Poetry in Motion - Carlos Reyes - Bridge of the World

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Bridge of the World Carlos Reyes

That book, its cover
gone spine breaking…

When I open it up
it is 1955

I step from the Panamerican Airways
propeller driven DC-3

and smell the jungle
of Panama

for the first time

From A Suitcase Full of Crows
Bluestem Press
Copyright © 1995 by Carlos Reye
Reprinted with the permission of the author

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