Best Dragonfly Poems

Its delicate wings no longer wet, it stretched well,
And flew up high holding onlookers in its spell.
Round and around it danced over the eerie pond
All covered with water lilies but not beyond.

Elation, euphoria, joy and disbelief,
Emotions fell as it landed on fragrant leaf.
Up again, its...

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In a gorgeous meadow chock full of butterflies and daylilies there lived a 
sassy happy beautiful dragonfly.  She was loved by the tulips, roses, and coneflowers. The monarchs revered her, seeing the joy she brought to the meadow.  This little dragonfly did her...

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 Dragonfly, shiny
Windup toy, in flight, you dance
Among the cattails....

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Its wings were double fronds of gauzy green,
its fragile form a long and tapered flair—
this fallen dragonfly I had not seen
before, when I had walked out on my stair.
I bent and saw that it was not alive,
its body crushed, its wings ravaged and torn.
Yet something...

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A Long, Long Time ago, there was a cricket whose name
was Blue, she was named after the sky that she loved so true. 
All day long she would look up at the sky while the other 
crickets played and hopped merrily on by.
Then one day...

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I walked down the hospital corridor
And a dragonfly I see
Staring through the window pane
Looking just for me.

My mind immediately took wings
And soared above the clouds
I looked upon the city huge
Where I was once a child.

Then the wind beneath his wings
Transported me far north
To the Nebraska...

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"Dragonfly, 10 Floors Up"

I saw a dragonfly today
hovered outside my window
I was a ghost floating 10 floors up

it saw me,
we flew away

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)

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Dragonfly Afloat On The Lake

A dragonfly afloat on the lake
Flaps its wings to keep from drowning.
With its life in the balance, it senses hope,
And boards the paddle I nudge into place.
Slowly, I draw the oar out of the water;
And watch the dragonfly bask in the...

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DRAGON FLY:

I was sitting in my sunroom 
Glancing at the sky 
When I noticed on my window screen 
There was a big old dragonfly
 
I opened up my window 
So that I could set him free 
But he just stayed there humming 
As if he'd...

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Dragonfly.

By the waters edge you fly, your slender body skimming over the reeds.

Your wings transparent in the sunlight, like wisps of angels wings that glow.

You dart about looking for insects to consume, a predator, of such beauty.

The colours of your body, green, purple, silver, shine...

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Briar and the Dragonfly


Seated in a saddle on a dragonfly in flight
Shimmering upon the evening skies
Iridescent flickerings beneath this moonlit night
Magical this scene before my eyes

Smiling like a crescent with a firefly in tow
Laughing as the trees have come to play
Eyes they glow illumined as...

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I opened the window to let in fresh air
In came a ladybug who landed on my chair
In next came a dragonfly with black beaded eyes
It stared down the ladybug its found its prize
Up went the wings on the ladybugs back
She must escape or become a...

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lands on my shoulder
dainty faerie dragonfly
brings spirit message...

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damsel dragonfly
how I envy your freedom
featherlight
fragile and delicate 
effortlessly 
you glide
ever so graceful
with your whispery wings
translucent in the sunlight
in a carefree dance
atop a sunray
onto the next
hovering 
nonchalant



AP: Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on February 13, 2019 for 2019 POETRY MARATHON MILE 18 sponsored by...

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Upon your wings of crystal blue 
a morning drop of dew 
although the sky is watching you 
you know, I am there too 
Oh dragonfly of love, how do you do 
I wonder as I sit and rue 
about the things I never knew 
and...

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