Best Damselfly Poems
Below are the all-time best Damselfly poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of damselfly poems written by PoetrySoup members
damselfly
damselfly
a blue wisp
of a whisper
posted on April 21, 2019...
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Categories:
damselfly, blue, flying, insect, light, nature, summer,
Form:
Haiku
Dance of the DamselflyAcross the moor
To Wicken Fen
Where brume swallows all
Into mire, of the life,
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Categories:
damselfly, life, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Scottish DamselflyALONG
loch-studded moorland
bogs and runnels
and o'er the Highland Pass
antennae alert
I'll twist the wind
to
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Categories:
damselfly, love, nature
Form:
Limerick
DAMSELFLY
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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Categories:
damselfly, appreciation, beauty, insect,
Form:
Personification
damselfly
damselfly
in flight
a breath
posted on July 20, 2018...
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Categories:
damselfly, flying, insect, light, nature, summer,
Form:
Haiku
WE WATCH THE DAMSELFLYWe love her slender abdomen,
dressed in metallic green,
with small black dots just like sequins,
she is the beauty queen.
Her wings appear delicate
but they are stiff and...
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Categories:
damselfly, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
FULL FLIGHT
If I had my way
I would come back
As a dragonfly
Strong and determined
Or maybe a damselfly
Dainty and graceful
Either way
I’d surf the sky
Every hour of the day
And...
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Categories:
damselfly, appreciation, flying, insect, joy, life, sky,
Form:
Free verse
A Country Lane
leafy, tree lined lanes
rich, wild flower verges -
damselfly...
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Categories:
damselfly, nature,
Form:
Haiku
If I should find a ButterflyIf 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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Categories:
damselfly, imagery, insect, nature, poetry, water,
Form:
Rhyme
The Women of Tuskegee-Tuskegee Airmen
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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Categories:
damselfly, black african american, history,
Form:
Quatrain
Gossamer Flyer~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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Categories:
damselfly, animals, fantasy, imagination, inspirational, introspection, nature,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Wind Eater
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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Categories:
damselfly, blessing, wind,
Form:
Free verse
Iridescent BlueIridescent Blue
Damselfly respite.
Basking feast on bobbed wire,
The sun warms; next, flight.
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
December 7, 2009
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Categories:
damselfly, nature
Form:
Haiku
lilypad
lilypad
damselfly
wings flutter
posted on April 4, 2018...
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Categories:
damselfly, beautiful, flower, insect, nature, peace, river,
Form:
Haiku
Carpe Diem Carpe NoctemI 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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Categories:
damselfly, inspirational love, light, magic, moon, mythology,
Form:
Rhyme
Science Lesson From a MayflyDamselflies 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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Categories:
damselfly, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Personification
graceful
graceful flight
of damselfly
pirouetting free
posted on September 12, 2018...
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Categories:
damselfly, dance, flying, freedom, insect, nature, summer,
Form:
Haiku
Animal Guessing Game Number 3
I lay my eggs in water.
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Categories:
damselfly, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form:
Personification