Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton on Unsplash
hovering, darting
in iridescent beauty
cleaning summer skies
***
Author's note: These flashy, multicolored guys (and gals) eat wasps and mosquitoes. Of course, they will also occasionally snarf a butterfly, but let's not be judgey, hmmm?
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Dana Crandell
Dad, Stepdad, Grandpa, Husband, lover of Nature and dogs.
Poet, Writer, Editor, Photographer, Artist and Tech/Internet nerd.
My first published poetry collection: Life, Love & Ludicrosity
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Comments (19)
Delightful… I was clueless about their dietary habits, but they are very pretty.
Dana!!! You snarfed another honourable mention!!! Woohoo!!! Congrats!!
Butterflies give me the heebie jeebies, so dragonflies can just about crack on as far as I'm concerned 😁
I do love dragonflies, despite their eating habits (butterflies)!! 😅
Love dragonflies!! Beautiful haiku, Dana!
I love them. One of the magical bugs.They kind of clean your heart as well.
This was a wonderful tribute to the dragonfly! Loved your Haiku!
This is stunning, Dana! I love dragonflies and that last line is so lovely <3
They are pretty though, despite the eating butterflies bit. Nicely done, Dana!
well done
Intriguing little thing of beauty, great haiku buddy 👍
A beautiful skyku and picture!
Oh, this is marvellous and pays perfect tribute to the rather awesome dragonfly!
Snarf a butterfly? Now that should have been on the Sky-ku Great words
This is great. I love dragonflies.
One of my favorite flying insects!!! Beautiful haiku tribute! A butterfly here and there is a worthy payment for the other nastiest they consume.
Not judgey at all, lol. And dragonflies are cool af. Like the humming bird they can perform some crazy acrobatics in a blink of an eye.
This is beautiful I love dragonflies. My dad used to tell us to beware, they would sew our ears up...(he was kinda ornery)
Ooo, I love dragonflies :) We used to get them a lot at our old house where we had a swimming pool. And haha, for the author's note. This was a really beautiful piece, big bro.