Poem of the Day

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A dragonfly

rests motionless on my finger

as I gently unravel

the spider’s silk

that is caught

around its wings and thorax.

It seems weightless,

with its dark, slender body,

and six fragile legs on my skin.

I unwrap each strand

until the dragonfly is free,

yet it doesn’t move.

We become a stillness

that dissolves into the morning

until suddenly it shimmers away

on brilliant wings

transparent into the blue.

‘Dragonfly’ was published in ‘Quadrant’ Vol 57. No 1-2 2013 and has been accepted for publication by ‘The School Magazine’.

9 thoughts on “Poem of the Day”

January 14, 2015 at 10:01 pm Bill Condon says:

A beautiful poem, Vanessa.

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- January 16, 2015 at 2:52 am Vanessa Proctor says:
  
  Thanks very much, Bill!
  
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January 14, 2015 at 11:16 pm Kristina says:

This is beautiful. Thank you:)

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- January 16, 2015 at 2:52 am Vanessa Proctor says:
  
  A pleasure, Kristina. I’m glad you liked it!
  
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January 15, 2015 at 1:12 am jennyerlanger says:

A very evocative poem. I could really sense the stillness and subsequent shimmery movement of the newly freed insect.

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- January 16, 2015 at 2:54 am Vanessa says:
  
  Thanks Jenny. I found the dragonfly in my front yard. It was so patient, letting me unfurl the spider’s silk it was caught up in. I was so glad it could fly again.
  
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January 15, 2015 at 3:13 am Debra Tidball says:

Beautiful. I was transfixed.

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January 16, 2015 at 2:55 am Vanessa says:

Thanks Debra!

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January 20, 2015 at 2:08 am Deborah Rutherford says:

Excellent poem So descriptive and how beautiful the dragon fly.is.

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