{"id":3870,"date":"2017-08-09T00:32:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T23:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2017-08-09T02:15:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T01:15:05","slug":"wonderful-women-atop-their-flying-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wonderful-women-atop-their-flying-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful Women Atop Their Flying Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To dance anywhere graceful is a feat,<br \/>\nLooked upon by all beneath:<br \/>\nMaybe its easier for them up there<br \/>\nWhere they dance and pose in the cold air&#8230;<br \/>\nThey cannot see the thousand eyes<br \/>\nTheir fear, if they have any, they can disguise<br \/>\nAs they make their moves at height at speed<br \/>\nTo see, to strain we have the need&#8230;<br \/>\nThese women, fourth generations or so to do<br \/>\nTo entertain the likes of me and you<br \/>\nRisk life and all to create these scenes<br \/>\nSurreal &#8211; these wonderful women atop their flying machines!<\/p>\n<blockquote ><p>The air display MC at Birr Air Show said something to the effect one or both girls were the fourth generation wingwalkers&#8230; quite a feat if true! Maybe he was referring to the New Zealand wingwalker Susan Scott&#8230; regardless its some pastime!!!<br \/>\n<\/blockquote >\n<figure id=\"attachment_3871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3871\" style=\"width: 782px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wonderful-women-atop-their-flying-machines\/the-breitling-wing-walkers\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3871\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The-Breitling-Wing-Walkers.jpg\" alt=\"The Breitling Wing Walkers - two 23 year old English girls, both of the FOURTH generation of their family to carry on the sport!!!\" width=\"782\" height=\"322\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The-Breitling-Wing-Walkers.jpg 782w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The-Breitling-Wing-Walkers-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The-Breitling-Wing-Walkers-768x316.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The-Breitling-Wing-Walkers-700x288.jpg 700w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The-Breitling-Wing-Walkers-332x137.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Breitling Wing Walkers &#8211; two 23 year old English girls, both of the FOURTH generation of their family to carry on the sport!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To dance anywhere graceful is a feat, Looked upon by all beneath: Maybe its easier for them up there Where they dance and pose in the cold air&#8230; They cannot see the thousand eyes Their fear, if they have any, they can disguise As they make their moves at height &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,7],"tags":[3756,3755,3754,3753,1924],"class_list":["post-3870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birr","category-life","tag-breitling-wing-walkers","tag-dance","tag-flying-machines","tag-wing-walkers","tag-women","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-10q","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3868,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/modern-poetry-and-discussion-at-tin-jug-for-vintage-week-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":3870,"position":0},"title":"Modern Poetry during Vintage Week in Birr at Tin Jug Studio with Sandra Corrigan Breathanach and James King","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"9th August 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"At #tinjugstudio in #birr for reading event as part of #birrvintageweek today #art #offaly #festival A post shared by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on Aug 5, 2017 at 8:33am PDT I was in Birr in Offaly for the annual Vintage Week festival, and called in to freinds Derek and Rosalind Fanning\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birr&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Birr","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/birr\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sandra Corrigan Breathnach","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sandra-Corrigan-Breathnach-188x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1366,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/walking-past-adamnans-church-in-birr\/","url_meta":{"origin":3870,"position":1},"title":"Walking Past Adamnans Church in Birr","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th December 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Its just another ruined church to some, but St Brendans Old Church in Birr is where a little known Irish saint wrote modern Europes first rules of war, and womens rights in battle, and not to fight in war, which is being eroded today. 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No poems written, no ballads sung Yet feted as hero's, from life's bottom rung Shot as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Birr&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Birr","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/birr\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"In this archway the three Republican prisoners were executed by Free State forces at Birr Castle","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/In-this-archway-the-three-Republican-prisoners-were-executed-by-Free-State-forces-at-Birr-Castle-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1586,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/two-magpies-at-kilcormac\/","url_meta":{"origin":3870,"position":3},"title":"Two Magpies at Kilcormac","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th April 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Two magpies to the sky took flight I passed by to Birr on the bus Joy up ahead but not here yet Natures oracles speak to us. 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