Best Bridges Poems

The greatest miracle in days of yore  
unsurpassed, two millennia past or more 
a carpenter by trade, Joseph by name
was betrothed to Mary, a virtuous dame
Joseph, proud of his virgin, unbesmirched 
beamed when their banns were recited in church 

Mary had a visitor who...

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Ah, the rustic charm of our old uncovered bridges
built in a century not quite on the verge of major industrialization -
back in a time when connections were vital
for fledgling communities just starting to survive and later, to thrive.
They spanned an entire era with a semblance
of...

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out of fragile mists
framework emerges slowly
bridge from me to you...

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Bridges burning

Hanging onto the fragile ridge
of your life, under a bridge.

Seeing this, cuts deep like a knife,
filling our hearts with such strife.

Our souls constantly in fear,
our eyes well up in tear.

Watching you fade away
makes us all want to pray

for inner strength,
a vision, at length,

to show...

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III

But, of course, I had no dizzying towers                  
To burn...only bridges; and they were torched            
Years ago...

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Over streams
or above deep ravines,
they cling to the earth that supports them.

Having borne years of burdens, their bones are cracking;
the splintery skin of their once-strong arms now rots.
Threatened by footsteps - though few - they groan. . . .

for time is deserting
old bridges.

(Not in a...

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I slept beneath bridges, I ate from the trash
I begged outside diners at night and in day
No home to go to, no belongings, no cash
And picked up the leavings that folk threw away

I baked in the heat, I froze in the cold
I weathered long winters...

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I've heard them tell me 
that life is a gift ,given
I've even heard them say 
life is a journey 
Chartered upon many mountains, 
delighting to be traversed 
What say you, damsel lady!

I know life to be bushy thorns
That every road I have travelled
 has been...

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When moving up in the world
Ensure that you build bridges
Don’t burn them
Your actions might serve their sole purpose today

But someday you might need
 	Someone’s assistance that’s below you 
Don’t let them forget your good of yesterday
Just for your success today

None of us can make it...

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Bricks and mortar vs. feelings, and emotion,
Binding ties, suspensions cabling, connecting
Generational divides, blood stones legacy, uniting
Distant shores these are the bridges of emotional
Tides, a streams current flowing beneath our kindred
Souls.
Red cobble stone streets running downwards, 
To a fine points country road, from the cradle,
Unto the...

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The camels' backs have broken,
All across the thirsty lands;
Their their drivers rail, then bribe, then plead
With the beasts of burden 
Too long taken for granted,
But they will not be moved now, 
Though water lies far away;
They have it in their humps, in the animal patience
On...

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They lie asleep
With no wheels ajar--
No turning of the sky
Awaits their doom.

Rusty is the color
Of the painted steel.
Long lost to beauty
But yet a certain charm

Reveals them to pleasure
Of the eye.
Born to support more than
Their own; lofty it seems

Above the roiling water.
Old bridge-wood knew
Rolls and rolls,...

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BRIDGES OF SARAJEVO
So stirs the heart of man, the great delight,
   to raise a banner high, the march of fate;
to lead the way, where only dark of night,
   might find a way to quench the thirst for hate;   
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The tongue is a fire, it can inspire,
or burn, everything.
The words we say, have so much power,
to build up, or devour, everything.
How much better to think first,
not expecting the worst,
from everyone.
So much happier you will be,
having friends and family,
living as one.

Don't live life without thought,
fixing...

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Bridges can trimble
Just keep walking towards the light
Peace awaits you there


*Miranda Lambert*
For Rick Parise's contest: Haiku Beyond...

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