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The Dragonflie's Lair~Thread XLV
Poets of The Lair | November 30, 2007 | Soaring Feather

Posted on 11/30/2007 7:48:14 PM PST by Soaring Feather





My Dragonfly 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 (c) 2002


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Music/Entertainment; Poetry
KEYWORDS: dragonflies; lair; music; poetry
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Julie London~Night Life


1,921 posted on 12/29/2007 8:39:01 AM PST by Soaring Feather (I soar 'cause I can.....)
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From Dr. Spock~Live Long and Prosper~Happy New Year Everyone!

1,922 posted on 12/29/2007 8:43:54 AM PST by Soaring Feather (I soar 'cause I can.....)
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To: NY Attitude
Drunks at 2 AM aren't too bad. They resemble the homeless drinkers seen during the day.

Other things one can see in NYC are significantly more unhealthy.


1,923 posted on 12/29/2007 9:07:21 AM PST by Lady Jag (Fall seven times, stand up eight)
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To: WayzataJOHNN

I can’t dictate worth a darn. the words go from my brain to my fingers, bypassing my mouth! Fingers have been smarter than my mouth since I was a kid. LOL....

besides some typos, my most irritating stupid problem is when I’m busy writing, I’ll put a period in a quote where a comma should go.

But I did it. The 26 chapters of EIMH are now clean, as is my little piece Scared. The quarterly competition can now commence!

And now I feel free to work on chapter 27...parts of the mystery will now be revealed (probably not completely for 3 or 4 chapters, and the quest can commence.)


1,924 posted on 12/29/2007 10:17:47 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Soaring Feather

Here’s a little piece that I wrote for EIMH: It’s about kitsune, foxes, in a Japanese context. Inari is a kami who’s most closely associated with foxes. Song in the story is sung by a kitsune in human form.... (this story has 7 characters that are kitsune.)

The foxes dance beneath the moon,
an August moon, a harvest moon,
Winter will be coming soon,
snow and wind and sleet.

The foxes dance the long, long night,
A shining night, a magic night,
Courtship blooms by pale moonlight
by nose and nip and sigh.

Inari smiles while foxes dance,
laughing dance, happy dance,
Kami blessing while foxes prance,
tail and ear and paw.


1,925 posted on 12/29/2007 10:26:26 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Oh, this is so lovely. I absolutely love the mental images. Thank You.


1,926 posted on 12/29/2007 10:54:57 AM PST by Soaring Feather (I soar 'cause I can.....)
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To: Lady Jag

ROTFLOL, LJ that’s a funny graphic.


1,927 posted on 12/29/2007 10:56:38 AM PST by Soaring Feather (I soar 'cause I can.....)
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To: Soaring Feather; NY Attitude; MEG33; WayzataJOHNN; Seadog Bytes; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; ...

Which brings to mind the question, what would networks do to Art Linkletter’s “Kids Say the Darndest Things” if it were on air today?


1,928 posted on 12/29/2007 11:16:04 AM PST by Lady Jag (Fall seven times, stand up eight)
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To: Lady Jag

It would be considered not PC and drummed off the air.


1,929 posted on 12/29/2007 12:21:33 PM PST by Soaring Feather (I soar 'cause I can.....)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

“The foxes dance beneath the moon”

Beautiful!

As for dictating, it seemed difficult until I got the hang of it, (best done alone so other stop asking you what you said!) It took me about a day and a half to get comfortable, and then I was surprised at the speed. A trick is to do a particular chapter is to just say what your mind forms, and then go back and check punctuation. You will then have something shaped that you can then make changes to with both ease, and greater creativity. It is easier to make changes and do so with great clarity once there is something on the page. I found I could do a chapter in as little as a day, and then use a few days to refine and polish it, often seeing a better line and very little writer’s block. I also found my imagination seemed sharper and more ‘colorful’ when the restriction of my fingers was bypassed.


1,930 posted on 12/29/2007 7:27:51 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: WayzataJOHNN

I have everything, including the software, but haven’t used it yet...I may try someday.


1,931 posted on 12/29/2007 7:45:33 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

do it for something fun, and you’ll learn a lot and enjoy the process a lot.


1,932 posted on 12/29/2007 7:55:35 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Like writing an ‘Ode to Drunken Sailors!’


1,933 posted on 12/29/2007 7:57:22 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: All

In honor of the military folks so far from home who fight to keep us free and safe. Let us not forget their strife and pain, danger amid duty.

Cold nights
and hot days,
as a darkening wind sings of battle
and true comrades in arms, go forth
Hot steel and war’s fire so bright
judgment made swift, wrong or right
heroes come from distant west and north
heralded by the grinding roar and rattle
as each plays
in fate’s sight


1,934 posted on 12/29/2007 9:12:41 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: NY Attitude; Soaring Feather; Lady Jag; MEG33; WayzataJOHNN; tongue-tied; All
Good morning!!

1,935 posted on 12/29/2007 9:26:32 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: All


1,936 posted on 12/29/2007 9:28:15 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Now there is a wake-up!!!!!!!!!


1,937 posted on 12/29/2007 9:32:19 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: WayzataJOHNN; NY Attitude

The Chef mentioned needing it one day. Hehehehe.


1,938 posted on 12/29/2007 9:51:22 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: WayzataJOHNN

LOL!


1,939 posted on 12/29/2007 10:01:06 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

The chef needs it more days then he may like to admit!


1,940 posted on 12/29/2007 10:13:25 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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