# Flying over

*We're flying over familiar places in issue #295 of your weekly poetry shot*

By [trpplffct](https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct) · 2026-05-15

poetry, travel, flying, friends

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> _Is that Lausanne?  
> And Lac Léman?  
> Can my friend see  
> me flying here?  
> I wave, and  
> hope they're waving back at me._

Seeing the world from above always inspires me. There's so much going through my mind when I look down, in awe, at our beautiful planet. One fun thing to do is trying to recognise what is below. When I flew back from Farcon Rome, it was actually quite easy to recognise some parts. Lac Léman, AKA Lake Geneva, is quite recognisable and seeing it reminded me of the friends I have who live near there. Internet friends and family friends. It was nice to think of them, so I waved. Not that they would have noticed, but still: what if?

What do you look for when you are flying?

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### Poésie de la vie

Dutch broadcaster VPRO made a wonderful series called [Nederland van boven](https://www.vpro.nl/nederland-van-boven), or The Netherlands from above. It shows the country, as the title suggests, from above. Here's a short video they released from the province I was born in.

[![](https://paragraph.com/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN-ZaWqoJYY)

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*Originally published on [trpplffct](https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct/flying-over)*