mosquito-eating dragon,
autumnal dragonfly dreams in
lacy-winged stillness
Copyright 2016 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: Happy Thanksgiving to all in the USA! To me, this holiday is an opportunity to express gratitude for a beautiful land that has supported and provided sanctuary to my ancestors and I. Ruth in Poetry Friday teaches odes to ordinary objects for Thanksgiving. A simple, but elegant idea that I’ve adopted, to bring the holiday away from turkey, food and feasting, and return it to gratitude for the tiniest things. This ode is in the haiku form.
Happy Poetry Friday! Thanks to Carol at Carol’s Corner for hosting this week! Carol is reading novels in verse. Stop by and join the party!
45 thoughts on “Dragonfly Ode”
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Wonderful picture Brenda, such a perfect capture!!!! 😀
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Thanks, Suzy. You are a dear friend.
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“lacy-winged stillness” – that is exquisite. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Hi Brenda! Dragonflies and damselflies are beautiful, aren’t they? (Maybe your photo is of a damselfly? I can’t remember the exact difference.) Any day is a good day to be grateful 🙂
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I think my dragonfly is a red darter, and a dragonfly. We weren’t properly introduced, so one cannot be too sure of his family connections. 😉
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“… lacy winged” – beautiful words and photo!
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Thanks, Violet! I’m glad you like it.
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Like so many others, that “lacy-winged stillness” is calling to me. Thank you for sharing your lovely haiku, Brenda!
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Thanks for reading. Dragonflies have such serenity in the fall.
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I’ve never noticed the way in which a dragonflies wings join onto its body. It doesn’t look as I’d always imagined.
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You don’t have dragonflies? I quite take them for granted and never realized I do.
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Hi Brenda,
I love the image of a dragonfly as a >>mosquito-eating dragon<< 🙂
Thanks for sharing your gratitude with us!
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Thanks, me, too. I love to see them buzzing around me in the summer. In the fall, they hardly move at all, so tired, so valiant. Deserving their rest. 🙂
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Lovely poem for a lovely image! Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thanks and you!
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It’s so wonderful to read lovely poems of gratitude for life’s simple treasures when the world seems to be going crazy with Black Friday shopping…!
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Trying to keep it focused and simple this year.
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Love that your attitude of gratitude extends to the insect world! (I love dragonflies!!)
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Without dragonflies, we’d have more mosquitoes! Ugh! 🙂
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The appreciation of tiny things keeps me going every day, Brenda. Thank you for this “lacy-winged stillness”.
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Me, too, Linda. Thanks!
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Thanks for reminding us to look for wonders in the tiny! And that photograph! Wow!
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Thank you!
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Love the appreciation of the tiny things, your photo and your haiku! “Lacy-winged stillness”–perfect!
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Thanks, Molly! I appreciate you stopping by, very much.
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I always enjoy it when I do! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
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Likewise! I hope your Black Friday is far too fun!
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Hi Brenda,
Happy Thanksgiving.
Thank you for all of your visits to my blog. Keep up the great work on your site. You are a source of many smiles.
Kevin
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Thanks, Kevin. Smiles are healing. 🙂
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Marvelous!
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May Thanksgiving find you enjoying all the blessings of the season.
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Likewise, my friend.
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Blessings to you and your family for Thanksgiving. I am thankful for your poetry. 🙂
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Aww, thank you! I am thankful for the color and flowers you bring to my life!
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Beautiful sweet Brenda! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your sweet family. 💕xoxo
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Thanks, MM! XOXO to you and BB. Hope you have a great weekend.
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there is great power in gratitude to tiny things. ‘lazy-winged stillness’ could describe me at times. happy thanksgiving to you and yours, brenda and i am thankful for your beautiful words and kinship.
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LOL I love that lazy-winged stillness and your unique appreciation of the ironic and sublime at your site. I’m thankful for you, too. XOXO
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
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Likewise!
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Happy Thanksgiving, to you and all you love dear friend! ⭐
Love from Resa, a Canadian pal!
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Thanks, Resa. We are already having fun, kicking off the weekend with flashlight hide and seek. 🙂
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