Poetry

Anax imperator

wing slivers of condensed air veined glass
chitinous distillate of aeons blue against dark green 
acid green against copper depths of pool

winged viper Devil's coach-horse or darning needle
lit taper vivid against lichenous fountain
water-patter surface reforms without trace     

she pays you no heed
will not stitch your eyes lips shut
nor weigh your soul's worth

helmet eyes mantle the head
drink the light wide bowl of visible world
the spectrum stretches into vibrant multiplicities

wings are elongated tears strengthened by fine traceries
each slight weight senses vibration of birdsong
earth's faint tremors transmitted    element to element

dart soar reverse hover stall
pause time
all else blurs

dragonfly cleaves the air
defying awareness of air's thickness
defining its substance

penetrate loop back leave traceless threads

flight  

a joy
a patterning
making
  remaking
meaning

Jenny Donnison