Blue Dasher Dragonfly — Image by kenne
The Dragonfly
Today I saw the dragonfly
Come from the wells where he did lie.
An inner impulse rent the veil
Of his old husk: from head to tail
Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.
He dried his wings: like gauze they grew;
Thro’ crofts and pastures wet with dew
A living flash of light he flew.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Blue Dasher (Sweetwater Wetlands) — Image by kenne
‘Hold Tight’ — Oil Painting in Black and White by kenne
Hold tight
Hold tight
If you wanna make this feeling stay
Hold tight
Hold tight
Don’t let this moment fade away
Hold tight
Now tears gonna stay
Everybody gets the chance someday
Call it once it last you think you’ve got it made
Not a word that anyone can say
That can change the way you feel
Cause you know that love is real
You can choose within you fall in love
Anybody any moment any way
‘Cause no matter who you chose
There’s a chance that you might loose
Gonna the best that I can do
Hold tight
— from Hold Tight by David Romani / Davide Romani / Mauro Malavasi / Paul Adrian Slade
Black Saddlebags Dragonfly — Image by kenne
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Flame Skimmer (Southern Arizona) — Image by kenne
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Flame Skimmer Dragonfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Bleeding Dragonfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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The Pole Vaulter — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Flame Skimmer — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Blue Dasher — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Brown Darner Dragonfly (Sweetwater Wetlands) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
TWISTER PAIR
Dragonflies abound
in the desert wetlands,
often landing
on cattail blades,
captured by photographers
painted by painters
for sale in shops named
“Cattails and Dragonflies.”
One of life’s
enticing combos,
inspiring poets
and mythmakers
over the relationship
existing by the water
as if it were
an unbreakable bond.
What then of
the dragonfly that
rests its two pair
on a fence
of twisted pair
that separates
the desert from
desert wetlands.
Was this a case
of mistaken identity?
Not likely, with eyes
of a hundred lenses,
so was it a
one-night stand,
brief act infidelity,
or a “middle-age crisis?
— kenne
Red-Veined Darter Dragonfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Common Green Darner, Female — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Red-veined Darter Dragonfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Whenever you want to achieve something,
keep your eyes open,
concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it
is that you want.
No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.
— Paulo Coelho
Black Saddlebags Dragonfly — Images by kenne
