Dragonfly Poems

Today we celebrate our
Harvest of crops and friendship,
As we set the table and place linen
Napkins; generations come together and memories
Kept for years join the memories created today.
Squash, turkey, sweet potatoes and
Grandma’s pumpkin pie
Intermingle with the
Voluptuous mounds of mashed potatoes and gravy.
In this hour we are forever children
Never letting life get us down when we are
Giving thanks for everything that is good.

I just realized I have not posted here in over two weeks and shame on me for not being so vigilant. I always tell myself if I want to succeed at something, I have to work at it, to make it work for me.  Shame on me for not spending time on my dream. Shame on me for not writing a poem a week or something at least.

I just can’t believe how many people still want to advertise on this blog through entrecard even when I don’t post. It is totally amazing.

I requested six days off my day job and if approved I plan on spending many hours on Dragonfly Poems, creating sales and I am hoping ready to advertise through Social Spark’s CPC program. I should start making a to do list and at least accomplish something for this business at least once a week.

I apologize for my absence and I hope to kick myself in the donkey and get moving because my future is in my hands. Thank you for your continued support and readership.

Hello all, I was very pleased with the last poem I sent in for the weekly WOOF contest but it didn’t place a spot in the top this week. It’s all good because the people who commented on it, really enjoyed it. So please enjoy the current WOOF winners.

Fiction / Drama / Short Story
Roy – “I’m sorry, Matthew“ – How long must one carry the guilt for something that was done in the past?
Jennifer M Scott – “Best Friends and the Meaning of It” – The beginning of a new series called Dr Simon’s Velvet Couch Monologues of Everyday People. In this one September Don confesses she wants to kill her best friend but finds something more important.
Anne Bender – “… the world faded away” – A woman’s memory of a morning with her lover.

Memoir
Jena Isle – “I Survived Raising My Teen” – A memorable episode in my life as a mother. The most challenging “career” in life is being a mother.

Poetry
Zorlone – “Ideal Teacher” – An example of Jenanian poetry about the essence of a teacher.
Zorlone – “Brick Wall” – Nothing hinders emotions than a cold and unfeeling brick wall.
Roy – “When the flame is dying…” – Do not let hatred burn forever in your heart… it will pass… let it die… let it be… so you can live in peace.
Deeptesh Sen – “An Evening in mercury” – Love in Kolkata.

Brought to you by PlotDog Press with the Serial Suspense Screenplay “Intervention”

Austere glances from the fading sun
Underneath thick clouds of cement.
Treetops showing off their technicolor brilliance,
Until scarlet turns brown and crisp and rushes to the cold earth. The harvest
Moon watches quietly, rambling through the starlight sky waiting for warmth.
Never there is enough time to watch the leaves fall before snow buries them in memories.

To order this poem it costs $10 and you can order it here

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I believed starting an e business would be simple. All I would have to do is buy a domain, make a website, create insteresting content and let the customers flock to me and buy my poems. A business regardless of what it is or where it is requires work and honestly, I think it requires more work, time and devotion to succeed.  No, I am not quitting or giving up. I am in the process now of rethinking my approach to the business. One thing I would like to accomplish is re-orginization of the website. It does seem to be a bit all over the place.

I need to create to do lists and actually stick with them. I know I have a good idea, I just got to get the people to come and perhaps one person out of the many that come will buy a poem.  Eventhough I owned this domain for a year and the business being in the public’s eye for that long, I now I am still just starting out.

It is time to sit and think long and hard and ask myself do I want Dragonfly Poems to do well? The answer is yes. The next question is, and not exactly as easy to answer, is how to make Dragonfly Poems succeed?

Hello all, I submitted my love poem to the woof contest this past week. Sadly, it didn’t win but please enjoy the current winners

Poetry
Dragon Blogger – “Burning Alive” – A dark poem about burning alive.
Roy – “I cried again…” – Crying for no reason at all… but later, I found out why.
Zorlone – “Unafraid to Love” – A dialogue between extraordinary characters about love, sacrifice, and loyalty.

Creative Non-Fiction / About Writing
Holly Jahangiri – “Interview: Thoughts on Blogging” – I decided to throw a relaxed little virtual get-together with some of my “Jedi Blogger” friends, just to have a chat about blogging… So although we live oceans apart, imagine us gabbing at a little table in an open-air café, enjoying a beer, a cup of tea, or maybe sharing a great big bowl of Bulalo.

Fiction
H. Benjamin Petrie – “The New House” – A boy meets a girl he knows in town and shows her his new house.

Soft, cresting shadows from the moon
tumble down on the late summer earth
and while I stand here in blue shadows
my mind is elsewhere but my heart is here
with you.

Instead, I follow you because we are
doing this together and the sun lit shadows
sink further into the forest, the more we travel and
up head there is that meadow
Grab my hand and lets run there, stripping off our clothes
and find our soul’s contentment with each other.

Hello all, as always I submitted my latest poem to the weekly WOOF contest and sadly it did not win. However, the poem “Summer Fortitude” is a winner and if you would like to buy this poem it costs $10 and you can order it here.

With out further ado, please enjoy the current winners. Thanks for your continued support of my poetry and if it is the cards I should hope to bring my poetry to people all over the world.

Non-Fiction / Book Review
Holly Jahangiri – “Book Review – Daniel X: Watch the Skies” – Holly Jahangiri and her teenage son, William, offer conflicting opinions on James Patterson’s latest young adult novel, Daniel X: Watch the Skies.

Poetry
Zorlone – “Malicious Appetite” – An earthly desire for a bodily need. A transaction between seller and consumer. However, the body is being sold.
Dragon Blogger – “Broken Law” – Random twitter poem including 21 random words that is about corrupt judges and someone wrongfully sentenced.
Jennifer M Scott – “Summer Fortitude” – Dreaming of cooler weather.

Spitting watermelon seeds then jumping
Under the stars to watch fireflies frolic.
Memories rectify themselves during hot
Months, timeless treasures.
Endless summer love, while rain and thunder collide with one another
Reach for my hand and we are young again, dreaming recycled dreams and diving feet first in cold water .