dragonfly | Shawn L. Bird

poem-window salvage August 20, 2014

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 12:44 pm
Tags: building, cathedral, construction, dragonfly, metaphor, stained glass, window, wing

The iridescent cellophane

of dragonfly wings

would make excellent

windows in an

insect cathedral.

The colony queen

could sip nectar

from the jeweled flagon

of dragonfly body

and make a benediction

to beauty and sacrifice.

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