I was there for a concert with my husband – to see Atlanta Rhythm Section at The Capitol Theatre in downtown Macon, Georgia, when I saw the landmark plaque on the historic bricks back in January. From Guale, the Marshes of Glynn to Lake Lanier and beyond, so much of Georgia History is steeped in the words of Sidney Lanier. I took a picture and turned to William Carlos Williams for the inspiration today in a borrowed line poem.
Saluting Sidney Lanier
so much in Georgia depends
upon
a Macon-born poet illuminating
waterways
glazed with flute music
lyrics
from the bricks of downtown
birth-town
to the marshes of
Glynn
to Lake
Lanier
and
beyond
Common Threads 