dragonfly poems

S tockings of red and green
A nd a shining evergreen awaits for
N ine reindeer to
T iptoe on the roof
A ll the world has slowed

C ause Santa is here
L ovingly he places gifts under the tree
A ll children he loves the good and bad
U p the chimney he goes. Hand
S wept magic to
E verything that is right in the world.

D ancing reindeer on the
E ve of
C hristmas.
E veryone plays the dreidle
M om’s ohh so good pie
B reathing the air of
E ternal joy
R eliving holiday memories year after year

C andy canes
H appy children happy parents
R omping between
I cicles hung from porches and fresh
S now. Christmas is a
T ime when presents and cookies and
M usic of jingle bells hypnotize the stoic
A ir. When midnight is near
S anta will be here.

Hello all and good day! As an effort to build links and to have people come to Dragonfly Poems, I participated once again in the WOOF contest with the poem “Halloween” although it didn’t win I am happy to share the winners with you all.

I am creating a sale where you can actually have a free poem with a purchase there will be more details in a little bit. I have to buy a couple more styles of paper.  With out further ado here are the winners!

WOOF Contest – Top 5 Picks:

Poetry
Penelope Anne Bartotto - “Never” - 100 words on being true to yourself.
Robert Bourne - “Shadowed Soul” - A poem of how I grew after years of hiding what was inside.
Dragon Blogger - “The Taste Of A Hamburger” - A poem based on a twitter contest where I write a poem based on random words.  This one turned out to be a poem about a hamburger.

About Writing
Writing Nag - “7 Ways to Keep the Passion for the Writing Life” - Like any relationship your writing life needs to be nurtured. Find new ways to fall in love with writing again.

Non-Fiction, Philiosophical, Opinion Piece
Mike Fried - “Proud To Be An American” - The Writer’s thoughts on the Presidential Election.

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

If you are considering purchasing a personalized name poem and the person you are buying it for has a short name such as Ann, I suggest using their first and middle name. There is no additional charge for 2 names on one poem. Let’s assume the person’s name full name is Anna Marie now I have 9 letters to work with instead of 4.

Of course the choice is up to you as well.  I don’t have a letter limit or charge extra for long names. In fact you can order couple poems such as Sabrina and Matthew or Jessica and Alex. The last poem is a great example of a short name as his name is Alex and not Alexander. Regardless one poem with as many names is only $15.

For samples of personalized poems please click here There are sample of single name poems and couple poems. Soon I will be posting samples of first and middle name poems.

If you would like to order your own poem please click here.

Have a wonderful day.

Haunts
Abound with the promise of
Lollipops and
Luscious goodies.
On the night
When witches celebrate the
Ending of an old year, beginning of new
Eternal spirits walk the earth searching,
Night of magick for all.

Hello all, I participated once again in the WOOF contest with the lastest Exquisite Corpse poem.  Before I post the winners just a little note, for those looking to participate in Exquisite Corpse, Penelope from Author’s Lounge at the End of the Universe will be hosting, compiling the next exquisite corpse submissions have to be in by November 6 and the poem will be published the following day. Theme: THANKFULLNESS line rule: HAIKU to send your lines click here You still will have your 50 ec credits for participating.

With out further ado here are the top 5 winners:

Poetry
Romeo - “The Natural World” - A short poem about nature and its beauty.
Jennifer M Scott - “Seeking Sun” - An avant garde poem about fall.

About Words / Writing
Kimota (Jonathan Crossfield) - “Time, Productivity and the Writer” - A look at how writing isn’t necessarily as quick to produce as many outsiders believe. Taking three hours to produce 100 words might seem odd, but is perfectly legitimate to produce quality copy.

Fiction
Ferox - “Is that a Dragon?” - Things must be observed to exist. Otherwise, they can be anything.
~willow~ - “it’s all a matter of perspective…” - …where a young girl knocks a new perspective into an otherwise downcast boy on a bright autumn day…

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

Little people dressed so sweet
Dance along the city street
Hollering trick or treat

Ghouls, ghosts and vampire alike
Horror strikes this very night
So join these monsters, turn out the light

Whispering Whispering witches gathered ’round the cauldron,
Chanting magical words of wonderous accord,
Shhh, they may see you watching…

Butchered, bleeding
lying on the porch,
a pumpkin.

The veil of mysticism descends on the dark night.
Glowing jack o lanterns and spirits among us
Tonight is for us all

Exquisite Corpse is hosted by Dragonfly Poems.

In my email, the other day I recieved a $20 credit from Bidvertiser. For those who don’t know Bidvertiser is a PPC (pay per click) advertising company, where you can choose how much you will pay for each click. In one day I exhausted all of my credit and recieved 89 click throughs, however no sales.

I do not think that Bidvetiser will work for Dragonfly Poems because I will never have enough business and sales to make up for the cost of running Bidvertiser ads.  Bidvertiser is expensive in my opinion and just didn’t work for me. I am thinking blog advertising will be my best bet in the long run since people will actually talk about the website as opposed a 2 line blurb about Dragonfly Poems.

Just a side note, I also tried Craig’s List and the only thing that brought me was a lot of spam for other advertising type of things. To make this business more successful would be finding the best advertsing method for my business. 

Since, I have been working I drop hints about this site any chance I get and I have some business cards on hand to pass out when the need arises. I just got to keep plugging away and tweak a thing or two.

Any comments would be helpful thanks.

Vespers in autumn, an
Independent life, the
Choice to follow dreams
Through tigers or Tiggers.
Opals in the jewlery box, a
Royal name befits you.
In my heart you will
A lways be, mom.

Happy Birthday Mom!