~The Dragon Flies' Lair~Poetry Thread XXIV~

January 2, 2006 | bentfeather/Poets of the 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 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©

[Soaring Feather]

My eyes are tired
I cannot not sleep
the muse is messing
with my mind at night

The change is coming
I can tell

the spirit is moving
over the hill

the Kingdom of the Glenn
is grand, formed and shaped
by my hand

The child lives there
the one with bare toes
the one the warlocks
want by the nose.


The winds are a blowin'
through the Glenn
the fen is fillin'
with brackish water

the winds are a blowin'
ill will, will come
to the Castle of the Glenn


The next episode will be
one of good fortune
for those there
but soon the dark
and stormy nights
will visit the glenn
and turn it to fright...



bentfeather (c) 02.11.06

[Soaring Feather]

Good night to all who enter this place of peace.
Dream a little~Love a lot!

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone.

[ScubieNuc]

Thank you, very much.

Wow! I knew that there were many forms, but I didn't realize how many.

It will diffinately help me create a more peaceful river bed for my words to flow through.

8^)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Blessed Assurance

Good morning, ms feather.

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Kathy! Off to work for you I would guess.

Oh dear!

Thanks very much for Blessed Assurance.

[Soaring Feather]

"Did You Never Know?"
by Sara Teasdale

Did you never know, long ago, how much you loved me --
That your love would never lessen and never go?
You were young then, proud and fresh-hearted,
You were too young to know.

Fate is a wind, and red leaves fly before it
Far apart, far away in the gusty time of year --
Seldom we meet now, but when I hear you speaking,
I know your secret, my dear, my dear.

[Soaring Feather]

"Like Barley Bending"
by Sara Teasdale

Like barley bending
In low fields by the sea,
Singing in hard wind
Ceaselessly;

Like barley bending
And rising again,
So would I, unbroken,
Rise from pain;

So would I softly,
Day long, night long,
Change my sorrow
Into song.

[Soaring Feather]

Old English sayings.




GETTING BOMBED A bombard is a leather jug which holds 8 pints or 4 quarts. A full bombard of ale would make you drunk.



WET YOUR WHISTLE Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used to blow the whistle to get some service.

[Soaring Feather]

Link to Dragonflies

[Soaring Feather]

[HopeandGlory]

precariously
walking the proverbial limb,
hang on dragonfly!

rim© 2/11/06

Good night Miss Feather and Fellow Larites . . . see you tomorrow.

[Soaring Feather]

Oh lovely Hope, literally.

*HUGS*


Did ya see all those penguins fatima is posting in the Canteen??

[HopeandGlory]

No . . . I'll go take a look.

[fatima]

Hi bestest girlfriend:)Came home from the shore this morning because of the storm.

[Soaring Feather]

OMG these penguins your posting are so funny!! Hopeand Glory loves them.



So you went to the shore but had to leave. Well, I have been FReeping all day. Took a short nap-I was pooped.

[WayzataJOHNN]

Something form my writing this last fall, nice to think about (warm)liquid precipitation right now.


Dripping Days

Water weeps from the eves
amid rumbles of a summer storm
and I sit inside, eyeing dripping leaves
accepting it as the day’s norm

Wind tugs at the corner of the house
bemoaning such a drizzling day
and I inhabit the fireside as I may
glad not my spirits to douse

A good book in which to lose myself
kept quite close upon a nearby shelf
chaptering it amid the music of the rain
setting the storm aside with easy distain

[fatima]

bentfeather,we went Thursday night and all your care's melt away when you get there.I made up my mind to redecorate and I did with a boat theme,we even found a bargain boat lamp for 25.00.I set the table with the sailboat dishes and glasses the kids bought us and we clean for 2 days.We might lose power here because of the storm.Heavy snow and winds.

[Soaring Feather]

I love this piece. Good work.

[Soaring Feather]

Your place sounds so lovely. Sea side is really a good place to be-all the negative ions in the air.
They help to relax us. I am a water baby and love to be in the water or near it.