dragonfly poems

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.

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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…

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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!

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Hello all, once again Dragonfly Poems participated in the WOOF contest with the “Exquisite Corpse” poem, the poem didn’t win but please enjoy the winners!

WOOF Contest – Top Picks:

About Writing
Lisa Alber – “What I Will NOT Do in the Next Few Days” – How I met an anthology deadline in under four days.

Poetry
Chungyen Chang – “when birds breathe” – Visual verse on flight and despair. Please read from the bottom-up.
Robert Bourne  – “The Middle years and My Paradoxical Soul” – An inner reflective poem,

Fiction/Prose/Artistry/Monologue
Puneet Kaur – “Standing still…” – The post is a simple painting that has many colours, many shades… time, music, ecstasy, hope…. life in general…. the course that life would take….. and much more!!
Jennifer M Scott – “495 to Baltimore” – Two monologues about illicit love.

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Have you heard about this awesome, creative, collabrative poetry project? You haven’t? Well aren’t you glad you came by today? This project is called Exquisite Corpse and in short it is a game where a group of people come together to create one whole thing. The group follow some sort of rule.  With Exquisite Corpse, blog style we will write a poem as a group.  Don’t worry if you think you are not a poet, everyone is welcome to participate just follow the line rule and you are golden.

How it works, send me your lines and then in two weeks I will post the poem on this blog. If you choose to add your url, please  come back and repost the poem on your blog in the following two weeks. You do not have to leave an url, you can be anon.  Lines will not be rejected unless there is some serious questionable material. For extended information visit the Exquisite Corpse information

Dragonfly Poems will once again host this edition of Exquisite Corpse.
For the week ending October 24, 2008 the theme is HALLOWEEN and the line rule is 3 FREEFORM LINES BUT NOT USE THE WORDS ORANGE, BLACK OR SPOOKY. The poem will be published on October 25, 2008. Let me know you are from Entrecard and I will send you 50 credits from here or Before I am Famous.

Please visit here to participate. Questions? Ask them!

This poem is written by all of us for all of you!

Hello all, please enjoy the poem written by Dragon Blogger

What have I just done 
ended a mans life 
over what? A piece of paper 
how the world burns 
 
How can man be driven to this 
forced to make ends meet 
family out on the street 
what a horrible decision 
 
If only I could turn back time 
pick another path 
but alas this poor man lies 
bleeding on the floor beside me 
 
Did I widow his wife? 
or did I orphan his kids? 
Either way I acted as god 
and took what did not belong to me 
 
Two hundred green bills 
was that worth his life being lost 
and mine being ruined 
I didn’t provide and I have failed 
 
Do I spend eternity in jail 
or spare the legal system 
and save taxpayers the money 
I will serve as my own judge and jury 
 
As I join this mans fate 
I lie on the floor 
my vision is fading 
my last thought is on forgiveness

Crimson and goldenrod swirling together with sweet fantasy
Crisp golds, rustic browns, radiant reds, and flaming orange pass us by without a sound.
Leaves falling like silver rain.
Autumn leaves rustle as they float gaily across the cold, hard ground,
Friendly aromas engage the senses, summer is bitter

Warmth found inward amongst rosy cheeks, hot cider and delicate memories.
Windswept visions cower behind a sleepy sun, fires ignite the air with natural perfume and home bound dreams.
Pumpkin Faces Lit by Orange Flames
Passerby’s Endure the Endless Stares of Scarecrows

Copper hued life sprawls around you, summer is jealous

Exquisite Corpse is hosted this week by Dragonfly Poems.

Hello all, I was awarded the “I Love Your Blog” Award from Dragon Blogger today. Thank you so much I appreciate it! It means a lot to me that you love my blog. Let’s get on with the completion of the award.

There are some rules for this award:

1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the persons you’ve nominated.

Okay here we go folks, I don’t think I can get to seven but I will list a few people that I love
1. Author’s Lounge at the End of the Universe here is a woman who is great writer and gives me a run for my money in the WOOF contest. Check her work out she writes poetry and short stories.
2. Ken Armstrong’s Writing Stuff an interesting person with many endearing personal stories that he shares.
3. Plot Dog Press I know they got one from Dragon Blogger but hey why not 2
4. Wanderer Thoughts a wonderfully talented poet.

There are many blogs that are great that I read on a regular basis I just can’t think of them right now. Anyway with out further ado here are the WOOF winners for 10/3 Enjoy!

Fiction/Short Story/Serial Fiction/One Act Play
Romeo – “A Boy of Doubt” – A short story about a boy trying to come to terms with himself, and love.
Jennifer M Scott – “Goodbye Baby” – A young woman tells her boyfriend she is pregnant, is he happy?
Henry Petrie – “Social Networking” – A second-person account of killing time by trying to meet people over social networking sites.

Poetry
Penelope Anne Bartotto – “The Moral” – 100 words in haiku format on good versus evil.
Sanjay Chhabria – “Let me Love” – Ever fell in love; had a crush or engaged in any kind of infatuation… If yes, then this is a must read.

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