Best Flyover Poems

Above the clouds in many splendored hues of blue and white
    This view beheld by an honored and rarest few

A nations treasure lies below in marble and in green
    Yet no dome or obelisk could ever be this hallowed

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...And, now, six geese fly
by, low over the treetops,
leaving the lake at dusk
in Daylight Saving Time, as if
they said, too dark, too soon.
And, as long as the geese
are flying ensemble, talking
among themselves, irate
over the time change,
then, the natural world
is OK, and so am I....

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Flyover of no return
David J Walker

I remember
Approaching 40

Going 60 miles per hour
Reaching for the marker 

That might curtail the power
And avail a slower pace 

A space that might embrace 
A respite in the race

On its way to 100 and
the flyover of no return...

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The Five Hour Flyover 
David J Walker

Oceans of cotton and pumpjack sails 
The reality of time on miles prevails
On the horizon painted and parted by hours of 
Tipping the scales between 
small towns hovering over the
Llano Estacado  

Herefords and horses line fences 
demanding all...

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