they patrol
on wires ————–
\
——— at precise angles
hungry dragonflies
dragonflies
so beautiful so long
as I am this size
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These poems were written in response to Carpe Diem Special #139, Santoka Taneda’s “the dragon flies”, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s Talking Heads –