Dragonfly

Dragonfly That chosen morning by the lake’s shaded edge A new formed dragonfly from developed nymph Emerged in ‘clear plates of sapphire mail’.* Primordial blood pumped into ancient veins, Archaic wings in the day’s full warmth unveil. Still, above the tall green spiked leaves, Precision predator in sudden flight. In sun warmed air; above still water’s edge, The iridescent dragonfly darts and turns By nettles, water violet, rush and sedge * Lord Tennyson – ‘The Two Voices’ Barry Stebbings June 2022