Best Takeoff Poems

The planes were lined up in a queue,
A reminder of something I knew.
     They awaited permission
     ...

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Her life is just about to take off,
As she straps in behind the stick.
The destination might be unclear,
But the route is hers to pick.

Education fuels...

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I dream in color with vivid detail
I travel and run and chase
But my favorite dreams I love to have 
Are the dreams where I can...

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Spend your hard-earned cash on fuel for takeoff.
Pray that the government does not find out until gone.
Allow your free time for checking weather, not golf.
Case...

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Thanksgiving, 1971,
a parachute pilgrim approaches Northwest Flight 305
as Dan Cooper, anonymous businessman,  anarchist airborne, 
black suit, black sunglasses, a black tie
and a black briefcase...

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Raintears run down
the cabin window,
and the lights go dim
for departure.

It's twilight here
on the ground and the sun
has just set behind
the western mountains.

The plane taxies around...

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once a pilot from london

at takeoff chewed an onion

but when he would speak

the flight crews would freak

now he just drinks a bourbon....

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“Dreams Coercing Memory” 

You want cherries jubilee
with a little Krug champagne
but soft custard is just the same
when reality plays its game
by the spoonful
morphine comes 
to...

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Bicycle man ride, ride fast
I see the wings spreading
increase the speed geometrically
as you reason arithmetically
you are about to fly into air
the bicycle is on takeoff...

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It seemed that I dared
To climb the stairs toward heaven
Effort over a millennium, or was it timeless? 
A spiritual goal pursued in this endless universe
No...

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In April of '57 the US got quite the shock
   The Soviets launched Sputnik
   The space satellite rock  
We fell...

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The Racetrack 

   A momentous and thrilling place 
   where people lose their pace 
   looking through the columns...

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Abruptly now
Sad tragedy strikes;
Flight enroute


Bad weather 
Storms magnify;
Erupt and hurl


Airplane turmoil
In stormy squall;
Now lost at sea


Surabaya takeoff
Bound for Singapore;
Java Sea crash


Search and Rescue teams
Mounting massive...

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Memories
 become sand full of hourglasses. 
One thousand snowflakes are one thousand dead cats in the Hudson River.
 Memories hurt. 
They are Michael Schofield broken...

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How dare you desecrate the Capitol with urine and feces!
Even filthy pigs refuse to defecate near their own dwelling place.
How dare you flaunt confederate flags,...

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