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The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Thread XXVI~March 28, 2006
The Seven Muses | March 28, 2006 | bentfeather/Poets of the Lair

Posted on 03/27/2006 9:23:33 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: Poetry
KEYWORDS: classicpoetry; dragonflies; dragons; glengaulway; glenngaulway; haiku; knights; ladies; originalpoetry; prose; songlyrics
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To: WayzataJOHNN

LOL!!


Good morning to you!

You forgot dumb struck!


921 posted on 04/21/2006 5:56:31 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (Protect Your Neck....Fly With Dragonfly Airlines & Sparkle A Lot Pilots)
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To: bentfeather

Thank you!


922 posted on 04/21/2006 6:06:09 AM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: bentfeather

And a good morning to you too


923 posted on 04/21/2006 6:07:00 AM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: All




Pigeon Post
by Katharine Lee Bates


White wing, white wing,
Lily of the air,
What word dost bring,
On whose errand fare?


Red word, red word,
Snowy plumes abhor.
I, Christ's own bird,
Do the work of war.







924 posted on 04/21/2006 6:18:15 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (Protect Your Neck....Fly With Dragonfly Airlines & Sparkle A Lot Pilots)
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To: bentfeather

Ah yes, te famouse carrier pidgeons of WW1


925 posted on 04/21/2006 6:27:07 AM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: bentfeather

Ah yes, the famouse carrier pidgeons of WW1


926 posted on 04/21/2006 6:27:12 AM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: WayzataJOHNN

Yup!


927 posted on 04/21/2006 6:28:49 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (Protect Your Neck....Fly With Dragonfly Airlines & Sparkle A Lot Pilots)
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To: bentfeather
Thank you, oh Feathered One, for the compliment on the poem.   It is one of my favorites.

Spring Carol
by Robert Louis Stevenson

WHEN loud by landside streamlets gush,
And clear in the greenwood quires the thrush,
With sun on the meadows
And songs in the shadows
Comes again to me
The gift of the tongues of the lea,
The gift of the tongues of meadows.

Straightway my olden heart returns
And dances with the dancing burns;
It sings with the sparrows;
To the rain and the (grimy) barrows
Sings my heart aloud -
To the silver-bellied cloud,
To the silver rainy arrows.

It bears the song of the skylark down,
And it hears the singing of the town;
And youth on the highways
And lovers in byways
Follows and sees:
And hearkens the song of the leas
And sings the songs of the highways.

So when the earth is alive with gods,
And the lusty ploughman breaks the sod,
And the grass sings in the meadows,
And the flowers smile in the shadows,
Sits my heart at ease,
Hearing the song of the leas,
Singing the songs of the meadows.

928 posted on 04/21/2006 7:32:07 AM PDT by Lady Jag ((,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸Ooooh...I think I over-medicated¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸))
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To: Lady Jag
Good morning, Lady!

Wonderful poem for a gorgeous Spring day.


In the meadows the birds play
swaying on old reeds this new day
at evening tide the peepers sing
heralding to our world it's Spring!


bf (c)





Robert Lewis Stevenson, my uncle introduced me to him. I was 10 years old.
929 posted on 04/21/2006 8:00:02 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (Protect Your Neck....Fly With Dragonfly Airlines & Sparkle A Lot Pilots)
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To: bentfeather

You must know something about him. I've been trying to remember a couple fascinating stories about RLS, but they elude me at the moment. Got anything to add?


930 posted on 04/21/2006 8:24:36 AM PDT by Lady Jag ((,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸Ooooh...I think I over-medicated¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸))
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To: Lady Jag
Afraid I am in the same boat as you regarding any stories about RLS. Uncle bought me the book A Child's Garden of Verses.
931 posted on 04/21/2006 8:34:19 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (Protect Your Neck....Fly With Dragonfly Airlines & Sparkle A Lot Pilots)
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To: bentfeather

Morning, Ms Feather!


932 posted on 04/21/2006 8:47:02 AM PDT by tomkow6 (....coming next FRIDAY...to a Canteen near you...........Camp Run-A-Muk.....CIRCUS!!!!!!!!)
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To: tomkow6

Good morning, Tom.


933 posted on 04/21/2006 8:52:42 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (Protect Your Neck....Fly With Dragonfly Airlines & Sparkle A Lot Pilots)
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To: bentfeather
Spring Rain

by Sara Teasdale


I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again
To-night with the first spring thunder
In a rush of rain.

I remembered a darkened doorway
Where we stood while the storm swept by,
Thunder gripping the earth
And lightning scrawled on the sky.

The passing motor busses swayed,
For the street was a river of rain,
Lashed into little golden waves
In the lamp light's stain.

With the wild spring rain and thunder
My heart was wild and gay;
Your eyes said more to me that night
Than your lips would ever say. . . .

I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again
To-night with the first spring thunder
In a rush of rain.


934 posted on 04/21/2006 11:05:41 AM PDT by Lady Jag ((,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸Ooooh...I think I over-medicated¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸))
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To: Lady Jag

Sara Teasdale, I love her work. Thank You.


935 posted on 04/21/2006 11:18:57 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (Protect Your Neck....Fly With Dragonfly Airlines & Sparkle A Lot Pilots)
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To: bentfeather

I haven't read enough of Sara Teasdale. Whatever I've read of hers, I've liked a lot, though.


936 posted on 04/21/2006 11:23:21 AM PDT by Lady Jag ((,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸Ooooh...I think I over-medicated¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸))
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To: Lady Jag

She writes straight from the heart.


937 posted on 04/21/2006 11:30:19 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (Protect Your Neck....Fly With Dragonfly Airlines & Sparkle A Lot Pilots)
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To: bentfeather

She has a beautiful heart.


938 posted on 04/21/2006 11:56:15 AM PDT by Lady Jag ((,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸Ooooh...I think I over-medicated¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸))
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To: Lady Jag

939 posted on 04/21/2006 4:50:12 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Protect Your Neck....Fly With Dragonfly Airlines & Sparkle A Lot Pilots)
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To: bentfeather

Moi?


940 posted on 04/21/2006 5:39:41 PM PDT by Lady Jag ((,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸Ooooh...I think I over-medicated¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸))
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