Bridge between Santa Barbara and Samana Cay (Dominican Republic)

"A la primera isla que yo hallé puse nombre San Salvador a conmemoración de Su Alta Majestad, el cual maravillosamente todo esto ha dado; los Indios la llaman Guanaham; a la segunda puse nombre la isla de Santa María de Concepción; a la tercera Fernandina ; a la cuarta la Isabela; a la quinta la isla Juana, y así a cada una nombre nuevo."

Cristopher Columbus

about the first island he visited in America,

possibly Samana Cay

Improvised bridge in the Dominican Republic

Palm-tree: single-legged giant,

topping other trees,

peering at the firmament -

It longs to pierce the black cloud-ceiling

and fly away, away, 

if only it had wings.

The tree seems to express its wish

in the tossing of its head:

its fronds heave and swish -

It thinks, Maybe my leaves are feathers,

and nothing stops me now

from rising on their flutter.

Rabindranath Tagore