Poems by Pilots

I am looking for poetry and photographs from flying enthusiest for possible

submissions.

Thanks

Check my Flight Poetry page below for a number of contributions from around the world..

This is a REALLY good page of aviation poetry, much of which has to do with soaring in hang gliders, sialplanes, etc. But there are severla great powerplane poems here too. I recommend the page highly! One of the poems, 'The Coyote Pilot's Howl' stood my hair on end!

Bill Berle

Bill,

Does that poem remind you of Robert Service? It sure struck me as his style.

Ric'Dangerous Dan McGrew'Lee

Alas, maties, I'm not a scholar of classic poetry. Incompetent would be an understatement. The poem that moved me so much might well have been a parody of, or the style plagarized from some old, dead Englishman. Perhaps the poetry experts here can tell? I loved it anyway!

More than one poem recounting reckless deeds has been written in my club to the style of Robert Service. I should post the tale of 'Dangerous G.N.D.', although it doesn't mean as much when you don't know the characters involved.

- Rich Carr

I began reading the poem you mentioned and felt it had an eerie similarity to a famous poem written by Robert Service entitled 'The Cremation of Sam McGee'

I won't quote the entire verse but the first stanza goes:

There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold; The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, But the queerest they ever did see Was the night on the marge of Lake LeBarge I cremated Sam McGee

Corky Scott

Hey, Robert service was a Scotsman.

Two out of three ain't bad. (Meat Loaf is an American)

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Thanks,

Bill Berle Victor Bravo Air Racing