Flying A Kite

Happy Kite Poem

Flying A Kite

Red and purple ribbons

Twist and rip through the air,

As we go racing across the sandy beaches,

Sailing our fighting green dragon

Higher and higher

 

Hours and hours spent

Fearlessly running back and forth

With our arms reaching up to the sky

Our necks stretching

As far they can,

Keeping a constant vigil

On our prized aero-dynamic

Accomplishment

 

Our chilled skin

Starts to chap and burn

Providing crimson evidence of

The harsh beatings from fierce the

Atlantic winds

 

Our voices crack

Growing hoarse from

Hours of unabashed,

Grandstand cheering and

Overblown yelling all day

 

 

Beaming smiles

Of pride and

Amazement flash

Across our

Cherub faces,

While warm

Waves of eternal

Brotherhood and

Love flood our

Carefree hearts

 

These are the

Days boys live for!

 

Author's Note

My Grandfather used to love to fly kites. We would spend hours flying our kites.
I wrote this thinking of him as a child flying kites with his friends on the Atlantic beaches. I still love to fly them along the beach shores.

Reviews

[Little Whisper]

I just recently flew a kite for the first time... oh my gosh it was so exciting! I love the way your poem captures the thrill of it. :)

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree with the poem. A good day spend with family and friends flying skies are the good day. We need to gather family and create simple pleasures and memories like in this poem. Thank you for the outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Michael of Gilead]

last time i flew a kite was about 10 years ago? Just south of Kitty Hawk beach.

[Samuel Dickens]

Being land-locked, as I was, I had to wait for wendy March before much kite-flying could be done. Vivid like your memories, I recall us kids flying our kites on the playground during recess. The box-kite I brought once could fly much higher than the others. Then there was the time I flew a kite in an open field and it got away from me. I chased the string through the weeds and ran full-speed into a barbed wire fence, perforating myself quite well.

[JanieB]

Lovely.. :)

[Jibey]

A lovely things to do - though I got neck-ache flying my grandson's last week... and today's kites are so powerful and sophisticated...

[Shep]

O let's go fly a kite up in the atmuspher. I happen to like Mary Popins thank you.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

This really uses state imagery and colour to brighten the journey for the reader, I really enjoyed your sense of sattirical writing, well done.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

I have not flown a kite in years... what a rush of memories flooding back. Love this lighthearted poem

[Tina Kline]

I remember flying kites on the Pacific beaches. Very fun. This really great poem brought back those wonderful memories. Thanks!