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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Dragonfly Worlds


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Yellow-winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)
: photo by André Karwath, 13 July 2005





On the bamboo

That marks the place of a dead man,

A dragon-fly.




-- Kitô



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Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa), male, Marie Machon Ciney Nature Reserve, Chapois, Belgium: photo by Luc Viatour, 2006





Between the moon coming out

And the sun going in, --

The red dragon-flies.



-- Nikyû



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Kirby's Dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi), Tsumeb, Namibia: photo by Hans Hillewaert, 7 June 2007





The dragon-fly

Perches on the stick

That strikes at him.



-- Kôhyô



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Ruby Meadowhawk Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata), male: photo by Regular Daddy, May 2008


Dragonfly haiku, tr. R. H. Blyth in Haiku, Vol. IV, 1951

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