29 November 2006

Dragonfly poetica, by cattycamehome


Dragonfly poetica
Originally uploaded by cattycamehome.
It's a rare species of bird
that refuses to be categorized.
Its song is barely audible.
It is like a dragonfly in a dream--
here, then there, then here again,
low-flying amber-wing darting upward
then out of sight.
And the dream has a pain in its heart
the wonders of which are manifold,
or so the story is told.

excerpt from "Dream On" by James Tate

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