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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESIGN OF A BRIDGE, by LUELLA STONE
First Line: Star-rayed and beamed with dreams, it seems
Last Line: Of steel instead of dreams.
Subject(s): Bridges
First Line: Star-rayed and beamed with dreams, it seems
Last Line: Of steel instead of dreams.
Subject(s): Bridges
Star-rayed and beamed with dreams, it seems,
We drew a bridge; new-made,
A steep arcade high as the sky
Unaided. Unafraid
In light so bright, throughout the night
We built a bridge. A far
Blue velvet carpet to a star
Was laid. We found a leak;
Soon found the ground foundations weak
Astride downstream. Each side
We tried we found unfortified
For tide. Upstream, rough-shod,
We plodded on the bridge. When scarred
With strain of train, insane,
We burned the bridge, unpaid for, charred
It with debris! Then pain
Rebuilt a frame deep-weighed with beams
Of steel instead of dreams.
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