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

Monday, December 19, 2016

A Poem from the Experimental Novel, "House of Leaves"...

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(Untitled Fragment) By Mark Z. Danielewski, from "House of Leaves", page 563 Little solace comes to those who grieve when...
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Friday, December 16, 2016

Questions of Travel by Elizabeth Bishop

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There are too many waterfalls here; the crowded streams hurry too rapidly down to the sea, and the pressure of so many clouds on the mounta...
Saturday, December 3, 2016

In The Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti

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It's been crazy here at Chez Dragonfly since I got my greenhouse. Did I mention I have a new little greenhouse/potting shed?  I do! I c...
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Friday, November 11, 2016

RIP Leonard Cohen

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RIP, great Poet!! Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen ("Various Positions" Version) Now I've heard there was a secret ch...
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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Starlings in Winter By Mary Oliver

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LOOK!  A jet trail dragonfly! Starlings in Winter By Mary Oliver Chunky and noisy, but with stars in their black feathers, th...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

WHAT THE CROW SAID By Michael Hannon

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Amy Brown Art WHAT THE CROW SAID By Michael Hannon Though friendly to magic I am not a man disguised as a crow. I am nig...
Sunday, October 2, 2016

Epilogue by Robert Lowell

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Epilogue Related Poem Content Details BY  ROBERT LOWELL Those blessèd structures, plot and rhyme—  why are they no help t...
Friday, September 30, 2016

Black Moon Rising

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Tonight, September 30,  is the 2nd new moon in September---a rare Black Moon, which only occurs every 32 months... It's the thr...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Advice to Myself & Grief by Louise Erdrich

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Wish that younger me could have read this--- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Advice to Myself By Louise Erdrich Leave the dish...
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Saturday, September 24, 2016

At Burt Lake by Tom Andrews & Bardo (excerpt) by Suzanne Paolo

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No coolness yet, but I can smell it coming...Time to awake now and begin again.  xo  At Burt Lake By Tom Andrews To disappe...
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