Antics of Dream Flyers
Hectic
Published in
Jan 2, 2022
A poem of dreamtime flying, corresponding to the oral cues and illustration of Tracy M., 3rd grade, Poets-in-the-Schools.
Tracy went flying one night,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀soaring at tremendous height,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀when
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀both
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀his
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀engines
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀conked
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀out
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀kite.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀a
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀into
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀himself
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀turned
Was Tracy undone by fright?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀No, he kept his cool throughout
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
“Hectic” originally published in Antics of Dream Flyers, © 2016 Margaret Honton, Sophia Books, Pueblo, CO.
