P.S. Christine & Bob thought you might enjoy reading some poetry inspired by the beauty of Brooklyn Bridge:
And that's all I can
recall of Brooklyn Bridge,
tonight, John A Roebling
and Washington Roebling
built it, and it hath cables
and it does one good
to cross it everyday----
Excerpt from
The Brooklyn Bridge Blues
by
Jack Kerouac
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I tell you, you walk out on the bridge,
where you are absolutely safe, with the cars on the roadway down below, on either side,
where you are never fearful,
where you never have any sense of edges, never any sense of non-support, no swaying,
where even the air feels textured with delight.
Oh, you walk out here and you are beautiful. You are rich and famous.
You are one with the glories of the world about you, Brooklyn Heights and
New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty and the towers of Manhattan.
You are one with all this beingness, and you are utterly free.
You are dancing in the air. You feel like you are flying.
You are joy.
Excerpt from
Getting Hitched
by
Stephen Beal
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Angel wings on either side of me
ascend to gothic arches and down again
to Brooklyn and Manhattan shores.
The moment stretches out
like a cable strand spun taut and singing
the perfect one unwavering note.
Excerpt from
on the Brooklyn Bridge
by
Shep
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