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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2005-03-28 10:45 AM



~Oh, Odonata!~

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

~Oh, Odonata!~

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

~Oh, Odonata!~

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

~Oh, Odonata!~

We anxiously await
your return on wing
each spring.


*
(This is a re-write from three years ago)

Odonata=dragonfly, damselfly, pondhawk, darners



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1 posted 2005-03-28 10:48 AM


littlest dragon in the sky

yes...a fine ode, well deserved

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2 posted 2005-03-28 10:50 AM


Dixie, this is a favorite flying critter.
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3 posted 2005-03-28 11:07 AM


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


very very much enjoyed

Sunshine
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4 posted 2005-03-28 11:15 AM



I sure hope they feast well!

Gentle Spirit
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5 posted 2005-03-28 11:17 AM


Delightful Kacy!
BirdeeB
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6 posted 2005-03-28 01:22 PM


this has quite a fantsay type feel to it...i can't wait for the sping weather!
Great Write!

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7 posted 2005-06-10 12:15 PM


I didn't realize that you had done a rewrite of this.
I like 'em both.

Enjoyed watching a few of the fliers today.


glider

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8 posted 2005-06-10 10:35 AM


thanks, glider

Yamhill county weather
has been too chilly and wet,
no sign of pesky skeets,
so no need for dragons, yet.
  

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