Dragonflies and Damselflies
Symbols of good fortune
From water nymphs
To flying orchestra in tune
Beauty in symmetry
Fragile Forktail
Ebony Jewelwing
Common Whitetail 
Eastern Amberwing
Autumn and Amber Meadowhawks
The Common Green Darner
Such beauty in variety
5,900 species of wonder
Ode to the Odes
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Another splendid nature code
Filling my skies

r  
4 August 2013

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timothy

Monarchs and Swallowtails, Damsel, and Dragonflies flutter by each day! Also Vireo's, Titmice, Tanagers, American Crows, and sometimes a solitary Common Raven or a pair of them. Love this writing! :D It is perfect!!!!!!!~<3<3:):)&#9786;&#9788;&#9794;&#9792;&#9824;&#9829;&#9827;&#9830;&#9688;&#9787;&#9689;&#8226;&#9675;.O&#9835;

kmae

Reading your poem evokes visions of beauty, hearing their names, trying to imagine 5900 species...filling my skies.

rebecca-askew

The poetry of science... small miracles celebrated.

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poetic-seraph

gotta love every little creature. I have notices so many butterflies and dragonflies in my garden this year and I've been noticing the changes within

Love this poem!

pradip-chattopadhyay

this love of yours, boundless, for all forms of life, wonderfully captured in this poem. love it, rick.

martin

You made me look up dragonflies, as we have a common darter here. 
I thought it was a typo but I see the common darner is a N American species :)

removed.-muft

Great written portrait of natures verve...

se-reimer