Darts Games and Aeroplanes--By Ralph Stott--England

Darts Games and Aeroplanes

I wondered once;

The weight of this paper.

(Maybe half and *ounce)

And if folded to a taper,

It would become a dart;

To be held in the hand,

And on a convenient draught,

Would glide and then land…..

Or, perhaps it would wedge

In some unwelcome place?

(Behind a mirror; unable to budge)

Then a tumble to the ground, with such loss of grace!

At which point

Would this dart become a plane?

(By competing boys, taking a punt,

In some parlour game?)

On such a maiden flight,

Through a window it might fly;

A loop-the-loop, on its course it would flaunt.

                with just a tail, for you to spy!   

                        *13 grams

Ralph Stott was born in Kent, England in 1957. He is married and has two daughters.  He studied design at the Medway College of Design in the mid-70's. Expressing ideas through the written/visual media, has always interested him. Ralph began to dedicate more time to poetry with The Writers and Poetry Alliance, in particular the 'Stylists' forum, over the last 3 years. He has self published one book called Legends For Lunchtime; a collection of short stories and has a second book pending called The Sounding.