Wednesday, July 24, 2013

A Field Guide to the Dragonfly

Again, this poem is another assignment from my creative writing workshop.  This assignment was to write a poem with a list.  And, once again, my brain went immediately to the dragonfly and part of an assignment from the previous day.

The assignment was specific about the title.  It had to be "A Short History of ______", "A Field Guide to the _________", or "The Industry of __________".  Hence the title...


A Field Guide to the Dragonfly


 
Low comforting buzz of wings
Slicing through the air in an acrobatic ballet
Vividly verdant
Awesomely azure
Wings,
Clear as Caribbean waters
Lined in an intricate weave of
Veins as golden as an Autumn sunset.

Scurries
Dipping
Weaving
Turning
Diving
Pulling up at the last moment before an
Unseen foe can jump

Graceful
Beautiful
Soft lines and
Delicate daintiness
A ballet dancer moving in a
Primal performance choreographed
In the mists of time.

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