Flight 1.0

[skonen_blades]

So I'm supposed to write a poem around the word Flight and so far, I'm coming up with a big old zero. Here are few alleyways I've been exploring.

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Was DaVinci dreaming of escape when he made the designs for those first corkscrew helicopters? Daedulus and Icarus pressed feathers into wax and wood to escape the maze.

Like they said in that movie, Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far away from here.

But I’m afraid of flying.

As an astronaut will tell you, the problem is escape velocity. The energy needed to break free from gravity is obscene.

Know your Wrights from your wrongs.

Love is flight.

I am the landlord of my own tattooed broken heart, stomping on the ceiling, telling it to keep the noise down. It takes a beating every time it keeps me alive. I envy the people I see every day, hands holding futures as they glide through clouds.

I am the jealous bird-watcher, the dark-hearted ornithologist. I have mapped the spread of wing and taken up taxidermy. I imagine the only reason cupid’s tiny wings can keep him aloft is because he is a child which explains a lot about his aim and attention span. I hope the turbulence I feel is cupids getting sucked into the engine.

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I'll keep trying.



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[shannons-words.livejournal.com]

Ahh yes, being stuck when one HAS to write on something.

My solutions: do a free write. DO NOT THINK ABOUT IT. Do not expect magic. Instead set a watch to 10 minutes or 3-5 pages and write. Do not self edit.

In a few days take a look at it. Underline anything you like, intrigues you or sparks your interest. Now do a free write on that.

Or, if your original free write was somewhat cohesive, underline all of the lines, ideas that you like. Is there a theme emerging? Can you do something with that?

Good luck!

PS. Bummer, I write alot about flight, this would have been been a good Faceoff for me, ha. With my luck I will get in the year they do rocketships for something like that.

PPS. You seem to be writing about 'leaps' lately. That is flight.

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks, Shannon. That's good advice. I'll give that a shot. And the 'leap' point is a good one as well. Cheers.

[icecreamemperor.livejournal.com]

Escape velocity is interesting, though I always thought that had to do with getting into orbit, not flying so much -- but I suppose it must apply the whole way up.

I think the flight/escape + 'escape' velocity sounds interesting. Are you familiar with the "Flight" graphic novel anthologies? They're compilations of short-story-comics on the theme of flight. No shortage of visual inspiration there, if you need it (perhaps too much, even) -- I'm sure they have some of them at the library as well.

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

Cool. Thanks. I'd forgotten about those Flight graphic novels. They could be a good resource. Cheers.

[pete23.livejournal.com]

not sure about the video, but the track is appropriate:

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I like it. The song and the sentiment are both fitting. I see what you mean about the video, though. Right at the top of the video, it seems to insinuate that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person which, as we all know, is patently impossible.

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

my own brainstorming just made me come up with a rather grim idea of a bullet writing a love poem to the heart it's flying to meet :)

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

SWEET! That's fucking awesome!

[shannons-words.livejournal.com]

funny, a friend recently did this, not a love poem though, more like a poem to the heart its about to enter

i guess this means there are two many damned shootings going on lately we're all dealing/writing about :(