The Flash of a Dragonfly’s Blush

watery mirror
surface shimmer of river
reflects metallic
flash of neon blue and green
awash with dragonfly’s blush

© Kim M. Russell, 2016

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My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #8 dragonfly

Following the introduction of the third Tanka Writing Technique by Teika ‘Elegant Beauty’, Chèvrefeuille has chosen ‘dragonfly’ as today’s prompt, for which he has found examples of tanka with dragonflies in them, as well as Tan Renga:

two trees meet as one
two dragonflies dart past them
through an empty branch
over water and oars drip
as they transcended darkness  

© M. Asim Nehal

a dragonfly
above the reeds
motionless
but for the wild blues
it vibrates in the sun

© Michael McClintock

shamanic journey
a red dragonfly comes
to guide the canoe
ancient wisdom unfolds
becoming one with the dragonfly

© Jane Reichhold & Chèvrefeuille

glittering blue
above empty riverbed
wings of dragonfly
through the mist, the croaking of frogs;
soon the riverbed will be full again

© Ese & Chèvrefeuille