Best Damselfly Poems

damselfly
a blue wisp
of a whisper



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

posted on April 21, 2019...

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Such beauty and so full of life,
she's flitting to and fro,
from plant to plant to find best perch
and put herself on show.

Sprawling in the midday...

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Across the moor
To Wicken Fen
Where brume swallows all
Into mire, of the life,
             ...

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ALONG

loch-studded moorland

bogs and runnels

and o'er the Highland Pass

antennae alert
I'll twist the wind

            to
 ...

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Her swift and wondrous gait   enthralls
upon  the light  of lightest evening--
bedecked  in turquoise- gold  finery
sewn by earth’s intricate handiwork...
a...

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single blade of grass
damselfly is grasshopper 
springs to hawk the beck


Written: March 20, 2022...

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damselfly wisp
in flight
~ a mere breath



posted on July 20, 2018...

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in june wilderness
flitting across babbling brook ~
a swift damselfly

Summer Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin 
Date written: 06/26/2022...

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Hoping for to score, she is to-and-fro.
Finding perfect patch, puts herself on show.
Now in blazing sun, she’s a splendid sight
With her sleek figure dressed in...

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If I had my way
I would come back
as a droning dragonfly
strong and determined
or maybe a damselfly
dainty and graceful

Either way
I’d surf the sky
every hour of the...

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    leafy, tree lined lanes
    rich,  wild flower verges -
    damselfly...

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If you look behind his story 
there’s a woman you will find.
Not in the struggle for the glory
but with a duty on her mind.

Now meet...

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If I should find a Butterfly, 
Neath the Willow tree, 
I’d recall how she’d been an ugly bug, 
But now a wondrous, sight to see....

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Dragonfly Damsel engaging such wonder 
Discovers a world between water and land
Magical enchantment her filmy wings stand
Refracting worlds beheld from another

Lucent pools echo translucent colors
Iridescent...

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Naught but a maze shall carry this
bound in cloud
through the tunnels of twigs
shall freedom range to the applause of leaves

Tangency poised on the ballet of...

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wings aflutter
damselfly
finds her lilypad



posted on April 4, 2018...

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Iridescent Blue

Damselfly respite.
Basking feast on bobbed wire,
The sun warms; next, flight.

©  Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
December 7, 2009
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I am my fathers son
I am my mothers daughter
Forged in Dragons Flame
Birthed in Neptunes Water

I hear the song of the Warrior
I dance to the warriors...

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Damselflies are dainty, they are wisest of the wise.
Dragonflies a bit dumpy, much bigger than you and I.
I am a three-tailed Mayfly, so I am...

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              I lay my eggs in water.
     ...

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graceful flight
the damselfly
pirouetting free



posted on September 12, 2018...

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bamboo windchimes dance
carousing gently in the breeze
~ damselfly finds mate



posted on June 14, 2018...

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Damselfly breeze floats on a summers’ day
Carefree with love and delight in her way

Monarch butterfly arrives soon after
Ruffled marigolds hear tiny laughter

Grasshopper, not sure if...

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summer dissipates 
viridescent willow wisps
frenzied honeybees

azure sky smiles
gnarly grasshopper singing
creeping violets 

discerning monarch 
damselfly competition
lilac fragrance wafts 

ethereal mist
supercilious confidence 
ushering autumn

melodic bird song 
sizzles...

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spring bamboo windchimes
carouse gently in the breeze
~ damselfly finds mate




AP: 2nd place 2021, 3rd place 2021 

Submitted on March 27, 2021 for contest SPRING HAIKU...

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