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[[File:Welcome to the Squadron.jpg|thumb|''Welcome to the Squadron''.]] | [[File:Welcome to the Squadron.jpg|thumb|''Welcome to the Squadron''.]]"'''Welcome to the Squadron'''" is a short poem by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | ||
"'''Welcome to the Squadron'''" is a short poem by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. | |||
== | == Welcome to the Squadron == | ||
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We are all winging it<br> | We are all winging it<br> | ||
from birth to death. | from birth to death. | ||
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Welcome to the Squadron. | Welcome to the Squadron. | ||
</blockquote> | |||
== No man is an airplane == | |||
Jones has repeatedly insisted that "[[No man is an airplane|no man is an airplane]], no man is an island — whatever it takes." | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:A_Series_of_Impossible_Promises.jpg|link=series of impossible promises|Life is [[A series of impossible promises|a series of impossible promises]] / Which keep coming true / One breath after another | |||
File:God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet.jpg|link=God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet|[[God's Avionics Recompute One Sonnet]]. | |||
File:Flying Diner.jpg|link=Flying Diner|The [[Flying Diner]] welcomes the Squadron with its legendary "bottomless cup" of Extremely Powerful Coffee. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Henrietta Bolt]] | |||
* [[Flying Diner]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[ | * [[No man is an airplane]] | ||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [https://twitter.com/karl_jones/status/1327634136585089024 Post] @ Twitter | * [https://twitter.com/karl_jones/status/1327634136585089024 Post] @ Twitter | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/Modhran/posts/10159232334734026?comment_id=10159233331289026 Comment] @ Facebook | * [https://www.facebook.com/Modhran/posts/10159232334734026?comment_id=10159233331289026 Comment] @ Facebook | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/karl.gregory.jones/posts/10224608086808210 Post] @ Facebook | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Aviation (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Photographs of Karl Jones (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Poems by Karl Jones (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Poems by Karl Jones (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Henrietta Bolt]] | [[Category:Henrietta Bolt]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:46, 4 November 2021
"Welcome to the Squadron" is a short poem by Karl Jones.
Welcome to the Squadron
We are all winging it
from birth to death.Si Monumentum Requiris,
Circumnavigate.Welcome to the Squadron.
No man is an airplane
Jones has repeatedly insisted that "no man is an airplane, no man is an island — whatever it takes."
History
I wrote the poem on the morning of Saturday, 14 November 2020, in response to a post on Facebook.
In the News
Life is a series of impossible promises / Which keep coming true / One breath after another
The Flying Diner welcomes the Squadron with its legendary "bottomless cup" of Extremely Powerful Coffee.
