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

Thursday, January 19, 2012

"Night Poems" By Ben Ditmars

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One of my favorite bloggers in blogland is Ben Ditty (Ditmars).  "Night Poems" is his new book of poetry and I'm sharing my r...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Who It Is Accuses Us by Linda Pastan

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Blythe, my tiny window sill doll.   Who It Is Accuses Us By Linda Pastan   Who it is accuses us of safety, as if the family were soldiers in...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

Lady Marion to the Dark Tower Came

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I have just discovered Stephen King's Dark Tower series.  All 7 books, 3712 pages, give or take an introduction or two and that's wh...
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Let Evening Come by Jane Kenyon

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LET EVENING COME By Jane Kenyon Let the light of late afternoon shine through chinks in the barn, moving up the bales as the sun moves down....
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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year!

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Two of my new dolls, "Draculaura & Frankie Stein".  “May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I ...
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

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BLANK BEAUTY By Judith Pordon Beautiful blank pages kiss our imaginations with backgrounds that demand precision. Our black letters cross on...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

The Hymn of a Fat Woman by Joyce Huff

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  The Hymn of a Fat Woman By Joyce Huff All of the saints starved themselves. Not a single fat one. The words “deity” and “diet” must have c...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Sweet Potato Souffle

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The BEST dish ever...even if you're not crazy about sweet potatoes, you'll love this dish.  Ignore that line about adding raisins an...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Winter Haiku

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A Cardinal in my icy Cypress tree last winter.  A Mourning Dove in the angel bird feeder. The wind chimes shiver, touched by winter’s frosty...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Strange Woman by Jill Essbaum

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'Pandora's Box' by John Waterhouse Strange Woman By Jill Essbaum After Proverbs 7 She searches the sky for a god who will reach ...
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