All in a flap

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Write Eight Beautiful Lines Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
03/28/2025

A step too far, brings right of passage to a ledge Fluttering at cliff walls, pushing life’s brittle edge A sheer instinctive thrust, with no trust to pledge Now or never moment, undermines fear’s wedge A chick leaps off, flailing frail wings fail to fledge Featherweight of hope meets a ten-pound sledge Crashing straight down, no safety net to dredge Next guy flaps like mad, landing softly in a hedge

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Tom Cunningham

Date: 3/28/2025 1:48:00 PM

Pushed the boundaries and plenty of luck can minimise any negative outcome, never giving up helps too, quite a thought provoking verse David. Good luck in the contest and enjoy your weekend. Tom

David Kavanagh
Date: 3/28/2025 3:35:00 PM

Very true Tom, sheer determination only goes so far, some luck is indeed needed to get through this life in one piece, it’s such a fine line though, and impossible to predict, have a great weekend too, cheers David

Di11y Da11y

Date: 3/28/2025 3:40:00 AM

Wow! Read this after recording the audio for my Iron Maiden one - so my mind is in an almost spiritual space. It feels a little like two same but very different meditations on emergence. The saving by a trust fall within both, yet yours gives a 50/50 chance & suggests having wings might not be the key. Is it fate when things work out or merely luck? I fear edge after edge after edge yet never perfecting the fall. Chance is a funny thing though that we have more control of than we often think.

David Kavanagh
Date: 3/28/2025 9:51:00 AM

Thank so much Dilly, I guess we are the byproduct of things that go wrong and right in our lives, we have control over some to a certain degree by using our brains, although bigger gambles need a wing and a prayer, which is probably the case when driven by instinct, I put some nuanced wordplay into this one, some in your face, some more subtle, I’m unsubtly delighted with your enthusiasm and fave, cheers David

Di11y Da11y
Date: 3/28/2025 4:10:00 AM

There's so much to think about in this one. As one realisation clicks, I'm already scrabbling around just about grasping some more... Think I'd better fave.