A Better Airshow (With Sunset) : Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Sorry, Oshkosh! This/
evening’s airshow at the lake/
was free (and better!)
(View the long video version here, including 1/2 and 1/4 speed video)

Free Sunset Airshow: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

This evening I took/
the chance to see birds’ awesome/
free sunset airshow.

(View the short version here on YouTube)

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Sorry EAA — Purple Martin Airshow: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

I can sit on the/
dock by the lake and watch my/
personal airshow.

An Unknown American Hero: Revolutionary Blogging Free Verse Poem

Eighty carrier landings.
Thousands of hours of training.
Ready to deliver mushroom
clouds
if ordered.
While his friends died practicing.
He kept going.
He sacrificed.
Time.
Practice.
Patience.
Practice.
Exactness.
Practice.
Thinking.
Practice.
And more practice.
Ready
because of practice.
Willing
because of devotion.
Able
because of practice
and devotion.

Nothing happened
during those years.
Our country
never was attached.
Never saw mushrooms bloom.
Never felt the ravages of war.
Maybe because he was there?

I’ve known him
for decades,
father of friends,
born during his service,
but until today
I never knew he was
and is
an American hero.

I walked next to him,
today,
head down,
not wanted to take his deserved glory;
watched as hundreds applauded,
waved flags,
shook his hand,
said, earnestly,
“THANK YOU!”

After decades
I am able to recognize,
and salute
and say,
from my heart,
as I have so often to others:
“Thank you for your service”.

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EAA Airplane Mode: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

When attending the/
EAA show, should my phone/
be in airplane mode?

B-17 Over Lake Winneconne: Revolutionary Song Cover

(Sung to the tune of “Popcorn Popping On The Apricot Tree”)

I looked up from my deck and what did I see?/
A B-17 flying straight over me!/
Oshkosh airshow’s brought a nice surprise:/
A World War Two bomber in the skies./
I could take a picture; it’d be a treat./
But my memory is just as sweet./
It was really so!/
Right above me!
A B-17 o’er Lake Winneconne.

What To Do In Oshkosh During EAA: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

There’s thousands of folks/
from dozens of countries. Why/
look for things to do?