The Dragonflies' Lair~Thread XXVIII~

The Muse/Poets of the Lair | June 11, 2006 | bentfeather

[Soaring Feather]

My Dragon Fly and Me

If I could be a Dragon Fly
and wing my way through the sky
I would never be shy
just me and my Dragon Fly!

By moonlight we ride the wind
chase the comets tail for fun
by day we would hide from the sun
our fragile wings would come undone

On darkest nights we would use
fireflies as our guide
we would dip and we would glide
through the heavens open wide
and scatter diamonds in the night sky
my Dragon Fly and me...

And we would wing past our lovers
silent in the night...
to kiss their face in our flight
much to their surprise and delight
my Dragon Fly and me in sight...

Such a view do we share
away up here in the air
of breezes soft through our hair
my Dragon Fly and me a pair...

bentfeather©
2002

[Soaring Feather]

~The Dragon Flies' Lair debut ~ August 27, 2003 ~

~ A place to write a few lines of Poetry and Prose. ~

~ Links to all threads.~

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The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread III
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread IV
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread V
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread VI
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread VII
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread VIII
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread IX
The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread X
The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XI
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The Dragon Flies' Lair ~ Thread XIII
The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XIV
The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XV
The Dragon Flies'Lair~Thread XVI
The Dragon Flies'Lair~Thread XVII
The Dragon Flies'Lair~Thread XVIII
The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XIX



The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XX
The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XXI
The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XXII
The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Thread XXIII
The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XXIV
The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XXV
The Dragonflies' Lair~Thread XXVI
The Dragonflies Lair~Thread XXVII

[Soaring Feather]

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[MindBender26]

Please call Hara Krisna 5-5000, right away.

[Soaring Feather]

Hello Bender!

Welcome to the Lair.

And why would I call Hara Krisna right away?

[Lady Jag]

Good morning!

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning, Jewels, gorgeous graphic. ;)

How is today shaking out for you? Oh, I love a working F key!

My furnace is running. Dang!

[fatima]

Just got back from the shore(((Hugs)))bestest girlfriend.

[Soaring Feather]

Julie Christy~Misty

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Fatima!

Was it warm there?? I am freezing up here. Nothing but rain and gloom.

*HUGS*

[fatima]

It was windy but sunny and it was cool but not cold.It was like a beautiful fall day and when we got home it was the same.We shopped til we dropped and bought lot's of garden stuff at this neat bird store on RT 9.:)

[Soaring Feather]

Bonnie Raitt~Love Me Like A Man

[Soaring Feather]

I just returned home myself, Friday night, spent the week with a daughter, had to move out for a new bathroom to be installed.


I had a good time while I was there. One granddaughter, graduated.

[fatima]

Ahh you granddaughter graduated,that's nice.Tell me what you are doing in the bathroom because I have to order everything in a few weeks and need ideas.

[Soaring Feather]

You mean for decor??
Well, I am going to make the one curtain from deep, rich, rust velvet with black lace over the velvet. I have silver knobs for the shower rod. I will get other silver accents pieces. Towel bars, paper holder, etc.
For the walls, I think I am going to use a light tone of rust, very light. Then over that I will put stencil art work. I have a huge template for a Grecian Urn which I will put close to the floor. The floor is a light background tile.
I may have to experiment with the wall color, cause it's dark in there and the light rust may be too, dark.

I will also be using a lot of wicker baskets for holding things.

[Soaring Feather]

Henry Mancini~Mr. Lucky

[Soaring Feather]

Roy Ayers~Smooth Jazz

[fatima]

Well the rust sounds like fun.I have to work with yellow and cream tiles that are down on the floor but we are getting new shower and basin and toilet.He wants the basin like the new bowl effect.Our back bathroom is very small but I like the basket idea too.

[Soaring Feather]

Baskets are great for odds and ends.

The carpenter built a closet, something I did not have before. This will hold a multitude of stuff and out of sight.


I got all new fixtures for the bathroom, new shower, toilet, and pedestal washbowl.

Cream is a good color to work with, anything goes with it. Can you paint over the existing tiles??
If you could paint them a cream color, you could use Maroon as a second color.
Third color optional I would guess.

[Soaring Feather]

Bee Gees~Islands In the Stream

[NicknamedBob]

Wings

The wings beat down like canopies, as tonnage goes to flight,
And we our grips secure again, prepared to show our might.
The castle keep looks lovely in the slanting morning light,
As brisk clean air goes whistling by, and dragons join to fight.

The struggle, not in earnest, but meaningful the same,
Gives each a chance to stay in form, and play a warlike game.
There was a time when dragons died, and men were slain for years,
But Peace will reign now, as we find, our strength allays our fears.

They challenge us -- we meet the call, and then the threat is passed,
No one now seeks to plunder, for fortunes once amassed.
Defenses stand at ready, lest temptation once more rise,
And fill the hearts of men for war, with dragons in the skies.

Each keeps to his own keep these days, though trade carts slowly rumble,
And festivals and merriment keeps thirsty blades at humble.
Our Peace has been secured for us. We have no fear of war,
Security is commonplace, when dragons guard the door.


NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . June 11. 2006

(I hope you don't mind my borrowing your dragon!)

[NicknamedBob]

My bathroom is decorated with a bit of rust, too, but it wasn't intentional.

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Bob!

Nope, don't mind a bit especially cause it's with a wonderful poem!


Well done and thank you.

Bob, I was reading about the anatomy of dragons, they have a t like structure across their shoulders with hinge like joints which enables them to fly.

[Soaring Feather]

LOL

My old sink was definitely rust coated. Guess I got fond of the colour.

[fatima]

We can't paint over the tiles.We are getting a new closet too:) Ed likes the new bowl look and we go this week to a special warehouse to pick out one.Guess I could go with clear glass but I really wanted to do a color.

[fatima]

:) nice poem NicknamedBob.

[NicknamedBob]

Most dragons are shown with batlike wings. The articulation of such is not a vexing problem.

The questioning comes about because this then describes a beast with six limbs. No other creature on Earth is thus equipped, and many find the concept unsettling.

It isn't so strange if you accept that you could be talking about another planet, but then again, it could be part of the magical charm of dragons!

[NicknamedBob]

Thanks! I've been thinking about dragons as background for a story idea. I like my dragons to be scientifically plausible.

[Soaring Feather]

Yes, the bat like thingy was called webbing in the article I read. Same difference.

Ah, Bob I am still a believer that dragons lived and walked with man.

[fatima]

I like to read a poem I can picture.

[NicknamedBob]

It's a similar concept. I find it easier to describe things if I have a good mental picture of them.

[NicknamedBob]

"I am still a believer that dragons lived and walked with man."

I'm developing a story in which dragons and men are part of a common culture, each benefitting from the other.

[Soaring Feather]

Wonderful, I can't wait to read it.

[NicknamedBob]

Only a couple of thousand words so far. I'm still putting plot elements together.

Among other things, I don't want the dragons to be just windowdressing.

[Soaring Feather]

Good thought, they must have a good influence on mankind.

[NicknamedBob]

It's my first alien (well, second, actually) species. I have to develop a history, philosophy, and culture for the dragons.

Then I have to mix this with the presence and influence of man. It's a bit of work, but it's fun.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Sunday to The Dragonflies' Lair, ms feather.

Blessed Assurance

[HiJinx]

Your furnace is running?
Is it really that cool?
My A/C is out...
Where's the pool?

[Soaring Feather]

Yupper it's that cool. Last night into the 40s. We have had consistent rain for about two weeks. Oh, there were 2 days of dry and sunshine.

I did not have my a/c put in until the last week of May, I used it for about one week. Then the temps were in the high 80s. All down hill since then.

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Kathy!

Thanks so much for Blessed Assurance.

Hope you have had a restful day today.

[HiJinx]

Well, the desert has its ups and downs, too...but they're usually daily changes!

Hope the chill isn't affecting your health. You take care of yourself, y'hear?

[Soaring Feather]

Goodnight everyone.
Lord, please keep our troops safe.
Dream a little~Love a lot.

[WayzataJOHNN]

Thinking over Coffee


Oft of an evening I sit and ponder birth,
and its opposite, for both bookend life.
We see them as terminus, as if alone,
in between is everything from love to strife.
Yet, they are but mile markers along the way.
We existed as parts of others before birth,
and through memory in other’s heart and mind.
As such, we are anything but alone,
and by that last mile marker the truth you find.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone.

[Soaring Feather]

Thinking over Coffee


Nice poem.

[Soaring Feather]

T.S. Eliot said, "In my beginning is my end."

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Today is Monday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2006 with 202 to
follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Venus,
Neptune, Uranus and Pluto. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury,
Jupiter and Saturn.

[Soaring Feather]

Those born on this date include:


John Augustus Roebling, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, in 1806;

former U.S. President George H.W. Bush in 1924 (age 82);

singer Vic Damone in 1928 (age 78:);

Anne Frank, whose diary told of hiding from the Nazis in
occupied Holland, in 1929;

author Rona Jaffe in 1932 (age 74);

actor/singer Jim Nabors in 1933 (age 73);

jazz musician Chick Corea in 1941 (age 65);

sportscaster Marvin "Marv" Albert in 1943 (age 63);

actor Timothy Busfield in 1957 (age 49);

and actress Sherry Stringfield ("E.R.") in 1967 (age 39).

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning, Jewels!

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Ms Feather!

[Soaring Feather]

Bout time, I have been searching for you!

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning, Kathy In Alaska!