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 Dragonfly - Salford, UK Posted by:  dtrebilc
N 53° 30.679 W 002° 16.417
30U E 548169 N 5929397
This dragonfly is near to the western entrance of Kersal Dale Local Nature Reserve.
Waymark Code: WM11X54
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/02/2020
Views: 1
The sculpture is situated on top of a high pole and shows the dragonfly in a resting position.
It was sponsored by the Friends of Kersal Dale, local volunteers that help to look after the reserve.
AN IRIDESCENT
DRAGONFLY
An iridescent dragonfly
is pirouetting in the sky;
displaying an ability
to fly with great agility;
sustaining a fragility,
a dazzling versatility.
It swam beneath the waters deep
for years before it made the leap
to pepper and patrol the skies,
swerving multi-faceted eyes
and whirring wings to mesmerize
mosquitoes, midges, butterflies.
The nymph, all teeth and wide-hinged jaws,
discards its shell - away it soars;
speeding, racing, fast as a car,
dancing a flying cha-cha-cha;
In mating-wheels it's spinning far,
an elusive aerial star.
commissioned by
The friends of Kersal Dale
2007
Type of insect: Dragonfly
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