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I often sit and wish that I
Could be a kite up in the sky,
And ride upon the wind and go
Whichever way I chanced to blow.
Elaine V. Emans
All the other seasons
Added up together
Never can compare
With kite-flying weather!
Like a bird skimming
Across the blue sky,
My kite travels swiftly -
Beautiful and high!
The cord often runs
Stinging through my hand,
As my bird soars higher,
Higher o'er the land!
But all too soon twilight
Lowers on the town,
And I must haul my bird
Down, down, down!
Susan Alton Schmeltz
In March, kites bite the wind
and shake their paper scales.
They strain against their fiber chains
to free their dragon tails.
Eleanor Dennis
We made a brand-new kite today,
And soon as we were through
We came out here to fly it,
And the wind just blew and blew.
And now the kite's a tiny speck;
We've used up all the string;
I'd like to go and get some more.
Anne's such a tiny thing
To hold the kite all by herself;
I wouldn't let her try,
For fear I might look back and see
Anne sailing through the sky.
Bobbi Katz
Come back, come back, my runaway kite!
Come back and play with me!
I'm riding and gliding on whirl-away winds.
I'm going somewhere. Can't you see?
Where are you going my beautiful kite,
flying so high in the sky?
I'm going to visit the lost balloons
that made little children cry.
When I hold your string, oh my magical kite,
why do I feel the wind in my hand?
The wind is a taste of the sky, my young friend,
that I gave to a child of the land.
Mark Sawyer
A kite, a sky, and a good firm breeze,
And acres of ground away from trees,
And one hundred yards of clean, strong string -
O boy, o boy! I call that spring!
Jacqueline Sweeney
If I were a kite
I'd kneel,
stretch my skinny arms
out wide,
and wait for wind.
My yellow shirt would
fill up like a sail
and flap,
tugging my criss-crossed
wooden bones and me
towards seas of cloud.
My rippling paper skin
would rustle like applause
as I inhaled,
gulping one last gust
to swoop me giddy-quick
above the trees.
My red rag tail
would drift
toward everything green
to balance me
so all day
I could
loop and climb
loop and climb
and
soar
into pure sky.
On many spring days I wish that I
Could be a kite flying in the sky.
I would climb high toward the sun
And chase the clouds. Oh, what fun!
Whichever way the wind chanced to blow
Is the way that I would go.
I'd fly up, up, up. I'd fly down, down, down.
Then I'd spin round and round and round.
Finally I'd float softly to the ground.
The March wind is calling,
"Come fly your kite!"
The wind is blowing
With all its might.
The kites are tossing
In the sky.
The wind is calling,
"Come fly up high."
"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."
All poems gathered and submitted by Meg Albers-Robinson
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Meg Albers is the Executive Director of Aeolus Curricula, a Non-Profit organization dedicated to making the world better through kites. Aeolus Curricula uses kites as a hands-on, inter-active educational tool, as well as advocating for Cultural Diversity, Team Building, and using kites to combat obesity. A sampling of Meg's articles can be seen at http://kitehistory.com and some of Meg's educational programs, designed in conjunction with New York State Curriculum Standards can be seen at http://yawny.org
In 2011, Meg was also voted "Steve Edeiken Kiteflier of the Year" by her peers, the AKA's highest award for lifetime contribution and spirit of kiting.
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