{"id":5771,"date":"2024-09-04T21:06:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T21:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.talesfromthelake.org\/?p=5771"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:33:42","slug":"airborne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.talesfromthelake.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/04\/airborne\/","title":{"rendered":"Airborne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Airborne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

for Gary<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. Dewender<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life on a page,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without flesh\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paper in the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meat and marrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of a man<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right word<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a man<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aloft and soaring<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whole sentences rain down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon faces that gaze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What wind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What tense?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was<\/em> all silver glints<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In sunbaked skies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was<\/em> shimmers and rolls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And fire in the belly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was wise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is<\/em> stilted and bereft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking for the word<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a man<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afloat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such heart for it all<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He captured and caught<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tamed on a page<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or without<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glossy or matte<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A moment in life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For eyes and hearts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flying Dutchman of the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With your visceral lens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now gone past the borders<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the great melding place<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You leave us your colors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the warm of this space<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where we, in our grief<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember your grace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Airborne for Gary L. Dewender Life on a page, Without flesh\u2014 Paper in the wind The meat and marrow of a man The right word For a man Aloft and soaring Whole sentences rain down Upon faces that gaze What wind? What tense? It was all silver glints In sunbaked skies It was shimmers and … Continue reading Airborne<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s7zCq3-airborne","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":666,"url":"https:\/\/wordpress.talesfromthelake.org\/index.php\/2016\/11\/21\/for-lack-of-a-hat-part-i\/","url_meta":{"origin":5771,"position":0},"title":"For Lack of a Hat- Part I","author":"L Dewender","date":"November 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 It\u2019s an old building, a refurbished hotel - circa 1800\u2019s. 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