Dragonfly Haiku

Garden dragonfly

          Orange wings glisten as you land

Honoring my yard.

 

Traditionally a Japanese form of poetry, the Haiku is a non-rhyming set of three lines, with words counted by syllables - 5,7,5-. Haikus are often reflecting something from nature, and accompanied by delicate artwork.

A few weeks ago, while sitting on my patio. I noticed a dragonfly zipping around my garden.  I enjoyed the bright flash of color and appreciated that she was feasting on juicy mosquitoes and pesky biting flies (her favorite diet) as she zoomed about.  She paused to rest for a moment on top of a decorative shepherd's hook.  I was fortunate to be able to snap a quick photo of her with my phone.

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