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The Girl In The Corner by Carla Thomson - [89 words]
Wish To Be A Child by Carla Thomson - [185 words]
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Words Of Wifely Wisdom by Vankipuram Rajagopal Sridharan - [69 words]
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Was I Wrong Louise? by Buxton Questioning love! [184 words]
This Is What A Friend Is by Lady Sashi - [47 words]
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The Rain Outside My Window by Lady Sashi - [56 words]
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The Guru by John H Pallister A song written by me and performed by a band called the smoking seasons. if you want to hear the song ... [150 words]
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Sickly Father by Brandon Colcleasure I entered this for a school contest, and it was going to be published but I forgot to send in the... [102 words]
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Seasons Of Love by Savclyd Laporte This illustrates to us the link or the comman nature between love and seasons. [60 words]
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Rejection by Carla Thomson - [107 words]
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Only Curious by Carla Thomson - [122 words]
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My Brothern by Vankipuram Rajagopal Sridharan - [131 words]
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Emotional Poet by Loyd - [166 words]
Drama by Carla Thomson - [68 words]
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Confused by Carla Thomson - [19 words]
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Charon by John H Pallister A poem about the mundane views of life and how it's never ending boring cycle. [141 words]
Can't Get Away by Carla Thomson - [78 words]
But One Thorn by M Q Walters - [73 words]
Bad Answers by Rae It's ok on the surface. [60 words]
A Single Tear by Kathrine Young Ballerina poem. [54 words]
A French Fragrance In Indian Soil by Vankipuram Rajagopal Sridharan - [172 words]
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TITLE (EDIT)
Concorde |
DESCRIPTION
A farewell poem to the Concorde.
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TITLE KEYWORD
History |
AUTHOR
John H Pallister |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
I have been writing poetry for 10 years and am now moving into short stories
[November 2005] |
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (7)
Charon (Poetry) A poem about the mundane views of life and how it's never ending boring cycle. [141 words] [Mind]
Desperate Measures (Short Stories) This is tricky so only done the first chapter. It follows the story of a woman and a man who have a deformed child which dies at an early age. A year on and they decided to end their relationship. Wha... [1,078 words] [Mystery]
Eternal Friend (Poetry) A simple but nice love poem about a friend [93 words] [Romance]
The Guru (Poetry) A song written by me and performed by a band called the smoking seasons. if you want to hear the song please email me and i'll get you a copy emailed. [150 words] [Spiritual]
The International Language (Poetry) Not really a poem, but it's true in every aspect. [14 words]
The Writer's Twist (Short Stories) Frank Damper is a writer a good one, he leads a pretty straight forward life until a strange man appears at his door step with a new story. Who is he and what is really happening to Frank and the peop... [6,027 words] [Suspense]
Twisted Analytical Egotistical Freaky Geek (Poetry) A wierd and bizaree poem [160 words]
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Concorde
John H Pallister
Concorde
The sixties saw the beginning of an Anglo – French beauty,
Which with over two years of testing made its safety and security just as prominent as her unique style,
Her maiden voyage and inaugural flight, France 76,
Showed the world a new concept,
A concept of pure genius,
Made even more poignant by two planes seemingly kissing nose to nose like lovers in New York,
As popularity grew so did her style,
It's champagne and wealthy people flights
Caused her to become more of a public symbol day by day,
Owning the sky like she knew she could,
Spreading wings looking so elegant
And forming a portrait captured in every British and French heart.
She was the only supersonic passenger plane in the world,
And she was also the most beautiful
And so our love for a plane suddenly became true,
Turning a design and personifying it into a living being,
Which we loved and cherished as our daughter or wife.
The Arab oil embargo caused steep rises in fuel prices,
Causing the guzzling Concorde to become thirsty,
Not only did its large consumption dry out its insides,
But funding and investors money,
When added to the catalyst of the July 2000 crash,
It left 113 people to be possibly buried with our national treasure,
Grounded,
Ending our three decade love affair,
But we won't stop loving,
Even to her final swan's cry,
May the Anglo - French dream once again rule the sky.
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 2005 John H Pallister |
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
November 2005 |
NUMBER OF TIMES TITLE VIEWED
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