Best Bridging Poems

My sincere thanks to Teppo Gren for bridging the gap and taking time out of his hectic schedule to visit me on his recent visit to Australia from Europe. 

Teppo was one of the very first to welcome me on my debut poem on Poetry...

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I look up high and low outside my window
While the whole wide world seems fast asleep 
I think I hear sweet tears that angels weep
As breaks the far horizon with solar glow 

I wander closer to my window pane
Look out and latch on to serenity
Peacefully...

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Fueled by atmospheric ecstasy
Into ethereal regions' mystery,
  Tilting wings cavalierly,
  Bridging Heaven and Earth,
  Gliding gracefully.

Falcon, sky-hawk, hoopoe, finch
Starling, sparrow, blue-jay, Grinch;
  What matter the appellation?
  The feeling's the same---
  Incessant ceaseless sensation

Jealous we gaze, stricken with admiration
At creatures...

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Den Mothers,
Cub Master, and others
Around a fake campfire ‘burning’ bright--

Present a Webelo with an Arrow of Light.
He’s the Pack Meeting’s special honoree this night.
Crossing the bridge, no more a Cub Scout

They know what they’re about:
Bridging Scouts!


Mark Halliday/WarriorPoet
11 May 2014...

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Bridge cards aren't for everyone
just those who have real need
Not meant for all those college "kids"
that party and smoke "weed"

Not meant for all those shacking up
with a "daddy" in the house
His room and board? It's on our dime
he's a government sponsored louse

Not meant for all...

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when Spring River recedes 
we will break a ritual bread 
together
the lover plans

I would rather build a fence 
along the bank,
the woman swears 

at the daybreak, 
she calls a fence-builder 
to have him build 
a fence 
between her farm 
and her lover’s field  
on...

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Note: This is a liberal English translation of an ancient poem found in the Classical Chinese Infinite Life Sutra (which dates back to the Cao Wei Dynasty of the three kingdoms era). I made some compromises in favor of meter and rhyme scheme, so it...

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I spent my life in total waste,
Waiting for a spark to lead me in the dark.
Yet, it’s a small world; zooming into a big one
Two years or so-I saw an angel waiting for the bus-
The bus was my ally; the Heavens caused its delay.
As if...

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Fired for mistakes I had not made,
the blame was like a razor blade.
Friction so strong, I felt afraid
until I prayed, until I prayed. 

Fear held me tighter than a rope,
Facing my foe, I did not grope.
My work withstood the microscope.
Prayer gave me hope; prayer gave...

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i knew i had crossed the final bridge
when i stopped grieving what i had lost
and started treasuring what i'd been given



AP: 3rd place 2025, Honorable Mention 2022

Posted August 1, 2022...

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Written: 21 July 2023 
Submitted to No. 1231 New Poem Only Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Brian Strand 

Bridging the Unbridgeable Chasm*

As rises the wealth of nations,
As grows the limb of a township
So declines the flowers of compassion;
As grows the arm of a city,
As grows the...

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woke to the phone ringing early morning at four,
worried answered the phone fearing what was in store,
“ Mother had a heart attack” heard my sister say
tears flooded my eyes, I froze and could hear no more!

distances and separations of modern day,
families prised apart as dreams...

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Born free and playful, our soul was complete
Reaching out to one and all, joy replete 
Illumined was our soul, divine entwined
Dispersing love, nothing to be divined
Giving rather than taking, was the norm
Immersed deep in a bliss magnetised storm
Neophyte humble, prayer on our lips
Grateful for each...

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Bridging Sand


Why have we
spanned the verdant valley,
arched the rivers solitude and peace,

altered the currents upon which winged talons feast.
Funneled life along a wandering concrete beast
denying footsteps upon the land,

strung wood and iron band.
Bridging sand?


John G. Lawless
Trois-Par-Huit a Bridge contest
5/19/2014...

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Bridging the lonely banks
Bridges,
Smile-
The two faces
Peace- 
The pieces of hearts
Face is like the roof
Heart is the wall of the UNO
In building lasting peace!...

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