~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ VIII

January 29, 2004 | bentfeather, Poets of The Dragon Flies' Lair

[Soaring Feather]

My Dragon Fly and Me

If I could be a Dragon Fly
and wing my way through the sky
I would never be shy
just me and my Dragon Fly!

By moonlight we ride the wind
chase the comets tail for fun
by day we would hide from the sun
our fragile wings would come undone

On darkest nights we would use
fireflies as our guide
we would dip and we would glide
through the heavens open wide
and scatter diamonds in the night sky
my Dragon Fly and I...

And we would wing past our lovers
silent in the night...
to kiss their face in our flight
much to their surprise and delight
my Dragon Fly and me in sight...

Such a view do we share
away up here in the air
of breezes soft through our hair
my Dragon Fly and me a pair...

bentfeather©

[Soaring Feather]

How To Do Poetry?

How does one create a poem, a loving artwork of entwined words that sing,
and keep it all so relevant, with not a nugatory phrase along the way?
Open your senses, and see the world from every angle, let its nuances ring,
and let each find its place inside your own mind, until they say what they will say.

Love each word for its quiet majesty, its unique place under the sun,
holding to one place, with which you will struggle to find another to entwine.
To capture a feeling, an ideal, a bit of memory on parade, sad or fun,
and bind it into a story as it were, to share with anyone who reads those lines.

Let the words fill you, find your center, and they will write the poem with your pen,
and along the way you will discover their magic growing softly in you.
Don’t I say write for others, but only for yourself, for that is what a poets been,
a vessel holding the magic, and as surprised and in wonder as the reader in review.

Be not afraid to try, for along the way, they will rise in you and flow,
into forms and shape your thoughts with gentle care, sweet partnership.
Open your heart and soul, and let the words so softly take control and go,
and along the way, you will discover that you too have authorship.

It is your heart, your trials and tribulations, your life that make the words,
and it is your soul that will shape them into the poems, a part of you.
Let them fly as they will like to heights you can not reach, your verbal birds,
flying across the sky of a world only you have ever seen or know as you do!

Trikebuilder
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01/24/04

Thank You Trikebuilder

[Soaring Feather]

~ Links to all threads.

The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread I
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread II
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread III
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread IV
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread V
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread VI
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread VII

[Soaring Feather]

New Thread Everyone

[Soaring Feather]

~ The Dragon Flies' Lair was first posted on August 27, 2003. ~

~A place to write a few lines of poetry.~

[Soaring Feather]

Trike,

I am so pleased with your description of poetry that I have added it to our opening page.

Thank You Trike.

[SAMWolf]

Memories

Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind
Memories, sweetened thru the ages just like wine

Quiet thought come floating down
And settle softly to the ground
Like golden autumn leaves around my feet
I touched them and they burst apart with sweet memories,
Sweet memories

Of holding hands and red bouquets
And twilight trimmed in purple haze
And laughing eyes and simple ways
And quiet nights and gentle days with you

Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind
Memories, sweetened thru the ages just like wine,
Memories, memories, sweet memories

bill strange - scott davis

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You Sam for the beautiful poem for our VIII issue of The Dragon Flies Lair.

[Soaring Feather]

Sorry ConspiracyGuy, I miss named you in my ping to you for the new thread.

[Soaring Feather]

Good night Poets of The Dragon Flies' Lair
~ Dream a Little ~ Love a Lot~
If you wish click the feathers...
Phil Collins~ Do You Remember

[Soaring Feather]

Happy Birthday
Ramona Jean!

[Conspiracy Guy]

No problem. I can't read well anyway.

CG

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone!
Happy Birthday to my #1 daughter, Ramona Jean!

[Darksheare]

Moved on me, eh?

[Soaring Feather]

Yes, sneak move in the night! LOL

You have lots of snow? We have about 8 to 10 inches here from yesterday?

[Darksheare]

We had almost a foot, but it kinda compacted and congealed down into an icy glop that covers everything.
Thankfully, it was almost entirely shoveled off before it congealed where we don't need it.

[snippy_about_it]

we have wonderful memories to last a lifetime
yet, there are still many more to create and share
i don't want to live on memories alone
i want to make new ones with you everyday

Snippy about it 1.29.2004

[Soaring Feather]

My memory bank is built day by day
whether you are near
or far away
I hold you in my heart
each and every day
forever we shall shape
our love this way...

To be near you would be ideal
... to look into your eyes
to touch and to feel
your bearded morning face
and see your sleep rumbled
hair would be a grand treasure
trove, one that I can bare

I loved you yesterday
I love you today
I'll love you tomorrow
for me there is no other way...

bentfeather
01/29/04

[snippy_about_it]

Oh feather that's lovely. I wish I had written it. ;-)

[Soaring Feather]

Your work is lovely snippy, I wanted to compliment your work with a response.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Good morning, my friend. :)

This is what I mean when I say "you started it"!

Hope you are well today!