Damsels dance with dragons <br />on wing <br />in air <br /> <br />Subtle breezes stir <br />marshes <br />into motion <br /> <br />Upon open water <br />dart <br />water beetles <br />like <br />figure skaters <br />on ice <br /> <br />Diving bell spiders <br />surface <br /> <br />Fresh bubbles <br />captured <br />dive back below <br /> <br />Tadpoles wiggle <br />poll wags squirm <br />among the muck <br />of fallen leaves <br /> <br />Waiting their turns <br /> <br />To hop atop lilly pads <br />as do their kin <br /> <br />Who croak evenings chorus <br />base drum <br />baritone <br />regain supreme <br /> <br />Beyond barbed wire post <br />past pastures edge <br />rippling water <br />within marsh lands <br /> <br />A seat <br />reserved for you <br /> <br />Pull up a stump <br />and enjoy <br />a back woods <br />serenade<br /><br />Gar Christopher<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/back-woods-serenade/
