The Casco Bay Bridge, a drawbridge linking Portland and South Portland, Maine
— Photo by Rigby27
The end of Maine Route 77, which goes over the Casco Bay Bridge.
“It's all language, I am thinking
on my way over the drawbridge to South Portland,
driving into a wishbone blue, autumn sky, maple
red, aspen yellow — oaks, evergreens
stretching out in sunlight. Isn't this all
message and sign, singing to us?’’
— From “Today, the Traffic Signals All Changed for Me,’’ by Martin Steingesser (born 1937), Maine-based poet
To hear the whole poem, hit this link.
