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The Dragonflies' Lair~Thread XXXXI
Poets of the Dragonflies' Lair | August 9, 2007 | Soaring Feather

Posted on 08/06/2007 3:44:50 AM PDT by Soaring Feather





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 (c) 2002









TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; Poetry
KEYWORDS: dragonflies; dragons; poetry; thelair
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To: tomkow6; Soaring Feather

ROFLMBO!! Tom, you’re one of a kind. *shakes head*

And while I’m here — good afternoon Ms. Feather! :-)


161 posted on 08/15/2007 1:39:20 PM PDT by StarCMC (http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/school-of-the-counterpropagandist/)
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To: Lady Jag; Soaring Feather; Cindy; MEG33; Kathy in Alaska; NRA2BFree; areafiftyone; SunkenCiv; ...
It's a Strange World, isn't it?   Rolling across the desert, with the heat of summer shimmering off of the highway, you just never KNOW what you're likely to see...






 DeathStar1a.gif         




162 posted on 08/15/2007 6:16:08 PM PDT by Seadog Bytes (OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
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To: tomkow6

LOL Hey Tomkow, sorry I missed you! Great poem!!


163 posted on 08/15/2007 6:31:54 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: AZamericonnie

Hi Connie, so nice to see you! Love the graphic!


164 posted on 08/15/2007 6:32:43 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: StarCMC

Hi Star, nice to see you, thanks for stopping around. ;)

Hope all is well for you and yours.


165 posted on 08/15/2007 6:33:43 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: Seadog Bytes

LOL, great graphic, Seadog!


166 posted on 08/15/2007 6:34:35 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: Soaring Feather
Graphic...?   ...Oh, NO, LOL. That's a REAL sign. (Check it out next time you're on Hwy I80, about 333 miles East of the Nevada state line.)
167 posted on 08/15/2007 6:51:28 PM PDT by Seadog Bytes (OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
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To: Seadog Bytes

Okay, but I doubt it will be anytime soon. ;)


168 posted on 08/15/2007 6:53:13 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: All

Tree Trunk Carvings

http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/treecarvings/ttc.html


169 posted on 08/15/2007 6:59:24 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: All

170 posted on 08/15/2007 7:21:45 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: Soaring Feather

Here you go...LOL...
http://images.google.com/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=Deeth+starr+valley&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi


171 posted on 08/15/2007 7:31:21 PM PDT by Seadog Bytes (OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
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To: Seadog Bytes; Lady Jag; Lost Dutchman; WayzataJOHNN; NY Attitude; tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska; ...
Good morning everyone!





Time, Real and Imaginary - An Allegory


On the wide level of a mountain's head,
(I knew not where, but 'twas some faery place)
Their pinions, ostrich-like, for sails out-spread,
Two lovely children run an endless race,


A sister and a brother!
This far outstripp'd the other;
Yet ever runs she with reverted face,
And looks and listens for the boy behind :
For he, alas! is blind !


O'er rough and smooth with even step he passed,
And knows not whether he be first or last.


By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


172 posted on 08/16/2007 6:24:32 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: Soaring Feather

Good morning Soaring Feather. Hope that you are getting better and stronger with each passing day. That was a beautiful drawing and poem.


173 posted on 08/16/2007 7:58:56 AM PDT by NY Attitude (You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
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To: NY Attitude

Hello to you NYA, have you been incognito?? How are you, keeping busy I would guess.


174 posted on 08/16/2007 8:04:00 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: Soaring Feather; All

Good Morning Everyone
Lovely poem and graphic, Soaring Feather!

175 posted on 08/16/2007 8:41:35 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: Soaring Feather; Seadog Bytes; Lost Dutchman; WayzataJOHNN; NY Attitude; tomkow6; ...


The fly-away horse
 
  Oh, a wonderful horse is the Fly-Away Horse -
Perhaps you have seen him before;
Perhaps, while you slept, his shadow has swept

Through the moonlight that floats on the floor.
For it's only at night, when the stars twinkle bright,
That the Fly-Away Horse, with a neigh
And a pull at his rein and a toss of his mane,
Is up on his heels and away!
The Moon in the sky,
As he gallopeth by,
Cries: "Oh! what a marvelous sight!"
And the Stars in dismay
Hide their faces away
In the lap of old Grandmother Night.

It is yonder, out yonder, the Fly-Away Horse
Speedeth ever and ever away -
Over meadows and lanes, over mountains and plains,
Over streamlets that sing at their play;
And over the sea like a ghost sweepeth he,
While the ships they go sailing below,
And he speedeth so fast that the men at the mast
Adjudge him some portent of woe.
"What ho there!" they cry,
As he flourishes by
With a whisk of his beautiful tail;
And the fish in the sea
Are as scared as can be,
From the nautilus up to the whale!

And the Fly-Away Horse seeks those faraway lands
You little folk dream of at night -
Where candy-trees grow, and honey-brooks flow,
And corn-fields with popcorn are white;
And the beasts in the wood are ever so good
To children who visit them there -
What glory astride of a lion to ride,
Or to wrestle around with a bear!
The monkeys, they say:
"Come on, let us play,"
And they frisk in the cocoanut-trees:
While the parrots, that cling
To the peanut-vines, sing
Or converse with comparative ease!

Off! scamper to bed - you shall ride him tonight!
For, as soon as you've fallen asleep,
With a jubilant neigh he shall bear you away
Over forest and hillside and deep!
But tell us, my dear, all you see and you hear
In those beautiful lands over there,
Where the Fly-Away Horse wings his faraway course
With the wee one consigned to his care.
Then grandma will cry
In amazement: "Oh, my!"
And she'll think it could never be so;
And only we two
Shall know it is true -
You and I, little precious! shall know!

Eugene Field


176 posted on 08/16/2007 9:02:43 AM PDT by Lady Jag (The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: Lady Jag
Horse fly (away):


177 posted on 08/16/2007 9:25:46 AM PDT by tomkow6 (........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)
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To: tomkow6


Never stand under a horse fly.


178 posted on 08/16/2007 9:36:35 AM PDT by Lady Jag (The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: MEG33

Hello Meg, lovely flowers for the Lair, thank you.

Hope you have a splendid day. ;)


179 posted on 08/16/2007 10:07:40 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: Lady Jag

Perfect, just perfect.

How are you today, Lady??


180 posted on 08/16/2007 10:08:40 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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