Bixby Bridge - Emily Marie Bording

[Larry Robinson]

Bixby Bridge

So high, 
so precariously high 

Concrete arches span
this daunting divide
between sea and land

Crossing is sure to
exact a toll

Worlds collide
260 feet below

chill winds 
nip at the neck
like a whiskered kiss

Sunlight plays in a misty sky
as dewdrops fall 
from a Yucca Whippli Eye  

Westerlies whip the stooped Cypress, 
the statuesque Sequoia,
and the long haired hiker  

Coastal tides and seismic rides
rub Big Sur’s cliffs raw
the hammer and chisel 
of its scenic scrimshaw

Highway One takes us to the edge
with the candor of a Bohemian poem
enticing us to venture 
beyond what’s known 

   - Emily Marie Bording