The Web Poetry Corner - Joyce Hemsley - Amy Johnson
Amy Johnson
by
Joyce Hemsley
Series of famous British names:
AMY JOHNSON
Aviation Pioneer
mid-Twentieth Century.
~Amy~
nineteen-o-four
to nineteen forty-one
female air pilot born in Hull
unbelievable was her achievement
in the end being lost at sea
but in Hull we can see
a statue of
~Amy~
~Amy~
took to the air
for many solo flights
from Croydon - to Australia
from England - to the Cape & return
record flights her insignia
she is now a legend
and we honour
~Amy~