Short Damselfly Poems

damselfly wisp
in flight
~ a mere breath



posted on July 20, 2018...

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wings aflutter
damselfly
finds her lilypad



posted on April 4, 2018...

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leafy, tree lined lanes
    rich,  wild flower verges -
    damselfly sparkles...

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graceful flight
the damselfly
pirouetting free



posted on September 12, 2018...

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damselfly
a blue wisp
of a whisper



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

posted on April 21, 2019...

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a damselfly
come to visit
peeks in my window



AP: 2nd place

Posted on September 2, 2019...

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bamboo windchimes dance
carousing gently in the breeze
~ damselfly finds mate



posted on June 14, 2018...

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single blade of grass
damselfly is grasshopper 
springs to hawk the beck


Written: March 20, 2022...

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Iridescent Blue

Damselfly respite.
Basking feast on bobbed wire,
The sun warms; next, flight.

©  Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
December 7, 2009...

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lithe light lovely words float past
escaping my touch as a butterfly does
one lands in the form of a dragonfly
or are you a damselfly?
I have no words...

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in june wilderness
flitting across babbling brook ~
a swift damselfly

Summer Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin 
Date written: 06/26/2022...

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spring bamboo windchimes
carouse gently in the breeze
~ damselfly finds mate




AP: 2nd place 2021, 3rd place 2021 

Submitted on March 27, 2021 for contest SPRING HAIKU sponsored by TANIA KITCHIN...

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ALONG

loch-studded moorland

bogs and runnels

and o'er the Highland Pass

antennae alert
I'll twist the wind

            to
              feed
                 my
                    Bonny
                         Lass...

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summer dissipates 
viridescent willow wisps
frenzied honeybees

azure sky smiles
gnarly grasshopper singing
creeping violets 

discerning monarch 
damselfly competition
lilac fragrance wafts 

ethereal mist
supercilious confidence 
ushering autumn

melodic bird song 
sizzles saccharine summer
as she floats away...

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if you are silent
not merely quiet
but if you do not make a sound
she might come by

can I breathe
not loudly
and so we waited.
four afternoons in a row

she arrived on the fifth afternoon
landed on a verdent stalk
she was exquisite with faerie wings
prettiest damselfly I have ever seen

only damsel fly I have ever seen...

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Butterfly is late to the marigold patch
No one holds grudges, luckily
Gate clicks shut with a click of the latch

Farmer’s wife comes out to make a match
Gathering flowers to make pretty bouquet
Damselfly flies by too fast to catch

Garden’s produces carrots in a clump batch
Fat tomato worms hide themselves
On red ripe tomatoes they will soon attach...

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Damselfly was in demand, she dated all the time.
She dated squirrels, blue jays, caterpillars, and a slug with grime.
She needs to date an octopus, her relative said, that might last.
He would be in the ocean, and their courtship would be a blast.
Along came a dragonfly who heard the conversation.
He began to court the damselfly who fell for him on vacation....

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Colorful needles
Glide through the sky
Flying critters daedal~
Swarm of Damselflies

With vibrant slender bodies
And intricately designed wings
They jubilantly dance in the sky
True glee to the viewers, they bring

Merrily drench in the rain showers
Rhythmically jump around the flowers
Angels from the world old~ they are
quite a sight to behold ...

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Garden holds her breath as dragonfly magically appears.  The flowers begin tittering, hoping he is coming to visit them.  Her counterpart damselfly lands on a tea rose, who is feeling smug all of two seconds before they both flit off again. 


                              her cellophane wings
                         the whole garden is abuzz
                                    dragonfly visit...

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