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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

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

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2005-03-28 10:48 AM

littlest dragon in the sky

yes...a fine ode, well deserved

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2005-03-28 10:50 AM

Dixie, this is a favorite flying critter.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

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

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2005-03-28 11:15 AM

I sure hope they feast well!

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

5 posted 2005-03-28 11:17 AM

Delightful Kacy!

BirdeeB
Member

since 2000-09-16

Posts 106
USA

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!

wandering glider
Senior Member

since 2001-04-04

Posts 501
aloft

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

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

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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