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~The Dragon Flies' Lair~Poetry Thread XXV~
The Seven Muses | March 8, 2006 | bentfeather/Poets of the Lair

Posted on 03/07/2006 9:06:41 PM PST by 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 me...

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©
2002





TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Poetry
KEYWORDS: beauty; classicpoetry; damsels; dragonflies; dragons; fun; glengaulway; glenngaulway; haiku; knights; ladies; laughter; limericks; lyricwriters; music; originalpoetry; poetry; poets; prose; wizards; wordsmiths
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To: pelikan
Have to prepare for the podcast now

Always a first time, I hear...
From your lips... bwahaa.

free eddie!

Later, y'all!
-unc.

121 posted on 03/09/2006 6:29:14 AM PST by uncleshag (He who angers you controls you.)
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To: bentfeather

See ya in a while, bentfeather.
Sorry to run so soon.
Catch y'all after noon.


122 posted on 03/09/2006 6:30:36 AM PST by uncleshag (He who angers you controls you.)
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To: uncleshag

Sure, I understand. Later then.


123 posted on 03/09/2006 6:32:25 AM PST by Soaring Feather (Woman Poets Rock the Babies, Baby Rocks the poet.away.)
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To: bentfeather

RE: Neil Young~Harvest Moon

I can't recall the first time I heard this song, bent.
Played and sang it a million times, though.


"On a warm night, in an antebellum home on a hundred acres of oaks and hollows, a Harvest Moon hangs glowing for all the world. The warm summer breeze carries the scents of evening flowers and cornsilk. A bare bulb lights the hallway and nothing else. Out on the porch, you in the cotton shift and I in t-shirt and jeans, sip the supper's coffee remains and at once lean into the other.
On this Harvest Moon."

-unc.


124 posted on 03/09/2006 8:20:59 AM PST by uncleshag (He who angers you controls you.)
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To: uncleshag

It's a lovely song, along with the unique voice and style of Neil Young.


125 posted on 03/09/2006 8:23:49 AM PST by Soaring Feather (Woman Poets Rock the Babies, Baby Rocks the poet.away.)
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To: uncleshag; pelikan; All

Lionel Richie~ Stuck On You

126 posted on 03/09/2006 8:29:15 AM PST by Soaring Feather (Woman Poets Rock the Babies, Baby Rocks the poet.away.)
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To: All

~Hawaiian~Hoonua~Feel Good Music~

I love to shake my grass. LOL
Yupper, feel good music.

127 posted on 03/09/2006 8:37:04 AM PST by Soaring Feather (Woman Poets Rock the Babies, Baby Rocks the poet.away.)
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To: All

Travelling Wilburys~End of the Line


128 posted on 03/09/2006 8:41:07 AM PST by Soaring Feather (Woman Poets Rock the Babies, Baby Rocks the poet.away.)
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To: All

A Little Goth~Within Temptation~Somewhere


129 posted on 03/09/2006 8:45:46 AM PST by Soaring Feather (Woman Poets Rock the Babies, Baby Rocks the poet.away.)
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To: bentfeather

130 posted on 03/09/2006 8:53:01 AM PST by uncleshag (He who angers you controls you.)
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To: All

Wizard Women of the North~Nordic~Aurora Borealis

131 posted on 03/09/2006 8:53:06 AM PST by Soaring Feather (Woman Poets Rock the Babies, Baby Rocks the poet.away.)
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To: bentfeather

132 posted on 03/09/2006 8:54:22 AM PST by uncleshag (He who angers you controls you.)
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To: uncleshag
Oh boy thanks, over the 20 posts now. ;)
133 posted on 03/09/2006 8:56:33 AM PST by Soaring Feather (Woman Poets Rock the Babies, Baby Rocks the poet.away.)
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To: uncleshag; pelikan; Texas Songwriter; All



FReeper~Texas Songwriter~Jeff Russell~De JaVu


134 posted on 03/09/2006 9:07:59 AM PST by Soaring Feather (Woman Poets Rock the Babies, Baby Rocks the poet.away.)
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To: bentfeather

Oh I love Texas!!! I live in Texas! :)


135 posted on 03/09/2006 10:32:15 AM PST by Reaper FReeper (Sometimes I wonder what ADD is, but than I find myself chasing a butterfly.)
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To: All

Hey guys,
I guess we really started going on this new thread!! I'm glad that I was the 1,000 post on the last one. Too bad that I never figured out how to post pictures! LOL! That’s okay, my mom doesn't know how to either. Anyway Good Morning everyone!!!!! :-)


136 posted on 03/09/2006 10:37:18 AM PST by Reaper FReeper (Sometimes I wonder what ADD is, but than I find myself chasing a butterfly.)
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To: trubluolyguy

It's been a long while since I've visited the Lair, But I came across a FANTASTIC Pro-Denmark/Pro Free Speech Poetry Contest that I think the scribes here might want to support.

The contest also has a category for cartoons and the whole idea is to speak up on behalf of free speech vs. the attempts by Islamic activists to impose self censorhsip on our media and "hate laws" to silence criticism of Islam.

See the Poetry contest Announcement here:

http://www.laughyourheadoff.org/POprize.html

Looks like submissions need to go to
charlesmartel@laughyourheadoff.org

How about it Freedomistas? We have some good limericks, rhymes, or cartoons in support of the Danes and Liberty?


137 posted on 03/09/2006 10:43:32 AM PST by LibertyBelt (Use Your Tongue Or Lose Your Head)
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To: bentfeather

This morning, I am out of rhymes, but I wrote this instead:

It was no clean thing, this,
no easy walk into that dark night
filled with memorable soundbites
and photo op moments,
soldiers in their dress uniforms
and dignitaries in their solemn regalia.

No clean thing, this,
filled with the sweat of pain
and the taste of blood,
the dust of the road,
the tears of grief,
the reality of betrayal,
the weight of sin.

No calm thing, this,
filled instead with noise:
the noise of mockery, bitter and undeserved,
punctuated with spittle and blows.
the noise of pain:
the slap of the flagellum against bare skin,
the sound of hammers driving spikes into wood
through human flesh,
cries ripped unbidden from the depths of the gut,
as flesh protested the hot sudden agony
that would not go away.
The noise of expediency: "Crucify him yourselves."

No easy walk this,
rushed through the crowded streets
beneath a crushing weight,
stripped of everything that matters most to man,
standing naked in the light of day
bruised and bloody and battered,
with nothing left to give
except the acceptance of pain,
except the final acts of love,
surrender
death.


138 posted on 03/09/2006 11:15:11 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: bentfeather
Good morning Ms Feather.


139 posted on 03/09/2006 11:25:00 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: bentfeather

As promised!

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ

1 ) How long did the Hundred Years War last? - 116 years
2 ) Which country makes Panama hats? - Ecuador
3 ) From which animal do we get cat gut? - Sheep and Horses
4 ) In which month do Russians celebrate the October
Revolution? - November
5 ) What is a camel's hair brush made of? - Squirrel fur
6 ) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what
animal? -Dogs
7 ) What was King George VI's first name? - Albert
8 ) What color is a purple finch? - Crimson
9 ) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? - New Zealand
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
- Orange, of course.


140 posted on 03/09/2006 12:11:09 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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