Dream Dragonfly Poems

From what celestial palette
The iridescent cobalt blue
That paints thy gauzy wings?
Thou little insect hovering
Above my garden pool,
So nearly motionless 
But for whirring wings.
Dost thou wait...

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Rain

As I set here quiet, 
I gather my thoughts. 
I pray without the pomp...
of a beginning or an end. 
As He is always with me....

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Puzzles in Pink

Yesterday is just a dream. 
I took you everywhere, 
but you... do not remember. 

My little one, 
you cried and cried. 

We went...

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Stop Killing My Country

Accused of political banter, 
to speak the words, God Bless, 
and America in the same sentence. 
Bespeaking the fear, 
of being proud,...

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No War...

In the days...
between here and there, 
many will find, 
time for reflection. 
Time to consider...
all that was lost, 
all that was gained, 
everything worth...

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Does Not Take Much

The dust of yesterday, 
clings to my shoes, 
and tries to slow down...
my breathing. 
It is just dried clay, 
stuck to nothing...

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Christmas Past...

I would bake all night;
cookies, cakes, pies and the like. 
I would put things together, 
that had no instructions, 
at least in any language...
that...

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Empty Glass 
Stained

The house is empty. 
The dogs...
are barking again. 
This happens, 
and.

It is left hanging there, 
for a reason. 
The word...
Says little and less,...

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Your Sweet Face

The first thing I see
looking at me, 
are your eyes.
Like the deep of space, 
grabbing my soul, 
and sending it outward, 
beyond. 
Where...

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The Map Undrawn

Written in the snow, 
by angels...
made from the bodies,
of the innocent. 

The way to heaven... 
is seen, 
fleeting in its passing, 
like a...

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Fruits and Friendships

An open heart, 
an open hand, 
a way to say, 
He is in command. 

Placing others above yourself, 
ever trying to reach, 
a...

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The Winter Hours

Cold is not my friend. 
It loves me, 
but it is not…
a mutual affair. 
Slowly, artfully, cruelly, 
my joints begin to freeze up....

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New and Reused…Wrappings

Paper,
blue, green and red, 
yellow and gold together, with bells. 
I dream about all the holidays, 
that have passed by, 
since you left....

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Happy Holidays

A grateful greeting 
to you and yours. 
The merriest of wishes… 
I pray directly to the King, 
in your honor, 
this holiday 
and 
forever....

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Batteries

Included with your purchase, 
items of importance, 
things you might
have forgotten, 
at the last minute. 
Gifts that have…
no marked down price, 
no lesser quality, 
and...

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