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The Dragonflies'Lair~Thread LIV
The Poets of The Lair | July 1, 2008 | Soaring Feather

Posted on 07/01/2008 3:19:08 PM PDT 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©
2002









TOPICS: Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; Poetry
KEYWORDS: dragonflies; haiku; music; poetry
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To: Soaring Feather; NY Attitude; Lady Jag; tongue-tied; SevenofNine; MEG33; WayzataJOHNN; StarCMC; ...

FIRST PLACE CUBS 0

Dbacks 2 

 

NEXT GAME: 

TONIGHT!

July 22  @ 8:40 PM CST
 Radio: WGN 720

  VS   


1,261 posted on 07/22/2008 4:26:29 AM PDT by tomkow6 (...............CHANGE We Can Believe............My "VOICES"!....)
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To: Soaring Feather; Lady Jag; tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska; WayzataJOHNN; NY Attitude; tongue-tied; ...

~Good Morning To The Lair~
I am missing posting with you but I am trying to ease a back
flareup and posting seems to make it worse.I am going to give it
at least another day..I already feel better.

1,262 posted on 07/22/2008 4:30:55 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: tomkow6

Good morning!


1,263 posted on 07/22/2008 4:43:19 AM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: MEG33
Morning, Meg!

Hope you feel better soon!

1,264 posted on 07/22/2008 4:59:45 AM PDT by tomkow6 (...............CHANGE We Can Believe............My "VOICES"!....)
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To: monkapotamus

Mornin’, Monk!


1,265 posted on 07/22/2008 5:02:46 AM PDT by tomkow6 (...............CHANGE We Can Believe............My "VOICES"!....)
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To: tomkow6; Lady Jag; MEG33; tongue-tied
No place
on Earth
should be allowed
to get
THIS HOT.
1,266 posted on 07/22/2008 5:08:51 AM PDT by Allegra (Ain't it grand? I'm back in the sand...)
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To: tomkow6
Mernin' Tom!

Gas price check, folks!

here in Tulsa it's $3.799

1,267 posted on 07/22/2008 5:21:12 AM PDT by acad1228
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To: Allegra; Soaring Feather; MEG33; Lady Jag; tongue-tied; All
Afternoon, Allegra!

I take it from your post that you're back in the garden spot of the world????

1,268 posted on 07/22/2008 5:42:49 AM PDT by tomkow6 (...............CHANGE We Can Believe............My "VOICES"!....)
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To: acad1228
Hey, there, Acad!

$4.169 for regular at the cut-rates, $4.239 at the name brands

Scored $3.999 Sunday just outside of Aurora!

1,269 posted on 07/22/2008 5:45:22 AM PDT by tomkow6 (...............CHANGE We Can Believe............My "VOICES"!....)
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To: tomkow6
I take it from your post that you're back in the garden spot of the world????

Yep, I am back in the sauna. It's been peaceful so far and I really like it like that. :)

1,270 posted on 07/22/2008 6:51:10 AM PDT by Allegra (Ain't it grand? I'm back in the sand...)
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To: Allegra; tomkow6; tongue-tied; Lost Dutchman; NY Attitude; WayzataJOHNN; Lady Jag; MEG33; ...

Good morning, everyone!


Looks like clear skies for this morning, soaring my be in order ;0).
Meg, so sorry about the back flare up, we miss you, but you take care of you.
Allegra, you're a brave lady! Good to hear from you.

1,271 posted on 07/22/2008 7:35:45 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (I soar- 'cause I can...Tomkow, let me out of the birdcage.)
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To: tomkow6

Chuckle!


1,272 posted on 07/22/2008 7:37:28 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (I soar- 'cause I can...Tomkow, let me out of the birdcage.)
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To: Soaring Feather; tomkow6; NY Attitude; WayzataJOHNN; Kathy in Alaska; MEG33; Allegra; ...




Courage Under Fire
 
  they'll
fall away
one by one
as strands of you
milk the moments
you had
for what they were worth,
still smouldering
in the hand
even though
you knew
in your hearts mind
that
it was pretence
as they smiled
behind soft
contemptuous lips
that offer you
quiet resentment
instead of love
just because
you breathe
and are
uniquely you,
and that
makes them
uncomfortable
against their
square jawed
perfect,
materialistic plan
that can't afford
you
but can
their every whim
which makes them
sorely aware
of their
superlative selves
so they
push you away
thinking
you are less
then them
because
you don't fit
but you keep
steering steadfast
in the sanctity
of truth
inside of trust
as the most valuable
integer
and they fear
''your being''
because
through you
they see
themselves
impoverished,
and their superior
ways collapse
in blind belief
as they continue
to make spaces
''for time''
more than sharing
or listening
or caring
for anyone else
because
what they want
is never enough-
so let them fall away
to be left
as dust
when matter
does not matter
and when you are
feeling raw and
naked and
real
then you can
afford
the comfort
of being
with another
and that is
what is true
and right
and real
and what you
are all about.

Adryan Rotica



1,273 posted on 07/22/2008 10:02:41 AM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Lady Jag; All

Mouse Trap

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.

“What food might this contain?” The mouse wondered - he was
devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning
“There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the
house!”

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”

The pig sympathized, but said, “I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.”

The mouse turned to the cow and said “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”

The cow said, “Wow, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.”

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s mousetrap alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house — like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.

The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the
hospital, and she returned home with a fever.

Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient.

But his wife’s sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

The farmer’s wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn’t concern you, remember — when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an
eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.


1,274 posted on 07/22/2008 10:09:21 AM PDT by yorkie (Each of us is a vital thread in another person's tapestry)
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To: Allegra

Hi, kiddo!

With a little luck and a blessing or two, it will be the hottest place you ever experience!


1,275 posted on 07/22/2008 10:24:22 AM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: yorkie

That is beautiful.


1,276 posted on 07/22/2008 10:28:17 AM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: yorkie
This is an old favorite -

      

TWO BROTHERS


Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on  adjoining
farms fell into  conflict.  It was the first serious
rift in 40 years of farming side by  side, sharing
machinery and trading labor and goods as needed
without a hitch.

Then the long collaboration fell apart.  It began with
a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major
difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange
of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on John's door. He
opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox.
"I'm looking for a few day's work" he said.
"Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and
there I could help with?  Could I help you?"

Yes," said the older brother.  "I do have a job for
you.  Look across the creek at that farm. That's my
neighbor, in fact, it's my younger brother!  Last week
there was a meadow between us and he took his
bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek
between us.  Well, he may have done this to spite me,
but I'll do him one better. See that pile of lumber by
the barn? I want you to build me a fence -an 8-foot
fence-so I won't need to see his place or his face
anymore."

The carpenter said, "I think I understand the
situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger
and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."  The
older brother had to go to town, so he helped the
carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off
for the day.  The carpenter worked hard all that day
measuring, sawing, nailing.

About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter
had just finished his job.  The farmer's eyes opened
wide, his jaw dropped.  There was no fence there at
all.  It was a bridge-a bridge stretching from one
side of the creek to the other!

A fine piece of work, handrails and all!  And the
neighbor, his younger brother, was coming toward them,
his hand outstretched.  "You are quite a fellow to
build this bridge after all I've said and done." The
two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then
they met in the middle, taking each other's hand.
They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox
onto his shoulder.  "No, wait!  Stay a few days.  I've
a lot of other projects for you," said the older
brother.  "I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said,
"but I have many more bridges to build."

         

1,277 posted on 07/22/2008 10:29:36 AM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Lady Jag
Wow! That's a great one, LJ! The ending immediately brought this song to mind:

The Judds - Love Can Build A Bridge

1,278 posted on 07/22/2008 11:06:36 AM PDT by yorkie (Each of us is a vital thread in another person's tapestry)
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To: Lady Jag; Soaring Feather; tomkow6; NY Attitude; WayzataJOHNN; MEG33; Allegra

Good Morning/Afternoon, Lairites!


1,279 posted on 07/22/2008 11:15:16 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: yorkie

Lovely and true!


1,280 posted on 07/22/2008 11:47:43 AM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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