Best Airborne Poems

There was an ample dame of Knight
who with her waistline had a fight.
Doing daily exercises
reduced her about six sizes.
In wind she’s seen taking flight....

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Up in the air again
I was down on the ground
But now I’m hovering
There is so much miles
I am covering
Borne from the air
I’m soaring higher
Like it ever did
Burning down the bridges
Of my memory
Where the oceans
Meet the sky
I’ll be flying
Oh, I got lightning
In my veins
I’m flying at...

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Winking on before the stars
These little airborne lamps
Endowed my neighbourhood
As my wide grey eyes feel good

I must stop and stare
As electric insects appear
No one can take this view from me
As long as my eyes can see

Dancing in their flights
Guided by several lights
Every dawn must die
As...

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Every man has a mission
An objective
To carry out the orders of the commanding officer
What will be the plan after this war is over?
Shall we begin anew?
Can we place this ugly Godforsaken place behind us?
We all have a past
We all have families to return home to
What...

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The Twenty first division of the airborne flying rats,
were perched upon a building ledge above my block of flats.
This way and that ,their beady eyes, sought targets on the square,
and then en masse, they launched themselves, in squadrons to the air.
One little lady unaware of...

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Arriving for my first visit, not knowing what to expect
Instantly awestruck at the plethora of trampolines
Ready to jump feet first into a new adventure.
Bouncing up, down, in, out, to and fro
Over and over again. I spot the soft foam pit, 
Racing towards it, I take...

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People I knew who escaped alive 
From Arnhem, the Bridge too Far,
That Unsuccessful campaign
Of The Second World War.

But for a leg broken in practice
Richard would have been there
Maybe jumping to his death 
Through the clear still air.
Captain Bill, then  a glider pilot.
A hazardous way...

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I dug my toes into the tile floors 
through the custom issued socks
and ahead I looked at the psychs counter
and with energy and lift I would rock

I began to run while the guard looked on
he wondered what my actions would be
but a swift pursuit I...

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Letter to Kim

We were young lovers, you played a game
I am leaving my love; take with me my dream.
Your magical charm is sweeter then wine.
I am yours; I am yours; not sure, you are mine
All longings are still; I don't know what to say.
I don’t...

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aquire
                   spitfire
    retire
                    expire
 ...

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On Military Parachuting

In the light of your mortality,
The trials and tribulations of everyday life,
Diminish considerably....

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Your heart insisted down this road
Where you could only retrace broken hearts 
Hopping along a naive green toad
Taking your chances in a three-wheeled cart

Make the leap...why not take the step
You’ve had your wings since you were born
Take the step...from nothing make your stamp
Spread across the...

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Today, our sun shone neath a haze
that blocked its rays.
Views disappeared;
the air looked weird.

The weather forecast sounded great;
blue skies, clear fate.
Stead, we were shroud
inside a cloud!

But, then I heard, as the news broke,
wildfires spread smoke
from West to East-
an airborne beast!


July 21, 2021

Contest: 12 Lines In...

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The rain 
If comes too often
Makes people sad
Besides flood and flu
Inconveniences and economics hazards
I pity the rain because it's like
The sky is  crying
A lot of sorrow is ahead
The rain is busy washing away Deforested soils, human sins and Airborne virus 
Don't cry baby
You make...

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SAND
airborne
dust devil

stinging whirligig
rips my hair, eyes, and skin
I’m well-scoured and abraded 

“Cleansing sand storm, if I survive.”

NB: Clarity Pyramid, two triplets and a single line; 1/2/3/5/6/7/8 (7 lines total)...

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