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Flying Poems | Examples of Flying Poetry

Flying Poems - Examples of all types of flying poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for flying.
Premium Member Whiling Away The Hours
Basking atop sunflowers a dragonfly and a fairy were resting, whiling away the hours playing and being merry. It is generally believed that fairies have magic powers; plans to trap one would be ill-conceived, fairies protect the flowers. Scarlet inks a setting sun as...Read the rest...
Categories: fairy, fantasy, flower, flying,
Form: Rhyme
Flying leaves hanging on the trees
She sits green on a shy branch, pretty Soft red bill, her only vanity. He comes same, red rump, blue sapphire throat Their short sheepish tails cannot promote. Hanging upside down on a tree branch 'whatcha looking at?', their stare...Read the rest...
Categories: flying, bird,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Coming Down to Earth Grounded
I see a clearing It's big enough to land in The grass is short No rocks or bumps It's all clear for landing My heart beats in panic Tears of sweat run down my face Fear grips my body In expectant embrace The engine...Read the rest...
Categories: flying,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Premium Member the day I saw a flying grasshopper
I saw a flying grasshopper He was wearing a blue cape and red leotards I wondered who dressed him Why didn’t you ask? My mother said. This is when I realized I get my active imagination from both sides of...Read the rest...
Categories: flying, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Flightlessly
There are birds that leave the nest too soon You are like that All fumbling feathers and heartbreak with sternum kissing ground You grew up early, Paige I don't think you ever learned to fly correctly No one was your...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, flying, imagery, sister,
Form: Free verse



Airport cherubs
Cold blue tile is the foundation from which two children build their world. This airport has seen thousands upon thousands of feet touching its ground, but their travel-weary weight is erased as toddlers run, screaming joyfully, over top. Laughter...Read the rest...
Categories: flying, angel, beauty, child, children,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dragonfly Sour at Angel Flower
Hey Alice! Have you, been smoking the grub's brew? Think you are a butterfly, perched on a flower? Cop the glower, of livid fire-breathing dragonfly!...Read the rest...
Categories: fairy, flying, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Not here, not today
#Not_here_not_today catching loose knees, wonder if I would run here, how far would I even reach, when I'm just a boy in man's body. This threatens my present and could foresee damages bearing fruits in my tomorrow, here I stand...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, character, courage, flying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Up, Up and Away
Up, up and away In ballon full of hot air Hanging from a hair Up, up and away No steering and no braking Bravery faking Up, up and away Under ballon swinging high Storm clouds coming nigh Up, up and away Fearsome lightning bolts flash...Read the rest...
Categories: fear, flying,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member His Return Flight Home
Flying across and above the vast Atlantic Ocean To his own birth country where we were always meant to meet. May my own hopeless romantic heart soon be once again open....Read the rest...
Categories: first love, flying, love,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Adrenaline Junket
The vague and the abstract turned into a contract, adrenaline junkies, now joined in a dare. With hands up, no screaming, they’d both go careening, defying gravity at the State Fair. What started as amity morphed to calamity enough that...Read the rest...
Categories: flying, friendship,
Form: Quatrain
as long as I see the sky
as long as I see the sky…misty grief flees my soul ~ glowing with hope...Read the rest...
Categories: flying, appreciation, care, color, day,
Form: Monoku
Flying Instead
Walking and thinking and clearing my head Facing my demons or lying instead Even the flowers that smile...Read the rest...
Categories: cheer up, flying, happy,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member forever forbes flying flawlessly
forbiding forever forbes to fly forward flawlessly foruitously falsely fascinated by five fools following fleetingly frantic flipflops fervently and furiously....Read the rest...
Categories: flying, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Flying On My Broom
Fly-ing on my broom Plans are made...yearly on zoom. Tonights the night of fear and fun The...nights only just begun. I'll screech and laugh, and scare you I'll curse you with, potions bad brew. I stir my cauldron well And fill with...Read the rest...
Categories: flying, song,
Form: Lyric

Specific Types of Flying Poems

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry