A Daughter’s Poem About a Kite (A Poem About Flying Tiger)
by Jennifer Mangel and Marc Mangel
I have poem about a kite
she said to me
“I have a kite
and when it flies
I am glad
and when it falls
I am sad”
The sun was warm and the wind
the wind was barely there
It was the first day of springtime summer
Our kite lay on the ground
its orange skin shining brightly
and the red cord she held tightly
It hadn’t sailed yet that day
except when ran and
dragged it on its way
cause on its own it refused to fly
I have a poem about a kite
she said to me
Tell me your poam about a kite
I said back to her
She smiled with the sun
“I have a kite
and when it flies
I am glad
and when it falls
I am sad”
13 April 1980