Long Damselfly Poems

Across the moor
To Wicken Fen
Where brume swallows all
Into mire, of the life,
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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 The Women of Tuskegee.
Tuskegee Airmen they are named.
Lost within the...

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Damselflies 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 an expert in flies.
You can call me a Stonefly, but...

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Her swift and wondrous gait   enthralls
upon  the light  of lightest evening--
bedecked  in turquoise- gold  finery
sewn by earth’s intricate handiwork...
a mature nymph hovers along the pond
to  relish  delicacy...

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I 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 tune
I am known as the Healer
I am the guardian at...

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If 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. 
 
If I could talk to a Dragonfly, 
Hovering by...

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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 grass
such hurricane stanzas embrace
these burnished strings of delicate harp
or sigh...

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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 gossamer winged flyer
Damselfly dance into the sun higher
Filling us with...

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              I lay my eggs in water.
              I criticize...

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Such 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 sun
she is a splendid sight.
Her slender abdomen dressed in
metallic blue...

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Cinderella Damselfly was inspired as she clung to the Nebraska wheat
her sparkly filigree wings were dazzled with Midwestern dew.
she clung to the stalk in a desperate lonely ignored women’s way.
her empathy felt that something marvelous...

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Fragile in no way, pliable, flexible
Delicate? Hardly. Reaching coves and corners
Getting her monarch where she needs to be

Tensile Wings
Rarely broken, tough and durable, dependable
Lifting up the faeries into the hollow of the oak tree
Flattening themselves...

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Hoping 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 blue so bright.

Her wings, silver lace and so delicate.
Now she...

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Damselfly 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 he’s invited
Queen of faeries says I’ll make you knighted

Bumblebee diligently...

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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 day
and hover on and on
over drifting waterlilies
the whole night through

In...

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