Niagara Falls

Poetry Project  

Lynn Barry

Niagara falls...so get up why don't ya?

 

One of the wonders...I wonder about...

Recently, a man
Jumped off
Niagara Falls
I went to see the
Falls today
And couldn't
Imagine how
A person would
Get up the nerve
To jump off
Those fierce falls

The power and the
Shower and the
Mist-ery of it all
He must have been
So sad to try
And risk his life,
Hear death's call
But! His falling
Did surprise him
He made it...
He didn't die

So now I hope
He gets back up
And never
Again
Wants to
Over the
Falls fly

@Lynn Barry, 2003

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Kirk Jones, the subject of this poem, shortly after his trip. Courtesy of Niagara Falls Thunder Alley