This poem was written for Helene Vaillant’s What do you see challenge:
What do you See? April 2, 2019
He’d had a prescient feeling
When his application had gone in.
The excitement sent him reeling
And made his head feel in a spin.
When the phone call came
To say he’d won the competition
He pretended all the same
That he hadn’t had a premonition.
The booked time was at midnight
The weather had been rather warm
It wasn’t a great time for his maiden flight
Particularly in a thunderstorm.
But regardless of the weather,
He put on his favourite sweatshirt
And carried his lucky eagle feather.
And prayed that no-one else gets hurt.
As the lightning struck across the sky
You’d think no one would have flown that day,
But he was a daredevil and that was why
He shouted, “Cast-off and Chocks Away!”
Copyright: Kristian Fogarty 04/April/2019
I have also included the following word prompts:
https://lightmotifs.wordpress.com/2019/04/03/three-things-challenge-pl49/
Today’s prompt: midnight, sweatshirt, application
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/daredevil/
FOWC with Fandango — Prescient
You are so darn good at combing all the prompts. Wonderfully written, Kristian! 😉
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Thank you. I really loved combining these together with the photo, the idea of a daredevil having a midnight flight in a thunderstom just came into my head 😉
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You have a incredible imagination! I love it!! 🤗
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Thank you. My imagination is like and old friend, it can be great, but it gets on my nerves at times too 😉
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I assure you… My mind ticks me off a number of times. LOL! 😉
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🙂
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Lots of birds with one stone or should I say story. Well written
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Thank you. I enjoyed writing the story in poem form. 🙂
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I do too. You can more in fewer words.
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Fantastic poem, Kristian. You certainly have a creative streak running through your imagination.
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Haha, Thank you, Helene. The idea came to me from the assortment of prompts and then I wanted to challenge myself by writing the story in poetry form. I’m glad you like it. 🙂
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Clever use for all prompt, in poetry form on top of it all, a real challenge.
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I enjoyed it, as always. 🙂
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Good for him! Don’t be put off by a bit of bad weather.. Nice use of all the prompts too!
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Haha, Thank you. Personally, I can’t even get in a plane! A Daredevil, I am definitely not 😉
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Such an interesting take, and also a clever use of prompts.
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Thank you. He was a braver man than me. Interestingly I’ve just written another flying inspired poem. I must have it on the brain at the moment. 🙂
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Yes, the themed life 🙂
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