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The Dragonflies'Lair ~ Thread LV ~ Anniversary Thread
Poets of the Lair | August 1, 2008 | Soaring Feather

Posted on 08/01/2008 6:23:53 AM 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: Poetry
KEYWORDS: dragonflies; glengaulway; music; poetry
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To: Soaring Feather

One of your best.


281 posted on 08/06/2008 9:16:23 AM PDT by fatima
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To: Soaring Feather; tomkow6; NY Attitude; WayzataJOHNN; Kathy in Alaska; MEG33; tongue-tied; ...

Computer Joke -  If Operating Systems Were Airlines

DOS Air: Passengers walk out onto the runway; grab hold of the plane,
push it until it gets in the air, hop on, then jump off when it hits
the ground. They grab the plane again, push it back into the air, hop
on, jump off...

Mac Airways: The cashiers, flight attendants, and pilots all look the
same, talk the same, and act the same. When you ask them questions
about the flight, they reply that you don't want to know, don't need
to know, and would you please return to your seat and watch the movie.

Windows Airlines: The terminal is neat and clean, the attendants
courteous, the pilots capable. The fleet of Lear jets the carrier
operates is immense. Your jet takes off without a hitch, pushes above
the clouds and, at 20,000 feet, explodes without warning.

OS/2 Skyways: The terminal is almost empty - only a few prospective
passengers mill about. The announcer says that a flight has just
departed, although no planes appear to be on the runway. Airline
personnel apologize profusely to customers in hushed voices, pointing
from time to time to the sleek, powerful jets outside. They tell each
passenger how great the flight will be on these new jets and how much
safer it will be than Windows Airlines, but they will have to wait a
little longer for the technicians to finish the flight systems. Maybe
until mid-2010. Maybe longer

 


282 posted on 08/06/2008 9:53:55 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: MEG33

“Which of the Five Senses Are You?”

I thougth mine came up ‘sense of smell’ until I read it again and then I saw it just said ‘You Smell’ Not impressed!


283 posted on 08/06/2008 10:09:26 AM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: tomkow6; Soaring Feather; All

Well well report from NY Observer reporting that Cabbies in China refusing take CNN correspondant around the town report is that they tick off CNN Jack Caffeny call Chinese govt goon

Guess this is there racist part of the game coming to light report from BBC news wire claim Veterans of US Olympic team who happen to be African American and Latinos say that they being treated rude by Chinese govt and refuse giving visa

Now NBC getting caught in the middle of their African American correpstant said he got three degree by Chinese govt call him the N Word

I think we going see more of that stuff


284 posted on 08/06/2008 11:01:59 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: SevenofNine

“I think we going see more of that stuff”

You got that right! China ‘really observes’ the Olympic ideals alright, (but only in a socialist mind)


285 posted on 08/06/2008 11:58:17 AM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: WayzataJOHNN; tomkow6; monkapotamus; All

Well well report from BBC wire reporting that pro Tibet group has been deported by Chinese govt because of Olympics

You get the feeling this going be bad thing for NBC LOL!

I wonder if MSNBC going cover that

Tomkowwww guess what I found on YOU TUBE old friend from Chicago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33nTnawq6jk

Right now it 5th inning Cubs 1
Astros 0


286 posted on 08/06/2008 12:39:36 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: SevenofNine

The Olympic mindset has about as much place in China as a cat in the city dog pound, and both will end up shredded!


287 posted on 08/06/2008 12:48:30 PM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: tomkow6; Soaring Feather; All

Well report from AP wire claim that Israel is consider of smack around Iran nuke plants


288 posted on 08/06/2008 4:02:38 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Soaring Feather
"The depth of this piece is amazing. The images you’ve painted are both light and airy, but deep, dark and mysterious."

I should be able to explain everything just as soon as I finish reading all the analysis of it. Maybe then I'll know what I was talking about.

Hint: It has to do with "String Theory".

289 posted on 08/06/2008 4:10:52 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Hey, Obama! "Not like the other presidents on the dollar bills." You ain't a president yet, Dufus!)
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To: NicknamedBob

“Hint: It has to do with “String Theory”. “

Oh sure, make it a knotty problem right off the bat!


290 posted on 08/06/2008 5:10:43 PM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: tomkow6

Hey hey hey! Cubs are gonna win today!

(and they did!)

Hoo-Rah!!!


291 posted on 08/06/2008 5:34:48 PM PDT by MeekMom (Come on Cubbies!)
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To: fatima

Awww, thank you bestest girlfriend! ;0)

Just an off the cuff thing this morning.


292 posted on 08/06/2008 5:54:50 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I soar- 'cause I can...)
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To: NicknamedBob

I really like this poem Bob!


293 posted on 08/06/2008 5:56:37 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I soar- 'cause I can...)
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To: WayzataJOHNN

String Theroy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

Interesting stuff.


294 posted on 08/06/2008 5:57:17 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I soar- 'cause I can...)
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To: Lady Jag

LOL

Computer Joke - If Operating Systems Were Airlines

So true. ;0)


295 posted on 08/06/2008 5:58:52 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I soar- 'cause I can...)
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To: Soaring Feather; WayzataJOHNN

I’ve discovered it’s more difficult to describe an active image. That one was really complicated.

It was a concept that had haunted me a bit. I wasn’t sure how to compress it into the warp and woof of a poem.

I started, of course, with the first line.


296 posted on 08/06/2008 6:19:07 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Hey, Obama! "Not like the other presidents on the dollar bills." You ain't a president yet, Dufus!)
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To: NicknamedBob
Our soul doesn’t enter when we do,
From birth canals we call alive,
It falls, while we think we’re rising,
At the end of the trip it arrives.


And that’s when the puppet stops moving,
Having joined with its shadow below,
The delicate dance of descending,
Has made for a marvelous show.


I especially love these last 2 stanzas. However, the entire poem is filed with such lovely images, suspended in space by the string. The angel references are truly gorgeous. Well, if I were to give a grade on this work, it would be 100% -it is terrific.
297 posted on 08/06/2008 6:29:13 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I soar- 'cause I can...)
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To: All


298 posted on 08/06/2008 6:45:36 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I soar- 'cause I can...)
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To: Soaring Feather

Good night Soaring Feather. Rest well.


299 posted on 08/06/2008 7:08:23 PM PDT by NY Attitude ( You are responsible for your own safety until the arrival of law enforcement officers.)
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To: Soaring Feather

Mine.


300 posted on 08/06/2008 7:08:37 PM PDT by NY Attitude ( You are responsible for your own safety until the arrival of law enforcement officers.)
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