Ode to the Odonata (dragonfly)

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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

0 posted 2002-05-30 02:41 PM

FYI, Odonata=dragonfly, damselfly, pondhawk, darners, and many other common names

Oh, Odonata!

I wait for you each summer
to eat the bloodsucking hummer
that bites me
unmercifully
in the dark,
near gentle streams,
in my yard,
in the park.

Oh, Odonata!

Littlest dragon in the sky,
I wait for you
to fly by.
I adore your jeweled wings.
You are my favorite
emerald sky dancer,
a damsel darner,
a bluet beauty.

Oh, Odonata!

You are the hopes and dreams
of every camper's midnight screams,
and every fisherman and hiker,
the adventurous biker,
and every tender-skinned
sinkhole skinny-dipper
who has been bitten by
a skeeter mouth's sipper!

Oh, Odonata!

I anxiously await
your winged return.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (05-30-2002 03:01 PM).]

Interloper

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since 2000-11-06

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Deep in the heart

1 posted 2002-05-30 02:46 PM

You must have BIG dragon flies in order for them to wrestle those MONSTROUS Skeeters you have there.
I enjoyed this piece tremendously

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

2 posted 2002-05-30 02:47 PM

Tell me Midnite.....do you mean a bird or is this something else??
I'm not familiar with Odonata.

Wonderful write by the way!

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

3 posted 2002-05-30 02:49 PM

I'll be alright Midnite! I just reread the title. He he I must have been avoiding all parentheses...just have a nice day and don't mind me.

Midnitesun

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4 posted 2002-05-30 02:58 PM

Interloper, yes, they are the size of military transport planes, and they compete for sky space with all the planes and copters from Eielson AFB and Ft Wainwright.

Eric, LOL, that's OK, I understand. Maybe I should edit and put (the dragonfly) in the first line of the poem.

wandering glider
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since 2001-04-04

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aloft

5 posted 2002-05-30 10:43 PM

Yummm Yummm eat 'em up!!!

\\
~=====}:
//

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

6 posted 2002-05-30 11:13 PM

I love dragonflies, Kacy...and I love your poem.

~ big dragonfly hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Mistletoe Angel

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Portland, Oregon

7 posted 2002-05-30 11:35 PM

(smiles) YAY!!! Ooohhhhhh...I love this, sweet friend, YAY, I love dragonflies so so much, they are sooooooo beautiful and sooooo cool! (kiss on cheek) This is a wonderful tribute, I never knew other names they had, that is a pretty name, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Kacy, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Midnitesun

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8 posted 2002-05-30 11:58 PM

Wandering glider, are you morphing into a dragonfly? LOL, thanks for the reply.

Lyra, hugs back, and I sure like that little darner you posted.

Noah, I have a long list of Odonata names, how many more do you want? LOL, this morning we finally had those littlest warriors in the yard, and I think they already took the skeeter population by surprise.

icequeen
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since 2001-12-09

Posts 633
FL USA

9 posted 2002-05-31 12:12 PM

Great ode!! If those dragonflies in Alaska eat up all the skeeters, send them down to Florida. The skeets aren't quite as big here but they breed by the billions, I think.

dragonfly = evinrude

hehehe... that's what my sister's kids call them.

Midnitesun

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10 posted 2002-05-31 02:20 AM

Icequeen, Dragonfly=Evinrude? that is so funny! OK, when the skeeters are gone, I'll send the dragon squad to Florida. LOL, I lived in Tallahassee for four years, and I remember beaucoup butt bites, especially when visiting the sinkholes!

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

11 posted 2002-05-31 02:28 AM

Watch out for the fairies though, don't swat at the Odonata, they are summer transporation for the fae! Very cute, and believe it or not you are going to love it down here (no little buzzers)

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wandering glider
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Posts 501
aloft

12 posted 2002-06-01 01:05 AM

I am the hardy dragonfly
who seldom comes to rest
and from the dawning of the day
flies long among the best

\\
~=====}:
//

Midnitesun

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13 posted 2002-06-01 01:49 AM

Sharon, I'm sure I'll love it in BC. Do you promise a visit by those cute little faeries?

Glider, that's great! Have fun gliding. This is your ode.

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