Thoughts On an Airplane When from our better selves we have too long Been parted by the hurrying world, and droop... -- excerpt from Prelude, William Wordsworth I am cloud sailing and feel as if all the silver-bellied geese I saw this morning have come to pull the plane along like a boat. On the horizon, sea-shell pink spreads below thunder-topped tremolo as if to sing about clouds, sailing high above the patterns of geese reflecting possibility of response to come— steering towards anything, like the luff of a boat caught in the wind . Silence now, calm spreads around us, hurry-hurry ceases its tremolo. Can you feel it, the possibility sailing, ruffle of wind? No bafflement in the geese. Just this moment, preparing what's to come.
Kitty Jospé, retired French Teacher has been moderating weekly poetry appreciation sessions since 2008 after receiving her MFA. She is known for her teaching enthusiasm, joyful presentations, inspiring collaborations demonstrating the uplifting power of art and word. A popular reader, her work appears in numerous journals, and seven books.
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