stealing home
the dragonfly darts
from reeds to shore
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Stephen S. Power
Stephen S. Power is a Pushcart-nominated poet whose baseball haiku have recently appeared or will soon appear in Asahi Shimbun, Axios Sports, Cattails, Frogpond, Modern Haiku and Presence. He tweets at @stephenspower, and his site is stephenspower.com.
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silhouetted dragonfly
reeds pierce the moon
stealing home
the dragonfly darts
from reeds to shore
—STEPHEN S. POWER
I remember hours of watching dragonflies by a Queensland billabong, although just one was the boss! Love the verb choice of 'stealing'.
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quickening its rain
through the eye of a needle
the dragonfly’s glint
Alan Summers
Scope journal July 2015 vol. 61 no. 6 (Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland)