Dragonfly's Poetry & Prolixity


Dragonfly: Any of various large insects of the order Odonata or suborder Anisoptera, having a long slender body and two pairs of narrow, net-veined wings that are usually held outstretched while the insect is at rest. Also called regionally darner, darning needle, mosquito fly, mosquito hawk, needle, skeeter hawk.

Poetry: The art or work of a poet.

Prolixity: Excessive wordiness in speech or writing; longwindedness

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Jason Bredle, Young Poet Extraordinaire

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I discovered the incredible poetry of Jason Bredle several years ago online and fell in love with several lines of this particular poem. You...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

maggie and millie and molly and may

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maggie and milly and molly and may by e. e. cummings maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach (to play one day) and maggie ...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Undiscovered Gyrl by Allison Burnett

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I read "Undiscovered Gyrl" by Allison Burnett, earlier this week and really enjoyed it. It was different from any other book I...
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Tom Robbins - Undisputed Master of the Metaphor!!

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A quote to whet your appetite: "Spoon surveys the room. Moonrays are driving through the window like a fleet of white Cadillacs." ...
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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Linda Pastan's Carnival Evening, Amazing Poetry

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There are some poets you discover and you immediately just KNOW that they KNOW. I first heard one of Ms. Pastan's poems read by Garrison...
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Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Cracked Pot Fable & Ebb and Flow

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This is one of my Morning Glories from last year. They're pitifully thin this year, I guess from the drought. This cracked pot fable an...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009

The Healing Power of Flowers

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I got the most wonderful envelope of flower advertising from a plant nursery a few days ago and they just screamed for me to glue them into...
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Monday, July 6, 2009

William Stafford, A Poet Who Inspires Me, Always

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When I Met My Muse By William Stafford I glanced at her and took my glasses off—they were still singing. They buzzed like a locust on the c...
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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Tokin' With The Lord?

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"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." ~Hebrews 13:2 HEAVENLY HITCHHIKER OR...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Ode to Tomatoes - Pablo Neruda and Erica Jong, My Teachers

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I wanted to write an ode to the Tomato, goddess of the garden, today after picking that blue bowl above almost full of them from my little g...
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