Nature never ceases to amaze me. Amanda Potts shares photos on her Instagram feed of nature through a close-up lens. When I don’t have a photo of my own to share, I know I can turn to hers. Like me, she walks every day. Me in South Louisiana and she in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada…a world apart. Yet there are dragonflies here and there. This week’s photos (I couldn’t pick just one) come from her Instagram feed. Follow her.
Tessellation wing
Margaret Simon, haiku draft
an intricate map open
to wonder windows.
Write a small poem in the comments and leave encouraging comments to other writers. Above all, relax and let words flow.
Reflections on the Teche 
Thank you, Margaret, what a beautiful photo. Amanda’s Instagram feed is full of beauties! I love the combination of organic and geometry here, so that’s what I tried to write about.
Rectangles, pentagons,
Hexagons—Geometry all
Wrapped in an organic pack
Of gossamer fairy wings
Letting the light shine through
Beautiful poem, Denise! I love thinking about “gossamer fairy wings” and like the way you incorporated math.
Denise, I like the geometry shapes and love “gossamer fairy wings.” Nice imagery. Thank you for sharing.
Denise, in my book Bayou Song, I have a poem titled “The Geometry of Crawfish.” I love how you used the different shapes found in the wings to create this descriptive poem.
love the shapes in this–
and the light shining through!
As I read this…the tumble of shapes is felt. Love that.
The first thing that came to mind when I looked at these photos were stained glass windows.
Dragonfly Wings
like stained glass,
tiny tiles
tuck together
ready for take-off
Rose, I love “like stained glass.” I like the personification, alliteration, and imagery of “tiny tiles/tuck together/ready for take-off.” I thought of stained glass, also. Thank you sharing.
Excellent alliteration. I didn’t hear it on my first read, but it really strengthens the poem of so few words.
The alliteration “takes-off” in this poem.
I thought of stained glass, too! Tuck together is a great description of those interlocking shapes.
Rose, I love the idea of stained glass and the tiny tiles. He flies off before getting the color in there.
tuck together…lovely
Margaret, thank you for sharing Amanda’s beautiful photos. I have always been fascinated with dragonflies.
dragonfly wings
sun rays shine through
mosaic art
Thank you for the inspiration. The word mosaic in the end of your poem was a great way to start mine.
Thank you, Nancy. I’m happy my poem inspired you and you like the word mosaic. At first I thought of shapes, then stained glass, but I knew there was something better. Then, I thought it looks like mosaic art without color.
Mosaic is a perfect word choice.
Thank you, Margaret.
Yes to mosaic! That’s exactly what this close-up view looks like.
Gail, nice image of the mosaic art with the sun rays coming through. Perfect description.
Lovely poem. Mosaics and tiles are definitely an image from this photo.
Yes to mosaic!
I appreciate this early morning writing opportunity. What a great way to start the day.
Nature’s mosaic
That hides from the naked eye
Comes into focus
By man
Leaving him in awe
Of its unparalleled beauty
Nancy, I love “nature’s mosaic” and “unparalleled beauty.” Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for joining us today, Nancy. It’s fun to just play around with words at least once a week. Awe inspiring, indeed!
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I like the idea of humans focusing in on the wings to be left in awe. “unparalleled beauty” indeed.
Yes. “Unparalleled beauty”
Love this close-up look!
prehistoric maps
outline highways and houses
on dragonfly’s wings
I thought of maps too. Love the word prehistoric.
Buffy, yes, “prehistoric” I had forgotten. I’m glad I don’t have to travel following those maps! It looks like the map of a city center.
(I did notice that there are so many little house shapes on the wings.) It’s fun to look at this photo so closely today.
Lovely!
Buffy, this is perfection…prehistoric maps starts my journey.
Chiming late…I did NOT look at any poems before drafting as I knew there would be much beauty, oooohs, and ahhhs to distract me from getting words on the page. Just imagine this right-justified — it’s a golden shovel.
Since Merriam Bought Noah Webster’s American Dictionary
Web has been Yankee-ly defined. AN
elaborate, delicate, INTRICATE
PATTERN
that we mustn’t tangle OR
stress as the STRUCTURE
is usually unique…SUGGESTIVE
of silk, OF
tissue CONNECTING
fingers or toes. SOMETHING
spiderly, eider-ly and wonderfully WOVEN
Everybody has done such amazing stuff this week! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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