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Thread of Love |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand 
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In writing this poem first, and then from out of the blue deciding upon what I would add as a footnote, because the footnotes are part of my style, but are more to do with attempting to balance up the white space in my publications. Just not for the sake of covering the page, but more to complement the poems (or psalms as I consider I do not write poems as such ) The only thing about this poem is that in reading the poem back, it could be thought that my words were to do with the information in the footnote I choose to add. However the poem is more to do with my connection with a friendship and nothing to do with any form of highway in the context of the footnote. But in putting both the psalm and footnote together, in my view, amazingly they do appear to relate, although that was never intended , as I never wrote my poem about the topic of the footnote in ways of my personal focus 5549 Thread of Love 23 July 2006 Across a plain, air to walk Trans-Canadian in waves to seek Along the highway of amour each string tied in a thread of love This knot to ponder in ways of enlightenment yet would there be another sunshine This tomorrow to give yesterday worth value added upon a path borne Maybe, perhaps lost in thought every moment to love another in momentum fought Conscious beginnings time the enemy to live Hours to heart, love could it be Finished in 1970, the Trans-Canada Highway had cost over one billion dollars, in being classed as the longest national highway in the world. First conceived as an idea as early as 1910. Work started in the summer of 1950 with an infusion of $150 million of federal funds (half the estimated cost) provided for in the Trans-Canada Highway Act (1949). Cost-sharing plans, revised twice, increased the federal contribution to $825 million. The target date for completion was December 1956, but the job was more difficult and more expensive than anticipated. For example, the route between Golden and Revelstoke, British Columbia, passed through Rogers Pass, where snowfall reaches 15.2 metres per year and presents tremendous avalanche hazards. Snowsheds, earth mounds and other devices for avalanche control had to be provided. In Québec, the tunnel under the Saint Lawrence River at Boucherville Islands, which is part of the entranceway to Montréal, was a difficult project costing approximately $75 million and covering little more than one kilometre of the highway. The 7821 kilometre Trans-Canada Highway was formally opened at Rogers Pass on 30 July 1962. Canadians could now drive, using ferry services on both coasts, from St John’, Newfoundland, to Victoria, British Columbia. © 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet) a poet who cares |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Love this vision especially. Thank you for the information too. Love, Margherita |
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