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
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
posted on April 21, 2019...
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Categories:
damselfly, blue, flying, insect, light,
Form:
Haiku
DAINTY DAMSELFLYSuch 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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Categories:
damselfly, animal, life, summer,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
Lyric
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
The Damselfly
single blade of grass
damselfly is grasshopper
springs to hawk the beck
Written: March 20, 2022...
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Categories:
damselfly, garden, insect,
Form:
Haiku
damselfly wisp
damselfly wisp
in flight
~ a mere breath
posted on July 20, 2018...
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Categories:
damselfly, flying, insect, light, nature,
Form:
Haiku
damselfly
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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Categories:
damselfly, imagery, insect, summer,
Form:
Haiku
DAMSELFLY PLAYS THE GAMEHoping 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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Categories:
damselfly, animal,
Form:
Sonnet
FULL FLIGHT
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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Categories:
damselfly, appreciation, flying, insect, joy,
Form:
Free verse
A Country Lane
leafy, tree lined lanes
rich, wild flower verges -
damselfly...
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Categories:
damselfly, nature,
Form:
Haiku
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
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,
Form:
Rhyme
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,
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
lilypad
wings aflutter
damselfly
finds her lilypad
posted on April 4, 2018...
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Categories:
damselfly, beautiful, flower, insect, nature,
Form:
Haiku
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
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,
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,
Form:
Personification
Animal Guessing Game Number 3
I lay my eggs in water.
...
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Categories:
damselfly, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form:
Personification
graceful
graceful flight
the damselfly
pirouetting free
posted on September 12, 2018...
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Categories:
damselfly, dance, flying, freedom, insect,
Form:
Haiku
bamboo windchimes
bamboo windchimes dance
carousing gently in the breeze
~ damselfly finds mate
posted on June 14, 2018...
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Categories:
damselfly, insect, music, nature, sound,
Form:
Haiku
Garden SecretsDamselfly 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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Categories:
damselfly, garden,
Form:
Sonnet
summer dissipatessummer 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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Categories:
damselfly, summer,
Form:
Haiku
spring bamboo
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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Categories:
damselfly, insect, nature, romance, spring,
Form:
Haiku