Groszowy Bridge over the Mlynowka canal in Opole (Poland)

This bridge is my own fault
I felt locked in a cage and decided to go
Chasing freedom that I thought I've lost
I just wasn't ready to admit I was wrong
But when I tasted the new world
I found out the cage was a place I belong

Exerpt from Bridge, 

song by polish singer Dawid Podsiadlo

Zamkowy Most (Castle Bridge) over the Mlynowka canal in Opole (Poland)

Hello? If you can hear me, give a sign, a call,
enclose a tone. I want to know if there’s a meaning.
Bark during sleep, wake up the neighbors, swing a bell,
let glass fly from the windows, let the singing

of mermaids prompt an erection. Let the host go hoarse
and let the radio shut up, let silence rise
above the street like a mountain peak, like forty floors
of editors accepting slender volumes of complaints and gripes.

I’m waiting for a sign. There’s time. By now, I’m well
regarded here as a nutcase who blabbers on,
who sends letters to his own address. I myself
created you, it’s clear, but what about the future tense

Poem by Opole poet Tomasz Rozycki,

translated by Mira Rosenthal

Piastowski Bridge over the Oder River in Opole (Poland)

"Oder is a noble peasant woman. Quiet, confidently goes by their land. Lime and coal dust, sometimes resting on her dress her monotonous beat kick lumberjack song. She always has a job, lugging their children coal and wood, grain and hundredfold need to live. Those who are living with her, safe and happy, and when it reaches the sea, wide and devotion extends his arms toward eternity. "

Oder River according to

Paul Keller

Piastowski Bridge over the Oder River in Opole (Poland)