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Poems A-Z Airplane

6/7/2010

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The airplane soars up with her spirit so high

She defies nature’s law as she kisses the sky

Pilot and crew with their uniform crease

arrest all our fears, like aviation police

Wings they are lifted by thrust and by air

while hand on the throttle is steady with care

Altimeter needle while upwardly creeping

ignores the stern voice of the captain who’s speaking

“Steady we go at thirty thousand feet

the ride will be smooth but stay in your seat”

Out of the window the ants you see scurry

are morning commuters in hurry and worry

While a gleam in the sky might be catching their eye

Across the great blue we go quietly by

All of a sudden, the gear it comes down

The flaps they are dragging, almost to the ground

Steady and easy the big bird she settles

Her parts all intact with rivets and metals

The trip just like that is a rousing success

With this parting good-bye the crew we address

It’s not just a trip from point A to point B

But the moving of spirit…from captive to free

David Kettler
This was the first in my alphabetical soup of poems. A….for Airplane! I’ve always enjoyed flying both commercially and when I had a valid pilot’s license. After flying up to the folks a couple weeks ago, I realized that it was the first time in about two years that I had flown commercially. I’m sure that trip influenced this poem a bit. I remember leaving Bakersfield about 5:00 PM full of fuel and the temperature was around 105 degrees. I had trouble climbing to altitude in order to get out of the valley and cross the mountains to the east. It was a good first hand lesson about how hotter temperatures affect the ability of an airplane to climb.




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Rich
1/27/2011 02:19:17 pm

Thanks for the smiles, I'll be back...
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