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The Dragonflies Lair~Thread XXIX
The Muse and Poets of the Lair | July 12, 2006 | bentfeather

Posted on 07/12/2006 8:30:09 PM 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: classicpoetry; dragonflies; dragons; freeverse; glengaulway; glenngaulway; haiku; knights; ladies; songlyrics
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To: starbase

Hello starbase! So good to see your post this morning. We have missed you!

Wow you sure are having an adventure! Grateful you are safe and sound.


Thank you, for the offer of help for our selected writings/readings.


701 posted on 08/08/2006 3:57:08 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: WayzataJOHNN; HopeandGlory; Lady Jag; EsmeraldaA; Kathy in Alaska; Reaper FReeper; ...

Good morning, America!
From sea to shining sea
the mighty Rocky Mountains hold grand imagery.

702 posted on 08/08/2006 4:22:16 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather

Good morning,

Ms Feather!

703 posted on 08/08/2006 4:24:38 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
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To: tomkow6

OH MY GOSH! ROTFLOL!


704 posted on 08/08/2006 4:27:45 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: Colonel_Flagg; All

Celebrating today's Birthday Anniversary

Thank You, Colonel Flagg, for introducing Sarah to we poets of the Lair.

Sara Teasdale
(1884-1933)


"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.




"It Will Not Change"
by Sara Teasdale

It will not change now
After so many years;
Life has not broken it
With parting or tears;
Death will not alter it,
It will live on
In all my songs for you
When I am gone.


705 posted on 08/08/2006 6:09:31 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: All




Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo include:



the United States' first professional architect, Charles
Bulfinch, in 1763;

American black explorer Matthew Henson in 1866;

Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata in 1879;

poet Sara Teasdale in 1884;

author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ("The Yearling") in 1896;

composer/conductor Victor Young ("Around The World in
80 Days") in 1900;

musician Benny Carter in 1907;

Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg in 1908;

actress Sylvia Sidney in 1910;

movie producer Dino DeLaurentis in 1919 (age 87);

actor Rory Calhoun in 1922;

aquatic actress Esther Williams in 1922 (age 84);

country singer Mel Tillis in 1932 (age 74);

actor Dustin Hoffman in 1937 (age 69);

singer Connie Stevens in 1938 (age 68);

actor Keith Carradine in 1949 (age 57);

writer/journalist Randy Shilts in 1951;

TV personality Deborah Norville in 1958 (age 48);

and Beatrice, Princess of York, in 1988 (age 18).


706 posted on 08/08/2006 6:12:14 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather

Good morning! Great photo of my favorite vacation spot.


707 posted on 08/08/2006 7:38:43 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Taglines for sale or rent. Good "one liners", 50 cents.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
GM, they are majestic aren't they??
708 posted on 08/08/2006 8:29:40 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather; All

709 posted on 08/08/2006 8:40:27 AM PDT by EsmeraldaA
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To: bentfeather

That is beautiful, thank you.

This is the first time I actually read something from her.


710 posted on 08/08/2006 8:43:19 AM PDT by EsmeraldaA
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To: EsmeraldaA

Oh my, gorgeous Iris, one of my favourite flowers.


711 posted on 08/08/2006 8:59:13 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: EsmeraldaA

Sarah is a Romantic Poet whom I dearly love. I'm glad you enjoy her work.


712 posted on 08/08/2006 9:02:15 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather
I'm glad you enjoyed it Ms Feather. ;)
713 posted on 08/08/2006 9:05:36 AM PDT by EsmeraldaA
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To: bentfeather
Good afternoon, America from Boston!


714 posted on 08/08/2006 10:41:54 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated)
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To: Lady Jag
Good afternoon, Jewels from Boston!

I am just now taking a break from ugh, changing bedding, laundry and cleaning.

How is your day??
715 posted on 08/08/2006 10:45:22 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather

It's a busy week all week. I'll be in and out for various meetings. Getting ready for art classes starting in fall & projects for the Lions Club which also starts up again this fall. Summer isn't as long as they say it is, with August being busy.


716 posted on 08/08/2006 11:09:43 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated)
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To: Lady Jag

Ah, busy is good, yes?? Keeps your creative juices flowing.


717 posted on 08/08/2006 11:32:50 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather

It's got my creative snoring going. On my way out again, don't know how long, but hope it's fast.

XOX


718 posted on 08/08/2006 11:35:29 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated)
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To: bentfeather

Pondering Precipitation

Soft, soft
the rain drops leap from the eve gutter by the loft
falling to a watery commune around the flowers there
lit by the porch light like falling stars without care

Whisper they do
of other days and places they’ve been new
as they rush on away from me so snug and warm
temperate tourists so fickle as they flow away in a swarm

Like a dewdrop drum roll
they play their own version of the blues with soul
and carry off my daydreams in liquid grace
to some other distant, wet, and wonderful place


719 posted on 08/08/2006 5:19:28 PM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: WayzataJOHNN

Pondering Precipitation



Oh WOW, this is great! Well done, well done!!


720 posted on 08/08/2006 5:31:06 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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