Sunday – Dragonflies, and any other insects I may have missed.
-David’s photos
Dragonfly, a Pantoum
Your movement, never still,
enchanted dragonfly,
master of your craft
on fragile, gauzy wings.
Enchanted dragonfly,
Whirring, quivering,
on fragile gauzy wings,
sparkling colours dazzling.
Whirring, quivering,
nature’s helicopter,
sparkling colours dazzling
like a shimmering gem.
Nature’s helicopter,
Art Nouveau jewellers’
shimmering gems
captured your vibrancy.
Art Nouveau jewellers,
masters of their craft,
captured your vibrancy –
your movement ever stilled.
-Jenni Wyn Hyatt
Red Dragonfly by John Hawkhead
Dragonfly by John Hawkhead
-Dragonfly by Rachel Deering
-Dragonfly by Linda Ludwig
-Christina Chin
Before I
Before I break the Surface of the world
I live another life beneath where light
falls differently. I eat Small that curl
in front, while Larger see me tasty bite.
Hidden behind long stems I wait and wait.
Quick squirt of breath behind to catch the Slow.
Grab it with my hooks drag it to my gape.
Climb Up a stem and shed Old Skins as I grow.
Need forces me to break Surface in Dark
where I learn to breathe before final shuck.
Let limbs and wings harden into flights start.
He grabs my neck, I arch my back, Eggstruck.
I return to Surface, slice open stem.
Lay my eggs for life to begin again.
-Paul Brookes
The Wombwell Rainbow 