'Singing to us'

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.