Comment from tempeste

Excellent

Ciao poet, you now have three votes.

There was competition in this contest but I enjoyed the uncommon theme.

One may wonder why more planes don't end up having issues with birds... planes make noise.

Planes are at their most vulnerable during lift off and landing.

Every 2.000 flights there is a bird/strike but only 5% cause serious damage.

Thanks for the insight in note s section!

 Comment Written 31-Dec-2022

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reply by the author on 31-Dec-2022

Thanks Tempeste!

Too many good entries this time. It likely was not one of my better efforts.

reply by tempeste on 31-Dec-2022

The theme was different and I enjoy fresh ideas.

Buon Anno Nuovo Marco!

This song was written by Lucio Dalla a famous Italian singer and song writer. It speaks about the new year that's on its way. I'll send you the text in English in a minute.

Ciao!

reply by tempeste on 31-Dec-2022

The Coming Year

Dear friend, I?m writing to you so that I can distract myself a bit
and since you?re very far away, I?ll write to you louder.
Since the time you left, there?s been a big novelty:
the old year is over by now
but something here still isn?t right.
 
We rarely go out at evening, including days off
and there are people who put sandbags near their windows,
and we spend whole weeks without talking,
and those who have nothing to say
still have some time left.
 
But television said that the new year
will bring a transformation,
and we?re all waiting already:
it?ll be Christmas three times a year, and holiday all day long,
every Christ will get off of the cross,
birds will come back too.
 
There will be food and light all year long,
dumb people will be able to talk too,
while deaf people already can.
 
And we?ll make love, everyone as they like,
priests will be allowed to get married too,
but only at a certain age,
and without too much trouble someone will disappear,
maybe they?ll be the people who are too sly,
and idiots of any age.
 
You see, dear friend, what I?m writing and telling you,
and how glad I am
to be here in this moment,
you see, see, see, see,
see, dear friend, what we have to make up
to be able to laugh it off,
to keep hoping.
 
And if this year would pass in an instant then,
you see, my friend,
how important it becomes
for me to be here too, in this moment.
 
The year that?s coming will be over in a year,
I?m preparing myself: this is the novelty.
 

Comment from lancellot

Excellent

Wispy contrails parallel the migratory birds' flight south.

Well, maybe those contrails don't exactly parallel the migratory birds' flight south. If they did, the people inside those planes would be pissed. Those birds are all over the place, but eventually, they'll make it south.

 Comment Written 29-Dec-2022

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reply by the author on 29-Dec-2022

Lancelot,

You are probably right. Anyway my (missed) science classes likely did not disclose the highest altitude birds soar.

Comment from Kayte Ray

Excellent

this is a great one line poem. You have a nice presentation here with coloration and font choice. I appreciate the graphic and how it directly relates to your poem. Nice writing.

 Comment Written 29-Dec-2022

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reply by the author on 29-Dec-2022

Thanks for your review. I prefer short poems. Longer ones are just not in my poetry wheelhouse.

Comment from Sugarray77

Excellent

I like this one Mark. I thought your notes would tell us that the contrails would so much higher than the migratory birds that there would be no collisions. Let's certainly hope so. Good luck in the contest.

Melissa

 Comment Written 29-Dec-2022

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reply by the author on 29-Dec-2022

Melissa,

I missed that science class. I have no idea at what (high) altitudes birds soar. Bird collisions typically are at low altitudes or on takeoff,. Captain Sully knew what to do as he ?landed? on the Hudson River.