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, February 26, 2015

Evil

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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ~Edmund Burke This week ISIS killed more than ...
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Saturday, January 31, 2015

The Circus Animals' Desertion By Yeats

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The Circus Animals' Desertion William Butler Yeats I I sought a theme and sought for it in vain, I sought it daily for six week...
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Friday, January 30, 2015

Poet Rod McKuen Died

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Rod McKuen died yesterday at age 81.  He was a bestselling poet in the 1970's and my muse during that decade.  My favorite books of his ...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Preface To a Twenty Volume Suicide Note By Imamu Amiri Baraka

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Preface To a Twenty Volume Suicide Note By Imamu Amiri Baraka Lately, I've become accustomed to the way  The ground opens up and enve...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Opal by Amy Lowell

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Opal By Amy Lowell You are ice and fire, The touch of you burns my hands like snow. You are cold and flame. You are the cri...
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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Still Morning By W. S. Merwin

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A certain slant of Winter light... Still Morning By W. S. Merwin It appears now that there is only one age and it knows nothing o...
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Monday, December 15, 2014

The Real Prayers Are Not Words, But the Attention That Comes First by Mary Oliver

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    My Kwan Yin statue     Of my hundreds/thousands of dragonfly photos I've taken, this is my favorite.  I love this t...
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Saturday, November 29, 2014

A Decade by Amy Lowell and Euphoria by Lily King

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  This lady must surely be reading poetry. I've only recently begun reading Amy Lowell's poems and I'm totally intrigued...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

For Desire by Kim Addonizio

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Gardenia after rain by Marion For Desire By Kim Addonizio Give me the strongest cheese, the one that stinks best; and I want the go...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

UNDONE by Sue Goyette

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UNDONE By Sue Goyette In this weather, wood has warped and doors won't shut the way they should.  The mist holds daylight clo...
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I am a Moonchild born breach on the full moon during hurricane season in South Louisiana. I read; therefore, I am.
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