I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

quote by Zora Neale Hurston
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Kite Flight Dream Space Travel

dream flight tiny flowers
produce seed parachutes
compass aline on heavens

poem by Terence George Craddock
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Through Blue Skies Or Grey

through blue skies or grey watch seasons changes
feelings thoughts minds souls through wonder ranges
yellow petals one day transform into white honeycomb
fade into spectral preparation seeds in readiness to roam

dandelion seeds are spun web silk threads of freedom life
carried away by gust breath of wind or child’s puff glow spice
tiny silk stem parachute flowers, freedom launch breath awaiting
to travel like tiny parachutes, on breeze wind wonder never abating

strong wind can carry tiny flower parachutes, miles away from parent
plant yet freedom seed flying stays, within wonder of any vision heart

poem by Terence George Craddock
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Minds are like parachutes; they only function when they are open.

African proverbs
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Take our own company as an example: We're living proof, we jump with our own parachutes.

quote by Jim Barksdale
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The parachute

I get a brown parachute
and make sure that it’s folded right,
strap it to my back
and feel that it fits well.

You must make certain
that a parachute
can carry weight,
if it’s a parachute

I accompany a troop of soldiers
into a aeroplane
that takes of roaring from the runway
and we fly higher and higher
until the light first flashes red
and then green
and the aircrafts engines stop
while my heart beats in my throat

I get my turn

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poem by Gert Strydom
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Bright Yellow Petal Flowers Imagination Showers

in life I never drank dandelion wine
for sour grapes bitter tastes I had no time
upon rich green grass map child like flowers
bright yellow petal flowers imagination showers

through blue skies or grey watch seasons changes
feelings thoughts minds souls through wonder ranges
yellow petals one day transform into white honeycomb
fade into spectral preparation seeds in readiness to roam

dandelion seeds are spun web silk threads of freedom life
carried away by gust breath of wind or child’s puff glow spice
tiny silk stem parachute flowers, freedom launch breath awaiting
to travel like tiny parachutes, on breeze wind wonder never abating

strong wind can carry tiny flower parachutes, miles away from parent
plant yet freedom seed flying stays, within wonder of any vision heart

poem by Terence George Craddock
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Bumps and Bruises

If one wishes to build a home,
But does not command the expertise...
An architect is consulted.
If expenses are there.
And a success one seeks...
Has a better chance,
To achieve completion!
Although one may decide,
To do everything that needs to be done.
The process is much slower.
But a wealth of knowledge is obtained!

If one without experience wishes to drive,
Lessons are learned...
And if one survives through impatience,
That wish to drive is a dream that comes alive.

However,
If one wants to write, skydive or fly a kite...
That has to be done.

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Freedom Breath Launches

tiny green silk stems
parachute dandelion flowers
freedom breath launches

poem by Terence George Craddock
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Preparing For Their Dreams To Come True

I wouldn't advise anyone to jump from a plane,
Without using a parachute although they want to fly.
Especially those asking,
The purpose and reason a parachute is needed.

But...
I would do my best to convince them,
There is a difference between wishing...
And preparing for their dreams to come true.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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What happen to the pirates we are supposed to see? Then we go down the chutes, and it's where the pirates were. But they're all gone. There is nothing but skeletons down here!

quote by John Hench
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Your mind is like a parachute; it only works when it's open.

African proverbs
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Beauty Is...

I followed a single snowflake
On its free-fall journey to earth.
Obscured by its frozen, cloned kind
Landed silently camouflaged
Like a virgin parachutist
Whose achromatic flake added
To the cumulative beauty
Of a wintery afternoon.
At that moment I realized
Beauty was not a single truth
But a delightful harmony
Of invisible qualities
Comprising the form of beauty
Most often sadly overlooked.

poem by Albert Ahearn
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I got quite bored when I was hanging in the air. I want to do it without a parachute next.

quote by Rhona Mitra
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I'm telling you, just attach a big parachute to the plane itself! Is anyone listening to me?

Jack Handey in Deep Thoughts
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Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.

quote by Margaret Mead
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Junk

Motorcars, handlebars, bicycles for two broken hearted jubilee parachutes, army boots, sleeping bags for two na na na na jamboree buy buy... motorcars, handlebars, bicycles for two broken hearte
Ilee parachutes, army boots, sleeping bags for you na na na jamboree buy buy... ... the shopwindow why why, says the sign in the yard buy buy, says the sign in the shop window why why, says the
In the yard

song performed by Beatles
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Flight Instructor

Why are some of those jumpers,
Plummeting to the ground?

'I told them all specifically,
What they had to do...
To execute a successful jump,
By counting to ten.
Then with a pulling of the cord,
Their 'chutes' would open.'

Why do you suppose,
The others have chosen to plummet?
Their outcome does not look favorable.

'One of them told me,
They did not like my tone of voice.
And 'flight' instructor or not...
Did not have to pay attention to me.
And will do what it is they choose.'

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Unrequited

Parachuting
down through clouds
shaped like whales & sharks,
dolphins & penguins,
pelicans & gulls,
we reach
the purple hills
of a green-hearted island
ringed
with volcanic rock
bathed
by cobalt waters
reefed
by whitest coral
tenanted
by sea urchins & sponge
& visited
by barracuda
& tourists.

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poem by Erica Jong
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Word of Choice

Another wing down the chute,
Walking home and found some loot,
Epic times here and now,
Sometimes I just dropp trou’.
Orcas are ohbeekaybee,
My pet squirell ain’t got rabies,
Elton John will never have babies.

poem by Jesse Swedlund
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