Prop Model Settlements or colonies Past the mountain ravine In plains and meadows Of rolling hills Like French countryside Homesteads And windmills Scarcely a tree Or running river Or life visibly Walking in the country Docile Gliding through the plains In a behemoth Of a zeppelin An airship’s Droning buzz of propellers A giant rollingContinue reading “Prop Model”
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Zeppelin
Zeppelin Six balloon low zeppelin Off coast of city Wooden deck With a strong bow And a figurehead Imitating ships Of the sea As its surface is Built like one too Over the sea And land Looking further Into coasts where City lights Blink and twinkle Destination: Somewhere Anywhere else Only moving
Legion Corsairs’ Welkin
Legion Corsairs’ Welkin It’s a crime To pass you by In my sept-ballooned Airship zeppelin. Why would I not Stop in, Weigh anchor, And say “hi”? Standing on the deck Above in the air, a tiny speck Of nets and rigging and rope, Peering below through periscope. Rough-hewn glass cradled By iron pipes and woodenContinue reading “Legion Corsairs’ Welkin”
