candy Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Bit of a strange request. Does anyone know of a good poem about flying? I'm currently working on writing a dance unit plan on the subjet of flying.... Be it birds flying or planes or any kind of flying really. So am looking for a poem that might inspire movement. Thanks Candy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Mum taught me poetry as a kid. This was one of my favourites It's called High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long delirious, burning blue, I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew - And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high unsurpassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. -John Gillespie Magee He was a pilot if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 WOW! That was unexpected! Oh now you've made me cry. That is a gorgeous poem! My Dad was a pilot. He died a couple of years ago and my brother just gave me Dad's old leather flying helmet and goggles and some of his old flying instruments. (Dad was a Tiger-Moth pilot!) I have them sitting on my dining table and I look at them every day, trying to decide what to do with them... My Dad was a fantastic pilot and parachutist and just loved the freedom and peace it brought to him when he was soaring amongst the clouds. My brother was also a pilot until he had a car crash a few years ago and has been confined to a wheelchair ever since. Thanks for sharing that poem, phoenix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 gawd. see what I've done now. I didn't mean to make you cry :oops: sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Tears wash the soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Beautiful poem. Thank you Phoenix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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