I was then, a boy of barely seven,
One day I was sauntering in my garden.
While I watched and touched the flowers,
Saw a dragonfly in the afternoon hours.
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A beautiful poem, my friend. I love all aspects of nature and frequently study it in detail, marveling at the intricacies and sheer beauty. The releasing of the dragonfly without any harm was the perfect end to this childhood tale. May butterflies adorn your next commune with nature
'May butterflies adorn your next commune with nature' - so wonderfully said and wished, dear friend Kelly! I think most poets have a fascination for nature and birds. I am glad to know you liked my poem. Thanks for the appreciation!
@Electric Lady Thank you so much for reading my old poem and leaving a kind appreciation. I am truly inspired.
I enjoy your efforts to capture in imagery and detail, the mystery of a dragonfly. They have intrigued me since the day some 5 or more years ago, when I was on a field trip with my 4th grade students to a Native American Day at a local university, and an elderly Native American man played a flutelike instrument- -a song to speak to or call the dragonfly. The next day I was at a seminar where a large dragonfly entered the room and kept circling....Do they indeed bite?
@Sj Holland, Thanks for reading my poem and leaving your kind words here.
@ Beauteous Victory, I cannot thank you enough for the generous praise you shower on me.
@ Lasoaphia Quxazs, Thank you very much for reading my poem and leaving your comment here. I am inspired. At that time, honestly, I didn't learn anything. But now, on hindsight, I think I can say that the lesson learned could be: 'Do not disturb nature, everybody has a right to live and to a living of its choice.' Or... 'Everybody has a reflexive mechanism of self defense.'
@Connie Yost, Thank you very much for reading my poem and leaving your wonderful comment there. I am truly inspired.
@ Marie Shine Thank you very much for your thoughtful comments. Glad to know you enjoyed reading this poem. Thanks for the words of praise.
@Hazel Evelyn Durham, Thanks a lot for your thoughtful comment on my poem. Your observation is indeed insightful.
@Kay Vitter Thanks a lot for leaving your generous thoughts on my poem. I am highly inspired. Very glad to connect with you.
Poems can be like reading the best parts of someones journal. Cool account written here. And a better nature poem than most.
@soulful heart, Thank you very much for your comment on my poem. I am inspired by your thoughtful comment.
@Beauteous Victory, Hope you have put your difficult time behind you by now. Please read my poem again and say a few words about it.
@Valsa George, Thanks for leaving your elaborate comments on my poem. I feel good to know that my poem 'invoked a lot of childhood memories' in you.
@Mary Forrester, Glad to know you liked my poem. Thanks for the kind remark.
@ Susy Evelyne Thanks for your comments on my poem. I am so glad that you liked it. I also felt happy to write the words 'the multifaceted eyes and the tattoo rings'.
@ Gary H Thank you very much for your comments on my poem. Your words are nice compliments.
@ Naida Nepascua Supnet, Thank you so much for reading my poem and your generous words. I am deeply inspired by your appreciation.
It’s a nice poem . I think you know dragonfly sometimes wants to be Spider man. I wish you could see this. It suit stretched very far and then add a tail and wings to the spree. It can also put the local spiders busy, spinning a great web in a very big tree. Unfortunately when it sit on it, it weighed a tad too much! Golly Ge! ! !
Thank you Dr. Ali, for reading my poem and leaving a kind comment here. Almost same or similar comment has appeared four times, due to some system malfunctioning. I am deleting the first three.