Crash Landing - B Type
..."The perils of a possible crash landing with a touch of humor to end it"
~~ The Poet ~~
" Burlesque is poetry that treats a serious subject, humorously, or is simply a trivial story." ~~ Poetry So...
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Categories:
taxied, flying,
Form: Burlesque
Aussie Adventures of Skeet and Rich
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With all the world
a thousand feet below
was the morn on New Year’s Day,
and ‘neath a shining
weightless wing
the sea cliffs steep ...
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Categories:
taxied, holiday, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Window Seat
...WINDOW SEAT
Sitting beside him in the window seat as they
taxied for take-off at the end of the day, she was
nubile and pretty, as young as his daughter, nearly
perfect in the way of a late-aut...
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Categories:
taxied, love, marriage,
Form: Free verse
Greyhound - La To Ny
...Taxied to the terminal. The fare paid,
vagrants begged for alms, some too drunk to care.
Shrunken faces, weather beaten, they played
a sad tune of which I was unaware.
Some had the means, even po...
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Categories:
taxied, adventure, america, city, journey,
Form: Sonnet
Classified Part Two
...We turned off before reaching Kings Lynn and headed down a road that would take us to Henderson Aerodrome a local flying school, we were waved through the main gate and headed onto the main runway an...
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Categories:
taxied, science fiction,
Form: Prose
Never Ever Satisfied
...SHE SAID COME DOWN AND SING FOR ME I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU PLAY
IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU ANYWAY
AND CAN YOU MAKE IT SOON SHE SAID AND GAVE ME HER BEST SMILE
AND I CAN FIX SOME S...
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Categories:
taxied, emotions, for her, guitar,
Form: Lyric
A Rattling Rhyme
...St. Elmo's Fire
'Twas a fall eve on our flight to the coast
Dressed in my livery this journey I'd host.
A storm was predicted, we would fly 'round
With instrument help from cockpit to g...
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Categories:
taxied, fear, flying,
Form: Rhyme
Millie's Christmas Wish
...Millie's Christmas Wish
Winter Vacation was coming
The kids were all set
They were thinking of Christmas
And the gifts they would get
But, Millie sat waiting
Thinking of nothing but snow
Wat...
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Categories:
taxied, 5th grade, adventure, america,
Form: Epic
Edwardo Badia 1856-1914
...Edwardo Badia
1856-1914
That low bred confidence man!
That snooking swindler who took me for a fool.
“Hey Gregg, you thief!
You owe me still, even as I rot here,
Regrettably ensconced inside ...
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Categories:
taxied, death,
Form: Epitaph
Grandpa's Kids-F
...In the year 2009, she was eight, her brother was ten, I was only 59, and we were together all the time. I taxied them both to and from school every day. ...
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Categories:
taxied, children, family, grandfather,
Form: Rhyme
Disaster On Flight Fd4465e
...I arrived at the airport, along with my wife
For two whole weeks we'll live the good life
We're flying out today for a break in Italy
The place we've both always wanted to see.
We got throu...
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Categories:
taxied, boat, fear, flying, holiday,
Form: Narrative
Budget Flight
...The plane looked old and fairly worn,
the sky was grey, about to storm.
They hurried us along the aisles,
in tiny seats we’d sit for miles.
With creak and groan we taxied out,
at runway’s end ...
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Categories:
taxied, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Connecting
...The first flight left on time
And landed at the proper gate,
But someone took its parking place
And so we had to wait.
We didn't have a lot of time
For our connecting flight
And heavy rain ju...
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Categories:
taxied, travel,
Form: Rhyme
The Poetry Wars Part 1
...Andy, pass the cigs
I said with nervous laughter
First he tossed the pack
Then tossed the matches after
My hands were shaking so
I couldn't get a light
But it was time to go
On our early mor...
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Categories:
taxied, fun, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Past and Present-A Blueprint For Success
...Past and Present; A Blueprint for Success
Ancient legends reside on worn stones;
carry out their journeys through time.
Nothing is ever new, it is only
rediscovered by new senses.
Birds ...
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Categories:
taxied, growth, judgement, life, poetry,
Form: Prose
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