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Across a Strong Bridge
upon the marriage of two friends
In a weary world that’s grown quite old,
Where men grow weak, and thought grows cold,
Two hearts can make one serious dent
For virtue strong. As cool as mint—
Transforming ice, into this force:
Connecting love—a Cross, of course.
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Alexander King Ream is a writer living in the Northern Neck of Virginia. His work has been printed in Decanto Poetry Magazine, Western Viewpoints and Poetic Images: the Great American West 2015, The Rocky Point Times 2016 and in several issues of The Lyric. Currently, his work has gone to print in the Autumn Journal of The Writers Guild of Virginia, and his novel Canterbury 2020 is available locally in the Northern Neck of Virginia. A member of the Demosthenian Literary Society at the University of Georgia, he deployed to Hawija, then wrote on Lookout Mountain, continuing to write, lecture and work for Delta Kappa Epsilon International. He was first published reading to the pledge class of Michigan DKE, in Ann Arbor.
Precious poem.
Thanks RP
The wordplay on “cross” and “force” and “course” (along with “cold” and “cool” and “mint”) make this epigram for a marriage profound on several levels. To speak only of “mint,” the poem on the surface refers to the pleasant flavor, but alludes as well to a “mint” producing coins of solid value, and to what is “meant” by all the words in this celebration of ineffable love.
thanks Margaret – very perceptive of you, more than you know. The 2 friends who inspired the poem were wearing mint green (her gown his tie) at his brother’s wedding.
This is such a gem of a poem. It warms the heart.
Thank you.
hey thanks Maria – really gracious words from you. appreciated.