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

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Gliding Over All - Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass - Breaking Bad

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Walt Whitman  (1819–1892).   Leaves of Grass.   1900. 271.   Gliding Over All G LIDING o’er all, through all,   Through Nature, Time, ...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Necessity for Irony by Eavan Boland

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Painting by Toulouse Lautrec.   The Necessity for Irony By Eavan Boland On Sundays, when the rain held off, after lunch or later...
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Delicious Autumn - Welcome!

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  Woke up to our first cool, stoned , humidless morning.  It's magically, deliciously delightful.  The heat of summer 2013 put me i...
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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Might As Well Face It...

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  Addicted to Love Songwriter: Robert A. Palmer   Your lights are on, but you're not home Your mind is not your own Your hea...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

The Color Master by Aimee Bender - A Glowing Review

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  Read this book.  Read this book.  Read this book .     Every once in a while I'm fortunate enough to get a book ( to my boo...
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Friday, August 2, 2013

Some Jack Gilbert

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I've been knee deep in the poetry of Jack Gilbert this week.  I went through my poetry books (no small task as I have over 300 books of ...
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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Waking This Morning by Muriel Rukeyser

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Waking This Morning By Muriel Rukeyser Waking this morning, a violent woman in the violent day Laughing. Past the line of memory a...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

A Few Words For the Visitor in the Parlor by Olena Kalytiak Davis

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An old, lace-winged friend of mine... A Few Words For The Visitor In The Parlor by Olena Kalytiak Davis Every time you wish the sk...
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider

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Rose after rain. The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider It is a kind of love, is it not? How the cup holds the tea, how t...
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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Dinner Plate Hibiscus

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The first bloom. . . there is hope!!  I planted four colors: white, dark pink, light pink and red.  No matter how many flowers I plant, i...
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