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9/18/19

Contest:  Strand Special 3
judged 12/16/19

Contest:  Your Best Poem that is Trophy Worthy 2
Judged 10/3/19

Pixie Dragons

I thought the landscape burst in sudden flame
with embers wild cavorting in the glare
of dawning sun, but boundless sparks became
a throng of monarchs flitting through the air

above a field as though on charcoal ash
that gusts of wind then carry as they gyre.
From wings illumined spread the brilliant flash
of pixie dragons breathing threads of fire

as fine as frog hair glinting in the slow
emission of the morning's creeping light
that struck the gloom with every lambent blow
until each wizard shadow was in flight.

The tartan tiger eye that draped the glade
was blazoned on the pinions as they flew
like flower petals of the clans arrayed
in Lilliputian combat on the dew.

A cadence of disheveled leaves they fell,
these butterflies upon the turrets mean,
escarpments and fay parapets to quell
the mist ascendant from the April green, 

then rose again like prodigies from smoke
that came to cloak them from the murky foe,
kaleidoscopes of flutterings that broke
the cling of darkness with emerging glow.


By noon the burnished battle scene had cleared
as dandelions waved their vanquished whites,
the gleaming copper standards disappeared
and I relinquished images of sprites.
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Delaney Avatar
May 30, 2021 at 3:19 AM
This one left me breathless. Wonderful phraseology. You created another amazing world that I was observing with total absorption. A FAV for me. Nice to meet you. SuZ
Na Avatar
December 22, 2019 at 3:22 PM
Congrats on your winning poem Dale
Chiri Avatar
December 22, 2019 at 2:59 PM
Dale congrats on a top win;)
Cozart Avatar
December 23, 2019 at 8:49 AM
Thanks, Brenda.
Hamilton Avatar
December 22, 2019 at 2:06 PM
This is one of the best poems I've read lately, what an imagination Dale, and your use of unique words and pairings is stunning, congrats on a top win!
Cozart Avatar
December 23, 2019 at 8:48 AM
Thanks so very much, John.
Kiser Avatar
November 13, 2019 at 4:51 PM
I love this, I love dragons. Had to "fav".
Inman Avatar
October 26, 2019 at 2:18 PM
What a wonderful imagination. To see the everyday mundane world in such vivid imagery is a gift.
Rodrigues Avatar
October 20, 2019 at 5:14 PM
Great imagery... in Lilliputian combat on the dew. A fun piece!
Cozart Avatar
October 20, 2019 at 6:43 PM
Thanks for reading, Kim.
Barden Avatar
October 3, 2019 at 7:49 PM
(2) You will always be one of the greats of Poetry Soup, and will always be near the top of my favs list. I have missed seeing you "around" of late and pray you are well and all is OK. Wonderful, wonderful stuff ... please keep sharing your inspirations. Blessings!
Cozart Avatar
October 3, 2019 at 7:57 PM
Greg, thank you so much for your kind words. They are much appreciated.
Barden Avatar
October 3, 2019 at 7:46 PM
(1) This poetry "thing" is, for me, about IMAGINATION - it is the greatest tool we wield as writers, and the reader's imagination is the largest canvas we have opportunity to affect ... you, Sir Dale, have a greater grasp of that (and other crucial elements) than most others I know, and this is a perfect example. It's not just about imagery and metaphor, it's about using those things in creative, fresh and imaginative ways that make SENSE, and your work never disappoints ... (continued)
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