Famous New Guinea Poems by Famous Poets

• Best New Guinea Poems by Famous Poets
• New Guinea Poems by Members
• Best New Guinea Poems by Members
• New Guinea Quotes

The Man In The Dead Machine

 High on a slope in New Guinea
The Grumman Hellcat
lodges among bright vines
as thick as arms. In 1943,
the clenched hand of a pilot
glided it here
where no one has ever been. 

In the cockpit, the helmeted
skeleton sits
upright, held
by dry sinews at neck
and shoulder, and webbing
that straps the pelvic cross
to the cracked
leather of the seat, and the breastbone
to the canvas cover
of the...Read more of this...

Dont forget to view our wonderful member New Guinea poems.