Poem: Golden Gate Bridge by Joan Bransfield Graham

Golden Gate Bridge

Rising above

            the fog,

I am an aria

            of orange,

a symphony

            of steel –

a remembered

            melody.

Beneath

            I span the

Golden Gate Strait,

            from shore to

shore, with a

            chorus of cars.

What song will you

            discover

On the other side?

                                    Joan Bransfield Graham

Postcards of BRIDGES

2082.  Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Greetings from NH, Chris, where we're famous for our beautiful covered bridges.  I'm also a retired teacher (enjoyed every grade from K - 6th grade, with the exception of 1st grade).  Many of my former students have found me on FB.  Love PA - stopped there every time I drove to/fro FL (where I lived and taught in the 1980s).  Also taught K in VA Beach.  Love the ocean - beach walking with my little rescue dog, combing for sea glass, drama, Bible teaching, and travel.  Best, June

2063.  Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, WALES

4 May 2021

Greetings from Wales, UK!  This aqueduct bridge in North Wales is the highest in the world.  I haven't yet gone over by narrow boat but hope to soon!  It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Have a great day!  Claire

2050.  Rhine Bridge, Lower Rhine Region, Germany

I send you sunny regards from the lower Rhine region, I hope you like the Rhine bridge by Wesel?  I love the green country life here with my dog Rudy.  A great book is from F Schahing, "Tod & Teufel."  Best wishes and stay healthy.

2048.  Potsdam Glenicker Brucke (Bridge)

Many greetings from Berlin.  I send you the bridge of Alientche is the border between Berlin and Potsdam.  It is a very pretty area.  There are many lakes and castles.  Stay healthy!  Alex

2042.  Mungstener Brucke (Bridge) GERMANY

Hello from the small town Haan in the west of Germany, called "Rheinland, :the old father Rhein" is the biggest German river.  It is coming from Switzerland and ends in the Netherlands.  The river under the bridge is a tributary of the Rhein.  This is the highest railway bridge in Grmany, is is located in our neighbour city.  Best wishes to you.  Hope your mailbox is filled upp with cards you like.  Regards with love.  Please stay healthy with covid!!

939.  A Bridge in Russia, but I don't know where, darn it!

Hello, hope you will like this card.  Best regards, Anna

745.  Garganta do Diabo - Santa Maria - BRAZIL

Valley of the Devil's Throat

Hi!  Today I'm studying for school and it's cold, so I'm happy.  I love to study and learn new things and reading is good to reflect about life.... If you like reading, you should read AGatha Christie, she's the best.  Be happy!

PICTURE BOOK - Pop's Bridge by Eve Bunting

Illustrated by C. F. Payne

2006, Houghton Mifflin

32 pgs.

Goodreads rating: 4.07 - 210 ratings

My rating:  5

Endpapers:  Dark Evergreen

1^st line/s:  "My pop is building the Golden Gate Bridge.  Almost every day after school Charlie Shu and I go to Fort Point and watch."

My comments:  I am so fond of this book...I've read it many times, to myself and aloud to different groups of kids.  Last week I read it aloud to a group of nine to twelve-year-olds that were attending the "Bridges" STEM camp that I was facilitating, and it delighted me once again.  I love the Golden Gate Bridge.  I never saw it or drove over it until about 15 years ago when I went to visit a dear friend in Marin County, California.  Since that first visit there have been at least two visits a year, and we always drive at least one back-and-forth trip over "my" bridge.  My friend's mom was one of the thousands of people who walked across the span on opening day in 1937.  She's told me the story several times.  This is a wonderful book of two friends and the dads who built the Golden Gate Bridge.

Goodreads:  The Golden Gate Bridge. The impossible bridge, some call it. They say it can't be built.
          But Robert's father is building it. He's a skywalker--a brave, high-climbing ironworker. Robert is convinced his pop has the most important job on the crew . . . until a frightening event makes him see that it takes an entire team to accomplish the impossible.
          When it was completed in 1937, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge was hailed as an international marvel. Eve Bunting's riveting story salutes the ingenuity and courage of every person who helped raise this majestic American icon.
Includes an author's note about the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.