Wilbur Wright

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“Yet the things themselves
in thoughtless honor
Have kept composure,”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“O sinewy silver biplane, nudging the wind’s withers!
There, from Kill Devils Hill at Kitty Hawk
Two brothers in their twinship left the dune;
Warping the gale, the Wright wind wrestlers veered
Capeward, then blading the wind’s flank, banked and spun.”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)