The Dragonflies Lair~Thread XXIX

The Muse and Poets of the Lair | July 12, 2006 | bentfeather

[Soaring Feather]

Good night everyone.

[WayzataJOHNN]

Between Dark and Dawn

That moment,
just before the clock rattles it chimes,
shattering the dawn with responsibilities,
is the best of times.

Warm, snug,
under embracing covers, like old friends,
your head cradled by a thoughtful pillow,
dreaming of what fate does send.

Weary and spent,
you and sleep, like verses in a rhyme,
share time and find common destinies,
the experience quite sublime.

Hiding from day’s tug,
upon the covers and our mind,
we snuggle deeper in the comforter,
seeking just a moment more with sleep to bind.

[tomkow6]

Good morning,

Ms Feather!

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone.

[Soaring Feather]

Between Dark and Dawn

Exquisite poem. A keeper for sure.

I am loving your approach to writing these days.

Beginning with -That moment, then jumping to the next line, stirs interest and immediate anticipation of what will follow.

[Soaring Feather]

Leonard Nimoy, as Mr. Spock, said to a captured
enemy commander, "Military secrets are the most
fleeting of all."




Today is Thursday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2006 with 143
to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Saturn,
Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Neptune. The evening stars are
Mars, Jupiter and Pluto.

[Soaring Feather]

Birthday celebrations today.





Edmund Jennings Randolph, the first U.S. attorney general,
in 1753;

Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States, in 1874;

actor Jack Haley (the Tin Woodsman in "The Wizard of Oz")
in 1898;

actresses Norma Shearer in 1902 and Rhonda Fleming in 1923
(age 83);

guitar maker Leo Fender in 1909;

singers Jimmy Dean and Eddie Fisher, both in 1928 (age 78);

rock musician Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull in 1947 (age 59);

actors Rosanna Arquette in 1959 (age 47)

Antonio Banderas in 1960 (age 46).

[Soaring Feather]

Imprinted


I saw the desert from the plane
the images still remain
set like wrinkles in permanent press
like giant wandering sand serpents
laid down with valleys deep
between the mounds

It was awesome indeed
to know sometimes a tiny seed
may fall upon that barren ground
and blossom full and deep and round.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Good morning, Bentfeather!

[stephenjohnbanker]

Well describes my weekly flight from Burbank to Phoenix.

[Soaring Feather]

It was the first time I have seen the desert. AWESOME!

[Soaring Feather]

Hi babes!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Bundle of bliss: The bent ear. The finger nook. Stop it, Nala, you're killing us with your 3-month-old leonine cuteness. And as for you, Regina Hamza, lion keeper at Serengeti Safari Park in Hodenhagen, Germany, you have one great job.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Big game hunting in Cleveland Heights, Ohio: Birds can't see you if you don't move -- or at least that seems to be the working theory here.

[Soaring Feather]

Great pics, thanks Kathy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Spread eagle: Gabby takes off from the gauntleted hand of keeper Claudia Biancai at a park overlooking Sydney Harbor. The wedge-tailed eagle, Australia's largest bird of prey, is training to star in the zoo's daily bird shows.

[WayzataJOHNN]

Contemplative Summer

Shifting patterns sift across the lake
as the wind dances to an eternal tune
pushing clouds about as if in a game

Each day of this summer is never the same
shaped by moments to the cry of the loon
we take each for its gifts and for its sake

[Soaring Feather]

FReepmail!!!!

[HopeandGlory]

rain clouds rolling in
Hope is springing eternal
clouds rolling out . . . sigh!!!

rim 8/10/06

This is the best I can do . . . my muse seems to be on hold . . . ;-)

Goodnight fellow Larites!!!

[WayzataJOHNN]

FReepmail!!!! (Yourself!)