The Bridge to Brunot Island
Image by Andy Spanoudakis. Andy Spanoudakis is the exhibition co-chairman for the Pittsburgh Society of Artists and has held that position since 2018. His painting, Landscape No32 Brunot Island RR Bridge, is part of his forty-three Pittsburgh Rivers Bridges paintings series. These paintings are his abstract interpretation of how our bridges interrupt and cut across our waterway landscapes. His work can be seen on his Instagram account @andrewspano_art or Facebook
February 11, 2025
The Bridge to Brunot Island
Caged in its lattice of trusses,
a worker crossing on foot
can witness the last orange flash
before bare winter
conjures Ohio’s vengeance.
For now, giants in their opaque depths
breathe evenly; the bridge’s underbelly
jiggles the surface.
The hammerhead siren is only sunbathing.
A guy on second shift
swears he saw the shadow of Dr. Brunot
haunting with portrait stiffness
the banks where his farm washed away.
Ziggy Edwards edits the online zine Uppagus, among other things. Her poems and short stories have appeared in publications including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5 AM, Grasslimb, yawp magazine, Illumen, and Dreams & Nightmares. Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange published her first chapbook, Hope's White Shoes, in 2006.
