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High Flight
Jon F. Howe
High Flight is a popular poem for aviators and astronauts alike, and is
also the official poem of the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force. Read More
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High Flight is a popular poem for aviators and astronauts alike, and is
also the official poem of the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force.
Portions of the poem frequently appear on the headstones of Arlington
National Cemetary. A powerful poem written only a few months before John
Gillespie Magee Jr.'s death in December of 1941, High Flight is about
spirituality and escaping the bounds of Earth and flying higher than ever
before thanks to the invention of the airplane. Rather than warning man of
their hubris, such as in the story of Daedalus and Icarus, this poem
celebrates exploring the unknown and flying to the skies' limits.
My musical setting attempts to bring these ideas to life.
This was written for and is dedicated to my friend, Brendon Lewis.