On a Jet Plane

Clouds lean in for
kiss and ride,
our metal basket climbs,
cruises the aisles
in the sky.
I browse playlists
among the cumulus–
crinkly, plastic bags,
the kinda comfort food
for thought the right song
has, to console
letting go
on an overcrowded flight.

Quadrille #153: Out of the Meadow’s Browse: Linda is the host at d’Verse‘s Monday Quadrille. Our task is a 44-word poem that contains the word “browse.”

Happy Memorial Day! Safe travels if like me you are returning home today.

30 responses to “On a Jet Plane”

Arcadia (@MissArcadia)

I haven’t been on a plane since 2019, but I certainly remember those crowded flights. Nicely done poem.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you. Holiday travel is always tense, whether on the road or in the air.
  
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John

Flying is wonderful! ❤️

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1. K.Hartless
  
  I agree. I get some great new ideas on traveling days.
  
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2. Simone E
  
  I second that! Wish to get away 😊
  
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  1. K.Hartless
    
    Yes! A change of scenery even the shopping mart in the sky, is a good one.
    
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  2. Simone E
    
    Haha, most certainly 🥲
    
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Rob Kistner

Haven’t flown in 8 years — used to fly 1,000’s of miles a year, so I don’t miss it.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  I can understand that. I love to travel, so I enjoy the flying to a new location bit. The return is a bit harder.
  
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Tricia Sankey

I could feel you getting settled in for the long flight, excellent! 👏👏

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1. K.Hartless
  
  It’s all in the playlist pick, no? Thanks for coming by, Tricia. So lovely to see you. 💜
  
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  1. Tricia Sankey
    
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Jeff Flesch

Love the letting go aspect of this write. So true. Lovely poem, K.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Jeff. I will say, I can let a lot more go these days than in the past. I guess I’m learning to glide instead of paddle when the current is strong. 😉
  
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  1. Jeff Flesch
    
    You’re welcome, K. Always. Ah, I completely understand, and feel similarly myself. The days of paddling upstream, are much less so today. 😉
    
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johnlmalone

a playful inventive piece: love ‘metal basket’ and ‘cruises the aisles of the sky’; I hate overcrowded flights too; it’s good you got a good poem out of it 🙂

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, John. Yes, I wanted those clouds to be those crinkly plastic shopping bags, but 44 words is a tight leash. I’m glad at least some of it got across.
  
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Tom

Very creative descriptions, K! Totally agree – the right music makes a humdrum journey fly by ❤

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you, Tom. This poem is a bit bumpy like my journey home. It’s that first day back that’s hardest. I need a killer playlist to swallow today. 😂
  
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Linda Lee Lyberg

It’s been years since I have been on a plane as I used to fly all the time for business. I can recall those overcrowded flights- you have captured the moment so well.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you. I do so love browsing music. Thanks for hosting, Linda. A lovely batch of quadrilles bloomed from your inspiration.
  
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rothpoetry

Your title took me right back to John Denver and Peter Paul and Mary… Leaving on a Jet Plane.
Seems the flights are all overbooked and over crowed these days! Well done.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you kindly, Dwight. I definitely had that song in mind when I wrote this.
  
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Helen

Your Quadrille is delightful … a wonderful collection of words.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you so much, Helen. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
  
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ben Alexander

*applause* *applause* *applause*!

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Simon

I like the thought of kissing the clouds as we fly through them 🙂

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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

Happily, I have not been on an airplane in years… I do not look forward to the next time I have to travel.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Ah. To me the world cries out to be seen, experienced and enjoyed. I am restless in one place.
  
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Ingrid

Nicely conjured – I really pictured the atmosphere here!

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