Dragonfly on marsh grass near Sarpy Basin, Montana: photo by Boyd Norton (1936-) for the Environmental Protection Agency' project Documerica, June 1973 (U.S. National Archives)
If you are a simple mortal, do not speak
of tomorrow or how long this man may be
among the happy, for change comes suddenly
like the shining flight of a dragonfly.
Simonides of Ceos (c. 556-468 BC): Flux, translated by Willis Barnstone in Greek Lyric Poetry, 1962
Kirby's Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi), Tsumeb, Namibia: photo by Hans Hillewaert, 7 June 2007shimmering day
haze of evanescence
at the rock pond
the red darters
and flame skimmers
gathering
slowly circulated
above the slowly
circulating koi
Concrete pond stocked with ornamental fish [koi]: photo by Hardyplants, 17 January 2009
18th day
Today also,
in the spring haze,
today also.
18th day: came dragonflies from pen...
18th day & dragonfly drawings: TC, from Cold Spring: A Diary, 2000Ruby Meadowhawk Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata), male: photo by Regular Daddy, May 2008
Yellow-winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum): photo by André Karwath, 13 July 2005