Food Dragonfly Poems

I knew not my parents. Where did they go?
Seems they'd flown off before my egg had hatched,
then I and many siblings left alone.
In murk of...

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Locked In

The walls all around, 
are not what is doing me under. 
It is not the lack of air, 
food or needed sustenance…
It is not...

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Scales to Measure

We are not all equal. 
Some can dance on a wire...
above the crowd, 
Some can swim...
all the way to China. 
While others,
make food...

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The Mask of Fate
(This poem deals with the Corona Virus. 
It is very intense.)

My kid's school called.  
The college. 
They said that there had...

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We Are Okay

The heater is running, 
I can hear it's pleasant song. 
Making the house warm. 
We are blessed. 
So many this night, are cold....

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Confused Miles

You...
are too far away. 
I live here and you live there. 
The world, 
smaller all the time, 
but still. 

Parts are on fire. 
Some...

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The Worth of Rice

Food is a daily need. 
Some eat well, are fed well, 
are taken care of, 
while others have little, 
or none. 

It...

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Seasons of Abundance 
and Regret

Grandma was a farm cook, 
never wasted a thing. 
We ate good...
plain food. 
She taught:
Never say words, 
you will not eat,...

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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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The Unsaved

I watch you from a distance. 
I see everything you do. 
Your life is hard, 
and the world is unkind, 
mostly, if only at...

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Be Sure

I have been let down before. 
Not once but many times. 
Let us be honest, 
nearly always. 

Perhaps you will be different, 
perhaps you...

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Pray for You	

Yes. 
The answer is yes. 
Put the note in the box, 
and your name...
will be reverently be added, 
to the long list, 
of...

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If Money Grew 

I would plant a garden. 
I would make every row, 
straight. 
They would be perfect, 
as hard work, 
produces the best crops....

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Standing in Line

Today I will shop, for food. 
I will buy what is needed. 
Beans, rice, milk, eggs.
These are…on the list.

The magic of what can...

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Blushing Strangers

The funnies things happen, 
when you go to church, 
and you are loving the Lord. 
There is a feeling that comes. 
It is HIM!...

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