# Flying over

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

**Published by:** [trpplffct](https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct/)
**Published on:** 2026-05-15
**Categories:** poetry, travel, flying, friends
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct/flying-over

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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?Support this publication with a cup of coffee or a monthly donation:Arjan Tupan is writing poetry, podcasting and incubating empathyEntrepreneur, dad, European, story teller, poet. Curious, too. I tell stories on different platform and using a variety of tools. Sometimes I explain how I do stuff.Most of my content is free of charghttps://buymeacoffee.comSubscribe to Trpplr on HypersubTrpplrs are sending ripples of poetry through the world, to make it more fun. As a Trpplr, you will get: & special poetry drops from me and up-and-comin...https://hypersub.xyzPoésie de la vieDutch broadcaster VPRO made a wonderful series called 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.

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