Best Dragonfly Poems
Below are the all-time best Dragonfly poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dragonfly poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Demise of a Newborn DragonflyIts 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...
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Categories:
dragonfly, destiny,
Form:
Sonnet
Pretty Dragonfly Spreads LoveIn a gorgeous meadow chock full of butterflies and daylilies there lived a
sassy happy beautiful dragonfly. She was loved by the tulips, roses,...
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Categories:
dragonfly, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form:
Haibun
Categories:
dragonfly, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
My LadyMy lady is the wind’s soft sigh through fields of marigolds in June,
A beach night stroll beneath the moon, a cloudless sky, a butterfly.
She waltzes...
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Categories:
dragonfly, august, Lullaby,
Form:
Personification
Hocus PocusHocus Pocus
Poets are like magicians.
They trick the heart into feeling,
“things” they had no idea, were there at all.
Sadly poets don’t always know how...
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Categories:
dragonfly, 12th grade, abortion, abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Silver Waves Upon the ShorePushed there for a thousand years
and will be for a thousand more,
pushed there by the gentle winds
the silver waves upon the shore.
Ancient trees who watched...
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Categories:
dragonfly, death, life, nature, sunset,
Form:
Quatrain
SomedayAs this week closes into hours of pewter night
may the moonlight touch your lips while
I sleep in the arms of dreams unrefined.
Though I may not...
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Categories:
dragonfly, how i feel, time,
Form:
Light Verse
With Life In TuneI sit with trees around me, green.
The ocean’s in the distance, teal.
A ladybug I’d first not seen
is climbing down to my left heel!
From somewhere in...
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Categories:
dragonfly, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Kiss of the BreezeButterfly rhythms playing on silent wings
To the verdant refrain of springtime strings
Iridescent dance of the dragonfly
Waltzing with the wind beneath azure sky
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Categories:
dragonfly, flower, spring,
Form:
Couplet
Mission AccomplishedI was a skilled, dedicated CIA agent, helping to preserve national security,
By searching for and garnering information, as silvery rain ensures purity.
Days were spent perusing...
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Categories:
dragonfly, confusion, fantasy, joy, prayer,
Form:
Couplet
I Came ByI Came By…
(to see you)
You don’t see me.
I see you, everyday.
I am afraid to say hello.
You may say good-bye.
I just want...
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Categories:
dragonfly, beautiful, chocolate, cinderella, heartbroken,
Form:
Free verse
The Tale of FairiesA long, long time ago in the land of Fays,
lived a forest nymph of beguiling beauty.
...
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Categories:
dragonfly, fairy, children, joy,
Form:
Narrative
The Color of My HeartSketch the sunset leaving today behind,
sinking in the footsteps of yesterday.
And feel the ripple of all life combined,
empty your thoughts; take all but love away.
Emblazon...
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Categories:
dragonfly, 12th grade, beautiful, character,
Form:
Sonnet
3:15 Am~
3:15 am…blurred red numbers tell as
I stir, reaching for what I have seen,
grasping for the moments spent in the presence of beauty
as once again...
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Categories:
dragonfly, dream, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Oh, To MeterI have a friend I’ve never met.
She lives real far away and yet,
For her I have a great affection;
There’s an absolute connection.
If I passed her...
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Categories:
dragonfly, friend, poetess,
Form:
Rhyme