THERE IS NO FRIGATE LIKE A BOOK

There is no Frigate like a Book
There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry --
This Traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of Toll --
How frugal is the Chariot
That bears the human Soul!
                               -- Emily Dickinson (1826)

Emily Dickinson's verses ring so true (as does most poetry).  How often have we been carried away into magical worlds by the sheer power of literature, poetry, art, dance, film, photography ...

This poem immediately came to mind during that weekend at Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz Beach.  It was gorgeous, kite-flying weather.  Kites were soaring alongside the sea gulls.  Then, I saw this one:

Captain Hook's Pirate Ship kite
at Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz CA

There I was back again in J. M. Barrie's world of Peter Pan!  That pirate frigate in the air immediately swept me to Never Never Land.

Captain Hook's Pirate Ship kite
at Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz CA

Search for those Frigates!  They come in so many forms.