On one Christmas Eve night Santa and Rudolph got a huge fright.
There was a midair crash that happened in a flash between the sleigh, seagulls and a seaplane in the space over Seville, Spain, in heavy rain.
No one was hurt, only dazed
and while some gulls were grazed, they got away unscathed.
But the reindeer in Spain was hit mainly by the plane.
Categories:
seaplane, christmas, humor,
Form: Rhyme
SEAPLANE
Frail silvered bird of man’s invent
In air or drift its time is spent.
My heart flies high on lofty wings
That listen while the current sings.
Not hindered by the traffic’s clog
Nor crippled by the moving fog,
Bold sailing vessel of the sky
Will light on waves that heave and sigh
Like gannet, gull or tern at home
It glides across the azured foam
And banks and heads into the breeze
To land upon its wide-webbed skis.
The thought occurs, as well it might
Of all it’s seen within its flight,
Most images that on the ground
Will thought and deed intense confound,
When viewed from such a distant height
Do lose their power and their fright
And fade into the circle’s knot
Reminding us what’s been forgot
Categories:
seaplane, inspirational, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme