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The Dragonfly Whisperer

...A long-tailed skimmer (Plathemis lydia) with lovely striking wings 
both transformed and adaptable, transforming right before my eyes 
Settled on my hand she's like an Alien object from heaven abov...

Categories: skimmer, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Mind of the Heart

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Written: February 23, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker

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Line of inquiry:
“feeling not thinking, soul with lov...

Categories: skimmer, heart, muse,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

Roseate Skimmer

...roseate skimmer
pretty rose pink dragonfly
females orange-brown...

Categories: skimmer, adventure,
Form: Haiku

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Muse of a Word Economist

...My muse is a sieve
it pans for gold
it’s a strainer 
a skimmer
a fat separator 
it tumbles boulders 
until pebbles are formed 
it can chew on a feeling 
for days weeks or years
til it spits ...

Categories: skimmer, me, muse, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Debris

...debris from dark storm
dredged by the leaf skimmer -
grandsons putter* in pool



* to move or act aimlessly or idly...

Categories: skimmer, summer,
Form: Haiku

Black Cat Night

...It's a black cat Halloween night. Meow!
Sleek and lurking in the moonlight. Wow!
And they turn an inquisitive yellow eye,
When the little ghosts and goblins go by.

Ebony night, pitch black and ...

Categories: skimmer, cat, dark, halloween, moon,
Form: Rhyme

King of the Glen

...King of the Glen

Back then when I was a swain,
I pranced across the heath and strath.
Hither and thither on a whim I’d skimmer,
Through the bluebells, thistles, and grass.

Back then, ...

Categories: skimmer, age, culture, humor, perspective,
Form: Verse

Fetch My Skimmer

...Slugs and snails line the highway,
Munching, crunching, drinking fumes;
Early in the morning, late at day.

A tunnel of black ahead looms,
Feasting on diesel, ready to growl;
Into the maw a luc...

Categories: skimmer, science fiction, urban,
Form: Terza Rima

Saint Nick Skimmer

...I'm shopping for Santa.
He's not good with money.
He'll us up my credit
and laugh like it's funny.

He says he's not perfect
but what can he do.
With Christmas time coming
we'll all need to w...

Categories: skimmer, 5th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Quatrain

Ollie Hynd

...Ollie Hynd MBE is a first class swimmer, 
And has neuromuscular myopathy et all, 
He broke his brother Sam’s WR skimmer, 
Which was set in Beijing 2008, his gaul.

Ollie debuted in 2011 at the I...

Categories: skimmer, body, desire, dream, health,
Form: Quatrain

Butterfly Wings

...We pen the beauty of butterflies; we witness the grace in their flight.
The brilliance of shades is seen by day, but what of them by night?
They droop beneath the limbs; wings bound to hold dreams ...

Categories: skimmer, beautiful, butterfly, children, dream,
Form: Rhyme

Hats

...This may seem a vacuous subject upon which to muse,
But ain't it amazin' the myriad of hats from which to choose?
Browsin' through the haberdashery or millinery shop in town,
You're bound to find ...

Categories: skimmer, funny
Form: Rhyme