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The Dragonflies' Lair~Thread XXVIII~
The Muse/Poets of the Lair | June 11, 2006 | bentfeather

Posted on 06/11/2006 7:33:20 AM PDT 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: dragonflies; dragonfly; dragons; glengaulway; haiku; ladies; lords; music; poetry; songlyrics
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To: bentfeather

Your cat in the hat reminded me of my hat in the cat! I'm good today.

That's wonderful about your paint discovery and that you are re-energized and/or inspired from yesterday's painting. Keep it up and you just might inspire me!

Just in case you don't know this already, if you can take an NSAID (aspirin, ibuprofen, anaprox), take it before you make the aches.


201 posted on 06/17/2006 10:19:00 AM PDT by Lady Jag (You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.)
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To: Lady Jag

Ah, thanks for the tip, I can take Ibuprofen!

Gorgeous day here today. The manse is cool inside now without the air on, but when I step out the door and I feel the heat.

If I do a little at a time I can do things, but my eyes are bigger than my ability to preform the task. The "I think I can" just takes on a life of its own, and I can't! LOL


202 posted on 06/17/2006 10:26:26 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: bentfeather
Taking an NSAID beforehand started out as a sports technique. Ibuprofen works best for me. I take three and that's my magic dose. Just like you, I work a little at a time and then take a break. The breaks serve the obvious purpose, plus they'll tell me when I've had enough of work.

I wish I could hire cheerleaders.

Imagine this girl is following you around today:


203 posted on 06/17/2006 10:51:46 AM PDT by Lady Jag (You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.)
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To: Lady Jag

She'll do just fine, thanks.

As usual, I have as much paint on me as is on the target goal. ;)


204 posted on 06/17/2006 11:10:27 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: bentfeather
...I have as much paint on me as is on the target ...

Aha! A gal after my own heart!







bentfeather?












205 posted on 06/17/2006 11:37:12 AM PDT by Lady Jag (You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.)
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To: Lady Jag

LOL cute graphic.

I am doing well, did some more painting, showered, ate dinner and laid on the coach for a while.

Hope you day went well, too. ;)


206 posted on 06/17/2006 7:04:56 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: bentfeather

Good show! You had a good day and so did I. Mine wasn't as productive as yours, but I did get a few things done and my neck was much better today; barring any slip-ups, it's on its way to being pain free.


207 posted on 06/17/2006 7:35:15 PM PDT by Lady Jag (You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.)
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To: Lady Jag

Ah good! You have to have kitty sleep someplace other than your arm now.

Well, I did not do a whole lot, but I feel good about what I did accomplish. ;)

I learned tonight that on Monday I can expect a handyman to paint the ceiling. That really needs to be done before the sidewalls. I was just covering up old paint with a base coat. I will be glad to have this done next week, then I can get my house in order, can't stand the junk scattered around. Makes me crazy.


208 posted on 06/17/2006 7:41:28 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: All

Good night everyone.

209 posted on 06/17/2006 7:51:00 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: bentfeather

...and now for something different!



History, Lesson 46

Amid the ruins, amid the rubble there
weed strewn echoes of what used to be
all that’s left now for anyone to see
where once was life marked with care

Dim the light across the ancient fen
as night on cat’s paws cloaks day again
and soft the eternal wind tasting of rain
washing away the last traces of men

Time flows with steady majesty it does
carrying away moments that have been
making room for those yet to come and then
to silently pass away and just be what was


210 posted on 06/17/2006 10:05:20 PM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: WayzataJOHNN
Across barren stretches of waste land
an old stone structures stands, the ruins,
and shadows of life
play against a brilliant blue sky

Moss covered in places where dampness
has crept in eroding the foundation returning the elements to the earth.

while the winds take their toll
affronting the stone with lashing rains
defacing the structure to rubble
scarring the grandeur that once stood
a house of royalty, handmaidens, cooks and serfs.
They now dusty bones melding with the earth
waiting on the winds to toss them over raging seas
to fall with the sands of time


bentfeather
211 posted on 06/18/2006 4:04:30 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: Lady Jag; HopeandGlory; Kathy in Alaska; EsmeraldaA; starbase; Knitting A Conundrum; ...

Good morning everyone

212 posted on 06/18/2006 4:08:35 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: fatima; Allegra

Good morning, ping!


213 posted on 06/18/2006 4:33:14 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: bentfeather
Good morning, ping!

Good (very HOT) afternoon!

Your poem at #211 reminds me of Italy.

214 posted on 06/18/2006 4:38:24 AM PDT by Allegra (Mookie Sadr's Next!)
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To: All

Sarah Flower Adams
(1805-1848)

Love
by Sarah Flower Adams

O Love! thou makest all things even
In earth or heaven;
Finding thy way through prison-bars
Up to the stars;
Or, true to the Almighty plan,
That out of dust created man,
Thou lookest in a grave,--to see
Thine immortality!


215 posted on 06/18/2006 4:38:37 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: All

Song from the Ship
by Thomas Lovell Beddoes

1 To sea, to sea! The calm is o'er;
2 The wanton water leaps in sport,
3 And rattles down the pebbly shore;
4 The dolphin wheels, the sea-cows snort,
5 And unseen Mermaids' pearly song
6 Comes bubbling up, the weeds among.
7 Fling broad the sail, dip deep the oar:
8 To sea, to sea! the calm is o'er.

9 To sea, to sea! our wide-winged bark
10 Shall billowy cleave its sunny way,
11 And with its shadow, fleet and dark,
12 Break the caved Tritons' azure day,
13 Like mighty eagle soaring light
14 O'er antelopes on Alpine height.
15 The anchor heaves, the ship swings free,
16 The sails swell full. To sea, to sea!


216 posted on 06/18/2006 4:42:04 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: bentfeather

Good morning!


217 posted on 06/18/2006 8:08:41 AM PDT by Lady Jag (You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.)
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To: Lady Jag

Lovely graphic, Jewels.

Gonna be in the high 80s today, I started out early with the a/c on, about 6:00 am.

How does it look in you neck of the woods, a hot one??


218 posted on 06/18/2006 8:14:36 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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To: bentfeather

Yeah! Looks like low 90s today with a warning for lousy air. It's 80 already and I don't plan on going anywhere today!

How's the paint job look this morning?


219 posted on 06/18/2006 8:24:40 AM PDT by Lady Jag (You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.)
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To: Lady Jag
How's the paint job look this morning?

Not bad at all, thanks. I am not going to paint today, gonna give the old back a rest.

I wander in the garden this morning, a critter had knocked over the bird bath so I refilled it and watered some of the bedding plants.

There's a toddler living in the apt. next door to me. His parents put out a little swimming pool for him. Kids like things like that. The little guy did not tip over the birdbath it's too heavy and I'm sure his folks watch he well. There are raccoons running round the city probably one of them.
220 posted on 06/18/2006 8:31:47 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (June the month of dreams.)
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