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How nice to have a skill that would allow for me to leave the ground and soar to sky! I’d be so thrilled, I’d have to shout WOW WOW. Imagine it! To leave the ground and fly. As I have done a few times in a dream, I’d take a running leap, and then I’d drift up high and ever higher. This would seem a joyous way to make my spirit lift. I think I’d have to do it just at night with no one seeing me, all on my own. To make it known -that just would not be right. The scientists would not leave me alone! A bird or superhero I’d not be. I’d simply want to fly while being ME! June 6, 2022 for Chantelle Anne Cooke's Flight Two Poetry Contest

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Date: 6/29/2022 2:11:00 AM
Andrea, A silken sonnet from your golden pen. Exquisite rhyme and flow. Congratulations on your selection. Howard
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Date: 6/25/2022 1:24:00 AM
Flying when one is ones own self is a wonderful concept. Freedom within and liberty en-robed. Beautiful. Congratulations!
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Date: 6/24/2022 5:59:00 PM
Dear Andrea, I share your whimsical wish to fly, and, like you, I have done so in dreams many times.. and each time I have awakened filled with elation. Such a beautifully rhythmic and expressive sonnet. I especially love the spirit of your last line! Congratulations for your excellent win in Chantelle's contest. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan
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Date: 6/24/2022 12:00:00 PM
Wow! What stunning vivid imagery! Andrea, you should be congratulated on the excellent writing you penned.
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Date: 6/24/2022 11:59:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. A lovely write. Love your ending. It would be nice if we could fly. Have a blessed day/weekend writing away.......................
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Date: 6/11/2022 8:34:00 AM
I like this one a lot, Andrea, with its perfect rhyme. The embedded rhyme in the third stanza gives the piece wonderful additional depth...I have always had dreams I could fly. Such an exhilarating experience!...Good luck in the contest with this perfect little poem! ...Fran
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Date: 6/5/2022 10:52:00 AM
Sans angel wings? Aloha!
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/5/2022 12:13:00 PM
I don't have them in my dreams. We won't need them in the next life either!!
Date: 6/5/2022 10:18:00 AM
I agree. You’d want to do it without interference or regulation! Enjoy!
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Date: 6/5/2022 8:43:00 AM
you had to remind me....as i watch the ring-neck doves feed out my window...that moment when they upright, startle and take wing...as shades of grey and white streak into the air...i am racked with jealousy....your poem did that to my neuropathways....thank you, excellent poem
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Date: 6/5/2022 5:13:00 AM
SPREAD THOSE WINGS GIRL.....AND FLY.
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Date: 6/4/2022 10:34:00 PM
This is a beautiful English Sonnet Andrea. You have tackled this subject quite easily it would appear. I would love to fly so very high without a plane as well.
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Date: 6/4/2022 6:54:00 PM
I'm with you. I don't want to be a superhero or a bird, however; I just want to soar on the breeze being me. Wonderful poem. Good luck in Chantelle's contest.
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Date: 6/4/2022 6:27:00 PM
Great poem Andrea…..how amazing would that be to feel the freedom of flying…..Debx
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Date: 6/4/2022 5:06:00 PM
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to actually fly Andrea. I have had many flying dreams and they felt real. This is a great sonnet for the contest. I entered it too just in time. I keep trying. Blessings xxoo
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Date: 6/4/2022 3:42:00 PM
You can be an angel with wings---if not for real, then in your dreams. Soar high, Andrea.
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Date: 6/4/2022 2:53:00 PM
Hi Andrea, What a good write for the contest theme. I, too, would love to fly. I used to dream about being able to fly often, but these days I don’t have flying dreams that much. But I never forgot the feeling I had when I was flying; I felt so free and at peace. Best wishes in the contest:-) Alexis
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/4/2022 2:57:00 PM
yes, I lost my flying dreams as I got older. I feel that they represent youth and high hopes, so as I got older and faced life's realities, my flying dreams deserted me.
Date: 6/4/2022 2:39:00 PM
Me to Andrea, maybe in heaven someday. Blessings.
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Date: 6/4/2022 2:11:00 PM
Nice entry for the contest, Andrea. Good luck! I like that you choose to do it alone, without an audience, It's a personal thing. Hugs, Bill
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