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Dragonfly
Paradelle
Miniature dragons, explosive
in color
Miniature dragons, explosive in color
Pose silent, on grass in camouflage.
Pose silent, on grass in camouflage.
Miniature in camouflage on pose.
Dragon’s explosive color, silent in grass.
Movement captures their eyes.
Movement captures their eyes.
Small prey circling above.
Small prey circling above.
Their small movement captures
Circling eyes: Prey above.
Swift talons shoot skyward.
Swift talons shoot skyward.
Dragon fire surrounds small victims.
Dragon fire surrounds small victims.
Skyward, small fire talons shoot
Swift victims. Dragon surrounds.
Their swift fire eyes pose in camouflage;
Small talons shoot skyward on.
Explosive movement captures color.
Miniature dragon prey surrounds
Small silent victims in grass:
Dragons circling above.
Copyright © 1998 Carrie L. Countryman.
Age fifteen when the poem was published
in "The Reader Replies" section of
The American Scholar, Summer, 1998.
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