is the theme of today's National Poetry Day.

I like that and feel that as a lifelong aviation enthusiast this poem is a good choice.

Ode to My Hero by David A. Morris

For years I watched you airbrush contrails against
the vail of endless blue.
In admiration from airport terminals I followed your footsteps
wishing I could be just like you. - For years I watched you traverse the sky's clouded wake, just soaring by,
Waving as you went out of sight, wishing that I could fly. -
I  often met you face to face but didn't quite know what to say,
for fear of embarrassment, I quietly went on my way. -
I want so much to be like you, to have that common ground we'll
share,
To be windswept along side my hero, with the whisper of the air. -
This is my lifelong wish my heroic friend,
To carry on the centuries old tradition
of the brotherhood, to ensure
that it never comes to an end. -

I've also done this  Heroes and Heroines... post over on my Flighty's plot blog.

I'll be doing a follow up entry More Heroes and Heroines there over the weekend mentioning and linking to friends, and fellow bloggers, who have joined in the fun today with a post, and possibly a poem, of their own.