HOW TO FLY A KITE

First you take the girl
up on the southern Downs -
on a day with light wind
and bright sunshine.

Then you unpack things
from your bulging back pack -
with emphasis on those
Picnic goodies.

Next you ask for help
stretching the fabric out
to fit the sticks inside -
looking in her eyes.

While she holds the tail
you touch her hand with yours
as you tie up the string
ready for the air.

You give her the reel
and offer up the kite
to the heavens where her
presence transports you.

Place your hand over hers

and show her how to let

the string free the kite to fly.

When she turns, kiss her.

 

It's very simple.

 

 

© Griffonner 2024





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Written on 2024-01-07 at 11:05

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jim The PoetBay support member heart!
So sweet and so innocent and so charming, I am taken back by this, taken back to memories somewhat forgotten with time, now awakened.

This poem is a time-machine. Can there be such innocence today, I wonder.
2024-01-09


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Very nice, Allen. This poem has the ring of first-hand experience.
2024-01-08


Uncle Meridian The PoetBay support member heart!
Vivid and winsome. As Marianne Moore might have said, the reader is happily implicated.

Or as I would say (!!!), this is a poem in whose language we would like to linger awhile.
2024-01-08


D G Moody
But first catch your girl! But seriously, an excellent poem Allen, that takes the reader to it delightful conclusion.
2024-01-07