April 16, 2015

paper airplanes
our thirteen year-old
explains flight again


2 comments:

Area 17 said...

Wonderful!

The first line creates a context which we can bounce off with our own memories of trying to create the perfect paper plane, and then get it to fly at least a few feet.

The phrase brings back our early teenage years and the excitement of first discoveries, and the possibilities of flight as if for the first time.

warmest regards,

Alan

Alan's haiku blog: Area 17 blog weblink

Shelley said...

Thank you again, Alan. I am hard-pressed to say which I am more appreciative of... your grace as a writer of haiku, or your generosity as a student of the form. Warm wishes to you during this challenging time in your life.