Bow Shooting Poem by Douglas Scotney
Bow Shooting
Were the fuselage and the empennage
parts of an arrow,
a plane, un avion,
might be called an arrow, une flèche.
A runway (une piste)might be a bow, un arc;
a terminal (une gare) , un carquois, a quiver.
I see -
and if so,
aviation would be archery, tir à l'arc -
bow shooting or shooting the bow.
And where you're going to:
the target,
la cible,
le but.
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: archery,flight,language
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
29.5.20. empennage: tail section of a plane and arrow and dart
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8/2/2025 12:19:24 PM # 1.0.0
the three last lines round off the BOW metaphor and message