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7/17/2026 for 1489 Poetry Contest sponsored by Brian Strand

Red Kite

I grinned
good wind

clouds, white
red kite

fly high 
blue sky

eye blink
kite shrink

winds make
string break 

I sigh
goodbye

childhoodfunmemoryskywindfootle

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Anne-Lise Andresen

July 21, 2026 at 1:49 AM

- So nice to see it in the air :) - hugs

Andrea Dietrich

July 18, 2026 at 9:51 PM

Cute one. I believe I did one on a kite but maybe not with footles. Can't even remember. This must be your latest footle set. Good job

David Crandall

July 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM

Thanks, Andrea - knowing your proclivities, I bet you would like to hitch a ride on a kite! Remember that song in Mary Poppins - Let's Go Fly a Kite -lol.

Gershon Wolf

July 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM

I'd say this footle is akin to a Shakespearean tragedy in five short acts.

David Crandall

July 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM

Haha, yes, it's the Reader's Digest condensed version!

David Crandall

July 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM

Haha, yes, it's the Reader's Digest condensed version!

Karen Jones

July 18, 2026 at 7:12 PM

Cute poem very vivid. Brian will like it!

David Crandall

July 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM

Thanks, Kim!

Ink Empress

July 18, 2026 at 1:55 AM

I am so bad at kite flying honestly its embarrassing! Haha i want a purple kite yss!!! Always smiles from you ~ Lovely footle! Nostalgia hit me! Sending you light always Best wishes ~

David Crandall

July 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM

Haha, keep trying! You need a good wind though and a place away from all those trees, like the one's that catch Alison's kites.

Alison A Smith nee Howarth

July 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM

Sounds like all my experiences with kites. Either I tangle the string or they get caught in a tree.

David Crandall

July 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM

Haha, yep, that happened to me a lot too. I didn't really have that many successful kite flights in my life. I think the beach is a good place to get a kite up!