Art
Right now this is mostly a poetry page.
My goddess has a gap-toothed smile
Imperfect, irrepressable, beautiful, divine
Leaping, soaring, laughing with delight
She kindles playful sparking fires
She tends the humble dog-rose
She is mother to the capricious wind.

My goddess has unruly hair
Imperfect, irrepressable, beautiful, divine
Grinning, dashing, dancing in the leaves
She pulls gentle pranks on hapless humans
She gifts the world with love and hope
She comforts the lonely ones.

My goddess has lanky limbs
Imperfect, irrepressable, beautiful, divine
Flying, circling, swooping down
She tugs your collar
She tweaks your sleeve
She musses your hair
Inviting you to join in the game...


Copyright 2002, Rachel Plassman
Windsong

Silver spirit whispers
Merges with the breeze
Sleek airstream
Windsong lingers
Swiftly spirals
Climbs and dives
Stretches out a silent thought
Yearning for a cloudy height
Trickster's breath
Eyelash flutters
Treetops rustle
Clasping wind-fingers
Fleeting hand-shake
Earth and sky reborn
In sky-eyed flier children
Invocation of Airplane

I offer libations of oil to you
dear spirit of the sky.
I give my heart and soul to you
when together we fly.
I check every cranny, nook and crack
in return, you always carry me back
and show me things I'd never thought I'd see
In you, I am the person I never thought I'd be.

Come now, you creature of the air
for skies above are blue and fair
Though some say "boring is that vanilla plane"
we have things in common, we are much the same.
I dream of you in nightly wanderings
and stand outside the fence a-wondering
will I ever call you mine?
Or, would you introduce me to your brother?
Sister, cousin, or even elderly mother?

You see, I'm a pilot without a plane
who knows that Cessnas are NOT all the same
but if they were, I'd love you anyway.
Little spirit of the sky
will you tell me when we'll fly?
I'll be waiting with list and rag
for when the next renter unloads his bag
and leaves you free
for me
to love you again.
The Four Elements of Aircraft:

Air:  Glider
Earth:  Land plane
Fire:  Rocket plane
Water:  Sea Plane
Spirit:  Jet