dali's sad nightmare

Anaya, thanks so much. This was indeed a very sad moment. The truth of it may reveal that there was some incompetence involving the ship's condition. The immigrants who died working on the bridge and their families are who I feel most sadness for. Thanks for being a friend here. Your work is very creative and makes me pause and think. I'm so glad you introduced me to your work. Hugs of course!!!

Suzanne, my daughter has a subscription to chat GPT and she submits my work for me and sends me the picture that comes back. It is rather remarkable how it brings graphics to the masses.

I will check out some more. Fascinating. Which program? Night cafe? SuZ

Hi Suzanne, thanks for the comment...this one turned out really well. I am using AI to make the images after writing each limerick. The graphics world is changing very quickly.

Thanks David. It means a lot to me. I think you do some wonderful things with poetry and will check out your latest. My family and I went to Canada to see the total eclipse. So, I have been a bit occupied. Glad to be back.

SP, you are very kind. We're fortunate this sort of thing doesn't happen very often here. Travel is relatively safe most of the time. This particular poem turned out well. Not all of them do due to the limitations of the form. You are very observant.

Thanks Brian. I had mixed feelings creating this. It's ironic that the bridge was named by the composer of our national anthem, the anthem was about warfare and survival of our flag, and that the exact opposite occurred with this bridge. It was a terrible occurrence indeed.

Jim, I am completely humbled by this comment. I try to keep the ideas short and simple since we are in a world that rushes by. However, there are some wonderful poets here who I think do a much better job than I do.

IE, thanks for your thoughtful comment--the light you send always makes me smile and feel really good. I find the saddest part of this is the loss of the road crew who were working to support their families. There are a lot of compromises made in building bridges. The government principle is for what is in the public interest. Safety is not the top priority sad to say. Hard for people who are removed from the tragedy to understand what this means. At my former job, I argued for more safety, but I don't think people in power really listened or cared that much.

Andrea, prophetic you are. Rather sad that bad news seems to be on the rise. We're getting in each other's way in some sense. Not a good thing when that happens.

Vijay, it's awful for those people. They were all contract employees fixing the pavement on the bridge. Things like this should never happen to anyone. We'll have to see what the investigation by the NTSB reveals.

Daniel, we never know what strange combination of events will lead to something like this. It's not common for a ship to lose power right after leaving a dock with everything running. I would assume they have checklists to pass before they get underway. The truth will come out at some point.

I too am sad that people died.

Hilda, you are very kind. There is some irony in how the bridge was named and destroyed. So, I think it's OK to laugh at the word play. I had mixed feelings while writing this and trying to be a bit clever. The fact that people died is horrible.

Jan, this tragedy affects a lot of people. I feel terrible for the workers and their families. Some of the people who built the bridge are likely still alive and this removes part of their legacy. That's usually not pleasant for them. They'll need to take solace thinking about how many people benefitted from what they did. The experts today have better safety designs that could prevent this; however, there will always be vulnerabilities.

Thanks SO. There are tragedies, deaths, and accidents all the time; but we live where these things aren't supposed to happen. Obviously, some protection was missing or certain procedures weren't followed. Usually something like this results from a whole series of events. Really sad for those who died, their families, the people who designed and built the bridge, and everyone affected.