Briliant rhyming. Don't think I would have figured out the second meaning unless I had read everyones comments ( I'm a bit dull in that department + other department not to be mentioned ). Having the advantage of hind sight I can see the analogy. The poem in both senses is very clever - I love the imagery of the real bridge needing to be repaired joining two landscapes. ( your description is wonderful ) and the underlaying message of
building and repairing relationships. All in all an excellent poem.

Love Mand xxxxxxxx

lovely to be back to read your no nonsense works
i like the way this can be many types of bridge - land to land, person to person, person to god....

nothing to crit
love to you
judy

I think you have always written well. You have not lost anything in your absence. I like a lot!! Keep up the great writings. I would like to know your pen name you use on the site it has been a while for me on the site also.
I am having to learn some of them over again. Please let me know. Write on poet write on!!

Poetry is the heart of every writer.
by: Pixee

Cheers,

Pixee

2011 and now 2017
how about fresh ones
like ur red wagons and nude trees
male-ish
only I feel

is very Frostian, to coin a word. Clearly a good influence, and you have offered a comfortable read with good lines and rhymes.
When dealing with a theme like bridges, such a big symbolic theme rich in possibilities, I think we need a connection of the symbolism. Here we have a bridge connecting a tame land to a desolate land..that means something...that means a lot! What does that mean to you, the casual bridge fixer who goes there with his old truck hoping it makes the trip. It is there need to put a soul into the poem, like Frost does in all his best poems..the fences, the apple picking, the stop in the woods...Frost makes a short poetic narrative about an event and creates a universal from it. Most important, it comes from Frost, "All bridges are worth some work." is not a charged, intimate statement. My take- dig into it.
Hart Crane made his vision of Brooklyn Bridge the focal point of his life's work. Mirabeau Bridge by Appolinaire, there are so many great bridge poems. You are on to something in this tale. Dig!

with a felt message, a poetic message. Very few good poems are ever written without revisions. Glad you could revisit and make this such a fine work!