Bridges
Bridges
A bridge connects two continents,
a lorry crossing with figs
from the Golden Horn.
Chenyang spans the restless Linxi,
where white storks
settle in the reeds.
Tagus, at Alcántara, carried Roman soldiers
and their oxen
on moonless nights.
Red Python, in the city
of forgotten dreams, links fishwives
to Borneo Island.
Charlesbridge, on the Vltava,
houses palindromes
and curses of the gentry.
A double helix bridge
in Singapore gives runners
access to the city islands.
Langkawi, in the land
of a thousand bridges,
takes walkers up Mat Cincang.
Puente de Mujer in Buenos Aires
is packed with stalling
motorbikes today.
6th October looks out over
the dirty Nile
where pleasure boats abound.
Ponte Vecchio boasts pilgrims
marching to Fiesole
to avoid bubonic plague.
Al-Sarafiya, across the Tigris,
lies partially under water
and collapsed.
Gabriel Tucker, dry, dusty,
links United Nations Drive
to Providence Island.
Glienickebrucke is a fog-bound
conduit for spies, prisoners,
from East Berlin.
A bridge is yet to be built
to Sicily, where only sky
looms over a wine dark sea.