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, April 27, 2016

Courage by Anne Sexton and Flower Miracles

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Poem:  "Courage," by Anne Sexton, from  The Awful Rowing Toward God Courage It is in the small things we see it. The child’s first...
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Friday, April 22, 2016

Earth Day, Every Day!

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After ten days of clouds and rain, the sun came out today and the flowers bloomed with joy.  It's a certain kind of Eden, for sure... xo...
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Saturday, April 16, 2016

I Grew Her Under My Heart...

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      My gorgeous baby girl and her sweet husband going to a party. THE SPIRIT IS TOO BLUNT AN INSTRUMENT By Anne Stevenson The spirit is to...
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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Rock Me, Mercy by Yusef Komunyakaa

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Rock Me, Mercy BY  YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA The river stones are listening because we have something to say. The trees lean closer today. The singin...
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Sunday, April 10, 2016

How to Kill a Living Thing by Eibhlín Nic Eochaidh

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                        Moonflower seeds sprouting in a sunny window--- How to Kill a Living Thing Neglect it Criticize it to i...
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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Spring by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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SPRING By Edna St. Vincent Millay To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the red...
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Saturday, April 2, 2016

Flowers Paint the Sky...

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                                                 God, the greatest Artist & Poet...                                                     ...
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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Reading, Photographing Flowers...

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              A treasured gift from a poet friend...   Photo by my daughter Sarah's sweet friend, Erin G.      Singer P. J. Harvey's...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Easter Equals New Life, and A Poem

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"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.”  ―  Pope John Paul II            White Aza...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

Happy World Poetry Day!

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YOUR WORLD By Georgia Douglas Johnson Your world is as big as you make it.  I know, for I used to abide In the narrowest nest...
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