National Poetry Month 13 of 30: Sky Walking
This morning I wandered over to Mary Lee's blog where she is writing about the wonders of the world each day. Today's poem was about the Golden Gate Bridge. This object has connected two places since 1937. Our family visited the bridge several years ago. It just takes your breath away. When I read Mary Lee's poem, I thought I'd give one a try in her comments. I thought I was going to write about the beauty of the bridge when you see it or maybe the way it connects two worlds. Yet, as I researched a bit, my attention kept returning to the men. Why did those men choose to do such dangerous work? I thought about Eve Bunting's book, Pop's Bridge . Then I found this PBS page about The Men Who Build the Bridge and I read about the "halfway to hell club" and it's 19 members who survived a fall from the bridge thanks to the special safety net so I tried this…. Photograph via Golden Gate Bridge Sky Walking I try not to look dow...