Old man , Steve Shoemaker, with kite by soybean field on the Illinois prairie behind his home.

Children run to make a kite

lift into the air.  I let

wind pull line from reel and stand

still with a quite lazy smile.

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Then I wrap the string around

poles I beat into the ground.

If the wind stays resolute,

colors maintain altitude!

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Day and night kites can fly

far from trees and cars and wires.

I live where the fields are wide,

 blue skies hold the windy wind.

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Far away at night I see

red lights in a line.  Turbines

turn and electricity

is made from my friend the wind!

– Steve Shoemaker, Urbana, IL, Dec. 24, 2012

Wind turbines at night